A long time ago, I wrote a free-form, rather disjoined poem for SOL called "What remains when they're gone?"
I won't link it, but it's available from my stories page. It's short. It's melancholy.
But I got drawn back to it today, when I was looking over Kindle Unlimited and its selection of "Men's Adventure".. generally GameLit, Harem, etcetrera.
Don't get me wrong, I love reading them, myself. How else would I know about it.
It's popcorn. Buttery, greasy popcorn, with just the right amount of salt.
But sometimes it bothers me.
It's Poke-porn. (not the site. Don't ask me how I know about that. It doesn't matter)
It's "Gotta Catch them all" writing
Sometimes, it seems like if the main character isn't conquering (figuratively or literally) a new female every fifteen pages, they're afraid the reader will put the story down and never come back.
And that's a shame.
Sex and Smut are great things. I'm no puritan.
But really, there's only so many ways that Tab A can go into slot B. Or if I'm going more modern, only so many ways that Dongle A can interface with Port B.
Sex comprises the whole gamut of human expression. Be it light and fluffy, or grim, dark and gritty (never my thing).
Popcorn is great. But if you're good at Popcorn, think about writing something that will stay with the reader once they put down "The Dark Lord makes the Amazon Adventuring Party serve him". Find the difference. Decide if you want Porn. Porn With Plot, or Plot with Porn, or even Plot with Romance. If it's not the first, the physical descriptions and sensations are great to write, but don't neglect to touch with the emotions that accompany the physical act.
There will always be a market for all of those things.
(and really, if you've read this far, just an aside: I only now realize that my throw away tag line of the fictional novel turned back to my Kindle Unlimited mention at the top of the page. It's amusing the connections the brain makes when writing freely)