As Ricky Ricardo might say, “I have a lot of ’splaining to do.”

When I last updated my HotmoviesForHer blog, I was with Girlfriends Films and my stage name was Sydni Ellis. Fast forward six months later and my new company is called Sweetheart Video and my name is now “Nica Noelle.”

What the hell happened? Well, it’s a bit of a story. Or rather, it’s a terribly long, dramatic, convoluted story about which some want to hear all the sordid details while others couldn’t care less. I’m going to assume, dear reader, that you fall somewhere in the middle of those two extremes.

First of all, I want to say that my time at Girlfriends Films was invaluable to me. Girlfriends Films showed me that you can be successful in porn by following your own heart and mind rather than sheepishly going along with the crowd. The founder of Girlfriends Films is a true innovator and he was generous enough to teach me things that otherwise would have taken me years to learn. I will always be grateful to him for giving me my start and the confidence to make films I believe in – even if they go against the conventional wisdom of what will sell.

But it was time for me to move on and find my own way. Jon Blitt of Mile High Media gave me that opportunity. I call him my “professional soulmate” because we’re always on the same page and it’s been that way since our very first meeting. Together we conceptualized and created Sweetheart Video, a girl/girl erotic studio that we hope will surpass all others in terms of quality, diversity and innovation.

Our first titles are getting ready to hit the shelves as I write. Set for release are Nina Loves Girls!, a documentary starring the legendary Nina Hartley where she explores her strong lesbian side (and explains in depth her philosophies about porn, love, monogamy and womanhood.); Lesbian Daydreams, a vignette series that shows what can happen when a woman’s erotic imagination runs wild; Rivals, a sexy catfight series that I’ve had a blast filming (I shot a scene with Kylie Ireland where she spat in my mouth! It was the hottest thing I’d ever experienced!), and many others. I’m finally doing the interracial series I’ve always wanted to do (Lesbian Beauties – Interracial), as well as a “kissing” video for hardcore kissing fans. And of course I’m continuing with my lesbian soap operas, beginning with Lesbian Chronicles – Wasted Years. In that series, I play a massage therapist and single mom who is searching for herself and for what really turns her on. It stars Elexis Monroe, Micah Moore, Keisha, Aubrey Adams, Kylie Ireland and many others. *Check Sweetheartvideo.com for news, galleries, and all the latest information about our upcoming releases.

Now, for the mysterious name change from Sydni to Nica. I know that’s probably the weirdest thing of all, and I realize I have to address it.

I changed my name because signing with Sweetheart was a new beginning for me. And I knew in my heart that this was going to be home, that it was going to be permanent (or as close as anything gets to permanent in this random, unstable world.) Nica is my real name, while Sydni was a name I thought of in a pinch (at my first shoot with Girlfriends Films when they asked how I wanted to be billed. “Ellis” was my then-lover’s middle name, and I took it as a little “inside joke” between us.)

In short, I chose the name Sydni Ellis before I realized I’d have a lifelong career doing erotic films and that I had actually stumbled upon my destiny. But now that I’m clearly on that path (I’m even writing a memoir), I can’t quite stomach being known forever by a name that means nothing to me.

It’s been a wild year, with lots of changes and triumphs and plenty of drama. I’m grateful to the lezlovevideo.com forum, an online community of lesbian erotica enthusiasts, for being true friends and supporting all of my decisions as well as being loyal enough to wait all these months for my new films.

So now that I’ve given you the backstory and you can rest assured that I’m not schizophrenic (yet!), I hope to get back to the business of making films and writing about my experiences here at HotmoviesForHer.com. I’ve never been so excited about the future – and the present – and I’ve never been so happy professionally. The Germans coined the term funkshunslust, and it means to experience pure joy by simply doing what you were born to do. It might sound funny, but I finally feel I’ve got that. Funkshunslust. (Hmm… sounds like a good title for a film, don’t you think?)

Please check out our website at SweetheartVideo.com and write to me at NicaNoelle@aol.com

Love,
Nica

Director, Writer & Performer
NicaNoelle@aol.com
SweetheartVideo.com

Watch Nica now!
(Watch her as Sydni Ellis!)