What makes a story sensual – as opposed to just “hot”?
When sex is more than just hot décor We have tons of stories, in book and on screen, which use sex to infuse excitement. Few manage to make the sex…
Self-censorship and the writer
Blood is the only bodily fluid allowed It’s a dilemma that I hate. And it’s dangerous for any art: self-censorship in the eye of other people’s double-morals. I’m confident in…
J.D. Lexx: Boys Will Be Boys. I’d Rather Be a Man. | The Writing Room
Locker rooms. Country clubs. Capitol Hill. It’s all the same, all variations on that fort we once built in the backyard, replete with “No Girls Allowed” over the door. The…
Sex, Romance, and the Viking Woman | Gina Conkle’s Guest Blog for Dirty, Sexy History
Sex and romance have spiced up history. There’s the tragic tale of Marc Antony and Cleopatra and the Middle Ages pairing of intellectual souls, Heloise and Peter Abelard. There’s the…
Hush, writer, you can’t write that …
Or: Why do I hold back? A painful observation. E.M. Cioran said: “Write books only if you say in them things you would not dare confide to anyone.” Or in…
Love scenes as the royal league of writing …
… or: Writers should dare to include it all! How to write sex with style, Part 6: Sex scenes equal fighting scenes I loved that Delilah S. Dawson over at…
The orchestration of a love scene …
… or Part 4 of How to write sex with style: Play musical conductor to a love scene-composition! In this case I’ll not only hand you my sheet music, the…
Cooking up a hot and tasty three-course meal …
… tickle your readers’ taste buds with mouth-watering love scenes: Part 3 of “How to write sex with style” Starter, main and dessert You, the writer, are the cook of…
Holy Viking Hotness …
… or: How to write sex with style, Part 2: The complicated cooking of a tasteful Nordic feast As I said earlier, some recipes for yummy hotness are just proven…
Outlander vs. 50 Shades of Grey …
… or How to write sex with style – Part 1 Yes, one can’t compare the two, Outlander and 50 Shades of Grey, and still, I’ll do just that, to…
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