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IS SEX ETIQUETTE ELEMENTARY?
…good for them to know the rights and wrongs of sexuality and its sexual acts. Similarly, an up-to-date parent will gradually but firmly establish with their child how to properly set the table,… more →
Nicole Taffe's Blog
Death By Freud: The Top 11 Lessons Books Taught Me About Sex
wrote 3 days ago: If you grew up anywhere in the world besides an tiny, experimental Swedish boarding school run by se … more →
the vampire's sexual otherness
wrote 1 week ago: In a 1997 essay, Andrew Schopp considered the homoerotic aspects of modern vampire literature, and w … more →
Virginia School Isn't For Lovers
wrote 2 months ago: All the single ladies. In keeping with Women’s History Month, here is a review of Zora Neale Hurston … more →
Writing the Explicit: The Author's Pressure to Arouse
wrote 2 months ago: When writing a sex scene, I first try to discard any self-consciousness about what others might conc … more →
Speaking the Unspeakable: Sex in Books
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wrote 2 months ago: Anna Karenina – Literary Sex and Death without the heebie-jeebies It’s an odd talent. I can s … more →
Synonym for Erection: How to Write a Truly Satisfying Sex Scene
wrote 2 months ago: …a truly satisfying sex scene is as challenging to achieve in writing as it is in real life. K … more →
Sex and virginity in Romance novels
wrote 8 months ago: Virginity, sexual awakening, and inexperience in romance On the importance of both virginity and sex … more →
The Smart Bitches' "Hymn to the Hymen"
wrote 8 months ago: This I liked very much… “A Hymn to the Hymen Without including a picture that would make … more →
"A Brief History of the Modern Romance Novel" according to Wendell and Tan
wrote 8 months ago: “Boy meets girl, Holy crap, shit happens! Eventually, the boy gets the girl back. They live Ha … more →
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
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wrote 9 months ago: I was combing my shelves last night trying to decide what book to read next and my eyes kept traveli … more →
Fifty Shades of .........?
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wrote 10 months ago: Firstly, let me make clear I don’t agree with censorship, it is more dangerous to attempt to c … more →
Jane Austen and her "Best Literary Sex Scene"
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wrote 10 months ago: It seems that on almost a daily basis Jane Austen makes some list or other. Yesterday, The Guardian … more →
SEX SELLS - So Do Books....
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wrote 12 months ago: No, I’m not going to tell you how to write a good sex scene. But I have been thinking about th … more →
SEX SELLS - So Do Books....
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wrote 12 months ago: No, I’m not going to tell you how to write a good sex scene. But I have been thinking about th … more →
Can't get no satisfaction
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wrote 1 year ago: There is an interesting distinction between adult romance novels and young adult romance novels. It … more →
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, By Stieg Larsson
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wrote 1 year ago: This is the book series I have heard everyone mention but no one describe. It appears to be popular, … more →
Nudge, nudge, wink wink. Say no more...
wrote 1 year ago: One of Britain’s top literary magazines has dedicated itself to recognizing and rewarding writers of … more →
Bad Sex Please, We're British: Can Fictive Sex Ever Have Artistic Merit?
wrote 2 years ago: In her introduction to the Penguin’s 2004 edition of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Doris Less … more →
Sex and Lies
wrote 2 years ago: *This post is cross-posted over at the Liars Club site… As a young adult author, how can I NOT … more →
