Hello, and welcome to Banned Books Week at Book View Cafe. I’m Marissa Day, and I write erotic romance. Given what I write, it’s probably no surprise that I took it personally when I heard a number of groups either … Continue reading
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I admit, I’ve been dancing around this one a little bit. But sooner or later, when writing a sex scene, there’s going to have to be a description of the body parts involved. If there is a portion of literature … Continue reading
This is the post where I consider sex seriously. In the past few years there has been a rapid expansion of the portrayal of explicit sex in the romance genre. As it stands, pretty much anything goes. There are few … Continue reading
What I am about to say will not come as a surprise to any reader of these words who also happens to be an adult human being. People engage in sexual activity for a wide variety of reasons. Some are … Continue reading
There are a limited number of adjectives in the language that can be applied to sexual acts. There are even fewer that can be applied without eliciting guffaws of laughter. And I was recently in an email exchange where an … Continue reading
Birds do it, bees do it. The poet goes on to assure us that educated fleas, camels, bears and in Boston, even beans do it. And increasingly, editors of many aspects of the romance genre are demanding more of It, … Continue reading
One of the delights of this holiday season is that there are more ways than ever to get everybody’s favorite gift; books, books and more books. Whether you’re getting or giving a new eReader, a gift card, or an old … Continue reading
So, I’ve been writing and publishing fiction in various forms since the previous century. One of the things that happens when you start to acquire a track record in the business is people ask you to come talk to other … Continue reading
Becoming a romance writer in some ways has been entering into a new world. The major themes of romance novels tend to be very different from, say, science fiction or mystery novels. On the list of the things you are … Continue reading