(Note: the hot button I’m referring to isn’t related to our previous discussion on how to heat up the fictional bedroom. Sorry if you’re disappointed.) Last week I randomly clicked on a link to a review for Judith James’ Libertine’s Kiss. (I can’t find that link now, so if this description of the review sounds… Continue reading What hits your hot button?
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Tools for heating up the (fictional) bedroom
If you write romance, chances are you’ll find yourself pondering how best to describe genitalia and different sexual positions. After all, who wants to read about boring sex? Having read romance for twenty years, I’ve seen the way sexual descriptions have changed. I still remember one novel where the hero and heroine made love on… Continue reading Tools for heating up the (fictional) bedroom
Review: The Viking Takes a Knight by Sandra Hill
Ignore the mullet-man on the cover. This novel is a funny, sexy romp through tenth-century Britain and the Norselands. Ingrith, a Viking princess living in Britain, runs an orphanage that rescues children from horrific circumstances. One of those children is Henry, the king’s by-blow, and when Ingrith hears the king is looking for the young… Continue reading Review: The Viking Takes a Knight by Sandra Hill
Twitter hashtags for writers
I just started using Twitter (patting myself on the back for only being about three years behind the trend), so I found this article on Twitter hashtags for writers very helpful. Many thanks to Imogen at The Writing Groove for pointing it out.
Describing how a man smells
One thing I hate to read about is a musky man – partly because it’s become hackneyed, and partly because the word conjures its original use. The musky scent in colognes used to come from a glandular secretion from near the musk deer’s rectum. According to Wikipedia, the word ‘musk’ originates from the Sanskrit for… Continue reading Describing how a man smells