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The power of erotic fiction…

November 14, 2010

I have no time for revision.  This post is to help me clarify my own thoughts.  Sorry if it rambles. I was in the kitchen with my mom the other day, drinking coffee and relating a tale of small neighborhood intrigue.  “There are these two people,” I said, “both university faculty in the same department.  [...]

Tagged as: art, barely-organized thoughts, erotica, life examples, writing

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Tired of the beautiful people.

December 20, 2009

This is a romance / erotica rant and will be, at best, semi-organized in presentation. I am tired of all the beautiful people in romance and erotica. Come on. In these genres, everyone’s physically attractive. I get that it’s part of the fantasy, but when I look at real people in the real world, such [...]

Tagged as: art, character development, characterization, life examples, real people, semi-organized thoughts

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Romance Issues: Sparkling jewels & glistening portals!

October 23, 2009

So many romance books appear to be obsessed with eyes.  Every major character in romance books has some kind of extraordinary eye color, whether it’s vivacious aquamarine, smoky whiskey, cool ice gray, startling emerald, or unreadable obsidian. I’m so sensitized to this facet of romance lingo that I start to laugh every time I read [...]

Tagged as: editing, eyes, life examples, purple prose, romance

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