And the wiener, er, winner is...

The 2006 winner of Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction Award speaks out:

Those pesky bulging trousers...

Reading the scene that garnered Iain Hollingshead this award, it might have worked better if not for those bulging trousers (don't you men just hate it when that happens? Damned trousers with a mind of their own!) or his description of the deed as a commotion of grunts and squeaks... Sounds like these lovers needed WD-40 instead of lube!

Some of our most brilliant writers couldn't/can't craft a steamy love scene to save their lives. Purportedly, writing romance drove William Faulkner to drink even harder than he already was. The account goes that when he abandoned Warner Bros. after a decade of writing screenplays, the staff sent to clean his office found only two things: a drained booze bottle and a piece of yellow paper. On the paper, scribbled 500 times, were the words "Boy meets girl." In a more current context, in Smoke and Mirrors, Neil Gaiman discusses how it took him 4 years to write an erotica piece because he kept embarrassing himself. As much as I love Neil's work and consider him bloody brilliant, said piece is the driest, most unsexy story ever! Literary critics and snobby authors can deride "trashy romance" all they want, but many writers would do well to look at torrid romance divas like Rosemary Rogers or Beatrice Small for inspiration. Now those women can weave the smut, and beautifully so!

~ Kitty, proud smuttress >;)

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Some are born to sweet delight,
some are born to endless night...
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Big O For Peace-Global Orgasm December 22nd

Who? Men and Women –You and Everyone You Know!

Where? Everywhere in the World (especially in countries of with weapons of mass destruction)

When? Solstice Day-December 22nd Time and Place of Your Choosing

Why? To Effect Positive Change in the Energy Field of the Earth thru the input of the Largest Possible Surge of Human Energy –A Synchronized Global Orgasm!

For More Info, Check Out:

http://www.globalorgasm.org

Thx & Happy O’s,
Sabrina )O(


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Spicy Romance with a Touch of Magick
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Coming 2007!
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The Write Snerk

As one of my friends recently put it, "No one else is as crazy about writing as other writers." I'm sure my fellow writers know exactly what I mean when I say it is refreshing to talk shop with others who understand that communication with the Muse is not a sign of insanity. (Well okay, actually maybe it is...) So I was tickled to come across this little online shop featuring swag for writers -- hilarious...and fitting!

http://www.cafepress.com/thewritesnark

In addition to the one posted above, another personal favorite is "You interrupted my love scene for this?" Because really, it's almost as bad (maybe worse?) as having the real thing interrupted. ;)

~ Kitty


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Erotica & Dark Romance Author
Some are born to sweet delight,
some are born to endless night...
http://www.katrinastrauss.com/
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LESSONS LEARNED - Book 2 of the Eldritch Legacy
This is not your mother's Regency! Available now!!!
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Condoms-The Best Way To Get It On In Erotic Fiction???

Check out my latest blog at Sisters of the Dark Moon (video demo link included)!

Thx,
Sabrina )O(


Sabrina Luna
Spicy Romance with a Touch of Magick
http://www.sabrinaluna.com
CHARADE, ENCHANTED CHAMBER & PLAYTOY OF THE GODS
COMING 2007 at APHRODITE'S APPLES PRESS