I'm a bit early but I'm out of here tomorrow so let's act like this is Sunday, 9/14, ok? LOL.
My third Satisfy Me - - Satisfy Me, Tonight has been put into pre-production! The title is: Driving My Man Wild! Drop date is March 2009 which in reality is just around the corner.
AND.....drumroll please....they asked me to do a 3 story novella volume with just little old me in it. That's right, stories by me, me and me. Is this chick stoked? Ah huh.
**Booty dancing**
I'll post the cover just as soon as they give me a hint.
Recently a fellow author friend was researching a publisher and asked if I'd flip through a few books to help her get an idea of the level of sensuality and word style before she submitted. As a writer I'm always curious about what other writers are doing and ideas to improve my craft, so I agreed.
Several stories used the frank terms I'm accustomed to reading in erotic romance. A few other tales had a slightly more colorful, say we say purple, style of description.
I will admit one line about "her acquiescing thighs" has certainly remained in my memory.
But, my point isn't to knock any author's work or writing style, but made me wonder at such a dramatic differences in one house and what readers think.
Which do you find sexier straight language/"dirty talk" or rich, sensual descriptions or a combination?
Conflict in erotic romance is a truly interesting thing. In most any other genre, a healthy dose of both internal and external conflict is a must. But with erotic romance, I often see where one or the other is getting away as a stand alone. For example, a story might be based on the internal conflict (those internal issues each struggles with) keeping the primary characters apart solely. Or it might be that the primaries are separated by external conflict (those external forces at work to keep them apart) and there is no real internal conflict. In particular, I see this a lot with the shorter story, the novella.
As I embark on writing my next Aphrodisia, I am left wondering about this whole conflict deal. Is erotic romance different in that both internal and external conflict really aren't needed, particularly in the case of the shorter story? Or does the average reader still prefer to see strong conflicts of both kind at the heart of the plot? And in keeping with this theme, is a heavier plot preferred in a shorter story over a more sexual one? Or when reading erotic romance, are the internal (or external) conflicts and the hot sex that derive from them truly the nature of the beast?
Just exactly how rocky do you want the conflict in your novels?
