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Sexy Romance versus Erotica Romance

by Keira 12.17.2010

This post is in response to Historical Romance – How Much Heat is Too Much? The original post is by Evangeline Collins, author of Her Ladyship’s Companion (releases in May 2009). In the comments I explored what I thought made the difference between a sexy romance and an erotica romance and then I thought it [...]

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Male POV in a Romance Novel Sex Scene

by Keira 10.12.2010

@bookbinge: Dear Authors: I haven’t met a man alive who thinks of nipples as “berries”, ripe, pink, succulent or otherwise. Very distracting to read. I saw this in my Twitter stream and decided to share my thoughts about it in far more than 140 characters. Does it really matter what men think? Or more accurately, [...]

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Review: In Over Her Head by Judi Fennell

by Keira 06.01.2010

In Over Her Head is the ultimate beach read. No, seriously, it is. You have talking fish, Mers (only humans would classify them by gender), sea monsters, underwater cities hidden by the Greek gods, heirs, thrones, adventure, a cache of diamonds… there’s so much going on in this book. In so many ways this book [...]

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4 Tips for Writing Sex Scenes, pt 1

by Keira 12.06.2009

Sex scenes are hard – pun intended. They’ve become nearly essential to a good romance. Writing one that is believable and heated can require a lot of effort. If you’re uncomfortable it shows and turns off readers. So where does one start? By remembering that the sex scenes are for and about your characters and [...]

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Review: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

by Keira 11.30.2009

Book three in the Twilight saga is by far my favorite of those books published. (Breaking Dawn, book 4, is coming out in August) Eclipse is simply beautiful. It’s longer than the other two books but does not contain chapter one of the next book (darnit!). In Twilight, true love was found. In New Moon, [...]