On Taking a Sabbatical from Reading Erotica
Reading erotica can be a profound sensory experience. A good piece of erotica will leave you breathless, aroused and satisfied on emotional and physical levels. Writing erotica is much the same way. It is the yin to reading’s yang. If you write well, the very process of creating the story will take you through the gamut of sensory emotions.
The Right Word
“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter — it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.
— Mark Twain
No insult to Mr. Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens to his pals), but he’s a bit wrong there … but, more importantly, a lot right.
Humor in Erotic Romance?
I’m a romantic at heart. I love romance and I love all things that make a woman sigh and even tear up. I am an avid fan of the steamy sexy romances, which is why I love writing erotic romance. When I write romance, I like letting that side of me free, but I like humor as well. So this creates a very interesting mix in my mind. My main characters tend to be real, witty, sarcastic, funny and snarky. They are real to me. I love visualizing the fun interactions between them. A good book has to keep me entertained and that means a good story with interesting characters and fun dialogue. Not everything can be intense all the time or I end up exhausted. This can be a good thing or a bad one. Some people don’t handle the humor well, but since I write what I love, there is humor, steamy sex, and an interesting plot in each of my books.
To spank or not to spank… That is the question.
I decided to finally broach a question that I have struggled with throughout my books, progressing a little more each time… How far is too far?
When I first started writing, I had planned on being in the more traditional romance category, shying away from the more erotic. That didn’t last long. In fact, before I had even finished Siochain, I realized that I had probably already pushed past that boundary and landed myself in the erotic romance genre. Not that I ever really had a problem with that on a personal level, erotic romance is my preferred genre for reading anyway, but I struggled with that age old question… What if my mother read this? (She giggles nervously while biting her nails).
Tell us more about your powerful female character with her tough past
Julie Anderson Dawson is, in a word, a bitch. At least that’s what Evan Adams thinks when he first meets her. She’s president of a beer and wine distribution company that Evan wants to represent his new microbrews. So he is determined that she get past his “small-timer-itis” and agree to work with him. But their first meeting is hardly auspicious. She is struck by his dedication to his product—and his “boy-next-door” good looks—but has little time to take on a new brand and is equally determined to ignore how one meeting with the guy (when he very ill-advisedly mistakes her for a hot receptionist and goes full-bore flirt on her) has turned her into something just this side of obsessed.
Heather’s Big Bang – or How She Plans a Series
When it comes to planning a series there are lots of ways to do it—charts, timelines, character maps, spreadsheets, and storyboards and then there’s the write it and if it sticks in my brain, it stays in the book. Neither is really ideal for me. So how do I write a series?
With a Big Bang