I don’t have a priest fetish just because I write about somebody who has a certain profession, doesn’t mean that’s my fetish. I get inundated on Twitter and Facebook - hundreds of people send me links, thinking I’m dying to see this. Every year around November, there’s a company that does a calendar of naked priests. People can have trouble separating the writer from the creation. I don’t want to hear it any more than if you go to the dentist, you’d want to hear about his sex life. I’ve lost count of the amount of people who volunteer information about their sex lives and think I want to hear it. Tiffany Reisz: Probably that we’re sex-crazed and having sex all the time. Every decade there seems to be a new book that reminds people it exists. It’s been around for as long as people had language. To generalize wildly, I don’t think women realized erotica was out there and definitely not in the volume it is. You can ask 100 people what they think about her and get 100 different answers. Bless her heart, she’s been great for the industry’s visibility and great for my sales. What are the most common misconceptions about erotica?Ĭara McKenna: That it’s a new thing that E. If you know your character well enough, you can guess what would turn their crank. I think erotica and sex scenes are the same. There are a lot of writers who write psychopaths and serial killers who have never killed a squirrel, but they can imagine who this person is and what they might do. If someone writes a murder mystery, people don’t ask, “Have you killed a lot of people?”Ĭara McKenna: Anyone who thinks we’re all nymphos and have done everything our characters are doing will either be really disappointed or really relieved. Megan Hart: Everyone asks, “Do you do all the things you write about?” My goodness, who would have the time? If I was doing that, I wouldn’t have the time to write. In addition to McKenna, Reisz, and Hart, I spoke to Skye Warren and Kitty Thomas, both of whom specialize in taking the “is he dangerous” element to more provocative places.įirst things first: If you want to know if erotica writers have done everything their characters have, nobody’s got time for that. … A recommended read for those looking for something sensual yet deeper.” If you like smart, fun, deep, books with a heavy sensual side then The Siren is the book for you.” Or see this review of Megan Hart’s work: “Hart has done an incredible job of crafting an erotic story with an actual storyline, rather than lots of ‘wham, bam, thank you man’ sex. For example, see what this reviewer said of Cara McKenna’s work: “I’m a bit in awe of McKenna’s ability … some of the imagery and writing style were so exquisitely executed … knocked character development out of the park…” Or see what this one said of Tiffany Reisz’s work: “So intelligently written … Yes, it is hot and steamy but … if you just want the titillation, then go find a different book. Now, because the most famous current entry in the genre is the most objectively terrible book to achieve popularity in recent memory, you might think, “Well, I have sex - how hard can writing it be? I’ll just go ahead and crank out out some dinosaur erotica!” But literary titillation takes craft and finesse.Īnd these five authors have it in spades.
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