January 29th, 2018

Evaluating Sexual Tension on the Sentence Level

Several excellent posts have already been written here on how to increase sexual tension—the key to writing romance no matter if it's a sweet romance or erotic. These tips are also helpful for those in other genres who have a romance subplot.… Read the post

July 18th, 2014

Let’s Get Down To It—Writing the Sex Scene

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Blogging Guests | Writing Craft

Susan Squires

Recently, I wrote a blog here at WITS about how to put sexual tension in your romance novel. But it felt like only half the story. Sexual tension often leads to…you guessed it…sex. Not all romances have sex in them, but many do.… Read the post

December 12th, 2012

Sexy Phrases For In And Out Of The Bedroom

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Writing Craft

By Sharla Rae

Put on the sexy music [See Fae Rowan’s blog on Music As Writing Inspiration. ] I’m giving you the sister blog to my Sensual Word Menu, Sexy Phrases For In And Out Of The Bedroom.

Many writers bemoan writing love scenes.… Read the post

June 15th, 2011

Make Your Writer's Bookshelf Work For You

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Books We Love | Writing Craft

by Jenny Hansen

What do you do when you need help with your writing?

I don’t mean when you can’t find the right word or phrase…my critique partner, Sharla Rae, did an excellent job of solving that issue in her "Writing Antifreeze" post a few weeks back.… Read the post

June 10th, 2011

Sensual Word Menu

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Critique Groups | Writing Craft

By Sharla Rae

When I was supposed be writing my blog for today I was catching up on new favorite TV series, Game of Thrones. I thoroughly enjoyed the chopping off of heads, sex, creepy zombies of the North, sex, war, slaughtering of animal, and did I mention steamy sex?… Read the post