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    maybeimamazed02: It's funny...I've been preparing to write a sex scene for the YA novel I'm working on, and I've been a little scared about how to, um, go about it. No... more »
    sybann: Lord, if I had to tell you all the dicks that have bludgeoned like a tome upside the head you'd get the comparison. And Henry Miller? Not sexy. more »
    Blueberry26: Aren't a lot of erotica scenes written for women from the perspective of a woman ... by a man? How is that writing from your own experience, sir? When... more »
    Maulleigh: One of my favorite trash novels of all time was/is Love's Tender Fury by Jennifer Wilde. The sex scenes were HOT. Turns out Jennifer Wilde is really a... more »
    Ginmar Rienne: Ugh. I hate Henry Miller's sex scenes. Thanks, as a woman, I get anonymized enough. That's exactly what I don't want to see happening to a woman, than... more »
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Good erotica encompasses both well rounded (ahem) persons and anonymous trysts. What a moron to make such broad stroked (ahem) generalizations. more »
    queenieinmanhattan: I don't understand. He starts off with this: "Do men write better sex than women? Yes, but this is not the fault of a difference in our DNA." But the... more »
    penguins268: "Oh, please, honey, listen, if I can do it, anybody can. You just start with half a dozen European cities, throw in thirty euphemisms for male genital... more »
    YourScreenplaySucks: Huh. I think Miller's & Nin's writing about sex is awful when it's not ludicrous. But maybe I'm just frigid. more »
    Zombie Ms. Skittles: My favorite sex writer does fanfic for an anime I used to watch in the 8th grade. Because I am, truly and forever, that lame. more »
    Santos L Halper: Once, in the halcyon days of my youth, I started licking this guy's face on the couch. He was salty and my tongue kept getting stuck in his nostril a... more »
    save jinger: This article is making my bosoms heave with anger. more »
    sympathyforthebasementcat: I think you just have to be creative. Like instead of saying "Reggie's peen," you say "Reginald's quivering member." more »
    Alys Brangwin has a huge talent: Ever heard of The Story of O, dude? It was written by a woman, pretty much on a dare that a woman couldn't write a story like it. more »
    Dynamo: "He says, "it's because male writers have a much longer tradition of breaking taboos about sex (straight and gay)." His examples are Henry Miller and ... more »
    Penny: What if your favorite sex writer is a gay man? more »
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    How To Write Erotica

    Want to learn how to write steamy sex scenes? Check out these tips from a woman, and these slightly more offensive tips from a man. More »
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    The (New) Joy of Sex

    If you're still using Alex Comfort's 1972 The Joy of Sex as your guide to such topics as "frigidity," having sex on horseback, and "tactful ways to take a woman’s virginity," it's time to update.