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more about #philiproth meritxell: an erotic life: Just, for the love of all that is holy, do not have anybody involved LITERALLY bite a pillow. I'm glaring at you, Smeyer. more » cand86: I dunno, ya'll . . . if you go over to Fleshbot, sitting right there is the description "There is still something deeply sexy about watching a freshly... more » Tchotchke: This is probably the perfect time to mention that I am currently reading "Tropic of Cancer." more » cand86: Even though, I think there's while we're supposed to be mocking bad erotica or bad sex scenes that are obviously trying to be erotic, sometimes these ... more » Hell on Heels: For some reason I become incredibly annoyed anytime I'm reading a sex scene and the author uses the word "sex" as an adjective to interchangeably desc... more » samarkand: Anyone who reads and writes fanfiction knows: writing sex well is really difficult! It's tricky to walk that line between too clinical-sounding and t... more » gherkinfiend: They announced the winner last night and Jonathan Littell scooped the dubious honour... [news.bbc.co.uk] If it makes me laugh more than the Nick Cav... more » stonebiscuit rolled a 1 on initiative: Sex and art are both extremely objective--one person's Best Book EVAH is one person's backup TP, just as one person's Sex God is another person's...se... more » cand86: The mark of a good sex scene is the well-chosen detail, and the hardest part of being a writer is limiting yourself to those few details, and the hard... more » sybann: How about a train instead? Don't you think that writing REAL erotic erotica is a problem because we all find different things arousing. more » BuffySummers: The most hilarious thing to me is when you read a lot of scenes from one author, you start to recognize their quirks--words they like and little affec... more » likepenguins: There are all those books that are "sequels" to famous books, you know? Like Scarlett, and various other things. Anyway, there's one for Pride and P... more » winner: When I think of perfectly written sex scenes, none of them are in capital L Literature. They are all science fiction. This probably says more about ... more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: I've gotta say, I can't think of anything that makes me happier about a book than a surprise well written sex scene. I actually know for a FACT one o... more » hambonetoblerone: No joke: I have on my desk, at this very moment, a copy of Speed Dating, which is from Harlequin's NASCAR line of books (this is also not a joke). Lo... more » aimeeg: I'm more a fan of the 'heaving, round orbs' and 'creamy white thighs' school of sex writing. I wrote my own version once. It was set in a garden centr... more » televisionarie: Somehow Ian McKewan manages to do it perfectly in Atonement and On Chesil Beach. JUST TRUST ME AND MY VARIOUS PARTS ON THIS. more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: Miss Skittles' Handy Dandy Guide For Sex Writing or So You're Writing a Porno! 1. If you're going to write about sex, you bloody well better be able... more » Mary McCarthyite: In terms of his "erotic" writing, Philip Roth has a special place in my heart in Goodbye, Columbus with pre-coital dialogue between two characters.... more » rodmanstreet: I had a couple of intended sex scenes in my own booky-wook, and I ended up just writing around it. Every time I started a sentence like, "His warm ha... more » -
#lustlit
Vagina Masks, Four-Handed Women, And The Pitfalls Of Sex Writing
The nominees for The Literary Review's 2009 Bad Sex in Fiction Awards are in, leading critics to opine about why it's so hard to write about boning. More » -
#joycecaroloates
A Room Of One's Own
"I go into a very happy state of mind when I'm vacuuming. I think some of my male colleagues, like Philip Roth and Don DeLillo, are completely denied this pleasure." - To Sunday's Times magazine. More »
