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Ten Steps to Inner Peace

Out July 22nd from Tirgearr!

by C. Margery Kempe

While most people are getting ready for their holidays or counting down to the end of classes for themselves or their children, I am doubling down on the busy as the last couple months of my sabbatical loom before me like the blades of a guillotine [just joking (not)]. This week as I’ve been picking up speed, lots of people around me have finally found the leisure to take a breather — and come up with things for me to do.

Insert grumpy face here >...

Bad Boys of Brooklyn: Q & A with Contemporary Romance Author Robin Kaye

Book #1 in the Bad Boys of Red Hook Series. Click on photo to buy.

By Madeline Iva

I’ve relished talking to Robin Kaye this week about her BAD BOYS OF RED HOOKseries. I have a positive associations with Red Hook. During one visit to NYC, our friend took us out to a party onabarge–a barge museum, in fact. You could see right through the dark interior of the barge to the open side doors that led tothe water beyond. Filling that view was the Statue of Liberty staring you right in the eye. I’ll nev...

Walking On The Guy Side And Other 21st Century Questions Of Chivalry

By Elizabeth Shore

I was walking down a city street recently with a male friend. He was on the interior side of the sidewalk, closest to the buildings, and I was on the outside, closest to the street. When I noticed how we were situatedI asked, somewhat jokingly, whether we should switch so that he could be on the “guy side” of the sidewalk. His response was a puzzled stare before asking what I meant.

I’ve always assumed – naively, as it turns out – that everyone knows what the guy side of the...

Guest Post: Isabelle Drake, the Nicer Side of Naughty

A note from Liz Everly: When I was at Book Expo America, I stopped by the Ellora’s Cave booth, of course. Author Isabelle Drake (love her tag line “the Nicer Side of Naughty”) was there and we struck up a conversation. I think she definitely fits right in here at Lady Smut and I’m glad she said yes to a guest post.

Take it away Isabelle!

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BDSM, ménage, bad boys….I love these as much as the next reader. But as I writer, I know that sometimes I need bring something new to erotic...

When Feet of Clay Crack

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

Author Amy Jo Cousins wrote a post this week on the fantastic Wonk-o-mance blog calledWhen Heroes Fall about her great disappointment in learning the dark behaviors and/or beliefsof writing idols, admired authors whose works had greatly impacted her life along withher writing. It’s an excellent if open-ended exploration of whether it’s possible to separate the work from the creator and ifthe impact of those works on our personal lives is depleted by the realization of t...

Fresh and Dirty: Three Ways to Renew the Bachelorette Party

Before we get here, can we take it a little inappropriate? Please?

By Alexa Day

Not so long ago, my summers were filled with bachelorette parties. I loved the early ones. We drank to excess. We danced. We spent lovely hours in this one-horse town’s rare male revues and left with our ears ringing.

But the bachelorette party has changed. We are still drinking, thank heavens. The rest of the night’s proceedings — you know, the sexy part — seems to be disappearing. I’m not sure why that’s happening....

Sexy Saturday Round Up

Hey glorious people–

Here we are to celebrate your Saturday/Sunday with some fun links from the Lady Smut bloggers. World cup sex, geriatric love affairs, and a discussion of animal sex (literally) await you. Enjoy!

By Madeline Iva:

What’s the future of safe sex?

For women who like their bad boys authentic–the hottie bad boy thug.

Do animals have sex for fun?

An instant Men’s Fashion Don’t:the asymmetric thong.

From Alexa:

Beauty is truth, truth beauty. That’s all I know about the World Cup, and all...

Androgyny is Sexy

by C. Margery Kempe

I’m off to the south for Leicester Comic Con and some running around in London with one of my publishers. So somewhat hastily, I offer this visual feast which most recently came from one of my Pinterest boards, though it’s an ongoing theme with me. I love drag and androgyny. I’m revising some of my fairytale shorts into novellas, including my take on Rumpelstiltskin which includes a young man pretending to be female (for complicated reasons). I’m also editing a collection f...

Gritty & Witty: Q&A with M/M Romance Author Ellis Carrington

Ellis’s story is part of the “MENDED” anthology from Dreamspinner Press.

by Madeline Iva

I love Ellis Carrington because shewants “books that make her sob like there’s no tomorrow”. She has a new m/m storyout called TOTAL IMMERSION. Here’s a blurb:

Evan Stanton is in over his head. Injured from a fall on campus, he’s let his boyfriend talk him into a senior year total immersion trip—two weeks abroad—only his boyfriend ends up dumping him shortly before takeoff. Evan gets on the plane anyway, but...

Why Does Old People Having Sex Make Us Squishy?

By Elizabeth Shore

Here’s a text conversation I had recently with my dad:

Dad: Hey, I ordered your book! Can’t wait to read it.

Me (texting with panic):Oh, Dad, that’s great, but really. You don’t have to. My books are for the ladies.

Dad:Ha ha. Of course I’m going to read it. You’re my daughter!

A week passed. Another text from dad:

Dad:Just finished your book. I loved it!

Me (feeling the combustive burn in my face):Oh. Well, thanks Dad.

Then I crawled away to hide.

Actually, I didn’t. My dad’s cool...