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Finnish Sauna

By C. Margery Kempe

What could be more iconic than the Finnish sauna?

My cousin Helka asked me if I wanted one the first day I arrived at her cottage. After a long day of travel it sure sounded good. Oskari and Antti got the fires going, one for the hot water (to wash afterward) and the other for the sauna itself. I had a sauna each night I was there. It was wonderful!

The beautiful wood: where every sauna begins.

Wood benches, the bucket and ladle, and of course, the birch whisks; Jussi made the...

One Of Us: ‘Pre-published’ Author Kiersten Hallie Krum Dishes with Lady Smut ‘Bout Sexy, Sweaty Suspense

Kiersten takes a break from blogging bliss.

Hey fellow vaginas! We’re hanging today with Kiersten Hallie Krum, a would-be aspiring romance author building that professional romance platform brick by brick with her funny blog posts.

MADELINE IVA: Hello Kiersten, my fellow pre-published author.

KIERSTEN HALLIE KRUM: Hello Lady Smut! Thank you so much for inviting me to take over your blog today.

MADELINE IVA:I love reading your blog posts–so fun. What part of you that comes out in romance-land t...

Kicking Rejection To The Curb

As many writers do, I keep a lot of files. I’ve got files for book research, subdivided into time periods (Medieval, Elizabethan, earth 19th C., etc.), files for blogging ideas, files for book ideas, blogging research, publicity, conference information, and on and on. I’ve also (happily!) got a couple files for book contracts.

This plethora of paper just shouldn’t be so in our digital age, but I’ve been slow to scan so my file drawers are bulging. So much so, in fact, that my husband starting...

Hot Slices, “Delicious” Short Stories, plus a Freebie

I love being a published author with a traditional house. But with all of the indie opportunities out there, I think it’s smart for writers to test the waters and see how we can do with a bit of self-publishing to boost our traditionally published novels. The key to sales these days is producing as much as we can to make it available for readers. Readers can be impatient. When they like your writing, they simply want more. So I’ve decided to answer many emails and requests for new stories by...

Crazy Badass Luxury: What It Feels Like Being Fashion’s Bitch

I was looking at September Vogue the other day. It’s a great value, the same price as a regular mag for a thick tome that could kill somebody if you chunked them on the head with it. I do recognize that upon reading a Vogue I enter this twisted world. Instead of reading the articles and ignoring the ads it’s just the other way around.

My thought process was something like this: on the off chance I actually wanted to buy some new clothes and look fashionable this fall, what’s in fashion right n...

Sexy Saturday Round-Up

Photo by Dollen

By Liz Everly and the Lady Smut Bloggers

Hello sexy! Is it really August? Summer is flying by! The Lady Smut bloggers are striving to bring you the best and most interesting blog posts on the Internets. Hold on, we’ve got some juicy ones for you.

From Liz:

One of my fav blogging writers Dean Wesley Smith on Killing the Top Ten Scared Cows of Publishing.

A fascinating survey on what readers want.

The Elephant Journal on ten reasons to have sex. (As if we need more. Grin.)

If your look...

Helsinki

By C. Margery Kempe

My first full day in Helsinki I had planned to go to the national museum before I met up with my friend Laura (under the clock at Stockmann’s of course, the traditional meeting place in Helsinki) but it didn’t open until 11 so I went to Kiasma, the contemporary art museum first while the heavens opened. Click the photos to embiggen them.

The karhu that guards the national history museum

Outside the music center, perhaps the pike Väinämoinen wrestled

It’s always fun to see what...

Roam Around the World…

Or at least a big hung of it — That’s what Madeline’s doing this week.

She’ll be back next Monday with more smexy.

Until then, she’s kicking back with the biggest tropical drinks known to mankind.

Taken By Him – Book Review

It must be fun to be a billionaire. The world is your playground, you’re the master of your own time, living paycheck-to-paycheck is something you’ve never heard of. You can be rude and cocky and arrogant and still people will throw themselves at your well-shod feet, begging, whimperingto do your bidding. And if you’re hot and sexy and a 30-something to boot . . . well, you really do have it all.

That’s essentially the overall premise in author Red Garnier’sThe Billionaire’s Clubseries. As the...

Writer Dudes: Hot or Not?

by Liz Everly

I love writing as part of the Lady Smut blog because on days when I’m feeling less than inspired, all I need to do is look back through posts from the other writers. Today, it’s last week’s post written by Elizabeth Shore about rocker dudes. Which made me think about hot writer dudes—a bit more challenging.

Okay, so writers are a way different breed than rockers. We are not known for our dashing looks and hot bodies, sorry to say. But there is a certain innate sexiness that comes...