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Cozy Up With Liz Everly

Liz is still off at a writer’s conference, but here’s a chance to catch up on some of her posts that you may have missed. –Enjoy!

Liz talks about honey and researching bees for her upcoming culinary romance.

Liz praises men in kilts.

Liz reviews Amanda Usens’ hawt culinary romance.

On sexy desserts.

Need more of Liz? She’ll be back on Saturday with Sexy Saturday Round Up.

The Next Bond: Idris Elba

by Madeline Iva

Elba’s stint on The Wire showed he can play a man’s man, and a ladies’ man equally well.

I’m joining in with others who are voting for Idris Elba to play Bond in the next 007 film. Many of you know him from the exceptionally excellent television show The Wire. There he played Russell ‘Stringer’ Bell and walked away with the show in his pocket.

He also served a turn on The Office and showed that he has a sense of humor by playing an uptight corporate man with none.

Since then he’s...

Sexy Saturday Round-Up

Liz Everly is out of town and not blogging. She’ll be back next Saturday.

Friday Fun: Sexy Movies

by C. Margery Kempe

What are your favourite sexy films? What does it take to get you in the mood on movie night?

Okay , it’s noir, so you know not everyone’s going to come out of it well but ohmy are the scenes between Turner and Hurthot hot hot.

There’s not actually any sex in this film, but there’s such a sensuality built into the story, yum.

This romance isn’t to everyone’s taste, but those who love it, adore it.

And of course, my inspiration! Anaïs provides plenty of oohs here.

No sexy list wou...

Sweaty Dirty Fun: Avery Flynn’s Treasure Hunting Erotica PASSION CREEK

Lady Smut put five questions to Avery Flynn, author of PASSION CREEK. Flynn was praised for“totally erotic hot scenes” by one reviewer. Here’s a blurb:

Uptight history professor Sam Layton may have the abs of a movie action hero, but he stopped believing in the joy of adventure a long time ago. However, when a one-night stand with a tattooedbombshell leads to a treasure map for the long-buried Rebecca’s Bounty, the call to action is toostrong to ignore.

All Las Vegas cocktail waitress Josie Wina...

Name That Character

by Elizabeth Shore

I’ve recently begun outlining a new contemporary erotic romance. I’ve got thestory fairly well conceived, but I needed inspiration for my characters’ names soI turned to one of those “name your baby” books. While thumbing through the pages and weighing my choices, I came across an interestingtidbit. Back in 2006, a psychologistconducted a study in which six pictures of women all deemed equally attracted were shown to a population of college students with fake names attached...

Bad Reviews, Bad manners, and Netiquette

So we all get bad reviews from time to time. Sometimes it’s a good thing, we can learn from them, and it shows that people are actually reading our books. Not everybody is going to love our books. We know that, right? In fact, with my mystery writing, I sometimes like the rougher reviews because it shows that I’m pushing buttons. I like that.

What I’ve learned, though, is to consider the source when it comes to reviews. ANYBODY with a computer can write one, whether they know what they are tal...

Stop Seeing Everything In Black & White: Vera Wang’s Totally Whack Bridal Gowns

Bridesmaids–or slutty looking idiots? You decide.

I was a child bride, married so long ago I don’t even retain memories of the event. After a few decades my peers caught up and started pairing off and I’ve been very lucky. I’ve never had to endure spending a bajillion dollars on some funky bridesmaid’s dress with shoes dyed to match. Which is not to say I haven’t been tormented by being in weddings, because, oh I have. For all three weddings I’ve been a bridesmaid-ish-sort-of-thing in I’ll adm...

Sexy Saturday Round-Up

Photo by Dollen

Greetings, sexy! What a week. I’m still in lala land over my blog post on USA Today’s Happy Ever After column. It’s been so busy at home that I barely have time to eat! The next thing ya know it’s time to round-up some blog posts. So we have a group of very interesting posts this week. Sit back, grab a cuppa or glass of whatevah, and enjoy!

From Liz:

Jody Hedlund on tips for finding competent, compatible critique partners.

Forced seduction and its place in romance (or not).

The val...

Pros & Cons of a Pseudonym

by C. Margery Kempe

Did you know my name isn’t real? Okay, it’s real but not my given name. I write — at present — under three different names. The original Margery Kempe was a medieval mystic; she was a real rebel and forged an entirely new way of showing her faith, which annoyed a lot of people. The one sin she struggled with was sex. If she lived now, she wouldn’t have that struggle I suspect, but embrace her lust without shame.

I figure I’m channeling that alternative history of Marge.

I kno...