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Whip It Good

When a problem comes along You must whip it Before the cream sets out too long You must whip it When something’s goin’ wrong You must whip it – Devo

By Elizabeth Shore

You know how it is when you’ve got a day off from work or other obligations and you find yourself with an entire day to yourself? Yay! you mentally cheer. You can get an enormouslaundry list of things accomplished – including the laundry itself! – and you’re imbued with a sense of purpose.But then…well, remember that saying abo...

Reality TV Done Right with Slow TV

Like being there, but warmer and closer to your kitchen.

By Alexa Day

Slow TV has been around for years, apparently, but I heard about it for the first time a couple of weeks ago.

Lunchtime conversation with some learned colleagues turned to what each of us was watching on television. The summer is a tough time for me in this regard. Basically, I’m watching Law & Order reruns until The Walking Dead comes back on. Project Runway returned last week to break things up a little, but that’s a new...

Hot Picks for Fall

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

Despite the 80 degree days here in New Jersey, Autumn is definitely beginning to creep its way in, thank sweet baby Jesus. I actually lowered the twokitchen windows yesterday because the nights have been too cold to keep them open. (Other windows will stay open till the first frost. What can I say? I like a cool house.)

Those of you with children have already been through the hell that is September back-to-school. I heard more whinges about school forms and activity si...

Servant of the Undead, erotic zombie horror free read

Isabelle Drake’s Servant of the Undead

If you’re new to this serial, you can start with Part 1, “Do it.”

Part 19: “That’s more like it library boy.”

“What happens when we’re done? To me?” Hayden spoke over the bits of Rachelle’s conversation that drifted into the kitchen from the other room.

Mattie continued moving her fingertips across her breasts, playing with her nipples. “If I were you, I guess I’d want to know that too.”

“So tell me,” he asked, trying to ignore the truth that his cock wa...

Sexy Saturday Round Up

What a week it’s been! Are you ready to relax and enjoy your Saturday? I know I am. Here this week on Sexy Saturday Round Up we’ve got an assortment of fun and fantastic just for you. Dive in and enjoy.

How to get published in anthologies

by Rachel Kramer Bussel

First let me start by saying this is not a definitive guide to how to get published in anthologies, but a highly subjective guide based on my editing over 60 anthologies, and now being the Best Women’s Erotica of the Year series editor for Cleis Press,and having my own work published in over 100 of them. Why am I sharing this on Lady Smut? Because writing erotic short stories for anthologies is how I got my start, and how many in the erotica and erotic romance genre ha...

Fantasy, Fairy Tale, & Fashion: The Smexiest Parts of TALE OF TALES

by Madeline Iva

I’m becoming more fantasy obsessed as I get closer to the releasing of my FIRST NOVELwhich—you guessed it—is a fantasy romance.(Shameless plug: it comes out November 1st) Yetwhatis it about fantasy that does it for me, exactly? Well, for one thing, I’m a total sucker for ye-olde poofy dresses. Yup.

Pair up a ye-olde poofy dress with a dainty princess crown, add in some gloomy tall interiors–preferably witha brooding mysterious hero lurking in the background–tossin a general ai...

Steamy Excerpt

The end of an awful marriage might be the beginning of something smoking hot. Click to buy.

By Elizabeth Shore

Hello Sexies! I can’t be with you today but would never dream of leaving you high and dry, so please enjoy – any way you wish (!) – the following sizzlin’ scene from my latest historical release, Desire Rising . See you again soon! xo

She recalled what Budding had said. Must have been hell—pure hell. Her eyes welled with sympathy. She didn’t know what tortured Miles, but the reasons d...

Really Bad Story People, or What Becomes of the Braying Jackass?

Yes, officer, this guy is bothering me.

By Alexa Day

Long ago, in a critique group with a very talented group of writers, I faced a bit of a dilemma. One of my colleagues had passed around a story that revolved around a character who was just an irretrievable ass. Of course, this character was paired with a female character who just doted on and encouraged the protagonist’s worst qualities. She made it possible for him to move through the world as an ass. I kept waiting for some development i...

From Naughty to Nice: Following My Muse Across Genres. A Guest Post From Jackson D’Lynne

There seems to be a misconception among romance readers; once an author has written in a specific genre, they are locked into the genre, and therefore spice level, until they give up ghost.

What a load of shit.

Guest author Jackson D’Lynne

Most authors are driven by their passion, their muse, and the money they make from writing, which means that while one genre birthed their careers, they are in no way shackled to it. The market dictates what is popular and therefore what readers are buying....