Thousands of votes have been made and tallied by now: Tessa Bailey is the returning champion of the 2014 Sex Scene Championship, for this thrilling excerpt. Prizes will be drawn tomorrow from among all the votes, comments, tweets, and FB like, so keep your fingers crossed and an eye on your email (lots of readers…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championship Winner!This is not a review. This is me getting ready to review a book*. And gloating a little. In between working on The Last Added Scene for ‘Singer in Rhunshan’ and flaying my fingers on faux-finished fiberglass, I have managed a digital coup. This: I have an e-book Advance Reader Copy (ARC) of Alis Franklin‘s…
Read More Gloat gloat gloatThanks to RL work commitments, I haven’t been as diligent about posting these in real-time. I figured those of you actively following the tournament in realtime are doing so from the contest homepage over at Scorching Book Reviews. This listing is more of an archive service for future reference. Quarter Finals: http://www.scorching-book-reviews.com/sex-scene-championship-quarter-final-1-cris-anson-vs-tessa-bailey-mstessabailey/ http://www.scorching-book-reviews.com/sex-scene-championship-final-2-laura-kaye-laurakayeauthor-vs-kelly-jamieson-kellyjamieson/ http://www.scorching-book-reviews.com/sex-scene-championship-quarter-final-4-eden-bradley-edenbradley-vs-kimber-vale-kimbervale/ http://www.scorching-book-reviews.com/sex-scene-championship-quarter-3-round-5-vivian-arend-vivianarend-vs-sidney-bristol-sidney_bristol/…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championship Quarter Finals and Final Round (adult links)Today I worked on the (currently) last revision to that pesky fantasy novella, repaired a vintage British umbrella, varnished the covers for a new mini-book, crashed a thread on AbsoluteWrite, and apparently earned the ire of an anti-AW website. Why? Because I glanced at a trainwreck of an online debacle on another site completely, one…
Read More Nefarious Achievement Unlocked (adult language)We have arrived at the Finalist Round, with 16 supercharged competitors. Fasten your seatbelts, folks… http://www.scorching-book-reviews.com/sex-scene-championship-the-final-16-round-1-cris-anson-vs-leela-lou-dahlin-leelalou_2/ Sex Scene Championship the Final 16! Round 1 – Cris Anson vs Leela Lou Dahlin (@LeelaLou_2) ____ http://www.scorching-book-reviews.com/sex-scene-championship-final-16-round-2-jade-lee-writing-as-kathy-lyons-jadeleeauthor-and-tessa-bailey-mstessabailey/ Sex Scene Championship Final 16! Round 2 : Jade Lee writing as Kathy Lyons (@JadeLeeAuthor) and Tessa Bailey (@mstessabailey) ____ http://www.scorching-book-reviews.com/sex-scene-championship-final-16-round-13-laura-kaye-laurakayeauthor-vs-lexxie-couper-lexxie_couper/…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championships, Finalist 16, Rounds 1 – 8Last batch for Part 2, folks. Some of these will be expired by the time you read ’em, so you can’t vote. It’s Life, I’m afraid – sometimes I can’t get to this blog for a day or two. (And this tournament is moving fast now!) http://www.scorching-book-reviews.com/sex-scene-championship-part-2-round-11-sidney-bristol-vs-diane-albert-jen-mclaughlin/ Sex Scene Championship Part 2 Round 11 :…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championship, Part 2, Rounds 11 – 16Long weekend, writing deadlines, Labor Day parties – sorry for not updating sooner. Here we go: Round 4: http://www.scorching-book-reviews.com/sex-scene-championship-part-2-round-4-laura-kaye-laurakayeauthor-vs-scarlet-day-scarletdaybooks/ Laura Kaye (@laurakayeauthor) vs Scarlet Day (@scarletdaybooks) ____ Round 6: http://www.scorching-book-reviews.com/sex-scene-championship-part-2-round-6-amber-belldene-amberbelldene-and-lexxie-couper-lexxie_couper/ Amber Belldene (@AmberBelldene) and Lexxie Couper (@lexxie_couper ) ____ Round 7: http://www.scorching-book-reviews.com/sex-scene-championship-part-2-round7-holley-trent-holleytrent-vs-kelly-jamieson-kellyjamieson/ Holley Trent (@HolleyTrent) Vs Kelly Jamieson (@KellyJamieson) ____ Round 8: http://www.scorching-book-reviews.com/sex-scene-championship-part-2-round-8-lucy-felthouse-cw1985-vs-danni-price-dannipricewrite/ Lucy Felthouse (@cw1985) vs Danni…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championship, Part 2, Rounds 4 – 10Since I’m on long work hours this week and under writing deadlines, the rest of my tournament posts will be brief. You’ve already read the excerpts, but you can go back to read my quick summaries in the part one posts. Moving along to Part Two! Round One: Samantha Ann King ( @SamanthaAnnKing) vs Cris Anson…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championship: Part Two, Rounds 1 – 3 (adult links)The first round is behind us – here’s to everyone for playing. Now we’re up to the second tier of brackets, and things should really heat up. Remember, read and vote for your favorite of each pair of excerpts; you could win prizes after all the dust has settled. Here’s the schedule for tournament pairs…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championship: Part TwoFrom Scorching Book Reviews, Nix posts the following: “The winner of round 15 is Danni Price! Massive thanks to Misa Buckley for joining in! The winner of round 16 is Lucy Felthouse! Massive thanks to Lisa Fox for joining in! The winners of round 17 are Shari Slade and Amber Lin! Massive thanks to Joely…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championship: winners of Rounds 15 – 28Here’s the last round of Part One of the tournament: Cari Silverwood ( @carisilverwood) squares off against Nicolette Day ( @Nicolette_Day) Snippet 1: M/F Dom/sub foreplay with collar and leash. Snippet 2: M/F oral foreplay after a year of teasing.
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championship: Round 31(adult content)So, since I was away from the computer yesterday, this will be a double post. I’m assuming that most of you currently following the tournament are doing so from the Scorching Book Reviews site itself, but this blog will be a good future reference. Moving along, Round 27 features Lane Hart ( @WritingfromHart) vs Draven St. James…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championships: Rounds 27 – 30 (adult content)Back to the fray! Round Twenty-five pits Eden Bradley (@EdenBradley) against Lynne Barron (@lynnebarron06). Snippet 1: M/F contemporary – white hot oral and multiple orgasms blur the line between foreplay and sex. Snippet 2: M/F historical – a strong-willed lady who knows what she wants, and the handsome rake who’ll deliver. ___ Round Twenty-six is…
Read More Sex Scene Championship Rounds 24 and 26 (adult content)A fun mixed bag for today’s entries! Round 23 plays Sessha Batto against Lynda Aicher. Snippet 1: M/M a master interrogator receives a rough and sexy anniversary gift. Snippet 2: M/F mutual masturbation and foreplay as wild as a storm. ____ Round 24 features Nico Jaye and Alyssa Cole. Snippet 1: their second time proves…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championship: Rounds Twenty-three and Twenty-four (adult content)Moving along! Here are the next set of excerpts for our intrepid readers. Round Twenty-one has Sami Lee squaring off against Sidney Bristol. Snippet 1: M/F power games and fast sex against a wall. Snippet 2: M/F bondage, multiple orgasms, and a female sub flying high on more than rope suspension. ____ Round Twenty-two features…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championships: Round Twenty-one and Twenty-two (adult content)The winner of round 11 is Amber Belldene! Massive thanks to Katriena Knight for joining in The winner of round 12 is Lexxie Couper! Massive thanks to J.Hali Steele for joining in. Round 38 (on the 29th August) will feature these two authors. ___ The winner of round 13 is Holley Trent! Massive thanks to…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championships: winners of Rounds Eleven through Fourteen(Housekeeping note: we’ve maybe had some numbering errors on the main site – no round 17 – so expect some tag and heading changes in the next few days. Until then…) Round 19.2 (see above note) is Gail Bridges vs Kacey Hammell. Snippet 1: (M/F) an illicit meeting, footsies, and magic – foreplay is just…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championship: Round 19.2 and 20 (adult content)Wow, this tournament is moving along! Today’s contestants are a talented bunch, so it’s going to be difficult to choose. Round Eighteen is between Amanda Usen and Blaine D. Arden Snippet 1: want a dynamite combo? Try wicked humor in contemporary M/F foreplay. Snippet 2: in a nuanced fantasy setting, M/M foreplay takes on a…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championship: Round Eighteen and Nineteen (adult content)Okay, I don’t ‘hate’ Lois Lowry’s famous children’s novel. I loathe it. I’m disappointed by it. I’m extremely irked by it, and what it has said about ‘mainstream’ Middle-Grade and YA writing for over 20 years.* I am too old to have suffered through it in my own school years, but I had the opportunity…
Read More Why I hate ‘The Giver’ (adult language)Step right up, folks: Round Fifteen opens with Danni Price’s M/F sizzling reunion in a truck, against Misa Buckley’s M/F lovers discovering more than just pleasure. Round Sixteen is all about opening moves: Lisa Fox gives us some serious M/F foreplay, while Lucy Felthouse’s female protagonist discovers what oral and anal can be like from…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championships: Rounds Fifteen and Sixteen (you guessed it – adult content!)