Here’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)Since Moro’s Price stumbled off Amazon last January and was relisted through heroic efforts from Loose Id, I’ve been watching mostly domestic sales in the US. I don’t know why, but the last month has seen a strong sales spike from Canadian and UK buyers. Thank you so much! You have my heartfelt gratitude, and…
Read More Thanks to Canadian and UK readersSo, 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)Updates: I’m taking a break from the Sex Scene Championship for my latest writing updates: Moro’s Shield: M/M/F space opera romance. 50K written of 70K needed, now that I’m back on track from a two-year legal delay that had *nothing* to do with my own writing. Singer in Rhunshan: M/M/F non-explicit fantasy romance-quest set in…
Read More Writing updates and snarks 8-22-2014Back 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!)I’m a bit late in posting this (sleep-in Sunday!) but I wandered in here eventually. We have the winner of rounds 7 – 10 from the 2014 Sex Scene Championships, right here. ___ The winner of round seven is Tessa Bailey! Massive thanks to Kit Rocha for joining in (and filling in last minute!) The…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championship: Winners of Rounds Seven – TenYes, there are adult warnings. Heed them. You know something’s hot when even my summaries need warnings! Four very steamy links today from four very talented writers, over at the Sex Scene Championship page at Scorching Book Reviews. Round Thirteen pits Holley Trent against Jeffe Kennedy. Snippet 1: a searing M/F/M double-penetration scene shows the…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championship: Round Thirteen and Fourteen (adult content!)Quick drive-by from me, as I’m in the middle of some rare and precious revision time (the Singer novella is now at 43K and counting, and I still have great scenes to add: the black harp, more tension between E and H, a handsome male earthwitch in a cave, more backstory. This may end up…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championships: Round Eleven and Round Twelve (adult content!)Wow, things are really heating up over at Scorching Book Reviews. We’re already up to announcing the winners of rounds 3 through 6: The winner of round three is Leela Lou Dahlin! Massive thanks to Gina Gordon for joining in! The winner of round five is Regina Kammer! Massive thanks to Dakota Trace for joining…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championships: winners of Rounds Three – SixAdvancing along the championship roster, Round Nine features authors Laura Kaye and Ann Kane squaring off in two M/F excerpts. Snippet 1: love sneaks in during raw pleasure. Snippet 2: a wild reunion and bittersweet plans. Round Ten has Renee Luke’s sizzling M/F sexual power plays against Scarlet Day’s M/F/M menage, in which having an…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championships: Round Nine and Round Ten (adult content warnings, duh)The votes are in: the winner of the Round One bracket is Samantha Ann King. Round Two’s winner is Cris Anson. These two fine writers will square off during Round 33 on the 26th of August, 2014. Tournament brackets can be seen here in the initial lineup post.
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championships: Winners of Round One, Round TwoIn another writing forum, someone asked more or less: ‘How can I write strong sex scenes without turning everything into Twister: the Adult Version’? I’m a big fan of letting emotion and the character’s internal reactions drive everything, more than just a ‘insert Tab A into Slot B’ sex scene. But everyone has different likes…
Read More 2014 Sex Scene Championships: Round Seven and Round EightMy fellow AbsoluteWrite author Karenna Colcroft has a new book out today from Loose Id: Last Chance Tattoo. With a cover from the multi-talented Fiona Jayde. I’ll let Karenna explain this book, in her own words: “This past spring, I took a trip to Ludington, Michigan to visit a friend. I had never heard of…
Read More Last Chance Tattoo, by Karenna Colcroft