When you want to laze around

It's July and hot in southern Indiana. I have a dozen or so things I should be doing, but the body and mind are arguing over how much energy there is to spend on this day.

One of my close friends sent on a link to the dear author blog where Maya Banks is giving an open interview on what she is making as an author through digital and print. I have met her a few times and she is a lovely woman. She enjoys her fans and I find her conversation genuine, which is not always the case when you are talking with people who are trying to sell a book or real estate. The article is very interesting, here is the link. http://dearauthor.com/features/interviews/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-digital-publishing-but-were-afraid-to-ask-a-qa-with-maya-banks/

I am amazed at how prolific she is, putting out eight to ten books a year, she really does work hard for the money.

It is a hot day here. I haven't opened my window curtains, trying to keep the cool inside. My two cats are not with the game plan. One of them keeps going to the window and sticking her paws through the blinds trying to maintain an opening. They don't seem to find my company as tantalizing as the occasional bird or squirrel running past. I should be insulted, but instead I applaud their good taste.

I watched the new Torchwood on Starz this weekend. I love this show and fell in love with the characters through the BBC production, though they did manage to kill off the great majority of the characters through the years. I recommend it to any of you who are fans of science fiction and just fun and entertaining programing. I wish they had given us a two hour first show. Like a big chewy bite, instead of a small taste of what's to come. I am looking forward to the series being amazing.

I hope everyone is having a great day. My overhead fans are on and I took care of that disorder of the hair that includes creeping gray all along the roots. I hear it is a common disorder of woman of all ages. I hate to admit it does seem to take a decade off my appearance. Now, if it could only take off a few pounds.

I need to hear the washing machine clatter and the vacum pierce the sound barrier before the day is done. Hope your day is quiet.

I'd love to hear how everyone else is spending their day. It has got to be more interesting than mine. Though, I am writing and there is an hot tempered male who is demanding a lot of intimate attention from the heroine.

You see, I have to fan myself for more than the temperature outside.

Rhianna

Writing Sex

You may laugh at this, but I write erotica to de-stress. A storyline is attached, but it is sex in its purest form, uncomplicated voyeuristic sex. I see my characters in excruciating detail find release. Writers have to see it in our head to get the words on paper.

When I write straight paranormal or erotica, the sex is not always anchored to a romance. It may be the nature of the character, a curse or a blessing, depending on their world view. I am a romantic at heart, so eventually it will lead to love, and hopefully romance. The two are not naturally intertwined. A character may love someone and sex is part of the relationship, but if it is one sided it is not a romance. Pleasure can be noncommittal, momentary and necessary for the majority; whereas, romance is a committed relationship. Friendship is a committed relationship. Sexual pleasure is the core of erotica. Some may believe that it must be kinky, but that is a matter of taste.

When I write in the romantic suspense genre I follow a parallel rule to life. The consummation of a romance to sexual intimacy leads to a lot more sex. In life, when you become intimate, do you wait months to see each other again? If you enjoyed the experience and want that person, the sex is frequent and lustful. For that very reason you will never see only one sex scene in my books. We are primitive in new relationships, loosing ourselves for hours and sometimes days in our lover’s pleasure. Or so my world view insists.

If you don’t agree, then I challenge you to ask someone who is in a brand new sexual relationship. How often do they see each other now that they have cleared the hurtle of sexual intimacy? Unless they are long distance lovers, they probably see each other several times a week and sex is integral to planning their time together. Why do you think there’s always a hidden parlor off the ballroom when you read historical romance? Sex allows a male and females to become one.

What is your world view on sex?
Rhianna Samuels
Rhiannasamuels.com