Erotica Authors Venture Where Others Fear to Tread
by Elene Sallinger
by Elene Sallinger
Be warned – 18 + only please!!
Sex. One of the most natural acts a person can perform and
yet it is treated like a plague by the average writer. In fact, there is a
distinct code by which sex is described so as to prevent the non-erotic author
from being sullied by such subversive words as “clitoris” or “orgasm”.
Personally, I grew up with this code none the wiser.
Heroines didn’t cum they “fell over the edge into ecstasy.” Heroes didn’t get
their dicks sucked, they were “tasted”. Men didn’t have cocks they had a
“manhood” and the list goes on.
Nothing I read growing up prepared me for the gritty reality
of sex. The pristine, two-line scenes in my Barbara Cartland novels couldn’t
encompass the scents and sounds and sensations that make up truly carnal sex.
Sadly, it wasn’t until I stumbled upon my first piece of
erotica that I understood the difference between sex as it is written in the
general lexicon and a truly erotic sex scene. That was also when I understood
that to write a good sex scene, the erotica writer must be fearless.
The erotica writer must embrace the language of sex and
wield it deftly. Ironically, the erotica author is often ridiculed as not being
a “real” writer simply because we choose to explore sex and use the language of
sex to its fullest. It’s almost as if the usage of the word “cunt” negates ones
artistic credibility.
To that I say simply … bullshit.
I contend that it takes true skill and creativity to write a
sex scene that draws you in and titillates you while remaining arousing. There
is always a danger of tipping over the ledge into a clinical recitation. Truly
skilled erotica writers engage the senses and the brain leaving you as wet and
breathless as the main character.
That takes true
skill. That takes courage.
The erotica author goes where others fear to tread and that
should be celebrated not reviled.
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This is the story
of Claire Ryan and Evan Lang. 35-year-old Claire joins a local book club for
romance readers in order to get over the breakdown of her 10-year relationship,
there she meets book shop owner Evan, a dominant man who has never recovered
from the sudden death of his submissive wife.
As their relationship develops and they embark on the path of Claire’s submission, it becomes harder and harder for Evan to keep his emotional distance. Claire is open and responsive and he wants her badly, but refuses to let himself go.
As Claire falls deeper in love with Evan, she realises that he is holding back and decides to end their relationship, forcing Evan to confront his own past and his feelings in order to save his new love.
Winner of the New Writing Competition at the Festival of Romance 2011
As their relationship develops and they embark on the path of Claire’s submission, it becomes harder and harder for Evan to keep his emotional distance. Claire is open and responsive and he wants her badly, but refuses to let himself go.
As Claire falls deeper in love with Evan, she realises that he is holding back and decides to end their relationship, forcing Evan to confront his own past and his feelings in order to save his new love.
Winner of the New Writing Competition at the Festival of Romance 2011
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