erotica Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/erotica/ Sun, 19 Mar 2017 14:49:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Women Writing the Erotic: Sexual Themes in Fiction https://booksbywomen.org/women-writing-the-erotic-sexual-themes-in-fiction-by-emmanuelledemaupassant/ https://booksbywomen.org/women-writing-the-erotic-sexual-themes-in-fiction-by-emmanuelledemaupassant/#respond Sun, 19 Mar 2017 04:51:38 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18562 Love, yearning, loss, truth and deceit, freedom and constraint: these themes have long occupied a place in our literary canon. From classical literature, we’re familiar with the torment between Cathy and Heathcliff, and between Jane and Rochester. Within the subtext of these two classic stories of love, lies a narration of sex and sexual desire, […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/women-writing-the-erotic-sexual-themes-in-fiction-by-emmanuelledemaupassant/feed/ 0 18562 Why It’s Important To Write -and Read- Romance and Erotica In An Age Of Plentiful Porn https://booksbywomen.org/why-its-important-to-write-and-read-romance-and-erotica-in-an-age-of-plentiful-porn/ https://booksbywomen.org/why-its-important-to-write-and-read-romance-and-erotica-in-an-age-of-plentiful-porn/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2016 05:34:01 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17101 He’s one of my oldest friends, and so, when the words come out of his mouth, I first think I’ve misheard him. “Excuse me?” I say. And he says it again, and I ask him to repeat it, again. No, that’s what he actually said. “How do your parents feel about your new career as […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/why-its-important-to-write-and-read-romance-and-erotica-in-an-age-of-plentiful-porn/feed/ 2 17101 Writing About Sex (and the older woman) https://booksbywomen.org/writing-about-sex-and-the-older-woman/ https://booksbywomen.org/writing-about-sex-and-the-older-woman/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2016 10:21:47 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15050 Many years ago, as an experiment, and I admit a bit of a joke, I submitted the first three chapters of an erotic book to the publishers Black Lace. I read their guidelines carefully and made sure I ‘hit the ground running’; and although I must also have submitted some kind of synopsis I really […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/writing-about-sex-and-the-older-woman/feed/ 6 15050 The Curse of the Erotic Writer https://booksbywomen.org/the-curse-of-the-erotic-writer-by-lucy-felthouse/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-curse-of-the-erotic-writer-by-lucy-felthouse/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:29:56 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=756 I’ve been writing erotica for around six years now, five of them published. On the whole it’s brilliant. Readers appreciate the work (even if some people don’t admit to reading it!) and the community of erotic writers is fantastic. There’s no competition, back stabbing or bitchiness. Everyone is wonderfully supportive and encouraging. I couldn’t ask […]

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