The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance (abridged)

[silburygirl]

Last night, Boyfriend and I had our Valentine's/hey-we've-almost-been-together-for-four-years/promotion celebration, which consisted of so much Italian food that I'm still full, and three-course drinks. It was fabulous, even if I currently feel like I never want to eat again

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[harmony_bites]

It helps being able to take them into a cafe...

Maybe a library?

I'd give advice, but the closest I came was in "Ghostly Visitations" and even there I kinda chickened out to a "R" My personal preference is to avoid the anatomical terms, even though I admit even that makes me squirm a bit since it seems the way is to call the naughty bits "him" Maybe that's why they sometimes refer to IT as "Little ____"?

[silburygirl]

He'd latched himself onto me before then, but I thought that I had lost him... It worked for about five minutes, anyway.

I checked the library catalogue, and they didn't have a lot (which is probably for the best, as I owe them lots of money).

You've seen the closest I've come to something readable, and I feel like I cheated and took a lot of shortcuts. It's better than lots of the pathetic attempts hidden away in obscure files on my laptop, but I dislike cheating as a general rule, especially in my writing.

[renitaleandra]

I thought that I had it contained into a nice, long-ish short story, but it decided to be a novella after al

*pumps fist through air in jubilation*

[silburygirl]

And it won't be up until tomorrow now, because of a minor situation that was outside of anyone's control...

I shall escape the evil clutches of my family to get it up ASAP, I promise.

[renitaleandra]

I shall patiently wait. Yes, I will.

[silburygirl]

It works out for the best, anyway, as I have time to fix a few bits that I'm not satisfied with.

[elarion]

This sounds a bit silly, but the best advice I can give for writing smut like it comes naturally is to do it ... well, at the same rate which a teenage boy wanks when he has first discovered the orgasm.

Just make sure to use plenty of lubrication to avoid chafing.

[silburygirl]

Heee... That's actually useful advice. And it makes me giggle. I like it.

Would you potentially be up for coffee on Thursday morning? I'm in town and it's occurred to me that I haven't seen you in forever...

[elarion]

Barring my ability to get to some sort of coffee venue, I am definitely in.

I'd say we should discuss your smutty adventures, but I'm sure we'd make people uncomfortable.

...somehow that makes the subject more appealing.

[silburygirl]

It does make it more appealing... I'm up for scarring the people in the vicinity if you are.

Does the Chapters Sbux around 10:30 work for you? (I'd say VL, but I still know people who work there, who are probably happier not hearing about my smutty adventures...)

[scent_of_autumn]

I'm so happy for you and your bf! Life is so much greater when you have someone by your side who truly loves you ^^

[silburygirl]

Thanks! I think it's a good sign that he still makes me feel foolishly happy, to the point that I'm tripping over my own feet (although it's possible that I would do that anyway)...

[thehalflie]

How the hell did you manage to get internet in Calgary? Most of the airports I fly through charge me for it...

[silburygirl]

Erm, yeah... There was potentially a small fee involved.

Two and a half hours, and I'd already hit the martinis... I was rather bored. (Although none of the post was written whilst in Calgary, if that's what you mean...)