Why Lavinia Doesn’t Get Laid, or, Ruminations on Sex in Romance Novels
I’ve had sex on my mind a lot lately. No, not that way (well…ahem). Okay, also in a sort of meta-way, probably brought on at first by the whole PayPal/erotica debacle, and then by a discussion on the Kindleboards by some authors who say Amazon is purposely keeping certain racy titles out of the search function on the site. When the PayPal thing blew up on the blogosphere, my second reaction (my first being righteous indignation over such obvious censorship) was that I really...
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Bitten by Books has an interesting poll up on their site. It asks readers and authors how much sex they want in their books, as well as to state in the comments why they responded the way they did. This is how the poll broke down: Moderate Every Few Chapters (42%, 173 Votes) Slight Sexual Tension but Not the ACT (13%, 52 Votes) Sweet Sensual Throughout the Book (12%, 51 Votes) Semi Soft Core Pornlike Scenes Often Are Ideal (12%, 48 Votes) I Don’t Care Either Way (11%, 44 Votes) All Day,...
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