Reviews

August 16, 2014 by Filigree

2014 Sex Scene Championship: Round Thirteen and Fourteen (adult content!)

Yes, there are adult warnings. Heed them. You know something’s hot when even my summaries need warnings! Four very steamy links today from four very talented writers, over at the Sex Scene Championship page at Scorching Book Reviews. Round Thirteen pits Holley Trent against Jeffe Kennedy. Snippet 1: a searing M/F/M double-penetration scene shows the…

August 15, 2014 by Filigree

2014 Sex Scene Championships: Round Eleven and Round Twelve (adult content!)

Quick drive-by from me, as I’m in the middle of some rare and precious revision time (the Singer novella is now at 43K and counting, and I still have great scenes to add: the black harp, more tension between E and H, a handsome male earthwitch in a cave, more backstory. This may end up…

August 15, 2014 by Filigree

2014 Sex Scene Championships: winners of Rounds Three – Six

Wow, things are really heating up over at Scorching Book Reviews. We’re already up to announcing the winners of rounds 3 through 6: The winner of round three is Leela Lou Dahlin! Massive thanks to Gina Gordon for joining in! The winner of round five is Regina Kammer! Massive thanks to Dakota Trace for joining…

August 14, 2014 by Filigree

2014 Sex Scene Championships: Round Nine and Round Ten (adult content warnings, duh)

Advancing along the championship roster, Round Nine features authors Laura Kaye and Ann Kane squaring off in two M/F excerpts. Snippet 1: love sneaks in during raw pleasure. Snippet 2: a wild reunion and bittersweet plans. Round Ten has Renee Luke’s sizzling M/F sexual power plays against Scarlet Day’s M/F/M menage, in which having an…

August 14, 2014 by Filigree

2014 Sex Scene Championships: Winners of Round One, Round Two

The votes are in: the winner of the Round One bracket is Samantha Ann King. Round Two’s winner is Cris Anson. These two fine writers will square off during Round 33 on the 26th of August, 2014. Tournament brackets can be seen here in the initial lineup post.

August 13, 2014 by Filigree

2014 Sex Scene Championships: Round Seven and Round Eight

In another writing forum, someone asked more or less: ‘How can I write strong sex scenes without turning everything into Twister: the Adult Version’? I’m a big fan of letting emotion and the character’s internal reactions drive everything, more than just a ‘insert Tab A into Slot B’ sex scene. But everyone has different likes…

August 12, 2014 by Filigree 1 comment

Last Chance Tattoo, by Karenna Colcroft

My fellow AbsoluteWrite author Karenna Colcroft has a new book out today from Loose Id: Last Chance Tattoo. With a cover from the multi-talented Fiona Jayde. I’ll let Karenna explain this book, in her own words: “This past spring, I took a trip to Ludington, Michigan to visit a friend. I had never heard of…

August 4, 2014 by Filigree

Swan Prince, by Erin Lark

My fellow AbsoluteWrite author Erin Lark has a new M/M romance out today from Entangled Publishing: Swan Prince. A confession: I’ve read the first two chapters, and I heard about it while it was being written. I’m pushing myself to read more paranormal romance and erotic romance shapeshifter novels, especially those from writers I know.…

August 3, 2014 by Filigree

Space operas rock

…as evidenced by the success of the latest Marvel Studio’s movie Guardians of the Galaxy. I saw it on opening day. It was great, a proper mix of irreverent humor, solid fight and battle scenes, decent worldbuilding a la Marvel’s comics universe, and unexpectedly deep character moments. A worthy and wonderful change from the Disneyfied, focus-grouped…

July 26, 2014 by Filigree 2 comments

Fanfiction Recommendations (adult content advisory)

I’ve been asked to cite some of my favorite M/M and M/F* fanfiction writers and stories. Why do I read them? They’re brilliant. Some of the authors are moonlighting professional authors, some easily could be. They can give me grinding Plot-What-Plot erotica, deep angst, high comedy, and breathless romance – often within the same story.…

July 13, 2014 by Filigree

Megan Derr reviews Moro’s Price

…in her Top Ten M/M Fantasy and Science Fiction list, in early April 2014, over at Scorching Reviews. Which I learned about only last night, via a friend’s email. I’m a little slow on the self-Googling, apparently. If I’d known about the list when the post and accompanying giveaway was live, I’d have happily contributed a…

June 2, 2014 by Filigree

Kirith Kirin, by Jim Grimsley

In 2000, the same year Meisha Merlin published Grimsley’s Kirith Kirin, they also published the anthology containing my first-ever pro short fiction sale. In another universe, Meisha Merlin would have survived and possibly published my debut novel (whichever one that turned out to be.) MM had a rep for taking on daring, quirky books that…

March 28, 2014 by Filigree 1 comment

Three digital M/M and LGBT romance publishers sound off

This morning I was delighted to listen to a Publishers Weekly webcast about the history, current state, and future prospects of digital publishing as it relates to LGBT and M/M romance and related genres. Brief (personal) definition: M/M is simply a romance or other story with a romance subplot featuring male homosexual relationships. LGBT fiction…

February 9, 2014 by Filigree

Reawakening, by Amy Rae Durreson

Readers of this blog might remember how I more-than-occasionally whine about the lack of high-quality SF&F with explicit M/M elements. Well, since many of the mainstream SF&F publishers are late to the party, it’s a good thing M/M e-rom publishers like Dreamspinner are stepping up and pushing boundaries. I have the honor today of reviewing…

November 18, 2012 by Filigree

The flop that wasn’t, or why Disney needs to trust itself…

…and can its marketing staff. Like many people, I don’t go to movie theaters anymore. I’m selfish. With access to a friend’s good satellite service and decent home theater, the only things I’m missing out on are screaming kids in movies too adult for them, people talking over the movie, overpriced tickets, even more overpriced…