Put it here.
Tuck it there.
Assorted parts are thrust, screwed and
banged into place.
Screaming, hair pulling, tweaking and if
everything works out, you’ve got a big old smile on your face.
No, I’m not talking car mechanics, I’m
talking about sex. More specifically,
the way it’s written.
Have you ever come across an intimate scene
that left you scratching your head, wondering how the main characters seem to
have all of a sudden become athletes in the Sex Olympics?
I bet even the best of contortionists or
world class gymnasts wouldn’t be able to replicate some of those moves!
In my case, becoming an erotic romance
writer happened purely by accident.
Here I was, writing some new romantic
thriller when the idea struck me. Why
not break a few personal writing
boundaries? I knew I had a knack for
writing romance, so I thought, “How hard can it be?” Right!
Today, come to mind, when I look back at
the journey that’s brought me to publishing Once
Written, Twice Shy and Almost
Forgotten, the first two books in my Broken
Men Chronicles series.
The way I blushed fifty shades of red as I
wrote those first few scenes is one of them.
Hell, I still blush, particularly when I come up with something
outrageous!
The second: how many times I would rewrite
said scenes to get them just right. I
guessed that the most basic sex could turn out so hot! That’s also when I realized where a lot of
authors, who toy with erotic writing, go wrong.
Sex doesn’t need to be all acrobatics and
mechanics to be good. It’s nice to write
a shower scene that’s a little over the top, sure—I myself am guilty of doing
it a time or ten—but if the words flow, the emotions show, you don’t need all
those fancy death-defying positions and a minute account to make your reader
feel like the proverbial fly on the wall.
The third is that there is such a thing as
too much sex. Build the story and add
some “spice”. A novel can contain a lot
more than the average two to three scenes in it without coming off as
crass. It really can be a beautiful
piece of art.
All in all, my foray into erotic-styled
writing has definitely led me down a path I never expected. Suffice to say, it’s not for everyone. Am I happy with my achievements, of
course! Do I plan to write more erotic
romances? You bet! Will I still be blushing by the time I reach
a dozen erotic-themed novels? You’re
darn right I will be but I’ll still be putting them out!
In closing, I’d like to thank my host for having
me. And for those of you reading this
post, I hope that you’ve laughed, been educated and gotten curious as to the
inner workings of this particular erotic romance author.
Born and raised in small town Northern
Ontario, Canada, Carey Decevito has had a penchant for reading and writing for
as long as she can remember.
As an adult however, more than a decade had
come to pass before sleepless nights plagued her with exhaustion, demanding
that she put pen to paper (more like fingers to keyboard) and start writing
again.
And the rest, as they say, is history!
A writer of erotic
romance, this lover of food will throw in a bit of heat, a dash of sass, a
pinch of comedy and a dollop of real-life experience in order to provide her
readers with a story
that will mess with their emotions from start to finish.
Family and friends are her lifeblood but
Carey also enjoys conquering the outdoors, sports, travelling and playing tourist
in Canada’s National Capital region. When life gets crazy, she seeks
respite through her writing and submersing herself in the latest addition to
her library. If all else fails, she knows there’s
never a dull moment with her prolific story-teller of a five-year-old daughter,
her goofy husband and their two cats who she swears are out to get her.
With three published works under her belt, Almost Forgotten is
the second of her The Broken
Men Chronicles series.
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