I’ve been wondering where this post went and thank goodness I found it again. Anyway, if you’ve ever wondered how steamy your stories are, romance author Lyz Kelly made this awesome graphic for what’s hot and what’s not on the Heat Level scale.
The LK you see is her stuff and I think mine goes from Sensual to Steamy for my Liz books and Erotic to BDSM for my Naughty Pen books.
What about you? On the Heat Level scale how how hot do you prefer the books you read or write?
I think fluctuating between steamy and sensual is perfect.
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I think that’s the right mix, less is just not involving enough, but more ends up impersonal and more like an instruction book on ‘How to do sex’.
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Agreed
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I’m between steamy and sensual, and I’m okay being in that area.
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I’m between steamy and erotic, I think. I’m pretty sure Caty doesn’t look at my stuff as an instruction book…?
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My holiday engagement book has 1 brief steamy scene. One C word and if you blink, you miss it lol But Friends with Benefits went heavy with the steam and I would have kept going because Campbell and Caitlin were just so much fun to write about.
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I’m sorry I haven’t read FWB yet! I need to get on the stick.
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no worries! it’s only 2 weeks old!
Did you ever find the file for KC?
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I did, but I want to run it through grammerly before I send it to print.
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you want to have my proofreader go through it? She does an amazing job with my books!
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It would have to wait till after Christmas. Dang kids.
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I was wondering what you think about teaming up for a writer’s retreat this coming year?
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It will depend on the when and the where. I don’t do well productive wise on writing retreats though. Just like in writers groups, I never write a darn thing whenever I’m in them. I can’t even write in a library. But I will browse all the stacks lol
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I was just perusing and remembered we had talked about it once. There is one in the summer in WY that is six days and lots of horseback riding…im trying to wake up my westerner.
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lol I will never get any writing done if there are horses because that means there’ll be men who ride them horses. And then I’ll be researching going on…
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Researching is important too🥴
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LOL it sure is!
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🤤
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