I've seen various articles about how to write erotica that tout "getting in the mood." One should wear nice lingerie (men, too? Intriguing!), take a lovely scented bubblebath, light candles, play romantic music, float into a trance, and then let your muse flow. Perhaps you should write longhand, in purple ink, on fine paper.
Nope, not me.
Let me set the scene for you, as I wrote the first sexual encounter in my current novel for Spice! I remained at home, in my bedroom. I wore red plaid flannel pajama bottoms and a stretched-out tee shirt and another, man's tee shirt with long sleeves over it. Alas, the tee did not belong to a boyfriend. I'd bought it for myself. Also, I wore fuzzy socks. I was utterly laryngitic, and drank lots of tea, which I will admit is somewhat romantic. If your cup isn't decorated with a kitty cat. I sat on my couch. I clicked away at the laptop, listening first to the electronic stylings of Tricky, then some Rammstein, i.e., a rough-voiced man bellowing in German, to wake me up. I stopped to eat lunch--not oysters or anything aphrodisiac, but lentil soup. I rushed through the end of the scene, because I was growing tired. Later, I went back and edited before I went on with the chapter. In short, I wrote the sex scene like I write every other scene.
I think it's important to note that. Erotica is just writing.
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Victoria Janssen
The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover, Harlequin Spice, 12/08
The Moonlight Mistress, Harlequin Spice, 10/09
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