how loud is too loud?

Posted on 07/01/2010 by Kris

Image from here.

Following yesterday’s post, I wanted to ask the question about whether there is such a thing as sex being too loud in romance and erotica.

I’ve already made my opinion known about scenes of orgasmic screaming, but what about those in which the bottom – or the chick if it’s m/f – muffles his cries of ecstasy by biting lips, pillows, ball gags ;), etc?

To be honest, I quite like the latter because it conveys, to me at least, the sheer intensity of what the character is feeling.

Actually, I probably enjoy it just as much as his/her lover when they finally lose control completely and yell out their pleasure. Just call me voyeur. *g*

What do you think though? How loud is too loud?
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things that make you go O_o

Posted on 06/01/2010 by Kris


So. I read it.

Err. Can’t say I’m totally convinced about the getting off on darky, musky, earthy, strappy things.

What I do think came across very well in the story was the fact that it was a fetish and, hey, to each their own.

But…

… what the heck was with all the “C’MON. SHOOT THAT MOTHERFUCKING LOADs” and “FUCK. I’M COMING. I’M COMINGs”?!?!

I was amazed that Gregg and Dar didn’t wake up half the planet with all the orgasmic yelling, not to mention Dar’s parents who were just down the friggin’ hall!

This actually put me off more than anything else in the book, including the jock huffing.

I mean I know that they were young and enthusiastic and all, but…

Geezus.

FYI, this is why God invented ball gags.
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encounters with my baby brother: 1

Posted on 05/01/2010 by Kris


As the title of this post oddly enough indicates, I’ve decided to share some of the conversations that I have with my baby brother; first introduced to you all here, about my reading and blogging habits.

Quite frankly, they’re often too fucking funny not to. *g*

So…

When I was doing the firsts series, the baby brother and I had a number of discussions about the various topics I was posting about, including one talking about the name of sex acts.

I think this particular chat started along the lines of ‘is felching when…’

Needless to say that there was much hilarity and grossing each other out until it pretty much ended when I repeated Richelle’s story about the guy with the ruptured colon from fisting.

“WTF!” said the Baby Brother.

Apparently he had thought that I was talking about m/f fisting all this time.

*shakes head*

Such an innocent.

But no longer.

*bwahahahahahahaha!*
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maybe it’s me, but… (nsfspyingweyes)

Posted on 04/01/2010 by Kris

I love my new photoshop software. *beams*

… I’ve been wondering… do gay guys really carry around their test results with them for those just-in-case-they-hook-up moments?

Not that I think there’s anything wrong with that because it’s the safe thing to do, but I’m curious as to how true it is. Can anyone shed any light?

And is this something het people do now? I admit it’s been a gazillion years since I’ve been out trawling so I’ve absolutely no idea and I certainly haven’t read about it in any m/f romance and erotica.

Or do most guys assume girls won’t swallow? That is, they think there’s no need to carry around ‘I’m clean and, more importantly, taste like strawberries’ type proof.

*ponders*

I reckon it’s probably the latter.
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firsts series: fetishes (part 4)

Posted on 03/01/2010 by Kris


Katiebabs chook practically begged me to do this next firsts topic and my fertile mind was hard-pressed to refuse her.

The fetish: furries. The O_o definition: here.

The only time I’ve actually come across this subject in any type of fictional media is in a CSI episode.

The closest I’ve read about it in romance was in the yaoi Gravitation; however, the character in that was more into cos play than he was a furry.

I’m curious to see if any of you have read a story with this fetish.

Very curious indeed.

Waiting with bated breath even.

Any time now…
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things that make you go O_o

Posted on 02/01/2010 by Kris


Don’t ask me.

I’ve no fucking idea.
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tam’s guest post: m/f romance writers anonymous

Posted on 01/01/2010 by Kris

Are you becoming bored and frustrated trying to churn out yet another m/f romance novel? Have you run out of euphemisms for vagina? If you are looking to release yourself from the shackles of traditional het romance there is a group to help. M/F Romance Writers Anonymous (MFA for short) can help you move beyond pussies, beavers, boxes and snatches to a double helping of dongs, peckers, schlongs and willies. The research can be onerous but the end results are well worth the long hours spent trolling the internet for porn or pictures and the mandatory attendance at Gay Pride parades and ComiCons stalking Mr. Sulu.

Like other popular Anonymous groups, the Twelve Steps of recovery from writing M/F fiction, will you to move on to M/M fiction without guilt or remorse or a craving for flowery vagina descriptions with the structure and support of fellow authors who’ve BTDT.

1. Admit that you are powerless over the allure of the Vagina and that your writing of romance and sex between men and women has become unmanageable, boring and repetitive.

2. Believe that there is a power greater than yourself who can restore to your writing the hotness and intensity that it held in those early heady days of man/woman sex.

3. Made the decision to “ditch the chick” and put two hot guys in bed/a bar/a backroom/a toilet/a restaurant/a car/a hotel room/a public park/etc. together for some scorching sex.

4. Make a searching and fearless inventory of all things related to gay sex, google porn, buy “how to” books, sample the lube at the pharmacy, don’t be afraid of the buttsecks.

5. Admit to your editor, yourself and your readers the exact nature of your wrong and that you will take steps to change and improve yourself and your writing by adding more dicks and fewer chicks.

6. Let your editor and beta readers remove all of the defects of your new characters, let them be manly, let them not have a plethora of tears or a mad desire to clean the bathroom every Saturday morning.

7. Humbly ask your editor to remove your characters’ shortcomings and ensure that every character you write has a dick worthy of a porn star.

8. Make a list of all of the books you’ve written using the term “netherlips” and be willing to make amends. Write an equal number of m/m books without ever using the terms rosebud or winking anus.

9. Make direct amends to those readers who have been forced to endure weeping pussies and throbbing clits. Offer them free glimpses of the heaven that is man-on-man loving with excerpts on your blog/website/LJ.

10. Continue to take personal inventory, continue to support your ever growing love of the penis cavorting with other penises by searching yet more porn, more erotica, more fetishes, more real-life interactions to add authenticity to your work.

11. Through meditation and web browsing, seek to bring yourself closer to your editor’s vision, praying for the guidance to make your next work of art a thing of beauty with multiple orgasms and copious ejaculate.

12. Having discovered the nirvana that is writing m/m fiction, commit to spreading the word and convincing others who have gone astray to join you in the your new and pervy world.

If you follow these 12 steps, you too can joining the ranks of world-renowned m/m authors like KZ Snow, Josh Lanyon, Sean Michael (fetish research necessary to join this group) and many others who have found fame and success (not necessarily monetary) in the m/m genre.

Fear not the penis, it can be your literary friend.

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1/1/2010

Posted on 31/12/2009 by Kris


Photo erected taken by Chris.


I say, fuck it, why not start the New Year off as I mean to go off on in 2010. *g*
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my 2010 readolutions: updated

Posted on 30/12/2009 by Kris


Umm, no, actually, I don’t have any readolutions for 2010.

Why? A) setting myself up for further failure just seems so masochistic, b) the few issues I have are minuscule in the face of my overall awesomeness and c) perfection is so friggin’ boring.

Instead, I have 10 bloggy type aims for 2010, which, I’m sure you’ll soon agree, are much more suited to me.

Aim #1 – Read. A lot. Rant about it. A lot.

Aim #2 – Continue with the tasting-a-month thing up to the point just before it completely pisses me off.

Aim #3 – Embrace my randomness. It is the stuff of epics.

Aim #4 – Try not to become too obsessed with my new photoshop software as well as send said rude pictures to people at their work. *Sorry KC!* *BTW, that doesn’t count cos it’s still 2009.*

Aim #5 – Mock people, in particular authors. FYI, apparently you’ve not really made it on the reading interwebz until you’ve become the subject of hate mail. Needless to say that I’m pretty disappointed it hasn’t happened to me yet – hmpf! to those Fanyons who call themselves… err… Fanyons… – so obviously I need to try harder.

Aim #6 – Avoid Attempt to avoid losing hours going through Sarah’s pron blog.

Aim #7 – Get new minions since the old ones have utterly failed me:


Aim #8 – Over a 24 hour period, create a Twitter account, start a wankfest and then ninja flash out of there.

Aim #9 – Convince more authors that it is perfectly legitimate promo to be involved in my super fun ‘choose your own m/m story’ program. *Already suckered someone into doing a Valentine’s Day short for us. Mwahahahaha!*

Aim #10 – And always, always serve up cookies to my virtual peeps:


Happy New Year, everyone, and good reading to you in 2010! 🙂

ETA: Some wacked loser, who lives on the wrong side of the river in Perth, just sent me my first hate mail.

Besides being the only person in the world to have achieved a 2010 aim before the year has even started – yep, that’s how awesome I am -, I told that author he needs to shut the hell up, stop writing historical genre crap and give me my m/m steampunk.

I’m pretty sure we’re headed towards a wankfest. Fingers crossed.
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my 2009 readolutions: an analysis

Posted on 29/12/2009 by Kris



The analysis: I aced ‘try different authors and genres’ and I also developed my own slack-arse version of reviewing.

The conclusion: Apparently, I am an unrepentant book slut *quelle shock* who will occasionally do the review thing if I must.

In other words, I basically suck.

Told you I would.
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