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rmgil04

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Can somebody give me an idea of the line between romance and erotic? I have a scene I might be able to use from a new project, but it may lean more towards the erotic, even though nothing happens.
 

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rmgil04, what kind of tension drives the story? If there is romantic tension, then you have romance. If there is sexual tension, then you have an erotica. Sex need to be explicit or even present for a story to be erotica, what you need is sexual tension driving the plot.
Hope this helps.
um, what are you all looking at me for? I, um, ok ok, I'm a closet erotica writer...
 

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Okay, first draft. 1045 words.
Erotica is kind of fun... I have to go find the other link to my other blog; somethings just shouldn't be posted in some places.
I think I have it....
 

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Jumping on really fast from work so have to be brief sorry!

Yes, that would be good if you'll post a direct link here for me when you're done and each week I'll compile them and post them right before or on Friday! Thanks and I'm excited!
*runs back to work*
 

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Mystery it is!

Sure - mystery by this Friday! It may not quite be 1000 words but it will definitely be mysterious!
 

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My hard drive is currently being massaged back to life, so my story will still go up on Friday, but it will be very, very, very late Friday night. Sorry!
 

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rmgil04, what kind of tension drives the story? If there is romantic tension, then you have romance. If there is sexual tension, then you have an erotica. Sex need to be explicit or even present for a story to be erotica, what you need is sexual tension driving the plot.
Hope this helps.
um, what are you all looking at me for? I, um, ok ok, I'm a closet erotica writer...

Warning - [Guy Response] Sexual tension vs. romantic tension. There's a difference? My "romance might border on erotica. I have an opening scene for my new project that I might use. The MC is joined in the shower by her lover (nothing really happens, much to his disappointment).

Also, 1,000 words? I think mine would come up VERY short of that.
 

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Loooooooooooooong work week, so I will be gathering links and posting mine late Friday night. Then I'll try to rep or msg ppl to remind them. ;)

Hope you've all had fun!!
 

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Week One (January 7th)
Regan- http://www.reganleigh.com/?p=1955
Gary- http://bigwords88.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/aw-musical-chairs-blogfest/
Claire- http://clairegillian.com/2011/01/06/aw-musical-chairs-blogfest-call-of-duty-mom-ops/
Hillary - http://www.hillaryjacques.blogspot.com/
GradyHendrix - http://www.gradyhendrix.com/

Week Two (January 14th)
Amanda- http://www.amandaplavich.com/
Dolores- http://dianedooley.wordpress.com/
Ben- http://ben-bradley.blogspot.com
Agnyl78- http://jelyzabeth.wordpress.com/
Jamie- http://jamiekswriter.livejournal.com/
Cole - http://www.colealpaugh.com/blog/
Scarlett- http://scarlettparrish.blogspot.com/

Week Three (January 21st)
IdiotsRUs - http://juliazknight.wordpress.com/
Janine- http://janinesclayson.blogspot.com
Aheila- http://thewriteaholicblog.wordpress.com/
Jhuk- http://writingalchemy.blogspot.com/
Mike- http://dispassionatewitness.wordpress.com/
CScottMorris- http://cscottmorrisbooks.com/

Week Four (January 28th)
Sianshan- http://chapmansian.blogspot.com/
Ralph Pines- http://ralfast.wordpress.com
rmgil04- http://writersinprogresswip.blogspot.com/
Proach- http://www.deannaproach.com/
Regypsy- http://regypsy.wordpress.com/
LadyCat- http://carolsrandomness.blogspot.com
Orion_mk3- TBA


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And to reiterate the writers and their assigned blog challenge genre...

Week One (January 7th)
Regan - Horror or Children's
Gary - Mystery or Romance
Claire - Humor or Young Adult
Hillary - Children's or Contemporary/Lit
GradyHendrix- Mystery or Horror


Week Two (January 14th)
Amanda - Romance or Poetry
Dolores - Urban Fantasy or Humor
Ben Bradley - Mystery or Historical
Agnyl78 - Erotica or Contemporary/Lit
Jamie - Sci-Fi or Young Adult
Cole - Erotica or Poetry
Scarlett -Children's or Historical (I swear, I drew Children's first try. lol )
Hillary - Children's or Contemporary/Lit

Week Three (January 21st)
IdiotsRUs - Humor or Mystery
Janine - Children's or Romance
Aheila - Romance or Young Adult
Jhuk - Fantasy or Horror
Mike - Historical or Sci-Fi
CScottMorris - Children's or Contemporary

Week Four (January 28th)
Sianshan - Poetry or Contemporary/Lit
Ralph Pines - Erotica or Historical
rmgil04 - Romance or Mysetry
Proach - Young Adult or Sci-Fi
Regypsy - Horror or Mystery
LadyCat - Children's or Urban Fantasy
Orion_mk3 - TBA *msg me your genres and I'll give you choices*



As you post and have a direct link, make a comment with the link so I can update this list! :)
 
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Delayed again

My bad luck continues in 2011. Just like 2010! It's consistency! Anyways, my laptop is still being held hostage by the repair shop which parts with information as if they were KGB agents under torture: as in, they'd rather eat a cyanide pill than tell me when I'm getting it back.

Right now it looks like Monday and I'll have something up by then. Promise. Sorry for the delay. I was supposed to have this back on Friday. Still on a rental laptop that's like a peg leg: it gets the job done but I feel hobbled.
 

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I'm going to have to post late! Huge work project that has taken all of my evenings, but I should be done mid-week.
 

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Oh ****. I haven't thought of this since last Friday, and just now realized I have about 1 or 2 days (I'll have to look at earlier posts again to figure out the exact "rules") to write and post.

And no, I haven't read any of the other posts yet either.

I've been stuck in the Atlanta #snomg storm since Sunday night, but the good news is wherever I am, I'm always near a net-enabled computer. Or maybe that's the bad news for my writing. Whatever.
 

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Sound off!

I'm in for Week 2. Post will be up by 1/14/11.
 
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