writefantastic – Why Fantasy?
And on the heels of the article I wrote yesterday, Mark Chadbourn has an interesting article. This one’s actually been in my queue for a while, but the timing is good for me to actually finish writing it.
Mark’s primary argument is that writers of speculative fiction need to make sure that their stories are actually about [...]
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The Literary Sexual Mechanic
Yesterday I mentioned my dislike of the literary sex mechanic. Today I’d like to elaborate on my views on this topic a little. This is a difficult philosophy to put into words, so bear with me as I do my best here.
I realize that a lot of stories and novels contain at least one sex scene. [...]
Lust: Defining It, Understanding It
Ben asks another very good question:
Everyone decries it, but no one really explains. I spent some time today trying to find someone, somewhere on line who had a good handle on what it is. Obsessive sexual desire, or just sexual desire? To hear some, you’d think the latter, but I can’t believe that. The investigation continues.
The [...]
Caution, Not Thrown to the Wind
We live in a world that is driven primarily by the strength of its libido. Sexual stimuli surround us everywhere we look. Even the most mundane of daily activities, such as eating, are paired up
with images of eroticism, sex, and lust. Common knowledge says that sex sells, and it certainly must because nearly every product [...]