A Daily Dose of Romance

Only a few years ago, very few publishers had erotic romance lines. At that time, I spent most of my editing time ratcheting down the heat and carefully turning the phrases of love scenes in my stories - trying to tone them down from erotic to super sexy.

I’ve always written love scenes on the hot side. For me, that is how I see my stories.

But there is a difference between erotica and erotic romance. And it’s a fine line I don’t think many folks understand. The key word is romance. In my stories, the characters have to run the gamut of emotions that come with falling in love. There has to be a Black Moment climax. My characters don’t just hit the sheets for the sake of lots of words on the page. One or both must grow in some way that changes who they are in the end, or what they want.

Another difference between my stories and the erotica I have read is the use of language. I don’t tend to use terribly graphic language. Or at most, I use words that are appropriate to the character’s point of view. I don’t want to throw out something shocking just for the sake of it. I try to use the words a man would think or say, if in my hero’s point of view, and the same for my heroine.

Make no mistake. My stories are romances. I just let you watch from the bedroom door.