ASMSG Romance Erotica Ezine Oct. 2014 | Page 14

A new genre: SUGAR KINK Ink Patricia A. Knight – Blog Come be a voyeur. Simple! No sneaking into Winkies, no replacing Hawkfeather’s Indian Captive with Anne of Green Gables when the manager looked over. Just some of your time and a willingness to believe in the magical. Sugar kInk! Sex without STDs or risk of pregnancy. I was lucky to grow up before rampant STDs and in the neighborhood drug store, Bodice Burners or Hot Historicals smoked up the revolving wire bookracks. Mom wouldn’t let me buy them but I snuck into Winkies 5 & Dime every Saturday and “browsed” one in particular until it was dog-eared. Hah! I think “Hawkfeather’s Indian Captive” replaced “the Mom talk” and created my ongoing enthrallment with “burning, thrusting male lances.” Yep, my fascination with hot, graphic, sex was born right there in Winkies’ book aisle. It blossomed into my later-in-life writing career as an erotic romance author. I found out the other day there is a special name for what I write – SugarKink – graphic, erotic sex with only mild BDSM – nothing hurtful or trespassing into heavy fetish. Yeah. I like it. SugarKink. That’s me. So here it is, gentle reader – without the sneaking (Winkies is still there you will be glad to know), no STD’s, no fear of pregnancy, and I don’t think you can dog-ear digital. I promise smoking hot sex where the hero is worthy, the heroine loves him and they all live happily-ever-after. For those of you wanting info on my delayed release of Hers To Claim, Book 4 of the Verdantian series, be of good cheer! I am finishing the manuscript. It will go to editors at the end of the month. Rewrites and redlines will be finalized and we are looking at a release date in August. The audio book for Hers To Command, Book 1 of the Verdantian series is in edits and should release in September. I’ve heard clips of it and I must say…I’m enjoying it all over again. Hope y’all are having a wonderful summer and finding oodles of good reads. Cheers! PAK Is Reading Erotica Good for You? Blakely Bennett » Blog Now let me explain before you go shaking your head like Lainie often does in Bittersweet Deceit (out August 5th). You might be shocked to find out that reading erotica, especially for women who are experiencing a drop in their libido, will help revive or amp up their sex life. There are plenty of the health benefits, which come from masturbation as well. Women going through “the change” greatly reduce their symptoms of dryness and hot flashes with regular orgasms. Reading can help get you in the mood for some loving as I’ve been told from my readers time and again. Some even reread the scenes they like the best to get revved up. Many have mentioned reading the stories out loud to their partner.