Romance? Erotic Romance? Sometimes. I write mainly erotica. But I have also wanted to write romance, so I've started that - it should be out in a month. However, my erotica has always had a romantic element. Boy meets Girl and they have sex - that is not much of a story. Doesn't there have to be a point to it? There does to me. Even if it is short and sweet, or short and rough, I think there needs to be a reason why they got together. Something interesting must have happened along the way.
My story “Colossal” is about a woman with a fetish for men with gigantic “equipment”, who meets a boy who has equipment so enormous that he is afraid to hurt women. They are both shy, and scared about who they really are. Thanks to a sassy drag queen, they eventually get together and fall in love.
When I started that story, I thought it would be a 5,000 word quickie with a bunch of hot sex. It turned out to be one of the most romantic stories I've ever written, and over twice the length. (Yes, even the word count was huge!) And then there was a bunch of hot sex - hotter than I had intended.
It wasn't my fault. The story took on a life of its own, and it could not be helped. I am just over-caffeinated, underslept, and trying to herd the words onto the page. Sometimes a stray goat takes off, what can we do?
If I ever get business cards printed, perhaps I will call myself “word wrangler” instead of writer. Some days that is a lot more honest.
I’ve started a brand new series “Rush Hour Quickies”. Toronto can be a bit stuffy, and I think we are seen as uptight. We also have the longest commutes in Canada, and I have always loved that song by The Spoons, “Romantic Traffic”. This weekly-ish series of super hot short stories will give you something sexy to read on the subway, streetcar, or GO train.
If you like them, please tell your friends. Support your local purveyor of porn, sorry, “romance” by spreading the word far and wide! Thanks for being one of the cool people who still read.
xoxo
~ Lexie
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