Brio does FAR

My interview with Rachelle from Fallen Angel Reviews is posted.

Check it out!

http://fallenangelreviews.com/Interviews/2006/Mar06-Rachelle-AlessiaBrio.htm

CREATIVE NAMES AND PHRASES FOR THE "PARTS..."

Hello all!

I'm just curious to know what others think about this.

I have recently met an erotica writer. Whether or not he's good in my opinion I will not say, but I will say he's a published writer (which doesn't necessarily mean he's good, but I digress...)

One thing he does in his writing is that he refers to the sex organs in different ways throughout his work, just for the sake of using different terminology. So in one paragraph it may be a "love nest", next time its a "love box", then a "pleasure tool", a "pulsing prop", a "treasure cave", a "chocolate stick" (or vanilla stick depending on the race in question), and on and on and on. Thankfully, I have yet to see him use "throbbing manhood". (And let me apologize to those of you who do use it, but I just think that phrase is abominable.)

Now I personally don't like this. I stick to the two to three fairly common terms for the sex organs, and don't get very creative beyond that. I am creative about describing activity, but I don't put my descriptive powers into renaming the hardware over and over and over. I just think its dumb, pointless, and makes the work sound kinda cheesy. And most books and articles I've read about writing erotica recommend that you do NOT re-name stuff just for the sake of variety.

What are your thoughts?

Tula

PS -- I posted this in The Starlight Lounge too, so if you answered over there, no need to do double work!

Phaze surges on!

Drum roll, please.

The eight stories selected for the Surge line are:

Switch - Alessia Brio and Will Belegon (Will is a new author with Phaze!)

Spring Storm - Kelly Maher (Kelly is a new author with Phaze!)

Sensual Enery - Jessie Verino

Struck - Mara Kelly

Sunset Key - Cassidy Kent (Cassidy is a new author with Phaze!)

Jack of Diamonds - Leigh Ellwood

Wishes - Stella and Audra Price (Both are new authors with Phaze!)

Upside Down World - Inna Spice (Inna is a new author with Phaze!)

Pretty much a given

Appropriate for a romance writer, no?

Leigh Ellwood Tastes like Cherries

'What will your business card say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Still time left to SURGE

Don't forget, the deadline is midnight TOMORROW to send your Surge submissions to Phaze! Hot shorts between 5K-12K, see our guidelines page for details.

Then keep an eye out this spring for the selected titles in this hot new line of sexy, electric shorts.

NEWS FROM TULA'S WORLD!

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to drop everyone a line and let you know what I've been up to!

Leigh Ellwood (www.leighellwood.com), a fellow erotic romance author with Phaze was kind enough to read from my book on her podcast on the internet (her weekly podcast is ranked #1 by Google in the area of erotic romance!) Check it out by clicking here or by going to
http://www.leighellwood.com/podcasts/ellwoodpodcast15.mp3.
Thanks Leigh for your time and for reading my work!

ALSO...

I am very pleased and proud to announce one of my original short stories will appear in Zane's next erotic anthology! Zane is also a publisher in addition to being a successful erotica writer, and you can check out Strebor Books International by clicking here. The anthology is entitled "Caramel Flava", and features characters of Hispanic/Latino descent. My story is entitled "Es Lo Que Es" ("It Is What It Is"). The book will be published in October 2006, so be on the look out for it!

That's it for me for now! All this good news has definitely inspired me to write, so I'm going to get back to that now!

Tula

Dare Me!

Just got word Dare Me placed second in the pansexual category of the inaugural Forbidden Fruit Awards from Erotic Romance Writers International! Dare Me and Jack of Hearts were both finalists! WooHoo!