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Cara McKinnon

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Romance Pet Peeves: Hymens and Virginity

In which Cara rants about how virginity is a social construct, not a medical state, and how poorly some romance books deal with female virginity and myths about hymens.

June 28, 2017June 7, 2017 by Cara McKinnon

Romance Pet Peeves: The “Other Woman”

In which Cara rants at length about how a woman who is not the heroine, but who happens to have had sex with the hero, should not be portrayed as a villain.

May 31, 2017May 6, 2017 by Cara McKinnon

Romance Pet Peeves: Excessive Euphemisms

Euphemisms in sex scenes: how much is too much?

April 26, 2017April 26, 2017 by Cara McKinnon

Cara Recommends: A Charm of Magpies

Once a month, I will recommend a particularly good book or series. My first recommendation is the Charm of Magpies series by K.J. Charles.

April 12, 2017April 2, 2017 by Cara McKinnon

Sex and Magic: The Allure of Enchantment

In a previous post, I discussed some of the general context for why I like mixing magic and sex. In this post, I’ll get into the nitty-gritty details of adding magic into a sex scene.

October 19, 2016November 5, 2016 by Cara McKinnon

Writing Sex Scenes

If you have looked at the cover image on my website, with the sexy couple in the center, you can probably tell that I write steamy romances.… Read more “Writing Sex Scenes”

June 25, 2016November 8, 2016 by Cara McKinnon

Sex and Magic

To continue this week’s theme of romance and sex, I thought it was a good time to discuss how I bring the fantasy elements into my fantasy… Read more “Sex and Magic”

June 24, 2016June 21, 2016 by Cara McKinnon

Sex and Romance Part Two: Steamy or Erotic?

In a previous blog post, I defined romance as follows: Romance as a genre is any story where the relationship between two (or sometimes more) characters is… Read more “Sex and Romance Part Two: Steamy or Erotic?”

June 23, 2016January 26, 2017 by Cara McKinnon

Sex and Romance Part One

If a romance focuses on two people (or more) falling in love, does that mean all romances must have sex? Of course not. For one thing, not… Read more “Sex and Romance Part One”

June 22, 2016June 22, 2016 by Cara McKinnon

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