How Hot is Too Hot?

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After a week down South, my escape back to the Pacific Northwest was a surprise: it’s a scorcher here, with a high of 112 predicted for Tuesday!

Speaking of scorchers, I’ve just finished my story for the All American Boy Series, A Boy and His Dog. I’ve got a lot of steam packed in, which always makes me ponder: How hot is too hot? My goal for sex scenes is to make them 1) sexy but not crassly trashy, 2) meaningful for both the characters and the story, 3) fun to read, often incorporating humor or unexpected elements, and 4) different than the Same Old, Same Old Sex Scene. The latter two, especially, have resulted in some unusual situations, and this one’s no exception. Thanks to a reader in Colorado for inspiration for one of them!

How do you like Sex in Fiction? Do you want action on page one, or do you skim through it? How much description do you like? Do you like humor in yours? Realism, or The Perfect Coupling?

A Boy and his Dog is up for preorder now, for November release: on Amazon

Stay cool and safe out there: curl up with a cool drink and a hot book!