What makes a romance erotic and other questions that go bump in the night.

 We stumbled across this very helpful definition from Sylvia Day:

Porn: stories written for the express purpose of sexual gratification. Plot, character development, and romance are NOT primary to these stories. They are designed to incite the reader to orgasm and nothing else.

Erotica: stories written about the sexual journey of the characters and how this impacts them as individuals. Emotion and character growth are important facets of a true erotic story. However, erotica is NOT designed to show the development of a romantic relationship, although it’s not prohibited if the author chooses to explore romance. Happily Ever Afters are NOT an intrinsic part of erotica, though they can be included. If they are included, they weren’t the focus. The focus remained on the individual characters’ journeys, not the progression of the romance.

Erotic Romance: stories written about the development of a romantic relationship through sexual interaction. The sex is an inherent part of the story, character growth, and relationship development, and couldn’t be removed without damaging the storyline. Happily Ever After is a REQUIREMENT to be an erotic romance.

Sexy Romance: stories written about the development of a romantic relationship that just happen to have more explicit sex. The sex is not an inherent part of the story, character growth, or relationship development, and could easily be removed or “toned down” without damaging the storyline. Happily Ever After is a REQUIREMENT as this is basically a standard romance with hotter sex.

(https://www.sylviaday.com/extras/erotic-romance/)

Evelyn Ellis writes Erotica. Constance Kent writes Erotic Romance and Sexy Romance. 

To take Constance Kent's writing for a test drive pick up a copy of her romance compilation FREE on Kobo and Google Play, and 0.99 on Amazon (request a price match!). 

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Sweet, Sizzling Freebie this August

 

Free on Amazon! August 11 - August 15. 

Three linked romances of passionate young love set in the Gilded Age. 

(Think Downton Abbey with naughty bits.)

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Revenge. Love. Stardom.

When you want something so bad, it hurts...

Getting into the Actors' Studio is impossible. Staying in is worse. No second chances. No do-overs. Make it all the way and the industry hands you the keys to their kingdom. 

My name is Willa Gallagher. I am eighteen years old and I have one dream--to graduate from the toughest acting program in the country. My controlling, A-list agent mother is not going to break me before I reach it, nor is my burned out, bitter director, Harry Carmichael. The only person who has a shot at knocking me off my path is Logan Reed, my high school nightmare turned college daydream.

Logan Reed. In high school, he was a drug dealer who spent most of his time in the parking lot and I was a theatre geek who spent most of my time backstage. Our paths rarely crossed but when they did, there were sparks. 

Two years later, he's in my world. Brilliant and scary. A man with a reason for crashing the auditions and landing the role of Hamlet. A reason he won't reveal.

I didn't see him coming. Even after I fell in love with him, I didn't count on him having everything it takes to make it in this business. I didn't count on Logan Reed being the one to break me. 

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Aaannndd We're Back!

 After a very interesting break from publishing and a long hard think over the problem of a pen name that we shall now refer to as Not That Catherine Lloyd, we had the brilliant idea of simply changing the name.

I know. A small child could have told us this years ago, long before we were some fifteen titles in to rebrand. The paperbacks have been unpublished but are still floating around in Internetsphere. They don't exist. Do not be fooled.

Since we were in there tinkering, we gave each title another editing pass. Some took more work than others, but the improvements made it all worthwhile. We are very pleased with the fresh new look and tone of the novels.

So here we are, back in the saddle with Constance Kent's latest release fresh out today! A contemporary New Adult Suspense Romance.

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"Daniel Razor is that guy. Hot, rich and written about in every major magazine. A tech boom billionaire who has one soft spot in his impenetrable armor--his agoraphobic brother, Joel. As of last month, I was a low level employee at Razor Industries until Daniel made me an offer that I couldn't refuse. I'm 22, I have no money and an expensive passion that I'm trying to turn into a career--the classical violin. I would do anything to keep playing. The deal I struck was like winning the lottery. For one year, I would be Joel's companion in his attic apartment in their Nob Hill mansion and Daniel would pay me one hundred thousand dollars. Joel was sexy, young and interesting. What could go wrong?

Quite a few things as it turns out ... problems I didn't see coming. The dark secret the Razor brothers share that they've now shared with me is one of them. The other is falling in love with the wrong brother ... because Daniel Razor is that guy. The guy a girl never gets over." 

Retiring from Romance Adieu!

I'll begin by saying a heartfelt thank you to the amazingly vibrant romance reading community. Thank you for the years of feedback, messages, reviews (good and bad), steady sales, and the room to explore a world of dark and troubled lovers.

After a fun, hectic and adventurous five years, I'm retiring. Romance is a joy to write but to remain in the black, an author has to produce a lot of books in a short space of time.

I was mulling over my next series idea when I realized I wasn't interested in writing it. When I don't care about my subject, writing becomes a chore. Cranking out books for the sake of sales isn't for me. I thought the joy would come back, but so far it hasn't. My last romance (The Earl's Son) was published in December 2018.

Catherine Lloyd is my pen name. Unfortunately, it is the real name of a mystery author in the UK. I'm sure she was as dismayed by the mix-up as I was. Retiring is the right thing to do for that reason alone. 

It's bittersweet saying good-bye to this genre. It has given me so much in the past five years and that's because of the readers. You have renewed my confidence in my writing, provided me with a small income to keep writing and offered critical feedback. No wonder romance readers are the engine of the publishing world. 

I love you all. I thank you all. Good bye and God bless!

Catherine Lloyd

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Well, folks--that's the end of Writewood Creations. We will be closing up shop. Evelyn Ellis retired in 2017 and with Catherine Lloyd sailing off into the sunset, we are going to do the same.

It's been a blast. Thank you to Kindle Direct Publishing, Kobo, Smashwords, and Google Play for creating platforms for small publishers to reach readers. 

We had the time of our lives and we owe it all to you....

Writewood Creations

Summer/Winter Sale on Smashwords!

Happy Summer, folks in the Northern Hemisphere and Happy Winter, folks in the Southern Hemisphere!

A HUGE free and deeply discounted sale is going on right now at Smashwords Online Bookstore from July 1, 2019 to July 31, 2019.

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Writewood Creations authors have some super reads enrolled in the promotion:

The Jilting by Catherine Lloyd is available for FREE!

And to launch Edwardian Lovers Trilogy - The Killer's Son is available for FREE!

Off Limits by Evelyn Ellis is available for FREE!

How to get your free book?

1. Click on the Smashwords link above

2. Search for the Catherine Lloyd title or the Evelyn Ellis title (or both--be greedy!)

3. Readers will receive the discount automatically by adding your book to their cart.

Once you're there, stay and shop around! Great titles in  many genres for next to nothing (or nothing!)

Enjoy the heat!

Edwardian Romance Novellas

Catherine Lloyd’s Edwardian Lovers Trilogy explores the intertwined fates of three families affected by a murder three years earlier. Set in a charming English village at the start of the “Gilded Age,” high society was controlled by strictly defined rules governing interaction between the sexes. Rules that are no match for three determined young lovers. Inspired by the hit television series, Downton Abbey, the trilogy contains warm love scenes written for a mature audience.

The Killer's Son  Find it on Amazon for Sale (0.99) or in Kindle Unlimited until February 2019

Disgraced Eden Mowbray arrives in Hertfordshire to spend the summer at her family’s country estate after exposing herself to gossip in London. As the son of a convicted killer, Wulfric Chaucer, her brother’s best friend, is even more of a social pariah. With everyone they know still in London for the Season, Wulf and Eden are thrown together and complicate matters even further by falling in love. With her parents strongly against a union with the son of a killer, Eden is faced with giving up a life of wealth and privilege, or giving up the love of her life.

 The Vicar's Son Find it on Amazon for Sale (0.99) or in Kindle Unlimited until February 2019

Toller Lawton has something Isolde Chaucer wants—a plan to get rich in the Yukon gold fields. The vicar’s son drinks too much, is rude and reckless but she’d put up with a lot to escape England and her family’s disgrace. However, Toller doesn’t agree his best friend’s sister is the sort of woman who can handle the wild lifestyle of the Klondike. She’s too prissy. She’d probably faint if she saw a man in his long underwear. When the vicar's reprobate son accidentally compromises Isolde’s reputation, she seizes the opportunity to convince Toller that she’s exactly the sort of woman who can handle wild men—beginning with him.

The Earl's Son Find it on Amazon for Sale (0.99) or in Kindle Unlimited until March 2019

Perdita Pollicott has few choices open to her in life when she arrives in Hertfordshire and meets the Earl’s son, Nash Mowbray. She’s going to marry a missionary and Nash Mowbray—well Mr. Mowbray can go to the very devil for all she cares. A sentiment they both agree on until Perdita is asked to read to the soldier who suffers from headaches since his return from the Boer War. Locked in with his private demons, Nash is shut down physically and emotionally until one night, caught in a lightning storm with Miss Pollicott, the Earl’s son crosses the line.