A touch. A lick. A tickle. A slap… or maybe forget the foreplay and get right down to penetration.
It is all a matter of preference. Depends on what some find makes for a good love scene?
Tastes vary and so do characters. Sometimes you have to listen to what the characters want.
What? Who cares about the characters! What about the reader? What about what they want?
Well, I try to take into account that some readers like it hot, and some like it slow and simmering, but I can’t read the readers’ minds.((Sigh)) Alas, all I can read are my characters’ minds and figure what he or she is thinking at this particular moment in this particular scene.
To me the characters are very much like a lover in my own bed. I have this desire to fulfill their needs, understand their cravings and do my best to satisfy their wants.
Not every lover is the same and it is a fine line to dance when you have two lovers and making sure they are pleased. Sometimes it is not always possible to give them the release they so rightfully deserve and it hurts me but I have to admit I like making them pant and writhe in agony, pent up with frustration and screaming for more.
Naughty author! Yes, I am. And no, I’m not.
I tend to write on the sensual side. So my characters tend to love the slow build up, the errant touch, the side glances, the smell and touch of hair brushing over a shoulder. My heroine’s find the way a man’s legs look encased in jeans sexy as hell and if she catches a peek at some flesh and tight abs, she is salivating. My males let their hands and lips explore in the dark and the whispering sound of clothes being shed turn him on and get him hard.
Bringing them to new heights, getting them to that pinnacle where their senses turn to mush and their bodies so hot they can ignite the sheets is my mission but not my ultimate goal. Passion is not just two bodies wrapped around each other and interlocked, it is more of sense of being wanted, desired, craved and elevated. I try to listen to each a character and infuse their thoughts and feelings into each stroke of their fingers and thrust of their tongues.
Still the seduction and the salty taste of flesh in the throws of ecstasy are not enough for me or my lovers, they still require more. Such needy and greedy lovers! They want the emotional aspect, that inner-soul-deep-penetration that only a true lover can reach; that inner massage that goes below the surface of the skin and squeezes the heart and tightens the groin muscles simultaneously.
I like to look beneath the beautiful veneer and ask my characters to open themselves up in a way that is more vulnerable than just spread their legs or standing for all to see nude. It is more than the slow tease, it is the sneak peek inside their hearts, the way their eyes reveal secrets long buried, or deciphering the sound of their sighs, or sometimes it the scars, bumps, and lines on their palms that tell tales. Characters are secretive creatures, never wanting to reveal too much, it is up to me to coax and tempt them to show what they truly want and give them love that they crave. The desires long dormant brought to the surface and satisfied with more than just an orgasmic release but coupled with the soul satisfying knowledge that they have bonded with another soul that will love them forever.
About the Author:
Gabriella Hewitt is the pen name of creative writing talents Sasha Tomaszycki and Patrizia M.J. Hayashi. Together they weave tales of romantic suspense and dangerously sensual paranormals. Check out their new paranormal romance series: OUT OF THE SHADOWS, the first book in their Shadow Warrior Series from Samhain Publishing. Visit the Gabriella Hewitt website www.gabriellahewitt.com for their blog tour schedule.
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