Steam Scenes

Historical romance writer Gina Danna joins Steam Scenes for a conversation about writing period romances: from Roman gladiators to vampire pirates to Regency gigolos. Plus, I get a crash course in Civil War fashion. Crotchless undies in the 19th Century? Mind blown.

Connect with Gina on: 
https://ginadanna.com/
FB: www.facebook.com/GinaDannaAuthor
Twitter: www.twitter.com/GinaDanna1
IG: www.instagram.com/csa26ms 

Anne Kemp writes sweet romance but in her next book, her characters will be ripping off their clothes. There’s just one problem. Writing the naughty bits make her laugh.

We try to figure out what blocks us when we write our intimate scenes, talk about breaking all the romance rules in her Abby George series, and discuss the merits of writing sex scenes in emoji (eggplants and peaches FTW!). Plus, we talk breaking all the romance rules. Bottom line: sex scenes are (ehem) hard.

Hang with Anne online:

www.annekemp.com

IG, FB, Twitter and Pinterest: @missannekemp

Check out her Abby George series on Amazon

Rachael Eckles was working as a lawyer and picked up fiction writing as a way to decompress and feed her soul. The former yoga studio owner down to write what she thought was going to be a fun yoga romance. But Trading Secrets turned out to be something much darker about Wall Street intrigue. Listen to us riff on the C-word, writing bold sexscapades, and Danielle Steele. Plus Rachael shares her dream cast.

Connect with Rachel: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachaeleckles/

Twitter: www.twitter.com/rachaeleckles 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/rachaelecklesauthor 

Website: www.rachaeleckles.com

Trading Secrets is out now.

To call Patricia D. Eddy productive is an understatement. With 30 books published, this former computer programmer writes super steamy sci-fi, military stories, paranormal romance with a twist: she writes strong characters with physical and mental scars. We dish on writing sex scenes with purpose; how she prefers the discovery process of the characters on the way to their HEA rather than the HEA itself; and we bond over a love for Erma Bombeck.

Connect with Patricia via:

Website: https://patriciadeddy.com 

Facebook: https://facebook.com/patriciadeddyauthor 

Instagram: https://instagram.com/patriciadeddy 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/patriciadeddy 

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/patricia-d-eddy 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Patricia-D.-Eddy/e/B00ERC6DRQ 

Book + Main: https://bookandmainbites.com/patriciadeddy/bites

Nikky Kaye began writing romance in college — she had an agent and several manuscripts out for submission. But her voice was too “quirky” for the market. Grad school, then life, took her focus. But it was working on a niche non-fiction book that inspired her to write romance again. 

We cover a lot of ground: from parading her Barbie’s around in regency outfits to discovering Harlequin during a high school job at her local library. And we get super personal about our funny first times. Plus we answer the question: is it okay to laugh out loud during the sex scenes? 

Connect with Nikky on 

Facebook: facebook.com/officialnikkykayeauthor

Instagram: instagram.com/nikkykayebooks

Web: http://www.nikkykaye.com/

Her most recent book, A Lucky Shot, a so-steamy-it melts-ice stand-alone hockey novella, is available on Kindle Unlimited.

It’s my first solo cast! With the US presidential election happening today, I didn’t want to do any of the fabulous authors who agreed to participate in this podcast a disservice by putting their interview into the world on a day when everyone is likely distracted.

So here’s me, talking about my experience writing sex and intimacy. It’s a quicky! (See what I did there?)

Jillian Liota joins this episode of Steam Scenes! We dig into topics like writing the male voice, why she writes with her husband in mind, and why everything but sex makes for a good intimate scene. Want to know what words make us cringe? Come listen! 

You can grab her latest book, The Opposite of Falling, on Amazon. 

Find her on the socials:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/authorjillianliota 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/jillianliota 

Facebook Reader Group: www.facebook.com/groups/thejillybeans

Jenna Sutton fell in love with romance novels when she discovered an old Harlequin book about a heroine with rouged nipples seducing a dashing sheik. (Listeners, find that book!). We talk about why she can’t imagine writing something that doesn’t have romance in it, how she rewrites TV programs and movies to add romantic elements, and how she loves writing romances that are grounded in practical reality. Plus she answers the big burning question: Is her husband a mercenary; or a romance novel hero?

Connect with Jenna on: 
FB: https://www.facebook.com/jennasuttonauthor 
IG: https://www.instagram.com/jennasuttonauthor 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JSuttonAuthor 
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9761992.Jenna_Sutton

LB Alexander, the author of the lyrical erotic romance Swan Lake, is this week’s guest! We go deep into LB's four points that make up a good romance novel, the intricacies of crafting a character with trigger-points, and how BDSM is often poorly portrayed in pop culture. Plus, we giggle like we’re twelve-year-olds hiding in the closet! (I mean, you’ve seen my podcast “studio” right?) 

 
Connect with LB on:
Insta: @lbalexanderauthor 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lbalexanderauthor 
Website: www.lbalexander.com 

After her science lab partner got her hooked on romance books, Samantha Chase wrote her first romance novel in middle school. We talk about escaping the awkward teen years through romance novels to her experience seeing her book The Christmas Cottage become a Hallmark movie before digging into how she writes scenes that are super steamy even though her romances are “fade to black.”

Samantha Chase's latest release, The Last Beautiful Girl, book six in her Magnolis Sound series, is out now! 
Grab it on the following retailers:
B&N: https://geni.us/LastBeautifulGirl-BN 
Amazon: https://geni.us/LastBeautifulGirl-Amz 
Apple: https://geni.us/LastBeautifulGirl
Kobo: https://geni.us/LastBeautifulGirl-Kobo