The Art of the Sex Scene

We've had several people comment on the heat of our sex scenes. So we decided to give a little insight into what we feel is important and how we approach these scenes.

The first subject we'd thought to tackle is EMOTION in these scence. VJ will include her perspective as we are writing partners which may show how we compliment each other in our writing partnership.

We always make sure that we include emotion in every sex scene. Its not necessarily driven by love especially at the begining of a story. So the feeling each character could be anything from lust to love and everything in between. I know some find it silly but I try to think about the characters personality and they dictate what gets written. What is going through their heads as they touch and taste their lover? Be it good or bad it must be there in that characters voice. It's okay for the alpha to be vunerable when making love either in his own head or verbally. I love it when thier mind is blown by either what they are experiencing due to thier lovers minstrations.
 This is an ecerpt of our very first book- Carrie's Answer and while we feel we have improved greatly I have always loved this scene. Marcus had been a cold man for five years. He'd been betrayed by his former wife and as the story goes he gave up on finding anyone who would love all of who he was. What he discovers is that he needed to love without condition to receive the same back.
Excerpt-

She stared at the place where they were joined, her eyes going wide with the wonder of their love making. Marcus placed his finger on her tight little button, rubbing and teasing her to the brink of orgasm over and over until tears formed at the corners of her eyes.


When he knew she couldn’t take one more second of his torture, he slowed down even more, wanting this moment to last forever. Needing to savor the feel of her tight and pulsing around him. To drink in her expression as she took every hard, aching inch of him, her eyes glassy, her lips wet and plump.

Nothing had ever been as perfect as this moment. There were no flowers, no silk sheets, nothing to denote romance. Looking into Carrie’s eyes, Marcus saw everything he ever needed. She was his, forever. She craved him, just as he was, the way he craved her. Unable to stave off the emotion filling him up he buried his face in her neck, swallowing back the first tears he’d let fall in five years.

But these were tears of happiness. A kind of happiness that Marcus never dreamed existed between two people. He sounded like a sappy ass and for once he didn’t give a damn. For Carrie he was willing to be anything she wanted, anything she needed. And the best part was that she needed him to dominate her in the bedroom. She needed him to love her every day and night.

For me I need the emotion in order for me to buy the romance. Sex for sex sakes is fine and I am not knocking it but in order for me to believe the Happily Ever After I want to feel  right along with them.
I remeber a mainstream romance I read by Susan Crosby... I have a dog eared copy in my closet, but there are several scenes in the book that made me suck in a breath. The hero sets out to seduce heroine in order to destroy her father. The way he discovers how beautiful she is on the inside and out, its my absolute favorite book adn really shows how emotion can turn a relatively formula story into something I have neverr forgotten.
Would love to hear your opinions or examples of books that made your chest pound and never want the story to end.

Dorian vs Derek: Dueling Doms

It’s always interesting to me how people react to our Velvet Ice (i.e.: our BDSM) titles.  Neither Sierra nor I are a part of the lifestyle, but we’ve both sought out people who are as a kind of “reality check” for our characters.  So my most recent “hmmm” moment comes on the heels of the releases of Unmasking Dorian and Velvet Valentines.

Dorian was supposed to be a “hard core” Dom.  In an earlier book (Meredith’s, I think, though he made an appearance in Carrie’s and Daniel’s books, too) we caught a glimpse of him leading a sub around on a leash.  At that point in our writing, the idea of that kind of submission seemed very exotic to both of us.  I wonder now, though, if we didn’t push the envelope enough in Dorian’s story. 

Derek, on the other hand, was so far into denial that when he finally snapped the chain, man he did it in a BIG way.  Writing the scenes between Elise and Derek pushed the boundaries of what I was comfortable with on a lot of levels.  Because the level of intimacy Derek (and Elise – maybe even more from Elise) demanded, I think it made me a little uncomfortable.

Interestingly, readers seem to prefer Derek.

Looking back, I wonder if that’s because of the BDSM elements in the stories, or if it’s got more to do with the emotional intimacy of the relationships.  It’s a riddle.  I also have to wonder how readers will react to our next book, Velvet Submission, which will be out Monday night, 3/1/10.  Submission is our second venture into the mind of a Domme.  The first, Binding Ben, was pretty successful at Phaze. 

Submission brings back two of my favorite secondary characters – Megan from Sinful treats, and Gregori from Unmasking Dorian.  Both characters are wounded, and neither realizes how much they’ve allowed their pasts to shape them.  Megan and Gregori gave me all sorts of trouble – each was so sure that s/he was right, and neither wanted to bend.  Of course, this made it even more luscious when they gave in!

I hope you’ll check out Velvet Submission when it’s available (that’s Monday evening, 3/1), and I hope you’ll check out Dorian and Derek’s stories if you haven’t already.  We’d love to hear what you have to say!

Vj

A thank you to our readers adn an easy contest!

We want to send our heartfelt Thank you to all of our readers. As VJ and I move into our 3rd writing we wanted to celebrate with all of you who have picked up our books.

To thank our readers we are running a contest. We’ll be giving several goodies away. What do you have to do…..it’s easy

1) Write and TELL us your favorite book and why you enjoyed it?

2) WHO is your favorite character and why?

3) What or whose story are you interested in seeing in the future?

So drop us a line at violetsummers@yahoo.com

Sierra and VJ

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Love is in the air...

At Liquid Silver Books!  That's where, after seven tonight, you'll find ouor newest Velvet Ice novella, Velvet Valentines!

Velvet Valentines takes us back to the club, gives a couple mouthwatering glimpses of Brady and Master Sin, and introduces us to an entirely new level of D/s.  This one, I think, pushes the envelope for us - in the very best of ways!  We hope once you've read it, you'll let us know what you think!

Oh, and check out the KILLER cover!!!  April Martinez is a GODDESS!!!

Now, I'm off to pray for MORE snow - I need me a snow day, baby!

Be safe and warm!

VJ

Live the Fantasy?

It's not just the "tagline" for Velvet Ice - "Live the Fantasy", I mean.  We've been living the fantasy - I never really believed that the day would come when people actually paid money for my little stories - and we want our readers to live the fantasy, too.  That is, the urban fantasy, and the epic fantasy.  Like in our paranormal for Liquid Silver, Saving Jenna.  And our urban fantasy last summer for Loose-Id, Longfellow Seduced.  Both are critically acclaimed (ooh, I sound pretentious!), and (in my humble opinion) pretty effing-fantastic, but no where near as popular as the Velvet Ice/BDSM books.  Huh.  Color me confused.

Now, we've started a new series for Changeling; The Queens of Merab.  It's in the style of epic fantasy - a good friend compared it to the flavor of Anne Bishop's Dark Jewels novels (I LOVE Anne Bishop, and love even more being even remotely compared to her!).  In these stories our Crown Princess, Temair, must collect her four Consorts (one for each magical element: Fyre, Rayne, Aire and Earth) so that she can ascend and become Queen.  Oh, and she must also foil a plot by the men of Merab to overthrow the Queendom.  Sierra and I have worked incredibly hard on these stories - and I'm so proud of how they're evolving.  Doing a series gave us the opportunity to really create layers, and our writing is showing the growth.

Please, oh please, let our readers enjoy Merab as much as we do!  If you'd like to check our newest adventure out, head to changelingpress.com.  Right now we're still on the homepage (Yay!). Give Temair a read, and PLEASE let us know what you think!  Paranormal is such a love of ours as authors - we truly want your opinions as readers!

Meantime, Happy Saturday!  Hugs!
VJ

New Release From Mina Carter!

We're thrilled to share a new release from a new friend, Mina Carter, and our new, fabulous publisher, Changeling Press!

Tori's trying to find Mr. Right. So far all she's found are Mr. Arrogant, Mr. Self-Obsessed and Mr. Downright Scary. When her latest date ends in her dumping her drink in her date's crotch, a frustrated Tori takes matters into her own hands. One quick spell later and her very own Mr. Right is standing in her bedroom. So what if he's a wraith, a magical construct. She doesn't care. He'll do the job far better than any of her buzzing friends.

However, the ghostly hunk standing by her bed is hiding more than one secret: like the fact he's not a wraith at all, but a sorcerer looking for a way back to the land of the living. Jacob needs an in, a chink in some mortal woman's armour. He needs to hear the words "I love you."


Available now from Changeling Press!

Available NOW from Mina Carter and Changeling Press!

A NEW SERIES

 We have been given the chance to write our first fantasy series. It will take place on the planet Merab and will tell the stories of three Queens. What's even better is each of these Queens will have four...yep you read it correctly four mates.
Each Queen is also the regent of their own continents where everyone are shifters.
One continient the shifters are the elements. On another the shifters are animals and the third the shifters are magical creatures.
We are excited to tackle this new world. The the same time we are also going back to the world of the Longfellows where we learn the story of Eden and Silas and what happened all those years ago to freeze Silas and kept Eden from her family.