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Sex scenes are SCENES, with all of the burdens a scene carries: advancing plot, revealing character, complicating relationships, etc. A sex scene must do at least some of those things or it fails as a scene. Excellent romance writers know this, and Grant is one of the best. Love this analysis :).
lol I accidentally published this instead of scheduling it so oh well, I guess y'all are getting this close-read of a sex scene sooner than I intended
Anatomy of a Sex Scene: A Gentleman Undone, Cecilia Grant - Reading the End
A close-read analysis of a sex scene between the protagonists of Cecilia Grant's sophomore romance novel, A Gentleman Undone
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June 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Sex scenes are SCENES, with all of the burdens a scene carries: advancing plot, revealing character, complicating relationships, etc. A sex scene must do at least some of those things or it fails as a scene. Excellent romance writers know this, and Grant is one of the best. Love this analysis :).
Happy Indie Bookstore Day!
Ottawa has been hosting a crawl this weekend, and here's my bounty.
Ottawa has been hosting a crawl this weekend, and here's my bounty.
April 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Happy Indie Bookstore Day!
Ottawa has been hosting a crawl this weekend, and here's my bounty.
Ottawa has been hosting a crawl this weekend, and here's my bounty.
One year and 2 days later, back for another Pride PWHL game! Ottawa's Charge against Montreal's Victoire!
Un an et deux jours plus tard, je suis de retour pour la partie de la fierté de la LPHF! Victoire de Montreal contre Charge d'Ottawa!
Un an et deux jours plus tard, je suis de retour pour la partie de la fierté de la LPHF! Victoire de Montreal contre Charge d'Ottawa!
April 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
One year and 2 days later, back for another Pride PWHL game! Ottawa's Charge against Montreal's Victoire!
Un an et deux jours plus tard, je suis de retour pour la partie de la fierté de la LPHF! Victoire de Montreal contre Charge d'Ottawa!
Un an et deux jours plus tard, je suis de retour pour la partie de la fierté de la LPHF! Victoire de Montreal contre Charge d'Ottawa!
Legal name changed with elections canada done. It was a painless process. And my vote has been cast! #elections #Canada
April 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Legal name changed with elections canada done. It was a painless process. And my vote has been cast! #elections #Canada
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Get Your Words Out is open to ALL types of #writers! We have people writing literary fiction, fanfic, horror, SFF, YA, poetry, nonfiction. If it's writing, it counts! If you need a goal to hit and a community to support you, come pledge for 2025! getyourwordsout.dreamwidth.org/835269.html
December 15, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Get Your Words Out is open to ALL types of #writers! We have people writing literary fiction, fanfic, horror, SFF, YA, poetry, nonfiction. If it's writing, it counts! If you need a goal to hit and a community to support you, come pledge for 2025! getyourwordsout.dreamwidth.org/835269.html
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You all really do not know how much joy I get from the @gywo.bsky.social community and watching people join/find us. 10 days from now starts both the most stressful time and most joyous as our 2024 pledging opens.
The flood of new writers to our skyline is making me very giddy. 💙 -E
December 2, 2023 at 8:20 PM
You all really do not know how much joy I get from the @gywo.bsky.social community and watching people join/find us. 10 days from now starts both the most stressful time and most joyous as our 2024 pledging opens.
Got a teeth extracted today and practiced my ventriloquist skills as a result. 🤣
November 21, 2023 at 5:46 PM
Got a teeth extracted today and practiced my ventriloquist skills as a result. 🤣
November 19, 2023 at 1:09 AM
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Stop taking your “hero” on a “journey” and start letting them detonate, liquify or transform into a flurry of fruit bats, never to be seen again
#writingtips
#writingtips
November 5, 2023 at 5:42 PM
Stop taking your “hero” on a “journey” and start letting them detonate, liquify or transform into a flurry of fruit bats, never to be seen again
#writingtips
#writingtips
Last seem on parlement Hill. #CarmenSt-Diego #Halloween
October 29, 2023 at 6:03 PM
Last seem on parlement Hill. #CarmenSt-Diego #Halloween
Meeting à friend for a bit of a secret project!
October 23, 2023 at 9:58 PM
Meeting à friend for a bit of a secret project!
Sadly I have officially lost my #gywo writing goal for 2023. Even if i write everyday until december 31, I'll still be 12 days short of 240.
That's the issues with habit goals. Once its too late, its too late.
That's the issues with habit goals. Once its too late, its too late.
October 22, 2023 at 5:53 PM
Sadly I have officially lost my #gywo writing goal for 2023. Even if i write everyday until december 31, I'll still be 12 days short of 240.
That's the issues with habit goals. Once its too late, its too late.
That's the issues with habit goals. Once its too late, its too late.
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Good morning GYWO writers of Bluesky! We're going to start cross posting some things from the other site and being generally more active here, so feel free to let us know what kind of things you'd like to see from us.
October 17, 2023 at 2:37 PM
Good morning GYWO writers of Bluesky! We're going to start cross posting some things from the other site and being generally more active here, so feel free to let us know what kind of things you'd like to see from us.
Covid-Influenza vaccination done!
I always forget to research which I want between Pfizer and Moderna so I never know what to say when they ask.
Maybe I'll remember next time.
I always forget to research which I want between Pfizer and Moderna so I never know what to say when they ask.
Maybe I'll remember next time.
October 16, 2023 at 5:14 PM
Covid-Influenza vaccination done!
I always forget to research which I want between Pfizer and Moderna so I never know what to say when they ask.
Maybe I'll remember next time.
I always forget to research which I want between Pfizer and Moderna so I never know what to say when they ask.
Maybe I'll remember next time.
Last CanCon panel of the weekend. Nostalgia for times that never existed.
October 15, 2023 at 6:32 PM
Last CanCon panel of the weekend. Nostalgia for times that never existed.
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As I see it, your setting is a character in your story. Perhaps the main character, or a main character, or a secondary one - all can exist. And like all characters, built not of atoms and veins and muscles, or of sewers and taxes, but of the stories, both told and untold, that show us who they are.
I also think that the details people tut-tut about being super essential (bUt hoW doES TaX wORk?) only require explication insofar as they enhance the action.
Unless we’re going to be crawling through sewage tunnels, I don’t support dwelling on the setting’s unremarkable waste management system.
Unless we’re going to be crawling through sewage tunnels, I don’t support dwelling on the setting’s unremarkable waste management system.
October 15, 2023 at 1:12 PM
As I see it, your setting is a character in your story. Perhaps the main character, or a main character, or a secondary one - all can exist. And like all characters, built not of atoms and veins and muscles, or of sewers and taxes, but of the stories, both told and untold, that show us who they are.
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I also think that the details people tut-tut about being super essential (bUt hoW doES TaX wORk?) only require explication insofar as they enhance the action.
Unless we’re going to be crawling through sewage tunnels, I don’t support dwelling on the setting’s unremarkable waste management system.
Unless we’re going to be crawling through sewage tunnels, I don’t support dwelling on the setting’s unremarkable waste management system.
October 15, 2023 at 5:12 AM
I also think that the details people tut-tut about being super essential (bUt hoW doES TaX wORk?) only require explication insofar as they enhance the action.
Unless we’re going to be crawling through sewage tunnels, I don’t support dwelling on the setting’s unremarkable waste management system.
Unless we’re going to be crawling through sewage tunnels, I don’t support dwelling on the setting’s unremarkable waste management system.
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not only do they overrate worldbuilding, they're mistaken about the signs of good worldbuilding. you don't need to know the answer to every question about the world. when you encounter something you don't understand, you need to feel that there is an answer rather than know what it is.
I often think sff readers overrate worldbuilding. Worldbuilding is only appreciable if everything else is firing right. No one likes, “Hey let’s go to this party at this amazing mansion - but everyone there will be a boring, nonsensical asshole and we won’t do anything fun.”
October 14, 2023 at 7:23 PM
not only do they overrate worldbuilding, they're mistaken about the signs of good worldbuilding. you don't need to know the answer to every question about the world. when you encounter something you don't understand, you need to feel that there is an answer rather than know what it is.
Waiting on for my first Cancon panel of day 2; "Spinning your hyperfixation into Gold".
October 14, 2023 at 3:22 PM
Waiting on for my first Cancon panel of day 2; "Spinning your hyperfixation into Gold".
CanCon day 1 loot!
I already have a few books I wanna buy today.
I already have a few books I wanna buy today.
October 14, 2023 at 1:01 PM
CanCon day 1 loot!
I already have a few books I wanna buy today.
I already have a few books I wanna buy today.
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“I s’pose what I’m saying is that right now I just want to do what makes Ed happy..” . . #OFMDLego #OFMD #Lego
August 31, 2023 at 6:01 PM
“I s’pose what I’m saying is that right now I just want to do what makes Ed happy..” . . #OFMDLego #OFMD #Lego
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And finally... . . #OFMDLego #OFMD #Lego #OurFlagMeansDeath #OFMDFanArt #RenewedAsACrew
August 31, 2023 at 6:11 PM
And finally... . . #OFMDLego #OFMD #Lego #OurFlagMeansDeath #OFMDFanArt #RenewedAsACrew
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I'm ready to be emotionally destroyed by season 2 of OFMD 🏴☠️
#OurFlagMeans Death #OFMD #Blackbonnet
#OurFlagMeans Death #OFMD #Blackbonnet
August 31, 2023 at 6:29 PM
I'm ready to be emotionally destroyed by season 2 of OFMD 🏴☠️
#OurFlagMeans Death #OFMD #Blackbonnet
#OurFlagMeans Death #OFMD #Blackbonnet
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Continuing celebration for the OFMD s2 trailer by reposting my Hands tribute piece 🗡️🖤
August 31, 2023 at 7:52 PM
Continuing celebration for the OFMD s2 trailer by reposting my Hands tribute piece 🗡️🖤