Before I get to today's topic, we must indulge in some man candy. As promised to E.H., I found a gorgeous, more masculine hottie for today's post, and not some pretty young thing. I figure he's got to be at least 25 yrs old - he's got some facial scruff going on and he doesn't appear to have an ounce of lingering baby fat to soften the lines of his muscles. :)
Between Shawn Lane's recent post on writing sex scenes and an email I wrote to a friend tonight about two new characters, my mind has firmly fixated on kink (not a bad thing to fixate on *g*). On Tuesday, the muse bit big time, and since then I've been mulling and typing up notes for a new book idea. The thing is, the guys have yet to tell me their kink. I've got the plot and romance down, but as soon as it comes time for them to get it on...well, I don't yet know those details. They haven't told me what they particularly like when it comes to activities of a horizontal (or vertical) nature.
Characters have likes and dislikes, just like us. Traits that make them unique people. Some are more mild - like a preference for kissing at every possible opportunity. There are those who adore foreplay, and those who like to cut directly to the main event. There are the guys who like to boink for hours, and others who like it hard and fast. Some are true romantics at heart, infusing a sweetness into every sex scene. Some are more...distinct in their preferences.
For example, Clark Sterling from Most Likely to Succeed by Shawn Lane liked the added thrill that came with the possibility someone could be watching him during sex. He preferred the drapes to be open, and sex on the balcony of his highrise building...oh, he definitely liked that. Payton Townsend from The Englor Affair by J. L. Langley discovered he had a fondness for
Simon's jock strap, and Ryan Kellar from Tabloid Star by T. A. Chase had a thing for licking his lover's tattoos.When I create new characters, I try to make them as real as possible. That includes figuring out their sexual likes and dislikes. What they'll do, not do, and what really gets them hot. I tend to veer more to extremes or stronger traits. Part of it is because, like Shawn mentioned in her post, I want the scenes in each book to be unique from other books. As such, Vin
cent from the Bound series will most likely be my only hero who likes to chain his lovers. Oh, I plan to do other books with D/s elements, but those heroes will enjoy other elements of BDSM. There are lots of things to choose from in that particular bag of kink ;) Giving a guy a distinct kink also gives me something to play with when I write a scene.Back to my new guys. No BDSM in this one...at least I don't think so. So...um...what will they each like? And those likes/dislikes have to match up in some fashion for them to be compatible in bed. Um...I'll have to mull the guys over some more. At some point, I'm sure they'll tell me. And maybe they'll surprise me. Like with Leopold from Convincing Arthur, I knew early on he was a slut without limits. I didn't realize he'd be a dirty slut until his first BJ scene with Arthur.
Since we're on the topic of
kinks, of all the books you have read, what character kinks have stood out for you? Which ones were memorable, in a good way? And please, not the fried chicken with special sauce sort of memorable that poor Eyre endured recently while reading a book. LOLAnd this last pic is courtesy of Lily over at I Love Books. The moment I saw it, I knew I had to snag it. *g*
Anyway, I do believe the time has come to quit messing around with Photoshop and the myriad other misc writing-related things I've been doing to fill my evenings, and get back to writing. The muse bit big time today, so I'm going to see where it takes me and just write. 
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