I say this as someone who enjoys reading and writing sex scenes: too many authors treat them as an obligation to meet reader expectations rather than an opportunity to deepen characterization and romantic conflict. When a sex scene is doing its job, you should learn something about these people.
Elizabeth May/Katrina Kendrick
screaming this line into the void: "Entirely too many writers—and a fair amount of readers—think that all you need is two-finger prep, a 'good girl' and a 'you take me so well' and you’re all set."
Jenny Hamilton
ICYMI, I wrote a little thing about how the crafting of sex scenes in genre romance has taken a major hit in recent years.
#romancelandia
romancing-the-stoned.beehiiv.com/p/no-f-ck-is...
A treatise on the degradation of sexytimes in romance