Steam Scenes

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  Instag...

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 r...

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 w...

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'...

Thank Sara Whitney’s seventh-grade teacher for inspiring her to pursue a writing career. Sara is an RWA Golden Heart Award-finalist and her wicked fun novels feature as much humor as they do steam. Join us for a “deeply nerdy” conversation that ranges from Band Camp to the romance author who got her through her Ph. D. program to why we’ll never see the word “panties” in her books. (Plus there's a...

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Coming soon! Steam Scenes is a new podcast hosted by contemporary romance author Elle Greco. For each episode, I am joined by a fellow romance writer to talk about writing those steamy scenes! Here's a sneak peek at what's coming up.