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Minotaurs Don’t Fall In Love…Usually

Stephanie Draven — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:00:37 +0000

When you think of the minotaur of ancient Greek mythology, romance probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. You’re probably imagining the man-eating monster, abandoned by his parents and locked away in a lonely labyrinth to hunt down his prey…hey wait, that does kind of sound like the alpha hero of a modern-day [...]

He Didn’t Even Have To Touch Me…

Stephanie Draven — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:52:51 +0000

This may be the most sexually suggestive post I’ve ever written while talking about my work, but having written a novel about a mind-controlling minotaur, I’m left with a question. Would you want a man who could make you orgasm on command? Sexual satisfaction is notoriously more difficult for women to achieve than it is for [...]

There is No Such Thing as Safe Sex

Stephanie Draven — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:41:48 +0000

So, there’s recently been a kerfluffle on the blogosphere about the issue of consent due to an inflammatory article by a college student, which lead to an equally unfortunate flamewar on the All About Romance blog about whether or not monogamous marital coitus is the only truly safe sex. Well, I’m here to tell you: there’s [...]

The NYT on the new Spartacus series

Stephanie Draven — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:42:53 +0000

The New York times has an interesting story on the upcoming Starz Television Show, Spartacus. They seem to imply that it's going to be all sex and gore. Maybe that's not a bad thing. I'm sure there are other lessons that the writers could have taken from HBO's Rome, but this is what they zeroed in on:

The show’s creators were also fans of “Rome,” and they say they learned two important lessons from that series. One was not to spend a fortune on building sets. (“Spartacus” relies instead on green-screen technology and C.G.I.) And the other was that their story line needed, like that of “Rome” to be character driven.