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My 5 Raunchy (and Hilarious) Rules for Writing an O-O-OMG Sex Scene!
THIS WRITER’S LIFE: So I was writing my novel. TARGET 91, when 2 of my characters were up for it!
What the hell!!!!
You will find my 5 Raunchy (and hilarious) Rules for Writing an O-O-OMG Sex Scene here.
My novel, TARGET 91, with more than one O-O-OMG sex scenes, is on AMAZON USA, UK, and AUS.
Also KOBO, SMASHWORDS, and Barnes&Noble NOOK and Apple iBook.
THIS WRITER’S LIFE: Euphemisms for fun and profit!
A friend bought her granddaughter a NETFLIX AND CHILL cushion for her Birthday. The hilarious response to the gift was how my friend found out that NETFLIX AND CHILL had an entirely different meaning for millennials.
So watch those EUPHEMISMS. They can be soooooo embarrassing and hilarious. If you are not familiar with this euphemism consult Dr. Google.
Kerry Cue is a humorist, journalist, mathematician, and author. Her latest book is a crime novel, Target 91, Penmore Press, Tucson, AZ (2019).
THIS WRITER’S LIFE: Inspiration or Prison?
Reading is essential for a writer.
Who wouldn’t want to write like Dickens or Hemingway or Tolstoy?
Yet from this desire, we create our own chains. Build our own prison.
A writer must kill their literary icons to free their own voice.
Kerry Cue is a humorist, journalist, mathematician, and author. Her latest book is a crime novel, Target 91, Penmore Press, Tucson, AZ (2019).
This Writer’s Life: Starting Out
When I first announced that I wanted to write 30+ years ago my friends laughed. ‘You can’t even spell’ said one. In these small ways, we are pressured to limit ourselves. Don’t listen. After 20 books I can say that I now misspell a much higher class of word.
This Writer’s Life
Recording a chapter for my audiobook @Bolindaaudio, Tullamarine, Melb, I found this mural by Kelsey Montague.
It is intriguing how one art inspires another.
But TULLAMARINE ??? (For those of you who know Melbourne.)
Another work by Kelsey in NYC (Below)
Does writing about violence encourage violence?
In view of recent events and the fact that I’ve just had a crime novel published, I had to ask ‘Does writing about violence encourage violence?’
Researchers say ‘No!’ for some writing genres. There is, however, one genre of writing that encourages violence and that is in the marketing of guns. You’ll find this research and links in an article I wrote for Independent Australia titled The NRA: fear, hatred and how to sell guns.
10 things authors should NOT do by someone who did them all
4. Humour
Some thoughts on writing humour. It’s a tricky business. Current events can instantly kill humourous writing. If you write a funny piece about fear of flying, say, then a plane crashes, the article crashes too.
Readers can take personal affront to a joke. I once wrote a funny piece alleging that the group KISS were a band of aging rockers. They did wear those platform heels. Could be a bit dodgy as you age. I received quite a few outraged emails. The KISS army is out there somewhere still loyal and still marching on. Age shall not weary them, apparently. I’ve had highly critical letters stating that my writing lacked the restraint necessary for a civilised society. I didn’t realise I could cause the collapse of Western Civilisation by including the words ‘pissing yourself’ in an article.
But more than anything I loathe with a passion the HUMOUR section in a bookshop.
How to reboot your childhood imagination
A writer needs a vivid imagination. The superpower of childhood is a fantastical imagination but it is easily lost. Neuroscience provides an explanation for this.
In The Wisdom Paradox Elkhonon Goldberg explains that a child’s Right brain dominates until the age of 6 years. The Right brain deals with uncertainty, double meanings, metaphors, duplicity, the unexpected, the new. It thinks in pictures but, significantly, it is mute or it would be arguing with your Left brain, the language hemisphere, all the time.
Anything is possible for the Right Brain. The Left brain specialises in language. It sorts, judges, pigeon holes. It is trying to make sense of the world. We are conscious beings. We have to understand what is happening around us or, basically, we are mad. Your Left brain takes over your thinking after 6 years of age as language kicks in. You don’t have to lose your childhood imagination but if it is not used …. it fades away.
I loved maths. I studied Science engineering at university. I taught maths and chemistry for 10 years. All that maths set up railway tracks in my brain which I had to follow in logical steps to the predetermined destination.
I wanted to write. I needed my thinking to be reckless, crazy. It took me 3 years of reading to derail my mathematical mind. I read, in order, historical romance, Erotica ( one fictional glistening, muscled, well-endowed plantation slave still brings a warm smile to my face), science fiction, war memoirs, Russian novels and biographies of strong women.
Finally, I dumped the rail track thinking. Ideas pop out of my brain now like fire flies hovering over head. I have to prune them down to write a coherent piece. The first books i wrote were about my childhood. I relived it. I could walk into my families kitchen, open cupboards and see what was inside. More importantly, I could hear the voices. So Yes! I’m a little crazy. It helps.
Your memories and the many worlds of your imagination are all there waiting for you to explore. All you need is a little practice.
If you want to reconnect with that vivid imagination of your childhood this clip by called Run Boy Run by Woodkid is SENSATIONAL. Watching it, I was 10 years old again.
Stuck in a Fog of Negativity? You must meet Taku.
Surround yourself with positive people. Keep away from the ENERGY VAMPIRES who suck the energy out of you. No references needed. Just Google Negative People Instagram or Pinterest. You will have heard these mantras often enough.
The problem is you can be stuck in a fog of negativity without realising it. The fog is just there. Try aging, for starters. Nearly every conversation begins with a litany of health woes. So much so, I try to instigate a friend’s idea. We call it Renata’s Rule: ’10 minutes on health issues then move on.’
It has been a great joy to me to connect up with Taku Mbudzi. Taku emanates a radiant field of positive energy. Funny, enthusiastic, inspiring. Taku is a skilled writer, broadcaster (She has appeared on The Project with Charlie Pickering), podcaster (See below) and public speaker. More importantly, to meet Taku is equivalent to popping a ‘positive vibe pill’ if such a thing existed. Taku is young, energetic and funny, and I’m sure many students would benefit from being exposed to Taku’s positive force field. You can find out more about Taku here.
I have been delighted to be involved with Taku’s podcasts talking about ways to tackle professional writing. In the first podcast we looked at writing newspaper articles. The second podcast involved getting a book published.
Being interviewed by Taku reminded me of one of my own vital traits. My younger self was undaunted by the challenge of becoming a professional writer, simply because I was so optimistic. Rejections – I could wallpaper my house with rejection slips – just bounced off me. Timing and luck played their part. But I just kept at it until I found my niche.
Episode 18 – Writing [Fake] News Articles with Journalist and Author Kerry Cue
Episode 19 – Getting Published in Australia with Author and Maths Blogger Kerry Cue
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