Smut has a quality problem and Allison Whaley, founder of Bothered Stories, is fixing it one well-written, high-heat short story at a time.
She joins Nikki and Meg to make the case that erotica deserves the same craft and editorial standards as the romance novels you’re already staying up too late to finish.
* Why passive voice in a sex scene is basically a crime, and the actual editorial rules Bothered Stories enforces (RIP “member” and “Johnson”)
* The argument that a sex scene is exactly like an action set piece and why both get boring fast when they stop moving the story forward
* Why curation is the antidote to “infobesity” and why that matters more than ever now that AI is flooding the market with low-quality fiction
* Nikki’s official description of Bothered Stories as “a very well-written vibrator” and why Allison is here for it
If you’ve ever skipped a cringey sex scene and thought “someone should fix this,” this episode is for you.
Find Allison and Bothered Stories at https://www.botheredstories.com
Our Ships:
* Stick Around: A Punk as Puck Novel (Legends & Fury Book 1) by EM Lindsey
* After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez
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