WITH
DELPHINE DRYDEN
Hello everyone! Book Monster Reviews & LITERAL ADDICTION
are happy to be helping Delphine Dryden promote her new release today!
After earning two graduate degrees, practicing law awhile, and
then working for the public school system for over ten years, I finally got a
clue. I tossed all that aside and started doing what I should have been doing
all along, writing novels! In hindsight I could see the decision was a
no-brainer.
Because which sounds like more fun? Being a lawyer/special
educator/reading specialist/educational diagnostician…or writing spicy
romances? If you need a hint, just take a gander at the photo on this page
which proves that the very least, the professional conferences for romance
writers are a LOT more fun!
This is embarrassingly apt.
When not writing or doing “mommy stuff” I read voraciously,
noodle around with html and css coding, and play computer games with my darling
(and very romantic) husband. I am fortunate enough to have two absurdly
precocious children, and two delightful mutts. My family and I are all Texas
natives, and reside in unapologetic suburban bliss near Houston.
Delphine is the proud creator of the TRUTH AND LIES series and
several notable single titles. You can find information on her entire backlist HERE.
Today, however, we're here to help Delphine promote and
celebrate "Toy Box".
Toy Box:
Lauren
and Rafe have been coasting along since they had kids, letting things in the
bedroom match their vanilla suburban lifestyle. But they have a blistering-hot
Dominant/submissive history, and this weekend, Rafe will remind Lauren of all
the deviant delights awaiting her when they open up…the Toy Box.
Purchase
at:
Sounds good, right!? Make to add it to your TBR. For
now, let's see what Delphine had to say when she ambushed our sites for the
day...
It’s not “Mommy Porn”!
TOY BOX got its start (as so many things do, these days) when
a group of us authors started talking on Twitter. Then a Yahoo group happened,
one thing led to another...and while we didn’t end up with the multi-author
series we’d planned, several of us ended up with short novels out of the deal!
What set us off? The term “mommy porn”. Oh, I don’t even like to type that.
What does that phrase even mean? Porn for mommies? This mother of two
doesn’t consider even the spiciest romance novel “porn”; I get my porn from
kink.com and it’s pretty hard-core. Porn by mommies? Well, I know plenty
of mommies who write the smutty stuff...but I also know plenty of
non-mommies who write and read it, too.
We decided to explore one of the less discussed alternatives,
the one that was making all the reporters and talk show hosts snicker and
giggle like middle schoolers whenever a certain monochromatically titled book
was brought up. If our books were to be “mommy porn”, why not make them porn
featuring mommies? This would be pure fantasy, of course, because everyone
knows that mommies don’t do that (Cue nervous giggles and rolling eyes). And
even if they did, nobody would want to read about it. Moms and dads having
S-E-X? Ew, gross!
Fortunately, none of us in the group were adolescents, and we
didn’t find it gross at all! We found it intriguing, and a challenge, to
consider the ways that real people, real mommies and daddies, manage to
incorporate romance and sexuality into their lives. It can be complicated, what
with kids to get to bed and dogs to take to the vet, hectic work schedules and
trying to keep a running shopping list in your head. But it can be done. And
Toy Box is just such a tale. About a nice, suburban couple and the things they
manage to get up to behind closed doors.
TOY BOX was a joy to write, and so far readers have said the
most wonderful things about the characters and how they handle their unique
challenges in finding their kinky sexytimes. And it’s short, so it’s a pretty
small investment of time and money. A smutlet, if you will. You could afford to
buy Toy Box AND some other choice romance with a ten dollar gift certificate to
Amazon or Barnes & Noble...and one lucky commenter will win just that!
What do you think of when you hear/read the phrase “mommy
porn”?
(You can start playing that bow-chicka-wow-wow music any time
now).
36 comments:
I'm not a fan of the phrase "mommy porn." I've been reading this genre for years and now with "Fifty Shades" it's suddenly called "mommy porn." I know a lot of non-mommies reading these books.
kesummer69 at gmail dot com
Mommy Porn? What the hell is "mommy porn"? Everything has to go into a box. Smh
I think Mommy Porn is a way for men to get at least a bit of ... well we know how guys are. Its okay for them, but not us - derogatory - definitely a guy term.
kerryjcj AT verizon DOT net
The very first time I heard "mommy porn" I thought the "guy" that came up with it was an idiot!
vsloboda(at)gmail(dot)com
I'm not really sure. It is quite the tricky phrase. It makes me think of hunky Alpha males on the cover of my books being with a "mommy" like me...
I can NOT stand the term "mommy porn"!! Drives me insane!
modularmates(at)comcast(dot)net
Definitely glad to know I'm not in the minority on this one :-D
'Mommy Porn' is sexist. The term is meant to control women and make them be 'good girls' while guys get to watch porn like its their right.
amberdaulton86@google.com
I hate that this Genre is now dubbed " Mommy Porn ", but I do not pay attention to it anymore . The label will fade, but these Hott novels will keep going strong.
I personally just call it a good read!! I haven't heard this particular name before, but I have heard others. I can't say that I care for it! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Don't think it really means anything
I think it's ridiculous! Nothing wrong with a good read that gets you a little excited!
When I initially read it I just thought it was a term for uninteresting/generic porn. I don't know why, just what came to mind.
biochemguy22(at)yahoo(dot)com
Mommy porn annoys the crap out of me.
To me it implies an unsatisfied house wife.
Yet a lot of people read these books.
Yes I read them cause I like the adventure and naughtiness but grouping people like that just makes me grumpy.
I don't like the term "mommy porn". It's like someone saying that they like to look at naked pics, or videos of moms. Sickening. BUT, all that aside, I do believe in the books that are geared toward women to make them hot and bothered! ;-)
molly at reviewsbymolly dot com
Personally I think the term "mommy porn" is laughable. And guys have what? Give me a good book to read any day.
Val
lastnerve2000 at gmail dot com
I only started hearing it recently and it was more of 'what do you think of mommy porn'? It doesn't bother me any, I know what I'm reading so I just laugh it off or ignore it.
Thanks for the chance to win :) raynman1979 at yahoo dot com
I don't really think anything of it. It's someone else's construct not mine. steph@fangswandsandfairydust.com
Ugh, "Mommy Porn" is just annoying. I read a bit of everything. I just ignore the stupid name that's been tagged to this genre. If it's a good book, I really don't care what you call it.
Doesn't bother me at all. I read what I like and what anybody else thinks, doesn't matter...if somebody wants to label it, whatever. Not worth my time to bother being angry or anything about what other people call a genre of books.
susanmplatt AT hotmail DOT com
The term "mommy porn" makes me giggle because who calls it that, but the stupid guy trying to hit on you in the book store. Thx for giveaway.
blinkysthebest at aol dot com
I hate the phrase "mommy porn"! I've heard it the first time when the Fifty Shades books got popular.
stories that help the mommy, who spends all day taking care of the kids & the house, feel more sensual.
sallans d at yahoo dot com
I am so sorry- it is such a stupid term, do I really have to say? I want to say we are all adults and can say that women should be able to read anything they want without being "labeled" something because of it. sdylion(at)gmail(dot)com
I think the phrase mommy porn is derogatory. Just another way to label
stuff they don't understand.
mawmom at gmail dot com
It does bother me a bit, I do they label dad's if they watch or read something erotic. They just simply say porn. So what if that is what we choose to read, is it harming anyone no. I think our partners enjoy the results of us reading erotica. ;).
signed in on rafflecopter as Dawna Newman
I have actually never heard the phrase "mommy porn" before - it sounds a bit disturbing, as silly as it is I don't want to think of my mother in any way close to . . . well anything R rated or above.
I think that's a stupid phrase. It just makes me think that stupid people don't realize that LOTS of people read erotica books!
Ashley A
ash_app@hotmail.com
I am not a fan of the word mommy porn. I cringle when I hear it.
kellybenson(at)neo.rr.com
That is sooooo inmature to call it like that, who the hell cares if I watch porn or read erotica?? Our men are the ones who benefits of it, so just shut up and let us watch porn.. NOT "mommy porn". That's insane and sexist.
I hate the term mommy porn. I don't know, it just hits me the wrong way.
Jyl22075 at gmail.com
I absolutely hate the term "mommy porn" because romance is not just about the sex, is about the conflict, the relationship, the emotions...all that goes into love. And love has nothing to do with porn.
I just rolled my eyes the first time I heard "mommy porn". It's just an extension of the "bored housewives who read romances". Silly.
ironss [at] gmail [dot] com
lol.. mommy porn?? anything that isn't a childs book! lol. but seriously.. Mommy porn? *sigh* I'm not a mommy, but that term seriously needs to be revised.
Ana♥
When I hear that it makes me think of mom's doing porn movies lol
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
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