Curvy Porn: Erotica Edition

Greetings Curvy readers. At this point I would like to invite my parents and anyone else related to me or who knew me when I was 5 to click the X and move on to your next website. This post is not appropriate for you.

Ok, so here we are, Nice and cozy.

It's no secret that I like to push the envelope, and I can be a lot of fun at bars. I wear my heart on my sleeve, the lampshade on my head and I have the vocabulary of an angry drunken sailor. I also happen to love to read erotica and I don't hear Mr. Mandy complaining.

 Today we have a very special guest blogger with us to introduce her latest book See Me, which I have read and which I highly recommend to all of my uber-literate friends out there. What's lovely about See Me, which is remarkably different from other books of its genre, is the T&A attributes of the main character Abigail. You see, Miss Abigail is a Curvy Girl and when she walks down the hall with a man walking behind her, she is concerned about how her bum looks. Sound familiar? But what's fun is that men love her bum, and her bosom and all the curves that she is moderately insecure about. SOUND FAMILIAR?!

So without further ado, I would like to introduce you to Pauline Allen, and her book. If you leave a comment here, you will be entered into a giveaway to receive a copy of this awesome e-book. Chat it up!

~mandy
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I'm so glad to be here today to chat with your readers. I'll start off with a little background about myself. My pen name has an interesting evolution of its own. I smile now remembering how my alter ego came about. Pauline is a dedication to Anne Desclos who wrote The Story of O. Her pen name was Pauline Reage. Allan is in memory of one of the most romantic authors of all time, Edgar Allan Poe. I know what you're thinking...Poe! Really, he's into horror and gothic suspense. I employ you to take another look--To Ulalume is quite lovely.

My home is a renovated Presbyterian manse built in 1900. I made one of the upstairs rooms my secret hiding place where "forbidden fantasies come to play." The Midwest is where I live, but my heart resides in New Orleans. My office is decorated with memorabilia from the most romantic, darkly disturbing, and grandest city on the planet. I travel to see my muse twice a year. My battery gets recharged and I always bring home all kinds of complicated tales to put to paper.

By day I'm a writer and by night I'm a nurse who works in a labor/delivery/neonatal special care unit.

My debut novel, See Me, was released in March by Loose Id publishing. Here's a little taste of
what it's about:

 Abigail Swanson's spirit has been battered, a body left for dead to recover to find fear and loneliness. Due to an abusive relationship, she is unable to feel the one thing she longs to have again. She builds a lucrative business specializing in the commodity she can't afford to experience. Passion. Sean Drennan traded his fists for a portfolio, but the cost was too great. Now, considered damaged goods, he's unable to find employment. Desperate to gather some quick cash, he reluctantly agrees to take a job in the field guaranteed to make him sell his soul.
So what does a successful pornography entrepreneur do when her clients are demanding a tattooed hunk and her performers don't fit the bill? She puts all her trust in an ex-con who has nothing to lose. Can he save her business and her heart at the same time or will his fighting ways leave him cold and lonely yet again? For one voluptuous, scared woman it's love at all costs. For one man it's a new experience he's more than willing to fight his way into. But can Sean and Abigail survive the dangerous ride?

I may be an erotic romance author, but I'm a reader first and foremost. My best friend laughs at me because she'll suggest a book for me to read and the first thing out of my mouth is, "Is there a fluffy girl in it?" Anne tells me to get over this "fluffy girl" thing I've got going on and just read the book. If the answer is yes to my "fluffy girl" question, the book goes to the top of my to-be-read pile. If not...well, it sits on my e-reader shelf for a bit.

Being a curvy girl means I have the right to demand my knight in shining armor...or vamp with
sexy fangs...just as much as the other girls. But, searching the shelves in my local book stores always left me feeling inadequate and lost. The women on the covers were thin, willowy even, or toned and athletic. I'm neither. I'm a woman with breasts and hips, thighs and a rounded tummy. Where's my cover? Where's my heroine with flowing hair and a beautiful gown or tight leather cat suit? I decided to find it! I wanted that sexy cover and even sexier heroine pouring spice and romance on the pages, giving me something to hold to my chest and grin, tears streaking down my face because the woman with the rounded hips and size DD breasts finally got her alpha hero.

Well, folks...I only grinned and wiped my tear-streaked chubby cheeks five times. I was surprised on a couple of levels when it came to finding books in the genre I preferred. One issue was that the full-figured, BBW, Rubenesque books weren't being tagged under that description. So, it was up to me to spend my precious time hunting for these books. Second, there weren't very many authors writing for the average-sized woman.

Some writers/publishers/editors will argue that the story should be about the character and not just what she looks like. I agree to a point, but I want to relate to the character. I want to be the one dancing at the ball with the handsome stranger or having a secret rendezvous in the corridor. I can't relate if the woman is always a size two with, to quote Dirty Dancing "spaghetti arms."

As a reader, I want to read about all types of characters. I'm simply requesting that there are
more choices for the women who are curvy to have their heroes too. As females we all want a strong hero with a brooding personality and past that we can heal. Whether you're petite or full-figured, we are women and crave the same type of romance.

As an author, I've chosen to write books with characters that I would want to read about. I
have characters of all shapes and sizes in my books, but my heroines have one direct theme. They are curvy, voluptuous, full-figured, BBW, rubenensque, and phat. Shew...did I forget any other cool labels we have? My beautiful heroines are scarred, broken, emotionally in turmoil, strong-willed, confused, intelligent, and free-spirited. They are more than their weight. More than their
jean's size, and definitely more than their insecurities. Embracing their bodies and rejoicing in their feminine shape is the cornerstone of their nature. And their hunky heroes are always passionately frustrated and sexually charged by the sway of their luscious hips and generous backsides. Dang, did it just get hot in here or is it me?

If you are a reader who enjoys reading about confident women of size tell your book suppliers. Get the word out. There are authors out there looking for a voice for their pages. Search for the categories/genres titled BBW and Rubenesque when scrolling through your favorite ebook sites. These are usually a couplet to a larger genre such as Contemporary, Paranormal, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy. If you have a favorite author, write to him or her. Ask if they have any full-figured heroines and what titles you should be looking out for. I discovered such great authors as Charlotte Featherstone, Lissa Matthews, and Alish Rai, all of which write rich, curvy heroines.

I challenge my curvy sisters to reach for romance in all aspects of their lives. Unfasten the
top two buttons on that dress shirt. Discreetly adjust your black thigh-highs while you're in a crowded elevator. Rock the knee-length pencil skirt. I swear there's a hot man sitting in the corner adjusting his collar, praying you glance over in his direction so he can get one more look at your sultry smile. Curvy girls rule!

And...don't forget to leave a comment today to register for a free copy of SEE ME!!
Pauline can be contacted at:
paulineallanerotica@yahoo.com
www.facebook.com/author.paulineallan
www.facebook.com/paulineallan.author
www.twitter.com/paulineallan
http://www.paulineallan.com/
http://www.blog.paulineallan.com/
See Me is available at:
http://www.amazon.com/
http://www.allromanceebooks.com/
http://www.fictionwise.com/
www.barnesandnoble.com