Keeping it sexy

This morning I wrote a scene for my story Morpheus in which a squad of soldiers visits the scene of a helicopter crash that nearly killed them. It was interesting to write, but I was concerned because it wasn't offering opportunities for sex. This is frequently a problem in erotic writing. When the writer needs to cover plot material that doesn't take place in bed, the shower, or some other setting that lends itself to lewd nude behavior, she is making a problem for herself. Readers who are interested in soldiers going about their business will be looking for The Things They Carried,  and not fir an X rated romance from eXtasy Books.

I'll solve that problem in the scene I'm working on by adding flashes of recollection of sexier times. Lieutenant Lindsey, the point–of-view character in Morpheus, will recall what the landing area looked like when he and his men approached the area in the helicopters. They saw a circle of very attractive naked people, which seems sexy enough. The Lieutenant's recollection will probably spark a few more sexual thoughts.

All this seems lifelike.  Readers who are in touch with erotic romances are probably open to the bits of sexual imagining and memory that run through our daily lives. The Lieutenant's train of thought won't surprise us.