THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

   The Latina Book Club welcomes author Dee Tenorio .   She writes in numerous categories, is a perfectionist and loves any and all kinds of books.     A woman after our own heart!   Welcome, Dee. Q:   You write paranormal mysteries, contemporaries, romantic comedies and erotica.  Which category is your favorite?  How do you decide which category to write next? Do you ever get confused? A:   I wish I could say I had a specific favorite. I tend to love the one I'm working on at the time.   It's just the way my mind handles its creativity. If I finish a dark paranormal, I need to lighten up a bit and I write a rom com. Empty one well, switch to another so the one I just used can refill. (That might make sense only in my head, but I hope you know what I mean.) I don't really get confused because I kind of program myself to certain tones using music and imagery. When I have to write two different books at the same...

   Women like sex. We do, whether we say so in public or not, whether we admit it to ourselves or not. Women like sex. And, the next best thing to having sex is reading about it. But, we don’t just say we are reading about sex, we read….erotica. Erotica. The word itself is titillating and sensual. The books are even hotter. Take for example, FAST GIRLS: EROTICA FOR WOMEN , edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Cleis Press, 2010). It’s a wonderful collection of short stories about women in control of their bodies and their beds. These “Fast Girls” are confident and unafraid of taking sex by the balls, pun intended. And, Latinas also like sex, like erotica. Hell, we are synonymous with sex. Think Rita Hayworth, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Lopez, Eva Mendes and Zoe Saldana.  Latinas have always been seen as sultry, sexy and sensual. That’s us. And we have the erotica collection to prove it. JUICY MANGOS: EROTICA COLLECTION , edited by Michelle Herrera Mulligan (...