Adriana Kraft

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Stay Sexy ~ My Favorite Toy

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Bells and whistles? The “Cadillac” of vibrators? A multi-spot-stimulating Rabbit? I love all these, but my absolute all-time favorite sex toy is very petite and unassuming. Designed years ago by erotic film star and director Candida Royalle, the Natural Contours Petite Vibrator is “ergonomically contoured to fit a woman’s mons for maximum pleasure.” Measuring a mere four inches long and about an inch wide at the tip, it was designed especially to help breast cancer survivors reclaim their sexuality. The vibrator has three speeds and a four-point gliding button (off, high, medium, low) that’s easy to find and move, even if fingers are slippery.

I like it because it’s reliable, it’s discreet, and it can travel anywhere in my luggage without drawing unwanted attention. It’s advertised as perfectly conforming to the mons – and it does that, very nicely – but it’s also great for vaginal penetration and can reach the G-spot with satisfying results.

Um, about the unwanted attention – there was an episode when I was putting luggage in the trunk with my mother-in-law and my duffel suddenly began to buzz. I told her an alarm clock must have gone off and reached in to turn off the switch without further discovery. That does lead to a complaint I have heard from some, that the motor is somewhat loud and can be distracting. Can’t say I’ve noticed in any other circumstance :). I should also add that descriptions of the most recent model say it has a quiet motor, so perhaps that feature has been improved.

The current model comes in a pink color to match the pink breast cancer ribbon, and part of the purchase price goes to Breast Cancer Action, a non-profit that focuses on breast cancer education and discovering the origins of breast cancer to eliminate the disease at its source. I’ve had mine so long it pre-dates that color. Mine is a soft salmon color, but otherwise a perfect match for this photo, and obviously very sturdy, given its longevity.

The Natural Contours Petite Vibrator can be found wherever sex toys are sold. It can also be ordered from Adam & Eve for $29.95 plus shipping.

…so there you have it. That’s my fave, and I’m sticking to it. What’s yours? Tell me about it, and let me know if you’d be willing to blog about it some week for our Stay Sexy column!

 

Ramp up your sex life ~ we review The Wedge

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Have you ever reached for a pillow in the middle of a sizzling sex moment, tucked it under your own torso or your partner’s, and discovered neither one of you got the lift you need? Yup, so have we.

This versatile twenty-four inch wide Wedge, by Liberator, might just be the prop you’re looking for.

Product Description

Part of the Liberator collection of Bedroom Adventure Gear, the 24″ x 14″ x 7″ wedge is filled with sturdy material the manufacturers call “Champagne Foam,” comfortable yet strong enough to support two bodies. It’s densely packed into a smooth black nylon liner that protects the foam from lotions or body fluids, and comes with a soft machine-washable micro-fiber zipped cover that won’t chafe or give you pillow-burn. Ours is a passionate purple but many other colors are available.

For Her

The wedge angles up at twenty-seven degrees. We found this just right for a number of our favorite moves and positions. Positioned under a female partner lying face-up, it can support her hips and offer just the right angle for oral stimulation as well as easy access to her G-spot. We found this position also great for full penetration face-to-face. In this position, we especially appreciate that it’s sturdy enough for two. If the female turns over, the wedge can offer support and access for anal play or vaginal rear-entry without undue strain for either partner.

For Him

Of course, there’s no need for a male partner to be left out. He’ll appreciate lying face-up with the wedge under his hips – cowgirl works great with this support, or his partner can easily add prostate play to that special blow-job.  Turn him over and continue the anal play by hand, with a dildo, or with a strap-on, and still have easy access to his genitals for more pleasuring.

Our Rating

We live, work and travel year-round in our twenty-nine foot motorhome, where storage space is at a premium. The wedge fits easily in our under-the-bed storage and is definitely an essential accessory, well worth packing along.

Disclosure

We obtained our wedge from Chicago-based http://www.early2bed.com/ – a sex toy store, sex education resource and sex-positive website/blog. We selected it as part of a gift certificate we won through a contest at Get Lusty for Couples, a blog we follow and for whom we now write occasional columns and reviews.

 

 

If you like it sizzling hot…

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…check out this EXCERPT just posted at a Sex Toy Review site in the UK! Nymphomanic Ness is an official reviewer of sex toys. She went looking for erotic excerpts featuring toys, and we answered the call with a scene involving three women and a double dong, fresh from our newest release, Triple Play.

We love to write scenes with toys (heck, we love toys, plain and simple), so we’ve got lots more we’ll be sending her.

What are your favorite toys? Maybe we’ll write one into a new scene for you!

There’s an app for that…

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Ladies, have you been doing your kegels? Don’t know what that is? Here’s a hint: all the heroines we write who love to clench tight on their hero’s throbbing shaft – it’s that muscle. I promise all our heroines are exercising that muscle regularly, even if we don’t give you details about their exercise routines!

I’m indebted to Charlie Glickman, however, for posting yesterday about a new cell phone app called Kegel Camp to coach you through keeping that muscle strong and limber – and not just for the ladies, either. Longer, stronger orgasms for both sexes, firmer erections for men – what’s not to like?

While you’re at it, if you like erotica and erotic romance, I highly recommend following his blog. There’s a war going on out there, being waged by politicians who want to regulate want we can read and what we can do with our bodies. Charlie’s part of the counter-attack.

But back to exercises that improve sexual enjoyment – here’s another muscle you should be working out regularly: your smile muscle. Did you know that when we engage the muscle that makes our smile reach all the way up to our eyes, our brain releases endorphins? You know, those feel-good brain chemicals that reduce pain, improve mood and give us a pleasure buzz. You can read more about the benefits of smiling at this LINK. Smiling improves longevity, too – and I’m all about living a longer, happier, sexually fulfilled life!

Better Sex for Everyone!

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If that title sounds silly to you, keep reading. How many of you have heard of The Sinclair Institute and BetterSex.com? Neither had we. But turning forty (not gonna say when!) was a watershed transition in our personal lives, and the possibility of discreet help for libido, getting the juices going and increasing frequency rather than risk losing it all led us to a (then) tiny enterprise that offered resources for “Great Sex Over Forty.” Sure sounded good to me!

We ordered our first video. I’d watched porn before, so this wasn’t my first experience with naked bodies doing hot stuff on screen, but it’s hard to describe the difference when who you’re watching is just like you: middle aged, imperfect bodies being relaxed and comfortable and having a good time sexually. Oh, and looking like they were really in love with each other, too. I could identify.

Would my husband and I be writing erotic romance with juicy sex scenes aimed at arousing readers of either sex if we hadn’t found the Sinclair Institute? It’s hard to say, but we sure needed a jump start from somewhere. And that’s why we’re writing this blog today – with all the explicit and titillating hot sex thrown in our faces by advertisers, media, movies and yes erotica writers, there are still a lot of peeps out there who aren’t getting enough (or, equally troubling, aren’t wanting enough) and don’t know how to fix the problem.

Needless to say both our personal life and our fiction heated back up with a little help from the resources we accessed, and I don’t think either of us has ever looked back. We’ve shared this story at the risk of some embarrassment in hopes others who find libido waning or technique getting stale won’t be too embarrassed to seek similar resources. Bettersex.com is a great place to start. AskDanandJennifer is another one, and we’ll blog about it another day. And of course the two halves of Adriana hope our books provide similarly effective inspiration – as TwoLips Reviews remarked, they’re meant to be read with “either a partner or a bucket of toys close at hand.” Oh, and where to get those great toys? Here’s a link to a discount for first time customers at – you guessed it – BetterSex.com!

      

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Ask the Sex Expert!

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Do you think of yourself as an expert? Apparently Mr. Tweet thinks I’m an expert in Erotica – here’s the message he sent me a couple months ago: “Hi Adriana! You are invited to the Erotica community because members nominated you as an expert they’d love to hear from.”

 

Sounds enticing! I’m happy to claim being an expert on many aspects of sex and erotica – what turns me on, what fantasies I can’t resist, what I love to read – and these are the elements my husband and I take pains to put into the stories we write under our pen name Adriana Kraft. We hope you find them as entertaining and tantalizing as we do!

If you’re tempted to turn some of those fantasies into reality?? Hubby and I aren’t the experts here, and we don’t run an advice column, but we’ve found the perfect source for you: Ask Dan and Jennifer! Have you run into them? I found them on line when we were talking to friends about Swinging Games, our Extasy series on the Swing Lifestyle. I Googled some swing terms to demonstrate the range of what’s out there – and up popped a video of Dan and Jennifer explaining how one half of a married couple could start the conversation about swinging without being threatening or scaring the other partner into the next universe. Very nicely done, I might add!

So we thought it would be fun to give our readers a taste of some of the expertise Dan and Jennifer have to offer. Here’s one of my favorites: How to find your swinging comfort zone:

 

Here’s a little more about them, from their website: “Ask Dan & Jennifer is a very popular and respected Love & Sex web show, advice column, online magazine, and relationship support community.”

Their mission? “We will answer your questions openly, honestly, and without bias or judgment. Question Everything! Our mission is to help people create conscious relationships based on love and acceptance rather than fear, jealousy, anger, and ownership. It’s time to move on from outdated ideas about love and sex.” Sounds a lot like our mission, and we heartily applaud!

Check out some of their hottest topics:

How To Enhance Your Sex Life – http://bit.ly/aNnk3G

First Time Sex Tips – How To Lose Your Virginity In Style – http://bit.ly/b8gV82 

A Little Sexual Tension Can Be Just What A Relationship Needs http://bit.ly/bRPCD9

1,001 Best Places to Have Sex #172: In the Closet at a Friend’s Party – http://bit.ly/ce11Zn

How To Give A Woman Her First Orgasm (Video) – http://bit.ly/bC0AzI

Fun Sex Games To Try With Your Partner – http://bit.ly/9MIqPI

Bondage Basics – http://bit.ly/cYXPcc  Including Video & Pics!!

One Way Successful Couples Make Love Last – http://bit.ly/bAJdef  

Where to find Dan and Jennifer:

Website
YouTube channel
Dan and Jennifer TV
Dan and Jennifer on Twitter 

Have fun and play safe!