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Sex Tips for Husbands and Wives from 1894

By Ruth Smythers

In 1894, Ruth Smythers, 'Beloved wife of The Reverend L. D. Smythers', wrote: 'While sex is at best revolting and at worse rather painful, it has to be endured...One cardinal rule of marriage should never be forgotten: give little, give seldom and, above all, give grudgingly! Most men are by nature rather perverted, and if given half a chance, would engage in quite a variety of the most revolting practices.' The Methodist wife didn't intend to be amusing, but this brief treatise written for young brides is side-splitting today and an eye-opener to how mores have changed in just over a century. It includes essential advice on: how to discourage your spouse's amorous advances; appropriate night-wear for the wedded couple; and the acceptable length and frequency of unavoidable sexual encounters.

About the Author

Ruth Smythers was beloved wife of the Reverend L.D. Smythers, Pastor of the Arcadian Methodist Church of the Eastern Regional Conference.

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Romance Publishers


The following publishers are the main romance mass market paperback publishers.    

Avon Books

A subsidiary of Harper Collins, this is the name in historical romance.

Harlequin

Publisher of category and full-length romance fiction, as well as other types of genre books. Be sure to check their submission guidelines carefully, as they are very specific for each different line.

Kensington Publishing Corp

They produce Zebra, Brava, and Pinnacle. 

Random House, Inc

They publish most of their romances under the Ballantine/Ivy, Bantam/Dell, Delacorte,  and Doubleday names. 

Simon and Schuster

Sourcebooks, Inc

This publisher is taking romance in several subgenres

St. Martin's Press

Another big publisher. Their romance line is Tor.

Advice to writers:
To quote many editors...

If the story is good, they can pull you back if you go too far. Better to write steamy than not steamy enough. :)

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