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  1. susana
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    Thank you for the post! Answering your question, I was terrible! You see, I was really absent-minded, mostly interested in reading and not in the guys around. While all my friends were starting dating, I used to spend my time in the libraries. So my teens were sort of really relaxed in that sense. I had a boyfriend who just gave up because I was not interested at all in the relationship. Things changed when I got to university, because I met some interesting people I felt attracted to….

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    1. CJane Elliott
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      Hi Susana! I think you probably were doing exactly what you needed to do at the time (reading!). I was a late bloomer myself and didn’t even have my first kiss until age 17. But that was right for me.

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  2. Tanja
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    Thanks for the post. To be honest I don’t like Rodney in this excerpt. I hope he will make it up to Aiden in the rest of the story.

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    1. CJane Elliott
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      Hey Tanja! Oh yes, Rodney is the bad guy of the story. Aidan ends up with a much nicer person in the end. Thanks for commenting!

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  3. Didi
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    I think not everbody grow more sophisticated once they passed teenage years; some of them – cough *us* cough – stay oblivious and unsophisticated even in a, shall we say, mature age in live. I do enjoy reading these in characters of the book I read, at the same time I might cring at how often I feel on that character’s shoes. 😉
    Thanks for the post, CJ!

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    1. CJane Elliott
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      Hi Didi! I cringe at how naive I was at that age (and even older), so I have a lot of sympathy for Aidan in this scene.

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  4. p-la
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    This first time! Ugh. It wasn’t horrible, mind you. I just remember thinking to myself when it was over, “huh, so that was sex.”

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    1. p-la
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      Sorry, meant THE first time. As in, my first time. Ohmygawd, this comment is starting to really reflect my first time.

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      1. CJane Elliott
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        LMAO. Yeah, I wonder how many people had a spectacular first time. I bet the percentage is quite small. Thanks for commenting!

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  5. Lisa S
    Lisa S at |

    Yeah, even at the ripe old age of 19 I was still pretty awkward. Still don’t think I’m any great prize when it comes to sex. But if that’s all someone’s wanting they’re probably looking in the wrong place anyway. 😉

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    1. CJane Elliott
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      Too true! Thanks for stopping by.

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  6. Trix
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    There’s always kind of a raw vulnerability in awkward sex scenes that’s pretty compelling!

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    1. CJane Elliott
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      Isn’t there? I think we can all relate. All we have to do is remember what it was like being an adolescent!

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  7. H.B.
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    Thank you for the post. I’ve been asexual most of my life so I haven’t yet experienced that awkwardness. I haven’t felt attracted to anyone in a very long time. I’m more invested in other things, reading, spending time with family, working, etc.

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    1. CJane Elliott
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      Hi, H.B.! That sounds great to me! Some of the most excruciating moments of my life have been around sex and attraction.

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  8. Purple Reader
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    Thanks for the post. The theater setting is intriguing to me, since my husband is an actor, so I’ll have to check this out. As for awkward? Try last year, this week! But I was really clueless at 18, 19. Whether it was about sex, or just realizing what was happening around me. You said you have fun writing about NAs. What, if anything, might you like about writing something where both men are older, more mature (say 40s-60s)?

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    1. CJane Elliott
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      Hi there! Funny you should ask about older characters. I’ve just started a story with an MC in his 40s. I think it’s going to be fun to explore that stage of life. This guy is going to be experiencing something of a mid-life crisis! Thanks for commenting.

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