title: Love Skills: A Fun, Upbeat Guide to Sex-cessful Relationships (Volume 5)
author:  Linda De Villers 
description: Linda De Villers, PhD, is an internationally recognized authority on human sexuality with an emphasis on the role of exercise and diet in improving sexual function. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Health, Playboy, and more. Love Skills draws from her private practice as a licensed psychologist and AASECT Certified Diplomate and Supervisor in Sex Therapy and from her university and college teaching of human sexuality. Dr. De Villers helps individuals and couples replace sexual concerns with confidence in themselves for a richly satisfying sex life. An avid tennis player and life long gourmet foodie (author of just released Simple Sexy Food), she makes her home in coastal Los Angeles.
zlib_text: **Table of Contents**
  
    
  
   _Title Page_
  
   _Dedication_
  
   _Copyright Page_
  
   _Foreword_
  
   _Introduction_
  
    
  
  Part 1 - What Is a Romance, and How Do I Know If It’s Erotic?
  
  Chapter 1 - Focus, Focus, Focus: It’s All About the Love Story
  
  Chapter 2 - Ready, Set, … Write!
  
  Chapter 3 - The Romance Genre: It’s Like a Box of Chocolates!
  
  Chapter 4 - Planning Erotic Romance: Giving Sex Its Due
  
  Chapter 5 - Writing 101: World-Building
  
    
  
  Part 2 - Lust at First Sight: The External Journey
  
  Chapter 6 - What Is Going On?
  
  Chapter 7 - Plot: Establishing Motives, Goals, and Conflict
  
  Chapter 8 - Writing 101: Putting It All Together
  
    
  
  Part 3 - Who Do You Love? The Emotional Journey
  
  Chapter 9 - The Building Blocks of Story People
  
  Chapter 10 - What’s Love Got to Do with It?
  
  Chapter 11 - Writing 101: Characterization
  
    
  
  Part 4 - Tangled Sheets: The Physical Journey
  
  Chapter 12 - Sex Isn’t Always About Love
  
  Chapter 13 - Sex: Make It Count
  
  Chapter 14 - The Morning After: Postcoital Tension
  
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