Romentics' Scott & Scott unveil 'E-Male' this week

I recently interviewed Scott D. Pomfret and Scott Whittier, a South End-based couple and authors of the “Romentics” gay romance series of novels. The in-depth profile will run in the Thursday, March 19 edition of Bay Windows. Pomfret and Whittier's latest "E-Male," a Manhunt-meets-Match.com exploration of the whole social networking phenomenon hits shelves this week.

Partnered since 2001, the duo laughs in unison when asked if writing “E-Male” has spiced up their own sex lives. “If you’ve just had an orgasm together, it’s almost impossible to write a sex scene,” Pomfret quips.

“Sex scenes are actually hard to write. And they’re even harder to write when it’s same-sex, sex scenes just because of the English language. Antecedents and pronouns kill me,” Whittier adds. “ It’s droll and monotonous to begin with and then you have to come up with different ways to say ‘penis.’ The repeating of the names is my No. 1 pet peeve because you just want to say ‘he, him and his’ but then it’s difficult to tell who you’re talking about.”

In fact, Whittier had an editor write back pointing out that in one explicit, guy-on-guy scene a character was “reaching around and grabbing his own ass.” Whittier says with a laugh, “I lost it at that point.”

“E-Male,” (ISBN 9781928662167, $14.95) a Palari Pride imprint is available at Calamus Books, 92 B South Street in the Leather District and Now Voyager, 357 Commercial St. in Provincetown or online at Romentics.com.

Click here for the complete article in Bay Windows.