“As the mom to three under the age of seven, my current kink in the bedroom is efficiency. I just want to both enjoy it and get it done,” writes novelist Jo Piazza. “But vanilla missionary sex in a novel where everyone is pleasantly satiated in three minutes is not going to get your readers all hot and bothered or get TikTok book influencers to swoon over you.” Today on Cup of Jo, her essay about writing steamy sex scenes for her new novel, The Sicilian Inheritance. Link in profile. ❤️ (Photo by Yurii Shevchenko/Stocksy.)