You've got yours, I've got mine, but for what it's worth, here are the erotic highlights of my year. So read on!

Sexiest vocalist: Jason Danieley, renowned Broadway tenor, who in my opinion has "The Voice that Makes You Fall in Love." He just released his first solo album with his wonderful band, The Frontier Heroes. You can see/hear what I mean about Jason by visiting www.thefrontierheroes.com and clicking on the videos link. For more detailed lovesick ravings about the man, visit

Sexiest villain: I would be remiss not to give this honor to Ben Linus from "Lost." Never have I been so perplexed about the appeal of a character: Ben is rather bug-eyed, slight of frame, with no particularly striking physical characteristics. He's also capricious, lying scoundrel. And yet I'm crazy about him, and if the comments on my blog are any indication, so are millions of other women. It's a tribute to the writers of the show and the brilliant portrayal by Michael Emerson.

Sexiest author: Don't worry, Diana "Will She Ever Get Over this Gaiman Kick?" Laurence will not disappoint you here. My pick is most certainly Neil Gaiman, and I think his legions of adoring fans of both genders will back me up. I'm selecting Neil not only because I happen to find him attractive, but because, as I reported earlier this year, he writes brilliantly about sex when the topic arises. And what can I say, genius is always sexy! You can read more blathering by me on the subject by visiting my Neil blog pages here (and I did a portrait too, yes, I'm that ridiculous).

Sexiest geek: Speaking of finding genius sexy, that can be the only explanation for my bizarre attraction to the character of Sheldon Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory." There's just something about a guy who can rattle on about the finer points of String Theory and says lines like "Yes, well, I'm polymerized tree sap and you're an inorganic adhesive, so whatever verbal projectile you launch in my direction is reflected off of me, returns to its original trajectory and adheres to you." Mad props go to Jim Parsons, the genius who plays this weirdo. And I do think he has pretty eyes.

Sexiest antihero: As brilliant as Sheldon, as antisocial as Ben Linus, more beloved than both combined, it can only be Dr. Gregory House. I put off watching "House" until this year, having seen enough bits and pieces of it that I knew watching an entire episode would be my undoing. Well, it was: I caught up on the show's past four seasons and the current one all in 2008. Hugh Laurie's many awards for this role are well-deserved, and here's yet another one from me. House fans interested in my impassioned analysis of this complex and irresistible man, visit my House blog pages here.

Sexiest athlete: Gotta divvy this up into several subcategories. My perennial favorite is Montreal Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau and I'm not changing now. Sexiest guy on my favorite team would be Mark DeRosa of the Chicago Cubs (although my heart belongs to Kerry Wood). Sexiest of athletes-you've-undoubtedly-heard-of would have to be Peyton Manning, although he's more adorable than sexy. I love him in every commercial he's ever been in--the guy could do stand-up I swear. But then he gets on the field and is all business. Love it.

Sexiest dancer: Speaking of athletes, we can't forget dancers. My personal fave for sexiness this year would be Mark Kanemura of "So You Think You Can Dance." Boy howdee he's hot. Also funny, quirky, exotic, etc. To see for yourself visit www.markkanemura-online.org, go to the videos page, and enjoy. For Mark's most intense and beloved performance, scroll to the third video from the bottom, his dance to "Bleeding Love" with Chelsie.

Sexiest real-life adventurer: I'm sticking with my personal hero Les Stroud, aka Survivorman. This year he cranked out another series of beautifully filmed, intense and fascinating episodes of his week-long solo stints in the wild. I mean seriously people, this is a guy brave enough to sleep with spiders the size of your hand, and artistic enough to produce some of the most spectacular nature programming on TV. You do know he's a musician too? Sigh.

Sexiest comic book character: I'm proud to include this category in 2008 because it relates to me! The winner is Jonas Tammany, the mysterious hero/villain of the "Sign of the Bloodletters" comic written by yours truly. I can't take much credit for his hotness; that goes to my illustrator CC Rogers, who put on paper a guy I think just about any female is going to find incredibly sexy. The comic will be released in the coming weeks, but for now, get a sneak peek at Jonas on the Bloodchained site.

Yes, it was quite a good year, erotically speaking. I was so inspired by these guys that it ended up a particularly prolific year for me, the fruit of which will appear early in 2009: the comic book, a new anthology, and a new novel. Best wishes to you too for the New Year: may you find as much inspiration in the erotic as I do!

Diana Laurence is the author of the Soulful Sex anthologies of erotic romance fiction, and the vampire romance Bloodchained (www.bloodchained.com). Diana's works are published by Living Beyond Reality Press (www.livingbeyondreality.com.) Visit her at www.dianalaurence.com or enjoy her blog at www.eroticawithsoul.blogspot.com.