Published my story, Painted Face, today.
It's so exciting that I matched the market and piece the first time. Ruthie's Club is one I've wanted to contribute to for awhile, but it needed the proper piece to send.
A bonus is the subscription I get for six months to their site. It's lovely to get to browse their archives.
So, now I'm thinking about the next piece to send out.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
More Oddities
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25185579-1248,00.html
Nudism (or naturalism) is fine, but no sex while naked? I found the comments particularly amusing. I'm sure naturalists feel it isn't a sexual thing, while so many others consider nudity arousing. (At least, with a physically attractive person present?)
Does that mean naturalists aren't into looking at pictures of naked people? Does that aspect of porn lose its appeal completely?
What about those who try to have the public (or not so public) nude sex parties/orgies? Will time spent in that condition eventually numb them to the experience of exposure? What would an exhibitionist do with no one to show anything to?
Great. I went there. Now I wonder if it'll pop up as a story in the future.
Nudism (or naturalism) is fine, but no sex while naked? I found the comments particularly amusing. I'm sure naturalists feel it isn't a sexual thing, while so many others consider nudity arousing. (At least, with a physically attractive person present?)
Does that mean naturalists aren't into looking at pictures of naked people? Does that aspect of porn lose its appeal completely?
What about those who try to have the public (or not so public) nude sex parties/orgies? Will time spent in that condition eventually numb them to the experience of exposure? What would an exhibitionist do with no one to show anything to?
Great. I went there. Now I wonder if it'll pop up as a story in the future.
Monday, March 9, 2009
News of the interesting -
Prescription Ecstasy?
Yes, you're reading that right. It sounds like it just might work for some people who suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I've heard a lot for the legalization of marijuana, but this one's new to me. Of course, if anyone does manage to get the law on board, it's sure to be a fiasco. Can't wait!
Bust-Enhancing Ringtone?
I don't know if I'm convinced yet, but I've never really thought about needing that. Listening to a 30 second ringtone (over time) can increase a bust up to 3 cm? Men everywhere would be stealing cell phones and downloading them purposefully, I'm sure. Hey... wait a minute ...
Yes, you're reading that right. It sounds like it just might work for some people who suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I've heard a lot for the legalization of marijuana, but this one's new to me. Of course, if anyone does manage to get the law on board, it's sure to be a fiasco. Can't wait!
Bust-Enhancing Ringtone?
I don't know if I'm convinced yet, but I've never really thought about needing that. Listening to a 30 second ringtone (over time) can increase a bust up to 3 cm? Men everywhere would be stealing cell phones and downloading them purposefully, I'm sure. Hey... wait a minute ...
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Finished!
I should apologize for not posting for a week or so. Everything's been quite busy - and I finished the novel.
It took a year and a half to complete, since I started writing it 1 November 2007 and finished 2 March 2009. I had the idea from mid-January 2007 with a short story that needs to be updated if it's really going to take place ten years after this novel. There is more about my main character's life and I could do sequels if I wanted. We'll just see how the first one goes.
Entwined has been the working title, and I still like it. It has 26 chapters and totals 84,611 words, fitting well within the 'adult novel' length. I know some of that will change with the next draft, since I need to restructure the beginning and I might need to add a little where I finished.
Now I get to make plans and start the next phase for this project. I was (okay, I still am a little) in shock that I really finished it, and I should just let it sit for a bit to get the right amount of distance to really dig in again and get it ready for publication.
Then I also need to decide where and how I want it published. Joy!
It took a year and a half to complete, since I started writing it 1 November 2007 and finished 2 March 2009. I had the idea from mid-January 2007 with a short story that needs to be updated if it's really going to take place ten years after this novel. There is more about my main character's life and I could do sequels if I wanted. We'll just see how the first one goes.
Entwined has been the working title, and I still like it. It has 26 chapters and totals 84,611 words, fitting well within the 'adult novel' length. I know some of that will change with the next draft, since I need to restructure the beginning and I might need to add a little where I finished.
Now I get to make plans and start the next phase for this project. I was (okay, I still am a little) in shock that I really finished it, and I should just let it sit for a bit to get the right amount of distance to really dig in again and get it ready for publication.
Then I also need to decide where and how I want it published. Joy!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Progress on Goals
I have one or two chapters left in my novel. Finally this project is nearing a close. I've passed 81,000 words today, which feels like an accomplishment in itself, despite the need to restructure the beginning. I do have ideas on how to do that, so no complaints. It's interesting that I'll finally complete this novel after almost a year and a half working on it. That isn't long in terms of a usual novel, but it feels like a long time.
I'm sure it would have been finished sooner if I hadn't kept putting it to the side for all the pieces that were difficult to write, or for the times when I didn't feel up to writing this particular project at the time. Writing is often a personal venture, and almost always solitary.
I'm often ambivalent about this novel project. I plan to publish it, especially after the amount of work that went into it, but the big question is always how. It isn't ready for that stage yet, but it's in the back of my mind often. I know I have some major edits, but after that - traditional publisher or self-publisher? Agent or not? E-book or paper? Who's my target audience? (Okay, I actually have a pretty good idea on that one.) How much time and effort will I spend promoting and marketing this novel? How large is the market I'm focusing on? So many questions, so much time left to put into the manuscript before it's ready to go...
To the other goal, I did send out a submission this month - other than the botched story from the last post. So, there is progress and it's in the direction I want to go.
I'm sure it would have been finished sooner if I hadn't kept putting it to the side for all the pieces that were difficult to write, or for the times when I didn't feel up to writing this particular project at the time. Writing is often a personal venture, and almost always solitary.
I'm often ambivalent about this novel project. I plan to publish it, especially after the amount of work that went into it, but the big question is always how. It isn't ready for that stage yet, but it's in the back of my mind often. I know I have some major edits, but after that - traditional publisher or self-publisher? Agent or not? E-book or paper? Who's my target audience? (Okay, I actually have a pretty good idea on that one.) How much time and effort will I spend promoting and marketing this novel? How large is the market I'm focusing on? So many questions, so much time left to put into the manuscript before it's ready to go...
To the other goal, I did send out a submission this month - other than the botched story from the last post. So, there is progress and it's in the direction I want to go.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
The Way Things Work
Every mind works differently, and everyone must choose where their personal limits are. This doesn't apply only to sex, but also to violence or religion or any other topic imaginable.
Often this is treated with an almost instinctual identification. "I like this, therefore this is okay." There are exceptions, things that fall so far outside society's norm that the majority speaks out on the freakiness of the very thought that drives it.
Hard Vore is an example of this. I wrote a story about it, from a somewhat unique perspective. The story itself is written well, but I didn't admit to creating it while I let it process in my head that my brain had gone there. I know it's a crazy subject for a story. I know the audience is very small. As it happens so often with ideas, it banged around my skull until I put it down in words.
Three months later, I'm up to admitting it. I wanted to post it somewhere, to share it as I do others, but the site I chose (after a week open for public viewing and nearly 3000 hits) rejected it for not completely understood reasons. It feels horribly like censorship. I understand that even though a site is dedicated to erotica it might not post everything a writer could dream up that pertains to erotica, but I would expect it to have been rejected sooner.
They have a webmaster look over each story before it goes up, and there's a waiting period associated with it. I expected it to be tossed back then, if it was going to be a problem. I did read their submission guidelines and I also checked out their writer's resources; nothing I found told me the story didn't meet their ideals.
But since I put it out there, now I wonder if I could market it elsewhere. I would not have lived to be this age if curiosity killed anything.
Often this is treated with an almost instinctual identification. "I like this, therefore this is okay." There are exceptions, things that fall so far outside society's norm that the majority speaks out on the freakiness of the very thought that drives it.
Hard Vore is an example of this. I wrote a story about it, from a somewhat unique perspective. The story itself is written well, but I didn't admit to creating it while I let it process in my head that my brain had gone there. I know it's a crazy subject for a story. I know the audience is very small. As it happens so often with ideas, it banged around my skull until I put it down in words.
Three months later, I'm up to admitting it. I wanted to post it somewhere, to share it as I do others, but the site I chose (after a week open for public viewing and nearly 3000 hits) rejected it for not completely understood reasons. It feels horribly like censorship. I understand that even though a site is dedicated to erotica it might not post everything a writer could dream up that pertains to erotica, but I would expect it to have been rejected sooner.
They have a webmaster look over each story before it goes up, and there's a waiting period associated with it. I expected it to be tossed back then, if it was going to be a problem. I did read their submission guidelines and I also checked out their writer's resources; nothing I found told me the story didn't meet their ideals.
But since I put it out there, now I wonder if I could market it elsewhere. I would not have lived to be this age if curiosity killed anything.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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