Adventures in Writing: Learning Lessons from Three Regrets of my Writing Life
Write about a time when you didn’t take action but wish you had. What would you do differently? I share my top three regrets. How about you?
should be writing stories but I wrote a blog post instead
Adventures in Writing: The Last Thing I Learned
What is the last thing you learned? You want to know what I learned most recently? That butter IS good for me. Well, fictionally speaking. This title has been mentioned to me by friends, someone running writing conventions, amazon, and I’m sure the universe. The last time when I saw the title mentioned in another…
Patreon Peek: Choose Your Spicy Shenanigans
Okay, lovelies! Remember in my intro I mentioned “some kind of choose your spicy shenanigans” idea that’s been percolating? I started researching CYOA story creation and I’m going to work on this here, with all of you. How is this going to work? Well, once I finish my researching (I’ll share links for those interested…
Review: Plottr Pro – Five Reasons I Chose Lifetime
Yes, this is a sponsored post. In the beginning… Before Plottr came along, I wrote in Word. Then when it became available, I wrote in Word Online. It wasn’t long before I had a huge mess of file folders and documents. I attempted to clean things up on my laptop. It wasn’t easy and I…
How to Create Reusable Blocks and Templates
Reusable Blocks and Templates are making website building faster. WordPress is outdoing themselves when it comes to adding new blocks with every update. Learning how to implement them will make your blog post creation and page creation easier. But First! Recently, I updated my old posts from the classic look to the new blocks look….
Adventures in Writing: Why you Need to Separate Professional & Personal
Separating your professional writing life from your personal life is a good idea, even if you don’t write super spicy stories full of sexcapades. Obviously, this doesn’t apply to all writers, so don’t whine at me. yes, my feisty pants are on today. Writing Life vs Personal Life If you’re using a pen name (or…
InkersCon 2022: What I Love about the Digital Convention
The InkersCon Mission Statement says it all! “To spark the open exchange of information and inspiration through author networking and events.” Dr. J. introduced me to InkersCon. I knew I had to check it out. This is the second year I’ve been involved and it’s absolutely fantastic. The things I’ve learned not only help me…
5 Things I Love About “How to Build a Sex Room”
If you haven’t yet watched How to Build a Sex Room on Netflix yet… don’t fret, there are no real spoilers. Overall, I enjoyed watching How to Build a Sex Room. It felt so good seeing happy couples, a lovely polycule, and an amazing single person discussing their sex lives, desires and fears. I hope…
It’s Not The Dating App’s Fault
It’s not the dating app’s fault, I know… hear me out, okay? Dating Apps are… Hard, I know and yes, we’re drinking… Dating apps aren’t actually hard, they’re just confusing. Okay, the apps aren’t confusing, the people on them are just plain… difficult to gauge. It’s not the fault of the dating app and it’s…
Erotic Journal Challenge: When You Think Romantic Love, You Think…
When you think romantic love, you think (fill in the blank). While I find certain things to be romantic, my version of romantic love is not what most people would call romantic love. I’m possibly a hopeless romantic in some ways. I want to see the good in every single person I come into contact…
Erotic Journal Challenge: Who is the Sexiest Entertainer?
What movie star or entertainer do you find the sexiest and why? First, if you know me, you know my answer about who I think is the sexiest actor. Second, I know I don’t have to answer this, but I feel bad for missing posts. I mean, I missed them for *very good reasons* and…
Erotic Journal Challenge: What’s Your Most Tame Sexual Fantasy?
What is your most tame sexual fantasy? My most TAME sexual fantasy? I… have never been asked this question ever. Usually people want to know what’s the wildest thing you’ve done, where’s the craziest place you’ve had sex, what’s the kinkiest you’ve gotten…. Or, what’s the sexual fantasy you’re sure you’ll never get to experience…
Erotic Journal Challenge: What’s Missing From Your Romantic Life?
What is missing from your intimate, romantic, and/or sexual life? First, OW. What’s missing? Intimacy, romance, and partnered sex. Am I a romantic? Do I enjoy intimacy? Yes. Just reading this made me feel like I was stabbed. I feel so attacked. Let me see if I can pick the pieces up and give an…
Erotic Journal Challenge: Sex Toys in the Bedroom?
What props/toys would you consider taking to bed with you and your partner? Sex toys in the bedroom? Yes, please! Obviously, this is a negotiation type of conversation with any potential partner, before you enter the bedroom. The last thing you want to do is hop into bed and have someone pull out the whips…
Erotic Journal Challenge: Intimacy, Romance, and Sex, oh my!
What messages did your caregivers give you about intimacy, romance, and/or sex as a child? The only sex education I had growing up was in the ‘we don’t talk about it’ category. I don’t even really remember my parents ever kissing in front of me. My mom was pretty… I don’t know how to describe…
Erotic Journal Challenge: What Makes Someone A Good Lover?
In what ways is your partner a good lover? I can’t answer this question since I don’t currently have a partner. Sure, I’m seeing someone, but we haven’t reached the partner-level yet. Will we? That remains to be seen. Do I think he’d be a good lover? Yes. We did get to have some fun…
Adventures in Writing: How to Write More Words
Everyone has advice on how to write more words And not all writing advice will work for everyone. That’s why there are so many articles about how write more, faster, smarter. Writers who are prolific in their craft will happily tell you their method is the best. But here’s the truth. Are you sitting down?…
Erotic Journal Challenge: Sex Personality Test
Queendom’s Sex Personality Test is today’s Erotic Journal Challenge I’m not sure why, but the link worked for me yesterday but not today. I went to the Queendom website, but couldn’t find a direct link (maybe it’s named something else) to the sex personality test. So, I did what I always do: I googled. Here…
Erotic Journal Challenge: Erotic Blueprint Quiz
I wasn’t surprised by my results for the Erotic Blueprint Quiz. I’m a people-pleaser after all, and that includes indulging a partner’s sexual whims if it piques my fancy. Results for the Erotic Blueprint Quiz* As a Shapeshifter Type™ you’re the most sophisticated of all the Blueprints. You’re turned on by the whole erotic palette. You can…
Erotic Journal Challenge: Love Language
Wow. Today’s Erotic Journal Challenge is to take the Love Language Quiz. Do you know your 5 Languages of Love? When I took the quiz the first time, I had a 0% for Gifts. And I have a reason for that. If you take this quiz, almost every one has a gift option choice. The…