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Goth Problems
Like most kinky folks, I wear a lot of black. I suppose you could call me an old-school Goth from the 90’s, which I am told was The Golden Age of Goth. I am not sure what kinky folks used to wear, because I am only 35, and I have only been in the scene for 20 years. However, as long as I have been in the scene, we’ve always had a love affair with the night, and with dark clothes and black…
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What I Signed Up For
What I Signed Up For
No one warned me about what it would really be like. I mean, maybe I should have known. I guess most people know all the stereotypes. But me? I never had anything at all to do with the military. I didn’t know any military wives, or watch any TV that could have educated me. I am currently at “I Guess It’s Not So Bad.” We have one year left to go. This chart is pretty on point, and I often can’t…
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I Am A Writer
I Am A Writer
I remember the exact moment that I became a writer. I was 11 years old, and I saw this amazing sunset off the deck of our house. I watched the sun setting, and then I got a pencil and wrote about it. When I showed it to my mom, she sneered at me and asked me where I copied it from. Then she told me that I shouldn’t lie when I said I wrote it myself. That hurt, but even if I was apparently “not…
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Keep Calm and Carry On
Keep Calm and Carry On
I have been feeling like I can’t get into a groove lately. I keep feeling like the story isn’t happening the way I want, and the characters won’t behave, and I don’t understand anything they are doing. It’s times like these when I want to get up and go do something else. There’s an ocean right outside my window, and it’s not the nice kind with cool breezes and crashing waves, but I still want…
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Under Pressure
I will admit it: I have spent a fair amount of time screwing around when I should have been working on Book Three. I went to give a talk in Las Vegas, got my dive certification, had a friend come visit, and cleaned the closets and re-potted all the plants. I have been writing this blog and the other one too, but that is really not a huge amount of work when I am honest with myself. I have spent…
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Art is Work and it's Hard
Art is Work and it’s Hard
Not long ago, a friend made an offhand comment about how “some of us work” when I suggested we go to an event that she thought was on a weekday. I get the mentality. After all, I spend my day blogging, tweeting, and writing stories. Some people consider that a hobby, and so my saving up to do it full-time for a year means that I am “not working.” I am on vacation because I am doing creative…
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Support Art (and me!)
Support Art (and me!)
I just finished the Fetish Series that I was working on over at The Magically Delicious Super Slut. That was a fun project that took some research (I would be shocked if the FBI wasn’t keeping tabs on me after all those web searches.) #kiddingButNot I am working on a few other projects as well, though my building seems to be doing construction constantly, and kicking me out of my house to do…
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Editing Forver
Of course I knew that editing was the hard part. I took lots of writing classes in college, and everyone was always very clear on that. You spend all your time editing until you hate your writing, they said. I had edited short stories until I was sick of them, and articles I wrote for newspapers as well. This gave me the impression that I was prepared. But somehow, editing a novel is orders of…
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Meh
Some days I sit here on my deck looking out over the ocean, and I am so very “meh” about everything. I would like to think it is because I am content, and so I am just happy and lazy. But, I fear it is Guam sinking in. The “Hafa Adai” attitude of putting things off and not doing anything in a timely matter may just be creeping into my brain. If you ask me, I probably need some time off-island.…
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Where is Guam?
It turns out that somehow a few of you do read this blog. I was shocked. I thought I was writing for myself! And you wonder where Guam is. This is a fair question. I didn’t learn about US territories in school (thank you Arizona) so I didn’t know where it was before I moved here. Guam is about halfway between Australia and South Korea in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We are very isolated, and…
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Why Not My Full Name
Why Not My Full Name
Many people have asked me why I am using my initials on the books. Why “J.D.” instead of my full name? Well folks, if you want an answer, that means we have to talk about the elephant in the room. Sexism. I know that there are loads of “Men’s Rights Advocates” who like to claim that women have equal rights to men and are given the same consideration as men. There are also white people in the…
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Encouragement
I was feeling really discouraged since I was having writer’s block pretty badly about the Third Book in the Jamie Johnson Series. It was frustrating. And this little foxtado cheered me up. So in case any of you needed encouragement today, I hope this helps you!
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Fetish Series
As you know, I write this blog about writing and to update everyone on my fetish romance novels, The Jamie Johnson Trilogy. However, you also probably know that I write another blog under the name The Magically Delicious Super Slut. That one deals with the particulars of kink, and has useful information and resources. I am very proud of my current project on that blog, so I just wanted to tell…
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Editing Sucks
I would give pretty much anything to have an editor. Someone who would sit down with me and ask probing questions about what the hell I am really trying to say. Someone who would make me a better writer. But if that’s not possible, then at the very least, I would give anything to have a copy editor. I spend so much time just staring at paragraphs thinking: Does that make sense, or do I only get…
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Being Disoriented
I get really disoriented sometimes. I will be sitting at my computer writing, and I will really be in the setting. When Jamie travels to France I actually feel like I am there. As I write the details and the story, I am absorbed. Then I get up from my computer. I am always really surprised to find myself in Guam and in my living room. I don’t know if anyone can relate to that. But, I just wanted…
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Shameless Begging
I added a button. It’s a shameless promotions whore kind of thing to do, but I did it anyway. I am stranded on an island and I have lost my inspiration to write. I need a break from no seasons, constant heat, and just seeing the boring ocean outside. There aren’t even waves. It just sits there day in and day out, smooth as glass and smelling of dead things. I want to go be cold. I want to see a…
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We All Make Mistakes
We All Make Mistakes
I used to work as a Journalist for a newspaper called The East Valley Tribune, and for a few magazines like College Affairs Magazine and State Press Magazine. I also got a degree in Journalism in 2008. One of my professors was always passing around things like the above (collections of mistakes.) And at a newspaper or magazine with lots of copy editors, these mistakes are grievous and…
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