You’ll have noticed that things have been a bit quieter than usual round here lately. There is, I assure, you a perfectly good reason for that. Consider it the calm before the storm. For the month of June things are going to go ker-azy around here. I have signed up to the Spanking from A-Z…
Why my hero won’t use a belt
At the moment, I am writing my third book set in Victorian England. Much as I love writing about this particular period in history I have – for the third time – find myself cursing the restrictions that the men’s fashions of the day impose on a spanking author. You see an Englishman in the…
Six things that sound like they should be porn but aren’t
A Very Naughty Girl Written in 1901 by prolific children’s writer L T Meade, this is a moralistic tale about an orphaned heiress who goes to live with her stiff English relatives and learns important life lessons about not lying and thinking of others and stuff. Nothing sexy happens anywhere. Unfortuantely due to some confusion…
What’s in a name?
How important are character names in books? Sure, a name is often the first thing your readers will learn about a character but surely any name will end up fitting if you’ve written the character well enough. Like with real people. Unlike fictional people, real people don’t have proper personalities when they’re given names. Sometimes…
Liebster Award
I have been nominated for the Liebster Award by the lovely Megan Michaels. You can check out her Liebster Award blog entry here. The Liebster Award is passed around the blogging community in order to promote great blogs and find out a bit more about the bloggers who make them. I have listed the Liebster…
It’s the First of May! (Almost)
I can’t believe I missed the chance to post this yesterday. Jonathan Coulton is one of my absolute favourite musicians. His funny/geeky/heartbreaking songs are played pretty much on a constant loop on my Spotify. His song, ‘First of May’ is apparently based on the traditional schoolyard rhyme “Hooray, Hooray, the first of May! Outdoor fucking…
Implausible Marrows
So I have been at a point of almost, almost being ready to submit my latest book, still tentatively called Like the Lightning, to the publishers for several days now. I was reading through draft #3,687,648 (probably) on the train this morning when I realised I had a problem. I had messed up my dates….
Writing Process Bloghop
Today I am taking part in the Writing Process Bloghop. I was tagged by Megan Michaels who talks about her own writing process here. Question 1: What am I working on?At the moment I am finishing my second book which is tentatively entitled Like the Lightning. The title is a reference to the hero’s work…
Is this Adult Content?
This is a question for everyone who uses Blogger. Have you activated the ‘adult content’ warning on your blog? If so, when and why did you decide to do so? I ask because it seems to be de rigueur among fellow Saturday Spankings bloghoppers and the like. However, I find I am instinctively resisting ticking…
When Movie Posters Lie About Spanking
Yesterday I complained loud and long about John Wayne’s use of a coal shovel as a spanking implement in McLintock. And you know what? I’m clearly not the only person who doesn’t associate coal shovels with sexy, spanking action. Below is the original theatrical poster for McLintock. Notice anything missing? Here’s the same scene from…