Likewise, we have huge New Year’s Eve Pajama Parties, and deflecting the questions about why they weren’t invited was always problematic. In fact, a story I recently published,Crashing the Swinger’s Pajama Party, was an adaptation of what actually happened when a neighborhood couple showed ...
Virginity (and, broadly speaking an unhealthy obsession with P in V sex, or an inability to have it) is bullshit in the face of modern sex ed. Someone got impregnated with Satan? Abortion. Star-crossed lovers can't touch each other? Bodygloves or teledildonics. Medieval couple is too po...
are doing sex and kink with a group of friends and lovers. Instead, the couple work together to create the scene, along with other friends and lovers of both theirs and Téo’s. The tension comes from Téo’s internal struggle, from the ways that BDSM can reach inside and create opportun...
including stories and anecdotes for the audience. Look up your fellow panelists so you know their sphere of expertise and experience, this builds rapport. Be aware of the moderator as they guide the discussion, ask questions, and keep the panel ...
“I had been looking forward to a holiday and being in my happy place, among writers and book lovers. How on earth was I going to cope with the long drive, then speaking at the festival, smiling and pretending everything was fine?” she wrote in her new book. ...
One of the most common questions I’m asked is how to structure stories with multiple main characters. If you have two (or more) characters who are equally important to the story and receive equal POV time, how should you balance them when structuring your novel?
Generally, theauthor remains silent during discussion. Afterwards, they may ask questions or comment. Authors frequently want to defend their work or explain what theyreallymeant, which is not necessarily what is actually written on the page/screen.Remember, when the story is published, the author...
Create trivia questions Reveal your character or cover, perhaps a part at a time to make several posts Connect your book to timely events/ideas: holidays, history, national day celebrations + Show your process behind the scenes: successes and foibles, storyboarding + ...
Create trivia questions Reveal your character or cover, perhaps a part at a time to make several posts Connect your book to timely events/ideas: holidays, history, national day celebrations + Show your process behind the scenes: successes and foibles, storyboarding + ...
The willow is particularly associated with romance and with the parting of lovers or close friends. Dong Shaoyu plays the flute of the Qiang tribes because her husband will hear such sounds in his remote exile. The second verse marks the passing of an entire year, as flowers bloom again and...