The past weeks have been pregnant with renovation for me. I always had a bittersweet taste about some of my fiction; it was a bit too explicit to really breathe, and too mechanically erotic. So, I set out to comprehensively rewrite them, starting with the short stories before moving to the Eriagor novellas that Kitten … Continue reading Developments in writing
Today I want to reflect on the nature of trolls. No, I do not refer myself to those mythical characters present in fantasy novels - large, brutish creatures that dwell in caves and shun daylight. I refer myself to online trolls. These beings revel in the depths of social media. They exist because of a … Continue reading Trolls
Recent unfortunate political events in the world have led me to reflect briefly about acceptance, not just personal acceptance but also at a broader level. Acceptance of other people's differences in ideas, beliefs and sexual preferences is not easy, not when societal paradigms change as quickly as they have in the past two decades. It's … Continue reading Acceptance
What makes the heart of a blog? The posts. Those thoughts, whether written in the heat of the moment or after a period of reflection, reflect who the author is and what was she - or he - thinking and feeling at the time. Like you all know, I have said that this blog went … Continue reading Reposting old posts
So here we go again, dear readers. My blog is undergoing a radical redesign. I realised that there was too much stuff relating to the past or to politics, and increasingly, I have noticed that those are not topics that I am finding myself comfortable with. In this brave new post pandemic world, things like … Continue reading New beginnings
