Sunday Six for May 6

It's time for Six Sentence Sunday again! Here are the rules: Pick six (6) sentences from anything you like (it can be from a Work in Progress (WiP), something you recently sold, something you hope to sell or even something already under contract and available for purchase – and don’t worry, Six Sentence Sunday is for published AND unpublished writers). Then post them on your blog on Sunday.

Today I'm going to post something brand new I'm working on. It's going to be in a diary format. A recent divorcee, previously mousy and prim, gets out of her marriage and finds a new woman emerging...

I’ll admit, the lights were low. In the club, all the way home in the cab, back at his little apartment over the tatoo shop, the lighting was thankfully dim. Was it naughty of me to keep up the charade? When he saw the photo of my daughter on my phone and asked if it was my sister, what should I have said? I don’t know now and I didn’t know then which is why I kept my mouth shut and the lights dim and half my clothes on while I straddled him in his bed. He soon forgot.

Keep working on it? Or scrap it? Comment below!

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5 Blowjob Suggestions

Hey everyone! I've posted this one before but wasn't sure if everyone had a chance to see it.... Let me know your thoughts. :)

I was speaking to a group of my girlfriends the other night and the topic of blow jobs came up. I was surprised to find out that, being a girl who likes that kind of thing, I was in the minority. Well, I guess I wasn’t surprised, exactly. For some reason, being a woman who likes sex and practically everything to do with it, it seems I’m often in the minority in this regard. One girlfriend said her husband routinely jokes that there’s something in wedding cake that makes women suddenly allergic to this oral act. Poor bastard.

In my humble opinion, I think these women are looking upon this in entirely the wrong way. Here are five suggestions.

1. Change your ‘tude. I don’t know what goes on in your bedroom. My research is completely unscientific. (cf. Me at the club after two glasses of wine and two shots of SoCo, ‘Yeah, I like giving head. Don’t you?’) But I get this feeling that when it’s time for some oral attention, there are women who go down with a ‘let’s get this over with’ kind of attitude. If you attacked a fudge sundae in this manner, even eating ice cream would seem a chore. Stop thinking of it as the last thing on your ‘to do’ list today. Realize it for the beautiful, sexy gift that it is.
2. Slow Down. Take your time. Think about what you’re doing and the pleasure it’s going to bring. Don’t just suck his limp thing into your mouth, pump it until it’s hard and then keep going until he spews (there is a time for that, mind you, but that’s another column). Cuddle first. Be sexy. Whisper in his ear about what you’re going to do to him, all while you press your body against his. Make him hard without directly touching his cock and then head south of the border. Much more fun for all involved.
3. Listen up. And while you’re slowing down, open your ears. Listen to the way he groans the first time you slide his sensitive cock head between your lips. What sounds does he make when you swirl your tongue around the head? Draw your tongue from the base to the head of his shaft? Push the length of his dick into your mouth? Use your mouth and your hand at the same time? Take note of all of his reactions. Learn what he likes and then file it away for future use.
4. Realize control. If you are, or have previously been, the kind of girl who doesn’t like to give head but now (thanks to my wonderful wisdom) you’re reconsidering, let me recommend starting off with your man lying down and you either kneeling between his legs or to his side. This is a position that allows you more control of what you do with his cock. If he’s one of those guys who likes to grab the back of your head (again, there is a time for that – another column), then suggest he lay off that move for now. You may surprise him. Because this is the most important point of all. I don’t think enough women realize or appreciate that when you have a man’s cock in your mouth, you are at the epicentre of his entire world. He is completely focused on every little thing you do. While you’re taking your time and listening to his reactions, understand that you have complete control over his pleasure. Even a girl with a rather significant submissive bent like I have can appreciate the aphrodisiac it is to wield a guy’s orgasm in her mouth, ready to give or not give it with the flick of her tongue.  
5. Talk it out. I’m a huge fan of the postgame wrap-up. Take time afterwards to talk it out, see what he liked and what you could skip the next time. Every guy is different and what worked on your last guy may not be your current man’s bag, baby (Speaking of your man’s bag, don’t neglect the balls! Cup them, tickle them, massage them. That probably deserved it’s own separate entry, didn’t it?).

So give it some thought. And if it works out for you, tell your man Kyoko Church says you’re welcome.

Six Sentence Sunday - 2

 My second try at Six Sentence Sunday. Here are the rules: Pick six (6) sentences from anything you like (it can be from a Work in Progress (WiP), something you recently sold, something you hope to sell or even something already under contract and available for purchase – and don’t worry, Six Sentence Sunday is for published AND unpublished writers). Then post them on your blog on Sunday. 

Since the sequel to "Something Twisted This Way Comes" was just accepted for publication this week, I thought I'd choose something from that. Here we go:

Holding one beautiful, slender, exquisite foot in his hand after holding one in his dreams for so long made him yearn to kiss it. He looked up at her. She nodded knowingly. ‘One,’ she said. So he placed one reverent kiss on the top, as he inhaled her scent, the nylon brushing his lips.

The shushing sound of the nylon of her stocking against the hard leather of her shoe and the subtle pop as her heel slipped into place made his cock ache.

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YOUR interview... with me!

Via Twitter from @Carla­_Croft…

What gets you in the mood to write erotica?

Lots of things! A sexy comment in a TV show or movie, reading something weird  about anything sexual on Wikipedia (I know, I’m a total freak), reading an interesting string on the Tantalism website (dedicated to female tease and denial, if you’re not familiar), and so many other things. I think about sex a lot. All the time. So I’m always conjuring sexy ‘what ifs.’ Also, I tend to get good ideas in the shower. If I’m stuck I’ll often strip and head under the spray.

What keeps you in the mood to write erotica?

For me this one is simple: Time. As a wife, a mom, an employee, I don’t often have a big chunk of alone time to write. When I do, it’s amazing and I can write like a wealthy sex addict let loose at the Chicken Ranch can fuck.

What can pull you away from writing erotica?

My child yelling, ‘Mom, I’m done! Come wipe my bum!’ Like a deluge of cold water every time.

From eve h. on my blog

As someone who's always been interested in "all things Japanese", I'm very curious about "Kyoko"... Is it a pen name, and is there a "story" behind it? :P

Yes… and no. Kyoko Church is a pen name. But Kyoko is part of my real name. It’s not much of a story. I’m half Japanese!

What were the first erotic books you read?
Well, the first erotica I read was the forum letters in the Penthouse mags I snuck from my dad! First books were borrowed copies of Nancy Friday’s My Secret Garden and Women on Top. I don’t know if you’d define those as strictly “erotica books” since they are not stories exactly, but a collection of real fantasies from real women. But they were important to me because it made fantasies okay, showed me I was not alone in being a women who had sexy thoughts that I had previously thought were “wrong” or “bad.” The first erotica book I ever bought was Fiona’s Fate published by Black Lace, which, incidentally, was the publisher to accept my first short story, “Delayed Gratification.” Full circle moment. Someone call Oprah.

And... what is the biggest "taboo" subject you'd like to write about?

Oo! GREAT question! Hmm. Actually, the novella I’m working on right now for HarperCollins is based on my short story, “Something Twisted This Way Comes,” my first foray into Femdom. In the sequel, “The Breaking of subPaul,” (just accepted by Mischief this week, actually!) there is an adult nursing scene. This is not something I even realized was a thing! And not something I had ever thought of as arousing before. But it’s something that just ended up fitting as a loving act between the characters within the story. I hadn’t thought of whether or not it was taboo before now. I try not to consider taboos as I’m writing and just let whatever comes come. (Especially if it’s me.) But thanks to Shanna Germain’s Facebook post, just today I read this article. So considering these are the kinds of attitudes people attach to breastfeeding, I guess that subject could be considered taboo.

From Tickle Lover on my blog

See a lot of tickling making it's way into these great BDSM novels and novellas. Ticklish, Kyoko?

OMG, this totally makes me squirm! Lol. To be honest, I am very ticklish but I used to have nightmares about being tickled till I couldn’t breathe. So it kind of scares me! But I do have a bit of a kink-on for POT, post orgasm torture. Mostly watching/inflicting. Not so much as the victim. Mostly. ;)

Ever tried it as part of your sex life?

Never really thought about it… UNTIL NOW!

Emailed questions

What does Kyoko Church signify? (My imagination hopes it means you are cutely Asian. My imagination is usually stupidly wrong.)

So I answered this one. I am half Asian. Cutely so? I guess that’s a matter of opinion!

If you mentioned which country you’re in now, I missed it.

Canada

And why are you moving to Australia?

I have family there. Hubby likes the more ‘work to live’ rather than ‘live to work’ lifestyle.

Permanently?

I hope so!

Did you ever take any writing courses or is your excellent style self taught?

Excellent style? Wow. Thanks! (I swear, someone sent me this question, I didn’t make it up myself!) I have taken two writing classes, one at a university level and one college. Plus a few workshops. But I read. A lot. Always have. I love to read!

If I were to write a Kyoko into one of my stories, what kind of role would tickle you most?

Again with the tickling! Lol. Hm, what a different question! Most of the fantasy roles I dream about I write into MY stories. But I think, despite currently being in Femdom mode, I do identify more with my submissive side. So any kind of naughty little (of age!) school girl would probably do it.

What are your favorite 'little games' and how do you rate them?

Any kind of power exchange games are definitely my favourite. Rate them? Hm, like one clitoral erection out of three? Lol. I don’t know!

From John Wonderly on my blog

 Do you ever get off on what you receive from your loyal followers as far as comments, emails or whatever that might be somewhat "suggestive"?

First, I think you overestimate how many “loyal follower” emails and comments I get! When I tweet I mostly feel like I’m talking to myself. ;) Second, I guess it depends what you mean by “get off on.” Like, I need to excuse myself and have some alone time with my toy? No, I don’t think that’s ever happened. But if you mean, get a little frisson of sexy happiness, for sure! Or sexy naughtiness, yum! Yes!

From spdy on my blog

It seems unlikely or even impossible that you have personal experience with all the scenarios you write about in your stories. Yet, you write with incredible detail and realism. How do you conduct your research or gather information that helps you write so vividly about such a wide variety of erotic activities?

Unlikely or impossible, huh? Actually I have a guy I keep shackled up in my house. Whenever I get a wicked little idea I just haul him out to touch, tease and torment. I call him The Gimp. Hubby doesn’t mind. He’s very sweet and non-threatening, is my little gimpie. ;)

So there you have it! Everything you ever wanted to know about me. Comments? You know where to put 'em! And thank you to everyone who participated. I really enjoyed reading and answering your questions. I appreciate you taking the time to write to me. :)

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Curvy Girls Anthology Review

Here's my review for "Curvy Girls." To purchase or see more about this anthology, click here.

I hadn’t even begun to read the stories in Rachel Kramer Bussel’s collection, “Curvy Girls” but just April Flores’s Foreword alone made me want to stand up and cheer. But then I thought, perhaps I should sit back down again. Because isn’t this 2012? Would it be like cheering a book celebrating Gay Pride? Because, while of course we should celebrate gay pride, we already do. It’s pretty much a given, or at least it is in my circles.

But the fact is, although yes it is 2012, we still do need to stand up and cheer for women accepting themselves as they are, whatever the size. There are still plenty, PLENTY of biases against fat women (like the n word, I’m still not even comfortable writing this f word), even in my own head. I don’t know if you’d call me fat – although I’ve certainly called myself that, and not in a nice way, more times than I care to admit – but you also wouldn't say I was thin. Like Bussel admits in her introduction, I too have curves I like and others I like less. And sometimes it just depends – on the day, who I’ve been with, what I’ve been watching on TV, what time of the month it is, whether I helped myself to that bag of chips in the cupboard and a whole myriad of other variables – as to whether or not I accept my wobbly bits.

Here’s a question I asked myself when I sat down to read this book: If I’m less curvy than the curvy girls in this book, will I still enjoy it? The answer, in short, is yes. And here’s why. I think all women can identify with being made to feel less than because of some fundamental part of themselves. For some it’s tied up with weight. It sometimes is for me. More often for me it’s this: Nice girls don’t have those thoughts. I’ve begun exorcising those demons through writing erotica. So to see other women at all various stages of accepting themselves, as the women in these stories are, makes me happy. Makes me proud. Makes me want to say, yes, we are women: we are thin, curvy, prudish, naughty, smart, silly, funny, sexy and everything in between. And it’s all okay. Better than okay. It’s awesome.

I also want to mention something neither Bussel nor Flores addresses in their introductions but I think is another key point: the men. Yes, these are stories about curvy women but they’re also about the men who love them, lust after them, teach them to love themselves if they’re not there yet. Are these men lowering their standards because they can’t get the thin girl? NO. These are smart men. Handsome men. Sexually mature men. So not only does this book break stereotypes about curvy women, it also does so for the men who love every gorgeous inch of them. Not in spite of their curves. Because of them. It is a complete myth that all men are only attracted to thin women. Sure, some are. And some are not.

As for the stories themselves, wow, there’s a lot of good stuff in here. I dare say something for everyone. The stand outs to me were, Justine Elyot’s “Wenching,” because I love when a story can turn me on and make me laugh, industry newcomer Arlene Brand’s “See and Be Seen,” because I loved the richness of her words, Kristina Wright’s “In the Morning Light” took my breath away with it’s ability to be unflinchingly honest about the post partum woman’s body and yet still be a turn on, a feat I am amazed and humbled by, and then both Sommer Marsden’s “Runner’s Calves” and Isabelle Gray’s “Marked” for being simultaneously really well written and really fucking hot. I almost don’t want to pick out these few though, since each story is compelling in its own right and worthy of your time.

Curvy girl or no, do yourself a favour and get this deliciously sensuous book. You won’t be disappointed!

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KC