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B is for Book Signing

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Welcome to the A to Z Challenge! I’ve been doing this for a decade, and I have many past A to Zs you can read if you’re interested in a longer story. This is going to be a continuous story, so you want to make sure you start with the Theme Reveal! (But I’m going to keep the posts short, so it’s easier to keep up.) I’m notoriously bad at reading other blogs, even though I love it when I do, so make sure to leave your link in the comments so I can hop over to see what you’re up to, even if you aren’t participating in A to Z! But you should definitely sign up and participate!

B is for Book Signing

Frank: March 24th

I walk into the bookstore and follow the arrows to the back of the room where the author is sitting. A short line has formed alongside her table. She has a stack of books in front of her, and as the next person approaches her table, she takes a book down. She smiles, and I feel a little thrill of excitement. She is a kink author, and in addition to writing excellent stories, she’s just my type. There is definitely a part of me that fantasizes about how when I approach her table, she will direct that smile at me, give me her number, and that would lead to us trying the very kinky things that happen in her novels.

But of course, she’s a professional, and she does smile at me when I come to the table, but she doesn’t do more than write my name in the book with a short message. I look down at the message when I sit down to listen to her reading.

Frank, 

Always try new things. 

Jayden R. Vincente

I run my finger along the ink, a little enamored that I was so close to her and that she wrote this right in front of me. I might be fanboying a bit.

Before I know it, she’s read a (very tame) part of the novel I’m holding, everyone is clapping, and she is exiting the bookstore. I am a bit more turned on than I would like to admit out loud, so I wander over to the fantasy and sci fi section of the store, trying to distract my mind.

Next to the Lord of the Rings books, I see a little flyer standing there. The Philadelphia Orchestra is playing the score to Fellowship. It’s… in a couple of days. How did I miss that? I am free, and I love that movie, but I don’t know if tickets will still be available. My phone search tells me that there aren’t any available except through re-sellers, and I’m not sure that I want to pay the exorbitant fees.

I fire off a text in lament to a friend of mine who loves Lord of the Rings.

Me: Fuck, man! I just saw that the Philly Orchestra is playing the score to Fellowship on Friday. I’d kill to go to that.

Ricky: Oh that sounds sick.

Me: Right?

Ricky: This is Alicia. I can get you a ticket. My coworker just posted one she’s trying to sell. I’ll set it up. $75.

Me: Rock on. Thanks, Alicia.

Well damn. My friend’s wife has a hookup for me somehow. I hope she isn’t trying to set this up as a blind date.

A is for Advertise

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Welcome to the A to Z Challenge! I’ve been doing this for a decade, and I have many past A to Zs you can read if you’re interested in a longer story. This is going to be a continuous story, so you want to make sure you start with the Theme Reveal! (But I’m going to keep the posts short, so it’s easier to keep up.) I’m notoriously bad at reading other blogs, even though I love it when I do, so make sure to leave your link in the comments so I can hop over to see what you’re up to, even if you aren’t participating in A to Z! But you should definitely sign up and participate!

A is for Advertise

Amelia: March 23rd

Available: One ticket for The Fellowship of the Ring movie with the score performed live by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Friday, March 27, 7pm show. Ticket will be emailed. $75.

I clicked send and the advertisement went off to…wherever marketplace posts go. I don’t even know. I don’t even care. I just spent over $100 on this ticket to the symphony and I don’t want it to go to waste. I might even give it away, but if you try to give things away to strangers on the internet, they are skeptical. So I tried to price it low, but high enough to feel real. Or something. Maybe that psychology is fake, but it’s all I’ve got at the moment. There are so many other things I could over-think, and over-thinking how best to sell this extra ticket is preferable to thinking about why I am going solo to this show.

And giving it to a friend? Yeah, that’s out of the question. Some would be confused as to why I was going to the symphony in a few days. Some would just sit and give me that look. You know the one. The one full of pity. I know I’m going to cry watching Fellowship. That’s inevitable. I don’t need to do it with someone staring at me. 

Much better to give it to a complete stranger from the internet. With only four days to go, I just hope someone picks it up…

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group #IWSG

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The Insecure Writer's Support Group

If you’d like to chime in and let us know your answers to the questions or drop a link to your post if you’re participating, please do so in the comments! And check out the IWSG website for more answers!

January 7 question – Is there anything in your writing plans for 2026 that you are going to do that you couldn’t get done in 2025?

Jayden: I want to write again. I haven’t written in a long time, but there are some ideas forming in my head… we’ll see. I have been enjoying my non-writing life and pursuing some other creative pursuits (including reading a lot), but I don’t think I’ve given up my love of writing.

Drop a link to your IWSG post in the comments so we can come check it out!

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group #IWSG

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The Insecure Writer's Support Group

If you’d like to chime in and let us know your answers to the questions or drop a link to your post if you’re participating, please do so in the comments! And check out the IWSG website for more answers!

December 3 question – As a writer, what was one of the coolest/best gifts you ever received?

Jayden: My local writing group. My goodness, they are the best thing that has ever happened to me. It brought me my two best friends and my husband. So yeah, that’s the best gift I’ve ever received.

Drop a link to your IWSG post in the comments so we can come check it out!

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group #IWSG

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The Insecure Writer's Support Group

If you’d like to chime in and let us know your answers to the questions or drop a link to your post if you’re participating, please do so in the comments! And check out the IWSG website for more answers!

If you’re just stopping in for Insecure Writer’s Support Group, be sure to come back for some other fun features! On Tuesdays, we post a backlog of TMI Tuesday questions. On Fridays, we post some sexy fiction stories. On Sundays, I review Laurell K. Hamilton books (or parts of the books).

August 6 question – What is the most unethical practice in the publishing industry?

Jayden: I assume it’s something in the realm of AI. There are definitely positive uses for AI, but there are a lot of negatives, and a lot of places where it’s causing issues for artists, stolen work, etc. Plus there’s a negative environmental impact. So while I love that my photo app can find all the pictures of me and my husband (even though it’s kind of creepy), for publishing, it’s definitely unethical in a lot of ways.

Drop a link to your IWSG post in the comments so we can come check it out!

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group #IWSG

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The Insecure Writer's Support Group

If you’d like to chime in and let us know your answers to the questions or drop a link to your post if you’re participating, please do so in the comments! And check out the IWSG website for more answers!

If you’re just stopping in for Insecure Writer’s Support Group, be sure to come back for some other fun features! On Tuesdays, we post a backlog of TMI Tuesday questions. On Fridays, we post some sexy fiction stories. On Sundays, I review Laurell K. Hamilton books (or parts of the books).

June 4 question – What were some books that impacted you as a child or young adult?

Jayden: I certainly was impacted by the Roald Dahl books. Fantastic Mr. Fox will always hold a special place in my heart. Later, Harry Potter became my obsession. It saddens me that the author is… well, I can’t come up with anything nice to say, so I’m not going to say anything else about that. But I remember when Book 6 came out, I had it delivered to my house and I didn’t stop reading until I finished it, including a short period of time where my boyfriend read it to me so I could rest my eyes (he was a faster reader and finished his copy before me; yes we got two copies). But another one was a Choose Your Own Adventure book about the Titanic. I must have read it a dozen times (and determined that if you saw the iceberg, you had to tell someone right away or the boat sinks. Shocking!) Later in life, I wrote my own erotic Choose Your Own Adventure, and that was pretty cool.

Richard: I actually just did some writing about this on one of my other blogs. The ones I usually highlight are:

Animorphs: Like any self respecting millennial, I too was exposed to (deep breath) Cannibalism, War crimes, torture, slavery, genocide, vore, interspecies romance, PTSD, body horror, and drug addiction by the elementary school book fair. Letting the main characters win is for suckers.
Michael Stackpole: There’s an overly complex line from the Battletech cartoon, to the Mechwarrior 2 video game, to the strategy guide, to the X-Wing novels, to the rest of the Star Wars EU (remember, fuck the Mouse!) and the Battletech novels. I like to think I channel a little bit of these in my action scenes.

Drop a link to your IWSG post in the comments so we can come check it out!

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group #IWSG

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The Insecure Writer's Support Group

If you’d like to chime in and let us know your answers to the questions or drop a link to your post if you’re participating, please do so in the comments! And check out the IWSG website for more answers!

If you’re just stopping in for Insecure Writer’s Support Group, be sure to come back for some other fun features! On Tuesdays, we post a backlog of TMI Tuesday questions. On Fridays, we post some sexy fiction stories. On Sundays, I review Laurell K. Hamilton books (or parts of the books). And throughout the month, other fun things pop up. In February, we did February Photo Fest. We’ve just started the April A to Z Blog Challenge! April 2 question – What fantasy character would you like to fight, go on a quest with, or have a beer/glass of wine with?

Richard:

Fight: Rumplestiltskin. I figure he’s on the short list of ones I could take, since I know his name.

Quest: Samwise Gamgee. Nuff said.

Drink: VOLSTAG could probably drink me under every table in all of the 9 realms, but we’d have a good time with it.

Jayden:

Fight: Oh jeeze, I don’t know. I’m not much of a fighter.

Quest: I’m with Richard on Samwise. No better person to have on a journey!

Drink: Aragorn. Imagine the stories that man has.

Drop a link to your IWSG post in the comments so we can come check it out!

TMI Tuesday: March 18th

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The author of TMI Tuesday has decided to end her reign, but we have decided to continue on, going back to the archives. We’re going to continue with 2013, but we’re almost done! So here we are with an archived set of questions.

TMI Tuesday: December 17, 2013

Posted on December 16, 2013 by TMI Tuesday blog

What do vibrators and Festivus have in common?

They are both the subject of this week’s TMI Tuesday.

tee shirt_tmi art

1. If there is one saying you would put on a tee-shirt what is it?

Jayden: Fuck me harder. (Not really, because I wouldn’t wear that in public.)

Richard: I hate clothes.

2. If you were a vibrator, what speed would you be?

Jayden: High. I’m always moving.

Richard: Slow and rumbly. Just because I like the word rumbly.

3. If you were a vibrator, which description best fits you:
a. small but mighty
b. passion prober, gentle, easy, eventually gets you there
c. big, rugged, pulsating
d. jumping gyrator, feel it everywhere, you may go numb

Jayden: a, though I’d like to be a little smaller overall!

Richard: I guess C goes with my other answer.

4. You must give up a sex/kink act for the rest of your life. Which one of these will you give up? Was your decision hard or easy and why?
You will give up:
a. Giving oral sex
b. Spanking – giving or receiving
c. Receiving oral pleasure on your genitals
d. Receiving nipple play: nipples sucked/lick/kissed/fondled, etc.
e. French kissing aka soul kiss

Jayden: e. I like kissing, but it’s not my favorite thing on this list.

Richard: d. My nipples aren’t that exciting.

5. In 10 words or less tell us about your most recent sexual encounter.

Jayden: Richard is masterful at pleasure. I want more now, please.

Richard: Jayden got drunk, but wasn’t any sluttier.

Bonus: ‘Tis the season of Festivus, it is only 7 days away. The best Festivus tradition is to “Air your grievances.” We don’t have time to hear all of your grievances so tell us your #1 grievance. (Don’t know about Festivus? click here to learn more)

Jayden: Obviously we’re off season, but whatever. I’m down to share my #1 grievance. The state of the world is so fucked up. Why is compassion political? How do I teach people to care about others? Some people really need to go back to elementary school or something. 

Richard: Pants.

TMI Tuesday along with us: Copy the above TMI Tuesday questions to your webspace (i.e., a blog). Answer the questions there, then leave a comment below on this blog post, so we’ll all know where to read your responses.

Happy TMI Tuesday!

TMI Tuesday: March 11th

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The author of TMI Tuesday has decided to end her reign, but we have decided to continue on, going back to the archives. We’re going to continue with 2013, but we’re almost done! So here we are with an archived set of questions.

TMI Tuesday: January 14, 2014

Posted on January 13, 2014 by TMI Tuesday blog

Naughty Fill-ins

Don’t just fill in the blanks, sex it up! Show us just how sexy, kinky, and dirty your minds can be.

1. Right now I’m _______ .

Jayden: horny and excited to fool around with Richard tonight.
Richard: horny and excited to leave bite marks on Jayden.

2. Tonight I’d like to _______ in the _______.

Jayden: roleplay in the bedroom.
Richard: cum in my wife-slave.

3. _______ can do _______ to me anytime.

Jayden: Richard can do anything to me anytime.
Richard: Jayden can do whatever I order to me anytime.


4. The best thing to happen to me in 2014 has been _______ .

Jayden: Uh, 2014? I have no idea, haha. Let’s talk sexy life: the best thing has been sexting with Richard. We’re having fun fooling around and roleplaying together.
Richard: In 2014 I set up a surprise foursome for the girl I was dating.


5. _______ is one of the best feelings in the world.

Jayden: SNUGGLING
Richard: RED DINOSAUR

6. _______ really _______ me.

Jayden: Richard really loves me.
Richard: Jayden really wants me.

Bonus: Post a photo that really turns you on and tell us why it does.

Jayden:
Lock me up?

Richard:
Any variant of the “hands above head” pose is sexy because it’s vulnerable.

TMI Tuesday along with us: Copy the above TMI Tuesday questions to your webspace (i.e., a blog). Answer the questions there, then leave a comment below on this blog post, so we’ll all know where to read your responses.

Happy TMI Tuesday!