I love reading the various news stories, especially the human interest ones that stay far away from politics…or do they? This past week I read an article titled, “Turns Out Most Animals Are Pretty Frickin Gay.” Of course that title caught my eye and I knew I had to blog on it. Given the all-out… Read More Most Mammals Are Pretty F$%king Gay!
As happens so often, I was reading a Facebook post questioning the reality of ripping silk panties in a particularly passionate sex scene. Many noted that silk is an incredibly strong material requiring quite a bit of force to rip. Of course that got me thinking about the old comparison between silk and iron and… Read More Bodice Rippers
The other night I was in bed, trying to fall asleep and like many nights I had the strangest thoughts. Yes, I have insomnia. Anyway, I was thinking about how some of my favorite swear words can be at a minimum both nouns and verbs, and perhaps even derivatives could become adverbs or adjectives as… Read More The Versatile Swear Word
I read an article a few weeks ago about the myth that prevails on a remedy for a sting from a jellyfish and began to wonder about all those myths that unfortunately make it into books, movies, and television shows. I was an avid fan of “Friends” and remember the episode where Joey talked about… Read More Prevailing Myths
I can almost hear my mother rolling in her grave as I write this blog. My mother was a teacher, a very fine teacher. She was also an expert in the English language, even though she taught special education, not English. But Mom had a minor in English and was instrumental in teaching me a… Read More The Grammar Police
I’ve read a lot of Sapphic Novels (probably close to 2,000 by now) and very few of them either feature or even mention Lesbian/Sapphic bars. Not even the ones set back in the eighties when there were a hell of a lot more of them. I remember reading an article a few years back about… Read More Lesbian/Sapphic Bars
Setting aside the insensitivity of slang terminology such as batshit crazy, cray-cray, nuts, insane, bonkers, etc., for a person struggling with a mental illness, I wanted to explore where this particular slang originated. Although I’ll admit to using the term in my books in the past, ever since someone pointed out the error of my… Read More Batshit?
In all my exploration of Sapphic literature, I don’t believe I’ve ever come across the use of Ben Wa Balls in a sex scene or even a passing mention of them, which I find very interesting since they’ve been around since 500 AD in Japan. They are quite arguably the world’s oldest sex toy. Of… Read More Ben Wa Balls
The struggle is real. I’m not talking about the action or thriller component in a Romantic Thriller. I’m referring to the right balance of action to romance. I’m not sure if there’s a formula out there to follow. And even if there was, I’m not the kind of writer to adhere to those rules, anyway.… Read More Romantic Thrillers
Some say there is a fine line between love and hate. Others insist the two are diametrically opposed. I often wonder about our capacity for such extremes. Yet I see evidence of this every day. I’m a huge fan of those heart-wrenching videos of cats and kittens who are on the verge of death and… Read More Love and Hate
Annette Mori 