The other day, I was doing my daily scroll through Facebook and came across a post that showed an article about the history of the middle finger. Well…of course that caught my interest because I love researching history, especially oddities or origin stories. And what is more fascinating than where profane gestures came from? For… Read More The Middle Finger
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!
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?
I don’t feel sorry for Bud Light. Not one bit! Why? Because they thought they’d be successful by continuing to change lanes when all they did was crash and burn. When they first sent Dylan Mulvaney the can with her face on it celebrating her journey, if I was so inclined to drink beer, I… Read More Pick A Lane
Sapphic romance is really no different than traditional mainstream heterosexual romance. There’s one rule that rises to the top. You can’t kill off one of the main characters. This rule extends to their furry companions with a few exceptions. The reason for this rule is that it upsets the main romance formula that requires a… Read More Rules for Romance
I’m not really known as a writer who engineers their stories with lesbian couples who have kids. Most of my main characters remain childless with a few exceptions. There’s a good reason for this. People often write what they know, and I’ve never had children of the two-legged variety. All my kids come with fur… Read More Kids and Family
Annette Mori 