Gillian Colbert's Blog, page 24

Reminder: Bare Your Soul With Me Tomorrow

Hey all! I've gotten a few submissions for Bare Your Sexual Soul Day tomorrow. If you wish, please email me your link today and I'll have it ready to go at Midnight Central Time with the others. Otherwise, feel free to put your link in the comments tomorrow. I'm hoping for a good turnout.

Later gaters!

The Censorgasm

Reblogged from J.S. Wayne:

As with my previous post, reblogging, reposting, or excerpting with proper accreditation is not only permitted, but encouraged. Over the last ten days, distributor after distributor has fallen prey to PayPal and major credit card companies, who seem to have decided "Enough's enough" when it comes to what informed, consenting adults can buy and sell using their own money.The problem, it turns out, boils down to covers that reveal too much and tag words PayPal...

Balancing Scales

It's a Crying Shame by Annarigby on Deviant Art

I've spent my weekend wondering if it's possible to balance the scales of life. If at any time you can do enough good to outweigh the harm you've inflicted? Everyone hurts someone now and again. It's inevitable. But, what about when its callously abusive, when you can't claim ignorance or good intentions? What then?

For every abuse I've suffered, I've doled one out in kind. I've neglected my relationships and turned my back on my loved ones when t...

CENSORSHIP BE DAMNED!

Reblogged from Rusty Nale 2:

While I hate to say this, but I have been forced to UN-PUBLISH my BDSM novel, "Burning Willow." This work was in the form of an e-book, and I had a convenient link to the book available on this blog. You may be aware that PayPal has instigated a war on erotic literature, including all ebooks containing themes of rape and incest AND BDSM. Without any notice, PayPal reserves the right to close any accounts that violate their acceptable use policy … In other words...

Family and Character Building

I was disowned by my father in 2005 over $50. He'd had loaned me a small sum of money in order to help out with some moving expenses which I was paying him back in $50 increments. One day, on the way home from work, my aging Dodge Neon crapped out. I'd already been driving with no air conditioning and other engine failings that needed repair, but this day the windshield wipers went and I had to drive the ten miles home in a rain storm with no wipers. We decided to trade in the car. My father ...

Growing Up 80s

I stumbled across this online and could relate or answer yes to ever single item on the list!

Are You a Child of the 80′s?

Take a look at this list. If you can identify with more than half of them, you are a child of the 80′s.

You know what "Sike" means.You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer".You were only cool if you hung out at the Roller Rink and actually knew how to skate.You can sing the McDonald's Big Mack...

Getting the Last Word or Why I Reply to Every Comment

Ignore Me by Adriano10 at Deviant Art

I have a few email only subscribers. Generally speaking, they aren't bloggers and follow me exclusively via email. A few of these dear people email me regularly. One in particular, takes me to task occasionally about how I reply to every email and comment and that I don't need to respond right away all the time. The reality is, yes, I do. In order for me to feel right, I must respond as promptly as possible.

Here's the thing. I hate to be ignored. I don't j...

My Cunt or Yours

I was over at Bimodal Tendencies blog where he was discussing his struggles with writing posts of the sexual variety. Specifically, he struggled with using certain words such as "cunt" and "pussy" out of a concern for appearing misogynistic. This got me to thinking about how some words have distinct connotations depending on who is using them. Given that I am a lover of all things lingual, of course, I have to post about it.

The first and most obvious is the "N" word. Black people can use...

I'm On the Prowl

I'm on the hunt (image by Pyrotech07 at Deviant Art)

For Beta-Readers! I have a new short story, about 13,000 words in length. It's contemporary erotic fiction with only the barest hints of BDSM. I need five people who are willing to read it and give me their thoughts on what worked for them, what didn't work for them and any other comments they wish to make. If you're interested you can leave a comment below or email me through the Contact Gillian page.

I gotta admit, there are areas on this s...

Big Brother In Effect

Is my email trying to tell me something? I was running my email, sending out the  necessary responses and noticed this quaint little advertisement at the top of my Gmail box:

Last time I checked, I didn't need spanx just yet. None of my email involves weight loss or other body conscious type text for the Gmail scanner bots (don't fool yourself, they are sifting your email) … so why spanx??? Go figure …