Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I'm really looking forward to 2016.

Today I've been reflecting on the past year and I realised that I feel okay in this writing gig now. I'm starting to get a bit more confidence and feel less like a pretender.

In the new year, I split my writing between two genres and I'm excited about that. I've spent the last few months trying to juggle my two personas and I'm hoping that will work out without too many mishaps! I'm still committed to writing erotic adventures and exploring the impact sex has on people, but I'll also be writing some stories that will be able to be read by my more conservative family and friends - no sex, little swearing, less confronting.

On January 10th, Secret Confessions Down and Dusty - Lucky is released. This story is a lot tamer than what I usually write but the series and these characters seemed to create a tamer tale. I hope you'll enjoy it still. Lucky is a publican in a tiny town in outback Queensland, Australia. She's got to be tough to run the pub her father left her, but in her youth she made some choices that hurt. It's made her tougher and given her 'rules' that she plays by. I liked writing about Lucky and seeing how she ticked. She's a bit prickly on the outside but friendly and giving inside - once you get to know her. I'd love to know how you find her.

And then sometime soon my cuckold story, Michael's Moment, should appear in Rose Caraway's Tonight She's Yours anthology. I'm looking forward to reading the other stories in this because I was fascinated by the theme. I got a bit lost in the fun of research for this one and I found myself not completely understanding the thrill the husband got from this scenario. I'm hoping someone can light his mind up for me. I took the part of the wife, Janice, in my story and wrote from her perspective. She doesn't understand why her husband wants to do this, but she goes along with his plan and I'm pretty sure she enjoyed herself a lot! I'd also love to know how you find this anthology.

I haven't got anything else completed, so that's all in the pipeline for 2016. But I hope to submit something in the middle of the year, which should give me something out in early 2017. And if I get inspired, I'm sure they might be a short snippet on the blog, or in the wild things we do with the Naughty Ninjas. You just never know what will pop up...and that's the thrill of the start of the year - what will it bring?

I hope 2016 brings good things, the things you want and the things you need. I hope your dreams become real. I hope the year is kind, the weather gorgeous and all in your life is well and happy.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Thanks for supporting me :)

Wildlife Wednesday - Fruit Bats

Earlier this year when we were in Cairns there was this tree decorated with fruit bats. I had to go and stand under it and sniff.

Years ago, I raised two fruit bats in 2 different seasons. Their scent is something that I love. It's part fermented fruit, part musty, part sweet. It's like the scent of horse in that you can never really describe it.

So, standing under that tree with hundreds of bats above me, I reflected on my baby bats. This is one of them testing her wings (photo).


They arrived small enough to fit snugly in the palm of my hand. They needed a 'dummy' (a specially made bat teat that fitted to a small dropper bottle top) because when they're with their mothers, they're permanently attached to the mother's nipple and held there on her chest. They needed to be wrapped snugly in a man's handkerchief (like swaddling a baby) because the mother would hang for most of the day, upside down with her wings wrapped around her bub.

Fruit bats are highly intelligent. They were by far the most intelligent (and affectionate) animal I've ever raised. They scratch - a lot - but that's just because they have only claws for movement (aside from wings). Their feet have claws. On their wing is a "thumb" with a hook on it which they use for hanging head up (for toileting) and movement.

Now, fruit bats are associated with animal-to-human viruses and I don't go near them. But for those years I did, they were absolutely gorgeous.

ABC presenter, Richard Morecroft wrote a book about his fruit bat (flying fox) raising experience - Raising Archie. While he raised Archie, he often read the news with the bat swaddled in a hanky and snuggled against his chest, under his shirt :)

Phallic Friday - SBS sexuality channel

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I hope you and yours enjoy a very special day. I'll be driving around visiting family and feasting before waddling home to snooze! I hope you have great plans.



I couldn't omit a Phallic Friday post, so just a quick one today. I recently learned that SBS has a sexuality channel. You can find out more here.

As I'm writing this, I know nothing about it, but I'll be checking it out. After complaining about the lack of sex education on TV, this was a huge, but welcome, shock. I'll let you know more :)

Oh, okay, maybe it's a sexuality webpage that shows you a list of shows that are coming on, plus discussions about relevant shows. Anyway, still a marvelous idea!

Wildlife Wednesday - lusting lizards

I don't even remember how I managed to score this photo. I think I heard the rustling of leaves and was surprised to catch these guys in their amorous tangle.