Speaking of sucking-and-not-in-the-fun-way, guess what Babeland (of all places!) is selling these days?

That Book-themed merchandise. More specifically, the "Fifty Shades Of Grey" 'Submit To Me' beginner's bondage set. Because God knows that if you get your info on bondage, dominance, and submission from anywhere it really should be That Book. * ( Read more... )

1) I got an email from a publisher I've worked with before, and I'm trying to decide whether I want to write for them again. Part of my waffling stems from the fact that they're looking for stories for anthologies which will also be released as e-books (both in a collected form and on its own). Thing is, they pay a flat fee for the story -- you ( Read more... )

And yes, I am going to tell you about it! (It's short and kinda silly, you'll live ( Read more... )

( Cut to spare the uninterested and the easily-dismayed/easily-grossed-out )

Because tonight, dinner consists of a bagel with cream cheese, potato chips, and will be followed by pudding. Not because I am desperate and that's all that I've got, but rather because it's what sounds good. And it is.

Yup, looking at various places to write for, poking at ideas, and eating the world's most random dinner. Life is pretty good.

I've been thinking about this stuff for a little bit, and I came across a little blob of information on some obscure corner of the web last night that just kind of brought it all to a head ( Read more... )

But I have the ability to justify almost anything. Particularly to myself. Normally, this isn't much of a problem, until I'm doing things like looking at clearance sections of clothing/commerce websites:

"I don't need that admittedly awesome jacket with the buckles and the straps and stuff."
"But it's on sale for thirty dollars ( Read more... )