As a writer of erotic fiction, I do have a clear understanding of what is appropriate to post online with and without proper warnings - and what those warnings need to be. I also understand when to stand back and look at a manga website claiming to be removing mature content that had proper warnings, and call it the crap that it is. They caved to the all mighty dollar of advertising pressure. I wonder if they considered that the ad folks won't be seeing the traffic if there are no people left to visit their annoying pop-up links if they are irritated that their favorite content is no longer available?
For as many excerpts as I have shared online, in public forums, detailing explicit sexual scenarios with a simple warning - as per guidelines of host sites and servers - including ones like Blogger - a beg screen with an adult content disclaimer accompanied by a warning and you are good to go. For as many as I have shared, in all the years I've been published, I've never had a complaint. Not. A. One. Not over male/male pairings, female/female pairings, or even threesome, foursome or moresomes - none of them! In six years of being a published erotic novelist I've gotten some negative feedback from readers, we all have, but it had nothing to do with sexual content (but for one novel where readers actually wanted a whole lot more, you randy buggers).
So, knowing my readers, I also know a lot of you are serious manga junkies like me. How do I know this? A few of you guys infected me, damn it! So here is some advice if you are freaking out about not being able to find your favorite series on Onemanga or Mangafox - take a trip over to MangaToshokan or:
You can find the following at For the Halibut Scans:
Seikon no Qwaser
VITA Sexualis
Asu no Yoichi
Omamori Himari
Freezing
Kampfer
Rappi Rangai
Princess Resurrection
Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka
If you know anyone who is into manga, pass the word. In today's world we shouldn't have to still fight to save "banned books" but here we are, again :( on the Internet, a place supposed to be free of that sort of onerous oppression. Just irritates me to no end.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Realizations
Well, I'm back, sort of. I'm up and about to a degree. Not turning cartwheels or pumping iron, but I am starting to fix the weird messes that have cropped up around the house - the ones that I can handle within reason, that is. The good news is, the surgery went well and I am cancer free, and there is no bad news. Really, aside from the fact my irritating husband keeps calling me Eeyore because my hormones are all screwy (as if having a hysterectomy has NO impact on the female bod *snort*), things are pretty good. That and the fact I am reading and watching manga and anime like a junkie on a "I hit the lottery five-day weekend."
I have come to not a few realizations - one being that I honestly do have an addictive personality. I'm giving thanks more and more that I had the pig-headed tenacity to stick my nose in the air and quit drinking when I did all those years ago when I first started spiraling out of control. It was hard enough when I quit smoking in 1999, I could only imagine tossing in booze or pills. Thinking of pills makes me almost break out in a cold sweat having one family member die of an over-dose and not a few friends fade from this world in the same way. In high school I was so paranoid about pills my dad nearly had to sit on me and force Tylenol down my throat for cluster headaches. Recently, in the hospital the nurses kept asking me if my pump was working properly because I wasn't using it very much. I didn't have it in me to tell them I was in agony but terrified of using it, fear of becoming addicted to the morphine. So, I've decided to limit my addictions to safe things - like collecting copper music boxes, reading trashy novels, consuming anime and manga, and irritating the shit out of the shit I married.
Another realization I came to is just what I find attractive in a guy...and this cracked me up unreal. I read so many blogs on guys with cut abs, chiseled jaws, narrow hips, deep voices, long hair, sinful smiles... well, you can totally see where that is going. Nowhere do you see a description of a total goofball, who happens to have a cute grin with a decent athletic build, but eats like a starving hyena on the edge of the Gobi... The fun thing about said goofball is he has the same alpha-male mentality only its hidden under the persona of happy-go-lucky and only pops out about three seconds before catastrophe happens. In the course of reading/watching manga/anime, I've found myself absolutely captivated by this totally goofy, cute as hell character. He makes me laugh, has me cheering, and even snickering when he suckers the cute, but sort of dippy, female sidekick he found along the way into his harebrained schemes (and they are really insane); but the thing that grabs the heart is the way he manages to save the girl - without stomping on her pride or feelings - at the last minute, and the split-second look on his face as he grabs her, which sadly she never seems to see. Almost makes me want to watch as much as the actual story arc - to see if the writer has plans for those two down the road or if it is totally accidental.
And why, may you ask? I think I married a goof just like that... I seem to recall this dashing young guy in ripped up jeans hood-surfing on his friend's car pulling into the local grocery landing, literally, at my feet just to open the door with a big grin. Yeah, I think I have a soft spot for the goofball with a cocky grin and a way of making the girl feel good.
I have come to not a few realizations - one being that I honestly do have an addictive personality. I'm giving thanks more and more that I had the pig-headed tenacity to stick my nose in the air and quit drinking when I did all those years ago when I first started spiraling out of control. It was hard enough when I quit smoking in 1999, I could only imagine tossing in booze or pills. Thinking of pills makes me almost break out in a cold sweat having one family member die of an over-dose and not a few friends fade from this world in the same way. In high school I was so paranoid about pills my dad nearly had to sit on me and force Tylenol down my throat for cluster headaches. Recently, in the hospital the nurses kept asking me if my pump was working properly because I wasn't using it very much. I didn't have it in me to tell them I was in agony but terrified of using it, fear of becoming addicted to the morphine. So, I've decided to limit my addictions to safe things - like collecting copper music boxes, reading trashy novels, consuming anime and manga, and irritating the shit out of the shit I married.
Another realization I came to is just what I find attractive in a guy...and this cracked me up unreal. I read so many blogs on guys with cut abs, chiseled jaws, narrow hips, deep voices, long hair, sinful smiles... well, you can totally see where that is going. Nowhere do you see a description of a total goofball, who happens to have a cute grin with a decent athletic build, but eats like a starving hyena on the edge of the Gobi... The fun thing about said goofball is he has the same alpha-male mentality only its hidden under the persona of happy-go-lucky and only pops out about three seconds before catastrophe happens. In the course of reading/watching manga/anime, I've found myself absolutely captivated by this totally goofy, cute as hell character. He makes me laugh, has me cheering, and even snickering when he suckers the cute, but sort of dippy, female sidekick he found along the way into his harebrained schemes (and they are really insane); but the thing that grabs the heart is the way he manages to save the girl - without stomping on her pride or feelings - at the last minute, and the split-second look on his face as he grabs her, which sadly she never seems to see. Almost makes me want to watch as much as the actual story arc - to see if the writer has plans for those two down the road or if it is totally accidental.
And why, may you ask? I think I married a goof just like that... I seem to recall this dashing young guy in ripped up jeans hood-surfing on his friend's car pulling into the local grocery landing, literally, at my feet just to open the door with a big grin. Yeah, I think I have a soft spot for the goofball with a cocky grin and a way of making the girl feel good.
Monday, January 04, 2010
leaving for surgery
Hey all... Just a note to let the curious know I'll be leaving in the morning for my surgery. If all goes well I'll be home in a few days. Wish me well :)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Criminal weirdness
A friend sent me a link to the top criminally weird headlines of Newsweek for the year, here are some of the ones I loved best:
Man stabs girlfriend's fish - "If she can't have me, then she can't have the fish!" - I guess we should all be thankful there weren't any children involved since the judge gave this loony fish visitation rights pre-stabbing.
Bridal bouquet brings down a plane - This was a bit different. Normally, women toss the flowers and wedding attendees watch as the melee ensues as desperate ladies duke it out to win the right to think they'll be the next lucky lady to traipse down the aisle. Sometimes superstition blows. In this case, someone got the brilliant notion to have a man throw the floral confection out of a plane, whereupon it got sucked into the engine... You do the math. Men aren't meant to toss the roses.
It's not good to be a zombie in Iowa - Basically, a guy was trying to order something to eat when random Dude ran up shrieked "Zombie!" and started beating on him. No kidding, read the article. It's a great day to be alive, in Iowa.
Don't fling poo in Cali - Seriously. You can rape, murder, sell dope and steal. Heck the list of other crimes you can commit and get off in 7 to 10 is as tall as a little person, but fling poo in a court of law and you're looking at a solid thirty years. People in California have really odd priorities.
Man arrested for indecent exposure - Sounds really passe right? Up until you read how he was standing with his naked gentitalia manipulating the same via strings ala Pinocchio at his apartment complex. Assault with a stringed instrument...
Japan's next first lady makes Tom Cruise look sane - She's married to "the alien" has been to Venus, rode in a triangular spaceship, and is certain she met Tom Cruise in another life - when he was Japanese. Yup, she wins the fruitcake. Read the story.
There are many, many more but these are the ones I liked the best. Here is the link the the top 20. See which ones you'd pick.
Man stabs girlfriend's fish - "If she can't have me, then she can't have the fish!" - I guess we should all be thankful there weren't any children involved since the judge gave this loony fish visitation rights pre-stabbing.
Bridal bouquet brings down a plane - This was a bit different. Normally, women toss the flowers and wedding attendees watch as the melee ensues as desperate ladies duke it out to win the right to think they'll be the next lucky lady to traipse down the aisle. Sometimes superstition blows. In this case, someone got the brilliant notion to have a man throw the floral confection out of a plane, whereupon it got sucked into the engine... You do the math. Men aren't meant to toss the roses.
It's not good to be a zombie in Iowa - Basically, a guy was trying to order something to eat when random Dude ran up shrieked "Zombie!" and started beating on him. No kidding, read the article. It's a great day to be alive, in Iowa.
Don't fling poo in Cali - Seriously. You can rape, murder, sell dope and steal. Heck the list of other crimes you can commit and get off in 7 to 10 is as tall as a little person, but fling poo in a court of law and you're looking at a solid thirty years. People in California have really odd priorities.
Man arrested for indecent exposure - Sounds really passe right? Up until you read how he was standing with his naked gentitalia manipulating the same via strings ala Pinocchio at his apartment complex. Assault with a stringed instrument...
Japan's next first lady makes Tom Cruise look sane - She's married to "the alien" has been to Venus, rode in a triangular spaceship, and is certain she met Tom Cruise in another life - when he was Japanese. Yup, she wins the fruitcake. Read the story.
There are many, many more but these are the ones I liked the best. Here is the link the the top 20. See which ones you'd pick.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Exciting news
Got an email today that was pretty exciting, the incredible art on my cover for Frights & Delights is up for a Quasar at EPIC! So massive congrats to my talented cover artist for all of her outstanding work on Frights & Delights! And good luck to her in the contest.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Restless...
With my surgery date approaching, I've had a hard time focusing on writing. Face it, building inner terror does not end itself to a good creative flow. So, I've been working on editing and sponging up some missed movies. Meaning I've come to a few conclusions.
Christian Bale has to be the most over-rated, waste in a movie ever. He ruined Batman and now he has ruined Terminator. If it wasn't for Heath L. as the Joker the whole Batman returns would have never been seen in this house on penalty of death. The only redeeming thing about the new Terminator movie was Sam Worthington. He made the movie watchable. Please, Hollyweird, quit the freaking love affair with Bale. His acting skills are non-existant, all he does is all brooding forehead thing with the raspy voice. Ugh! There were kids on my high school drama team with more panache. And no, he is not attractive, so lets nip that delusion right here and now.
Angels and Demons. The book was unreadable and the movie was borderline unwatchable. It came off as a quasi-apology for the DaVinci Code with moments of sheer stupidity given the portrayed scholarly depths. Don't make any more Dan Brown books into movies. Yuck.
Transformers, it was entertaining so long as you turned off your brain. Because if you turned it on, the first thing that comes to mind is, "what the hell is so 'up' with Shia LaBeuff?" He's like everywhere lately - Eagle Eye, Indiana Jones, Disturbia, I Robot, Constantine... every freakin' movie I've had a desire to see this geeky kid has been front and center having some sort of psychotic episode. And he screams like a girl, like a horror movie diva, as in Jamie Lee Curtis is probably standing back giving him a nod of approval and a salute to those pipes. You couldn't have missed the most unmanly screams he produced in Transformers...we watched the dorm scene no less than five times just for the panicked screams, they made us laugh so hard.
Top things off my nephew wants me to take him to see New Moon. There aren't enough pain killers in my pill bottles to put me in a coma for that kind of pain *cringes* Why can't kids just read the books and be content? The books are so much better...
I think I'm better off hiding out in anime again, time to return to watching D. Gray Man.
Do you guys have any suggestions?
Christian Bale has to be the most over-rated, waste in a movie ever. He ruined Batman and now he has ruined Terminator. If it wasn't for Heath L. as the Joker the whole Batman returns would have never been seen in this house on penalty of death. The only redeeming thing about the new Terminator movie was Sam Worthington. He made the movie watchable. Please, Hollyweird, quit the freaking love affair with Bale. His acting skills are non-existant, all he does is all brooding forehead thing with the raspy voice. Ugh! There were kids on my high school drama team with more panache. And no, he is not attractive, so lets nip that delusion right here and now.
Angels and Demons. The book was unreadable and the movie was borderline unwatchable. It came off as a quasi-apology for the DaVinci Code with moments of sheer stupidity given the portrayed scholarly depths. Don't make any more Dan Brown books into movies. Yuck.
Transformers, it was entertaining so long as you turned off your brain. Because if you turned it on, the first thing that comes to mind is, "what the hell is so 'up' with Shia LaBeuff?" He's like everywhere lately - Eagle Eye, Indiana Jones, Disturbia, I Robot, Constantine... every freakin' movie I've had a desire to see this geeky kid has been front and center having some sort of psychotic episode. And he screams like a girl, like a horror movie diva, as in Jamie Lee Curtis is probably standing back giving him a nod of approval and a salute to those pipes. You couldn't have missed the most unmanly screams he produced in Transformers...we watched the dorm scene no less than five times just for the panicked screams, they made us laugh so hard.
Top things off my nephew wants me to take him to see New Moon. There aren't enough pain killers in my pill bottles to put me in a coma for that kind of pain *cringes* Why can't kids just read the books and be content? The books are so much better...
I think I'm better off hiding out in anime again, time to return to watching D. Gray Man.
Do you guys have any suggestions?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Guilty Pleasures - no, not the LKH book
We all have them, guilty pleasures, things we seek out when we're feeling down, crabby, uninspired, and generally lackadaisical. Recently, I read an article about the difference between the way women think and speak and men, then it hit me - there must be a difference in guilty pleasures as well.
Wrong.
While one of my guilty pleasures is reading, my husband has never been big on books - unless they're graphic novels or nudie mags - but he and I share a long list of other guilty pleasures: we enjoy the same TV shows for the same reasons (with the exception of Dexter - he says its depressing - and The Vampire Diaries - which is too 'stalkerish'), Chinese food, donuts, archery, target shooting, bird watching (which involves a lot of cat watching - and snickering - at times too), and rampant gossip. We like the same kind of movies - action/adventure, horror, gory thrillers and the occasional anime. Well, that and and the rare raunchy comedy like The Girl Next Door. But this leaves me with a quandary... I've been told on more than one instance that I'm not very feminine, and also that my writing isn't very femme, so perhaps my guilt pleasures re stacked in the man corner as well since I'm not lusting after spa packets, chocolate coated anything, mani-pedi's, or a spiffy, expensive, new wardrobe let alone trendy shoes.
So, I'm curious, what are your guilty pleasures? And do you think sex makes a difference?
Wrong.
While one of my guilty pleasures is reading, my husband has never been big on books - unless they're graphic novels or nudie mags - but he and I share a long list of other guilty pleasures: we enjoy the same TV shows for the same reasons (with the exception of Dexter - he says its depressing - and The Vampire Diaries - which is too 'stalkerish'), Chinese food, donuts, archery, target shooting, bird watching (which involves a lot of cat watching - and snickering - at times too), and rampant gossip. We like the same kind of movies - action/adventure, horror, gory thrillers and the occasional anime. Well, that and and the rare raunchy comedy like The Girl Next Door. But this leaves me with a quandary... I've been told on more than one instance that I'm not very feminine, and also that my writing isn't very femme, so perhaps my guilt pleasures re stacked in the man corner as well since I'm not lusting after spa packets, chocolate coated anything, mani-pedi's, or a spiffy, expensive, new wardrobe let alone trendy shoes.
So, I'm curious, what are your guilty pleasures? And do you think sex makes a difference?
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