Spring? What Spring?

Okay, so last night I went to bed feeling rather shitty, but happy with the knowledge that Spring was well and truly here. I mean the grass was green, I had a flock of robins fluttering about the yard, a few of the bulbs were poking their pale green sprouts up through the ground and the air smelled heavenly. Yes, Spring was well and truly here!

NOT!!!!

This morning I opened my eyes, spread the curtains on the bay window in our bedroom to try and catch a glimpse of the herd of deer who frequent the field behind us and to my shock and horror there is six inches of depressingly white snow on everything.

Who ever heard of a Spring blizzard? This is bizarre! This is not fair. I think perhaps Mother Nature missed the memo about spring either that or she is PMSing in a big way!

So, here I sit trapped in my beautiful valley once again by the snowdrft-clogged country roads out. I guess I can use the time to clean out a closet, scrub a wall or two or organize my file cabinet....nope, better yet I think I will get some writing done.

Hope you are enjoying a nice 'Spring' day wherever you are!

Has it really been that long?

Wow...I cannot believe it has been so long since I sat down and made the time to post on here. I have heard people say that if you're not careful, life has a way of just slipping past you, unnoticed...now I believe them!

We are settled in the new digs after one hell of a lot of hard work...but now it is ours and is as close to what we wanted as we are going to get, without winning the lottery.

I am the very happy nana of a beautiful 6 month old grand-daughter, Teagan. AND I am about to be blessed with another Grandson any day now. Life truly is good right now.

Now I really have to stopp staring out the window at the amazing country scene filled with 26 head of white-tailed deer, a flock of wild turkeys, rabbits galore, Canadian geese, ducks and too much more to list. I really NEED to get back to writing! The touch-ups of painting will still be there when I am done...right?

Have an awesome day all!

Not your kiddies Fairy Tale

I was told that shapeshifters and menage was hot right now and the moment I heard that my mind flew to that good old tale when one, two and three of the characters state...someone's been sleeping in my bed. Well, if you know me, you know where my mind went then!

Golden Fox and the Three Behrs is the end result of that little trip down memory lane. This is the buy link... http://tinyurl. com/23d3zl4 (without the space)

Tara, the pampered, blonde bombshell is a witch with a problem. She is hornier than a raging bull named Randy. Her grandmother has a solution...go for a walk in the woods!

The Behr men are from an old sleuth of shapeshifters. Unbeknownst to Tara they have a shrouded cabin in the woods.

As the sun sets ans the shroud falls the fun begins!

I had a blast writing it and hope you enjoy it. I am working on the next Sexy Tale...Little Red Running Shorts. I'll keep you posted on its release date.

Love Jojo xoxox

My confused rant

What to do. What to do? What to do!

So, it has recently penetrated my ever so stubborn brain, that I might be writing in the wrong genre. Now, I am not saying that I would ever leave the romance or erotic-romance genre... I love it there. BUT... it appears the taste buds of the world are ravenous for well written m/m romances (erotic or otherwise). Up to now all my babies have been very hetero, of course 'Boundaries' has the added element of interracial threesome... but still hetero. The newest one, 'Cuban Matings' which is slotted to be released on October 1st has a delightfully flamboyant gay man in it and he does get his moment (or two) in the spot light. Many thanks to my friend DJ Manley for the boost in confidence with my first m/m love scene. But the main character is Max's bestest best, Anna.... very straight! Should I have put these two in the same story? Will readers accept m/m and m/f on the same pages? Does anyone really care?

Write what you know! I have... I do! I will... as I have lived in many a haunted house and have been surrounded with superstitions, apparitions and a love for anything vampirish my whole life, my newest WIP is a sexy vampire tale. You guessed it.... hetero!

Write what sells! What sells right now it seems is m/m. Can I simply switch? Could I do it justice? Yes I have gay and lesbian friends on the Internet and in my everyday 'real' life and see their love lives in the same context as any one else's... beautiful roller coasters of emotion. But, do I jump on the band wagon and write a tale of two men? Could I bring the same sensuality to that relationship that I strive to give to all my man and woman couples? Do I make this leap of faith under my own name and hope that any who have actually read my work (are there really any out there?) will follow and accept this change up?

I am so confused. I write because I absolutely love the idea that my words, which begin as floating little tickles in my brain, can go out into the world and entertain someone, make them smile, laugh or cry. But.... making a little bit of money from my beloved craft would be nice too. M/M is selling like hotcakes right now! Do I try for my slice of that pie or do I quietly continue icing my hetero cake and wait for those faithful few to come and sneak the crumbs?

A well written story is a well written story... does it really matter the gender of the lovers? Apparently it does. Oh, what to do! I'll try to let you know how this works out.

Happy Ever After?

Does a love story need a Happy Ever After ending to be considered a good story?

I know that we all like those HEA endings. Who wouldn’t like the hero charging up on his valiant steed to take his beloved away to a life filled with love and contentment? Who doesn’t want to see them walking hand in hand off into the sunset?

We all like stories that are wrapped up with nice happy bows at the end and leave us feeling that all is right in the world. It gives us all hope that even in the worst circumstances there is a chance that our on stories will find a way to end happily. Doesn’t it?

But does there HAVE to be a HEA? Is a romance still a romance if it’s not for life? Is it still as moving and heart-capturing if it leaves you weeping for the characters? Most of what I write has the required HEA, but my story A Time to Dance doesn’t. Does that make it less of a romance? I say… NO. Sometimes in life in order to see and appreciate the good, the wonderful, the beautiful, we have to also witness the bad, the tragic, and the ugly.

What about Love Story? A very good movie. A wonderful book. An extremely tragic ending.

What about Romeo and Juliet? They overcame so much and thought they had the own happily-ever-after all worked out. Another tragic ending.
So, my question you is this… Does knowing that there is no Happy Ever After make you turn away from a book? Even if it could possibly be a very good read? Do you as a reader need a HEA?

See You Next Tuesday

Okay so I am the first to admit it. I don’t always make a lot of sense. But I just can’t get past this one issue.

I can label the most interesting part of a male’s anatomy with any word possible. It’s a penis, a pole, a shaft, a schlong, a wanker, a cock, a dink, a dick, a knob. And there are many, many more. It all depends what mood I am setting in the scene that I’m writing.

I love words. I love the many different ways you can use words to bring about a plethora of different emotions. I am not a prude. I don’t shy away from using profanity in my writing, if it is called for. I calls it as I sees it, most of the time.

There is one word that I don’t say and find it extremely hard to write or even think. See You Next Tuesday has always been acronym of choice in my house. Now don’t get me wrong I can label the female sex just as fluidly as I can the male, probably more so.

There’s pussy, vulva, lower lips, cleft, box, core, love tunnel, clam, gash etc. etc. I just cannot use that one word. I even understand that it is used freely in some places of the world in very much the way I would use the word bitch, so what is it with this word.

Yes, it’s vulgar. Yes, it was grilled into me as a youth that it is one of the worst words. Yes, I grilled it into my girls that it is by far the most insulting insult possible. But, why? Why this one particular word?
Does anyone else have a problem with this word? Or, do you have a different word that gives you chills? I would love to hear from you.

When life hands you lemoms...

In my life I am lucky enough to have a number of people who inspire me. One in particular is an aunt who is mine through marriage. She is our adventurer.

She has skydived, just to see how it felt.
She and her group of friends have gone to Hades to help out at hospitals and an orphanage. They even transported an entire playground over there and built it for the children.
She has swam in the ocean, even though she has a major phobia of drowning and is by no means an avid swimmer. (She wears a life jacket in the pool, for pete's sake!)

This time, she and her gang trooped on down to Honduras and zip-lined. sounds like fun, right? one tiny little problem though ... she could not get the dang thing to slow down, let alone stop. So, rather than do a full face plant into the rather massive tree at the end of the first line, she put her foot up. Result -- broken middle toe and ball of her foot as well as pulled muscles in her back and scrapes and bruises.

She never got to finish the rest of the lines or soak in the hot springs. They took her to a private hospital, where she was xrayed, cleaned, bandaged and casted. The hospital gave her their very best 1920's era crutches and some very good, if unknown, pain killers.
Back at the resort, she was moved to a main floor room and treated like royalty for the duration of her stay. She had some pretty interesting signatures on her cast, including the doctor, who she plans to stay in contact with.

Did she call home and worry her husband and kids? No! It happened on Thursday and she didn't say word one about it until she was back in Toronto on Monday. Did she complain about the safety of the zip-line company? No! She praised them for their care and speed at getting her the medical help she so desperately need -- as well as them paying for it all. Did she bitch and gripe back at the resort? No way! She laughed and joked through the last half of her vacation. She told anyone who asked, that she was having wild, crazy sex and smashed her foot off a cement wall. (Some people really do not get her sense of humour)

She and her group of friends are already planning their next adventure. Look out world -- these ladies are coming!

She is one of the best lemonade makers I have ever had the priviledge to know!

Six more weeks

Oaky it's official, Wiarton Willie saw his shadow. Therefore we can look forward to six more weeks of winter. Look forward to --- yeah right!

Don't get me wrong, I have lived here in Canada since the tender age of three, so i'm used to snowy white winters. I've trudged through the snow to go trick or treating (Canadian kids' Hallowe'en costume MUST fit over snowsuits or they are useless) I've searched for those elusive coloured eggs in a blanket of white. I understand that here in Southern Ontario from October to April it's normal to have snow. BUT that does not mean I have to like it.

So, let's go March 16th... bring on the spring - the brave bulbs bursting with renewed life - the deliriously happy children on their bikes - the flooded fields, roads and basements - the potholes ... did I say spring was better? LOL

Oh well, I guess I'll just go back to the story I'm working on - at least it's warm there.