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Hello again. Today I am going to blog freely about everything which comes into my head, until I get distracted by something.

News: I'll start with my musings on erotica. We've been set a 2000 word story conforming to one particular genre in 'Writing Genre Fiction'. So I've been reading (in the hope to write) some 'quality' erotica. However easy that (writing it) might initially seem, I have been running into issues. The main one being that most erotic writing tends to cater to an incredibly niche market. The assumptions I had about my own open mindedness in sex are being questioned. There are some recurring themes; BDSM and a lot of casual sex with strangers - I was expecting that. What I was not expecting was incest, boot polishing fetishes, stalking and murder. Obviously, as in any genre, everyone has slightly different expectations and ideals in erotica. All I'm looking for is hot interesting characters having hot sex (give me chemistry! GIVE IT TO ME!) Hopefully I'm not alone. The virtues I can see in this are that the fantasy element works, and the conventions can serve as a skeleton for a story. Despite that, it is an incredibly diverse genre where anything goes, as long as it has the potential to arouse at least some of it's audience. Considering all of this, I'm hoping to develop characters as realistically and complexly as I can in 2000 words. Hopefully this will give the sex (and the story) some actual depth and originality. Wish me luck.

In other news, I've been reading some of John Pilger's work for an essay in journalism (actually, I should probably be reading it right now.) I have fallen in love with him. His ethics, his commitment to publishing the truth and the dedication in which he works are all incredible.

In extra other news, I've been treated to some of my favorite things lately. I have a few special friends to thank for incredible dinners (out and in) Chicago (with incredible seats) and Rocky Horror (ditto). Thank you again, you beautiful brilliant people.

LOVE

Goodbye.