Eying the box-office HBO gleaned from its own production of "Game of Thrones", Showtime has responded by picking up the broadcast rights of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander to make its own mini-series blockbuster.
There is some hub-bub going out in both spanko and vanilla circles, for the book contains a fairly lengthy and detailed spanking scene. He says "Stay put or I shall spank you." She does not stay put, and a spanking scene ensures. Just the one, for when it is over, the hero promises the heroine never to repeat the exercise. A disappoint to some readers, I am sure, and possible to Diana herself who allows many of her characters to contemplate the spanking of one backside or another. If she is not one of us, she sure has learned how to ring some of our bells.
Some vanillas wring their hands that the spanking scene - which will be shown in full, in all its glory, - because it is attracting the "wrong sort" of attention to one of their favorite bodice-rippers. Not that they have anything against spankos, per se - just that dozens of hours of heady romance is being reduced in the public eye to a single event: and one that is not that important to the story line as a whole.
But at least Showtime is sticking with the text on this one. You may recall that HBO replaced a reasonable and deserved spanking of Ayra with a totally made up one involving prostitutes. (Not sure what went wrong there - except HBO possibly did not want to show a young girl being subjected to harsh discipline - or some such).
Anyway - you do not have to subscribe to Showtime to enjoy this promised treat - it is bound to make its way on to one of the video channels, where you will be able to watch it for free. And as soon as one springs up, I shall give you the nod where to find it.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Thursday, August 14, 2014
You do make back up copies of your work, don't you?
Computers are annoying in that 99.99% of the time they work perfectly.
But the 0.01% of the time that they don't, the consequences can be quite traumatic.
So, we authors are in the habit of making copies of our work in progress, and storing it safe from the electronic mayhem of a crashed hard drive, or other total system failure.
My machine crashed recently - in a way that took away all the data files held within its memory banks.
And it now seems that the last time I backed up my data was many months ago - which means I have lost all my current work in progress. All of it. (That rhythmic sound of a distant thumping is my head hitting the wall in a vain attempt to ease the pain).
At least, if my gentle prod makes you remember to back up your stuff today, then some good might come out of this personal disaster...
But the 0.01% of the time that they don't, the consequences can be quite traumatic.
So, we authors are in the habit of making copies of our work in progress, and storing it safe from the electronic mayhem of a crashed hard drive, or other total system failure.
My machine crashed recently - in a way that took away all the data files held within its memory banks.
And it now seems that the last time I backed up my data was many months ago - which means I have lost all my current work in progress. All of it. (That rhythmic sound of a distant thumping is my head hitting the wall in a vain attempt to ease the pain).
At least, if my gentle prod makes you remember to back up your stuff today, then some good might come out of this personal disaster...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
They just don't get it.
We spankos have some odd ideas what non-spankos might think of us. We suspect that they don't understand us, and some of us go so far as to fear that main-line vanillas think we need medical treatment because we are a potential danger to children. Not that we are - just that vanillas might mistakenly think we are in need of treatment.
A recent survey revealed that of those vanillas who respond to spanking surveys, not one single one ticked either the "need medical attention" or "danger to children" boxes. We are talking a relative small sample (50 respondents) with no control group: but 0% suggests that we might possibly be a bit over cautious in how we think people will react to the news should it get out that we are spankos. And - as you might expect - over half did tick the "I don't understand spankos" box : we got that one right.
Of a couple of dozen spankos who tell me that they made their spanking inclination more wide known, only one reported (to me) an adverse reaction: and that was limited to a single friend who took it rather badly. If your experiences have been different, do share.
But there is one aspect of our predilection that vanillas just do not get.
A new survey is in the course of being set up to investigate deeper into what makes us tick and what the vanilla community think of us. While researching what questions to pose, I came over and over again the point that spanking as part of our sex drive is understandable - if a bit odd - to the average vanilla. But spanking just for the sake of spanking - with nothing to follow (save, perhaps, some corner time) - that seems to be beyond their capacity to understand.
And yet both you and I know that sometimes the spanking is the beginning and the end - the whole caboodle is the spanking and nothing but the spanking. Indeed, spanking exclusively as some sort of foreplay would take away a great deal of the enjoyment we get when not looking for a romp in the hay.
This looks like a topic for survey-man to tackle. I shall keep you posted on how it all works out.
A recent survey revealed that of those vanillas who respond to spanking surveys, not one single one ticked either the "need medical attention" or "danger to children" boxes. We are talking a relative small sample (50 respondents) with no control group: but 0% suggests that we might possibly be a bit over cautious in how we think people will react to the news should it get out that we are spankos. And - as you might expect - over half did tick the "I don't understand spankos" box : we got that one right.
Of a couple of dozen spankos who tell me that they made their spanking inclination more wide known, only one reported (to me) an adverse reaction: and that was limited to a single friend who took it rather badly. If your experiences have been different, do share.
But there is one aspect of our predilection that vanillas just do not get.
A new survey is in the course of being set up to investigate deeper into what makes us tick and what the vanilla community think of us. While researching what questions to pose, I came over and over again the point that spanking as part of our sex drive is understandable - if a bit odd - to the average vanilla. But spanking just for the sake of spanking - with nothing to follow (save, perhaps, some corner time) - that seems to be beyond their capacity to understand.
And yet both you and I know that sometimes the spanking is the beginning and the end - the whole caboodle is the spanking and nothing but the spanking. Indeed, spanking exclusively as some sort of foreplay would take away a great deal of the enjoyment we get when not looking for a romp in the hay.
This looks like a topic for survey-man to tackle. I shall keep you posted on how it all works out.
Monday, August 11, 2014
Just Wilhelmina and the Bridge Game
The young prankster known by her family as "Just Wilhelmina" is the subject of this brand new story that you will find in the Free Stories section.
By way of back-fill for those who have not met Wilhelmina before, she is a teenager who leads her chums ("the Outlaws") into a series of pranks and scrapes. Being set some time between 1930 and 1940, the consequences of getting caught invariably lead to a spanking of one kind or another. It is the price one had to pay - back then - for having too much fun at the expense of grown-ups.
In this tale, Wilhelmina pulls off a solo prank against her hapless parents. You might guess what then happens - yes, it does pretty much turn out like that.
By way of back-fill for those who have not met Wilhelmina before, she is a teenager who leads her chums ("the Outlaws") into a series of pranks and scrapes. Being set some time between 1930 and 1940, the consequences of getting caught invariably lead to a spanking of one kind or another. It is the price one had to pay - back then - for having too much fun at the expense of grown-ups.
In this tale, Wilhelmina pulls off a solo prank against her hapless parents. You might guess what then happens - yes, it does pretty much turn out like that.
Monday, August 4, 2014
Kindle Unlimited
In a move to secure even a bigger share of the e-book market, Amazon has launched Kindle Unlimited - full details on their site if you need them - but the edited high lights are that people pay just under $10 a month to have access to just about their entire e-book library. Like video streaming, but for hard copy instead.
We authors are promised a share of the pool of cash Amazon has set up to reward us if people read our books using this subscription service. The good thing (for us) is that as soon as a reader reads 10% of the book (typically less than free preview we offer) you get a full credit. One per subscriber per book, so if the reader reads it from cover to cover twice, we only get just the one credit.
The minor drawbacks - first, we have no idea how much we have earned until the share out takes place. I know that one day I will get over 50 (as of today) payments, but the sum will lie anywhere north of 50 cents. And second, in order to participate, I had to put the works inside the Kindle Select program. That is, I have to give Amazon a 90 day, non-cancellable, exclusive right to sell them. I have had to take those books off all other sites, in order to avoid any potential nastiness with Amazon. Since about 95% of my sales have come from Amazon so far, it is not a particular big deal for me. But if you are a fellow author, it may be for you.
In sum, for giving Amazon a three month exclusive right to sell your works, you may get an unspecified sum from people who purchased a subscription in order to read your stuff.
And that might be a difficult dilemma to solve. Will the additional revenue from Kindle Unlimited be sufficient to compensate for lost sales elsewhere? No one yet quite knows. May be it might be prudent to wait until some actual sales figures are out - so that you can properly weigh the proper odds.
I shall certainly give the tip off as to how much it was worth to have a book read by a subscriber this month - once I get to know what the figure is.
We authors are promised a share of the pool of cash Amazon has set up to reward us if people read our books using this subscription service. The good thing (for us) is that as soon as a reader reads 10% of the book (typically less than free preview we offer) you get a full credit. One per subscriber per book, so if the reader reads it from cover to cover twice, we only get just the one credit.
The minor drawbacks - first, we have no idea how much we have earned until the share out takes place. I know that one day I will get over 50 (as of today) payments, but the sum will lie anywhere north of 50 cents. And second, in order to participate, I had to put the works inside the Kindle Select program. That is, I have to give Amazon a 90 day, non-cancellable, exclusive right to sell them. I have had to take those books off all other sites, in order to avoid any potential nastiness with Amazon. Since about 95% of my sales have come from Amazon so far, it is not a particular big deal for me. But if you are a fellow author, it may be for you.
In sum, for giving Amazon a three month exclusive right to sell your works, you may get an unspecified sum from people who purchased a subscription in order to read your stuff.
And that might be a difficult dilemma to solve. Will the additional revenue from Kindle Unlimited be sufficient to compensate for lost sales elsewhere? No one yet quite knows. May be it might be prudent to wait until some actual sales figures are out - so that you can properly weigh the proper odds.
I shall certainly give the tip off as to how much it was worth to have a book read by a subscriber this month - once I get to know what the figure is.
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