I used to think that if I had a clone, I would sleep with her. Don’t make that face. You know damn well that if you had the opportunity to have sex with yourself, you would; if only to give new meaning to the phrase “go fuck yourself”. But now I think that if I had a clone, I’d make her my assistant. In order not to feel overwhelmed by my own (arguably too high) standards and the load of work I have on my plate, I’ve been utilizing these dos ... Read the Post...
15+ Free International Writing Contests You Can Still Enter in 2022
It’s your fairy literary mother here with a fantastic list of competitions for both established poets and writers as well as those who don’t have professional experience or haven’t dropped the aspiring in front of their craft (Sidenote: drop the “aspiring”. Bad writer > Aspiring writer. Trust me, I’m a fairy).Now, I don’t know about you but I absolutely hate looking for competitions, finding one with great prizes and then realising it’s only ... Read the Post...
How to Get Creative Work Done if You’re a Procrastinator
Are you a procrastinator too? Do you find yourself at the mercy of distractions like social media, the zeitgeist and the never ending list of pop culture items we should be paying attention to? Welcome, my kin. I’m just like you. And I too battle the great beast that is procrastination. Our enemy is sly and insidious but I promise this is a monster that can be slain, one day at a time. Today I’ll be sharing practical skills that are helping me ... Read the Post...
Flooding with Love for the Kid
Photo by Orkhan Farmanli on UnsplashBefore I became a sexually active human being, I was pretty much obsessed with homoerotica across an impressive spectrum of forms — capital P porn, literature (well, smut), Netflix’s foreign gay film catalog, the subtext on Hannibal, Magic Mike…if it was dripping in sexual gay energy, subliminal or not, I was all about it. Simpler times. You know what turns me on now? Alcohol and loneliness.Loneliness seems ... Read the Post...