New site reviews spanking-themed books!

We spankos know there are tons of books out there that feature our beloved fetish/hobby/whatever you want to call it -- but how do you know which ones are good? How do you know which ones are in your preferred style/orientation? Wouldn't it be nice if there were a site that did nothing but review these books, and gave readers the opportunity to post their own reviews, so that we could more easily find books we'll enjoy?

Now there is such a place -- I call your attention to Bottoms Up Book Review, a new site by Katerina (not to be confused with Katarina/Cali of Spanking Court). Because she just launched it recently, at this time it has only 17 books reviewed, but Katerina has 100 spanking books (so far) on her Kindle and promised there will be many more reviews coming.

I like how the site is set up, and it's interactive, too. In the book list, you can click on any of the books and you're taken to a page where K gives you a synopsis, her review and an excerpt. She rates each book one to five hearts (or upside-down bottoms, if you will). However, if you want to comment on her review or add your own review/rating of the book, there's an area where you can do so.

K is an equal opportunity reviewer, including both books she loved and others she wasn't that crazy about, but perhaps others may like them. She details each book's good points and weaknesses, rates the frequency and intensity of the spankings, etc.

I once ordered a popular spanking story compilation online. Upon receiving it, I was rather frustrated; a couple of the stories were OK, but most of the others weren't to my preferences. Since I'm purely an M/F aficionado, I didn't care for all the F/F and F/M, and there were a lot of stories with graphic sex, anal play, BDSM and so forth that I just couldn't get into. If I'd had a book review site like this, perhaps I could have saved my money.

Please check it out and give her your feedback! She provides an email address, her Facebook and Twitter links, and encourages people to contact her with their thoughts, suggestions of books to review and so on.

Drum roll, please!

Ladies and gentlemen, we have....

A BOOK COVER!

I am over the moon with this. Look at the absolutely gorgeous job that Zelle did for me. This represents a lot of meticulous work and I am beyond grateful to her.

She wishes to keep her design credit simple in my book, but for here, I am writing the credit I really wanted to use: "Cover design by Zelle, talented friend extraordinaire."

Thank you, Z. I know it's been a hectic summer for you and you had that aggravating setback with the power outage. But you came through and now just look at this!! :-) I hope you're very proud of it.

I've already uploaded this to my CreateSpace page, and now all that's left is the text. Surprise, surprise -- finalizing that had a complication. When I converted my Word 2003 to a PDF, using the online service I'd chosen, I discovered that while the PDF looked good overall, the fonts matched, etc., the line breaks all changed. Fortunately, it didn't affect the page count. However, a ton of extra hyphenation was introduced.

A lot of it was improper or awkward hyphenation, like mi-nutes, ba-by and the hyphenation of proper names (Be-thany). I let those go, even though they chafed at me. But I absolutely could not ignore stuff like these: proo-freader, an-yway, ma-keup, coo-kie, the-rapist. So, because I can't alter the PDF, I had to go through my Word document and edit the areas where bad hyphens showed up, in order to eliminate them.

So far, I've edited and resubmitted my document for conversion four times, because I keep finding things. But now, I am down to just one bad hyphen to fix, and after that, I am done, done, done. I will submit the interior, and then they go to work on it, reviewing and creating a proof copy for me.

Home stretch, y'all! :-D

A rare glimpse...

... of me, in submissive mode. Check it out -- fetching New Guy the paddle he made for me.

He told me to get it for him, and I did. Isn't that amazing?

OK, so later, I tossed it across the room. What do you want, perfection?

I told him all about the Spanking Court shoot -- he asked if we'd repeated the 50 with leather, 75 with wood, and I said yes. "Did that hurt a lot, with no warm-up?" he asked. I told him I didn't remember.

"What do you mean, you don't remember? Weren't you there?" Well, yeah... but when I'm shooting, I'm so amped up with endorphins and adrenaline, I barely feel anything. "Oh well, we can't have that. Guess we'll have to recreate it tonight."

Oh, for God's sake. Wasn't two takes enough??

Actually, he didn't really recreate it. The only resemblance to Saturday's scene was the final 75 with the wooden paddle. Before that? One hell of a lot more than 50.

But I needed it. Saturday was an appetizer. I am eager for future shoots with Spanking Court when we get up to their max -- 300. I enjoy being challenged on camera.

I've been watching some of the SC clips -- today, I saw one where the poor girl was sobbing at the end of 100 strokes with leather. Really? After 100 with leather, I'm just getting warmed up. It's all relative, I guess. Each scene is a little bit different, because they vary the positions and spanking benches and they have soooo many implements. And some of those courtroom scenes had me falling off my chair with laughter.

Anyway... was I properly chastised? You be the judge:

I love aftercare. :-)

When we were done with the chair he'd placed in the middle of the living room, I didn't bother putting it back. I knew he'd be using it again.

I was right. But then again, I did throw the paddle across the room.

Sorry this took an extra day to post, but NG had some trouble with his email and wasn't able to get the photos to me until this evening. Better late than never, no?

And 24 hours later, I still feel quite good. :-)

A brief delay

I know several of you look for my Monday night report, so if I posted nothing, you might wonder what happened. Not to worry, all went well tonight with New Guy. However, I think he was wiped out and went to sleep as soon as he got home, because I didn't get the latest pictures.

When I get up tomorrow morning, I will check my mail, and chances are, they will be there. :-) 

For now, I'll just say I'm in my usual stupor. Night-night!

In my happy place

It's been a lovely weekend. Yes, Spanking Court was a joy once again. My only lament is that my visit was too short! :-)

As I'd mentioned, I was there this time to reshoot one scene from May. I got there around 2:15, greeted everyone and then had my makeup done. No courtroom scene for me this time, so I waited until they were done shooting those scenes so the judge could go home. During a break between them, I got a chance to chat with him, which was quite enjoyable. We haven't had the opportunity thusfar to do so. And of course, I was very happy to see Cali and Heinz, V and Dana again.

No court scene for me this time, so I got right into the orange scrubs. Cali told me that from now on in future scenes, I won't have to wear them. Hot damn! I mean, if they came in a pretty cherry red or even black, I wouldn't mind, but orange is so not my color. (is it anyone's color??) Anyway... we talked a bit beforehand about the details of the scene we were recreating. Cali reminded me of some of my zingers and it took no arm-twisting to get me to agree to repeating them. We had it all down, even remembering which paddle V had switched to at count #50.

I was supposed to get 125, but I did quite a few miscounts and half (and even quarter) counts, so I guess it ended up being a few more. :-D  As always, despite having no warmup, my adrenaline surge served as an effective pain blocker. I know I must have felt it, but I honestly don't remember. V and I were in top form, antagonizing one another. When I made it clear to Dana I did NOT like being called "ma'am," V made a point of saying, "Are you going to count for me, Ma'am?" grrrrrrrrrrrr... I answered, "Yes, boy, I'll count." I was facing away from him -- can't wait to see the footage and the look on his face. He gives good face.

I think we had even more insults this time than the first time. V taunted my reactions, saying that the Bailiff would enjoy seeing me kick. I suggested that perhaps he should position his crotch in front of my foot -- maybe she'd like that, too. I sort of blanked out what happened after that. It must have hurt. :-D  Ah, but all too soon, it was over, and I was on my feet again, getting hugs.

We all know where this is going. I am there to deal with an issue, and sooner or later, he's going to break down the wall. Sooner or later, he has to win the battle, and I must give in. That's OK. But I won't mind if the battle draws out a little longer. Because I so love working with these people.

So guess what -- my first scene has been released on their site already. I watched it last night at John's. When it came to the end, there were some endnotes on a plain black screen. Among other nice things, they commended me for my courage... and they plugged my upcoming book!

"Oh my god, how nice is that??" I blurted. "What?" John said -- he doesn't read as quickly as I do. "Keep reading," I said, wanting to laugh with delight and cry at the same time. A couple of seconds later: "Wow. How about that? That IS nice."

You know, I realize I don't cut people a lot of slack and I can nurse an injustice until the world comes to an end. But conversely, I don't take kindness for granted, either. I appreciate it, and I don't forget it. So thank you, SC folks. You have made me feel very, very good indeed.

They had just one more scene to shoot after mine, so I hung out for a while, then left a little after 5:00. John and I had a nice evening; of course, I was hyper and wound up as always after a shoot. But later, I crashed and nearly fell asleep in front of the TV. It was great to be with him and I was relieved that he was feeling a bit better, even though he was kind of run down. At least he had an appetite. The periodontist thinks he may have an infection deep in the root, but for now, all they can do is keep an eye on it. But they don't want to mess around with it too much -- what with the connection between tooth disease and heart disease, and his already damaged heart, they will monitor this carefully.

I will always worry about him. For the moment, though, I am feeling at peace.

But wait, there's more.

The icing on my weekend cake? Tonight, the lovely Pink made my blog her July Blog of the Month, and wrote up a witty and complimentary tribute. I make no secret of the fact that hers is one of my favorite blogs, and I am honored indeed. Thank you, sweetie!

But wait, there's still more. Tomorrow's Monday!! :-D  Guess I'd better get some sleep, huh...