December 2020

End of Year Interview with Rupert

(Interviewer’s note: This should have been an in-person interview, but due to Covid travel restrictions, it took place over Zoom. Once again, I noticed a cat or two wandering around, and one tabby cat on the keyboard for Rupert’s work laptop). I:  So, Rupert, what have you been working on and what can we expect soon? R: <sighs>. I wish I could tell you that a book is imminent, but alas, the Election and Brexit […]

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Thinking of interacting with me? This is what you need to know

If you want to interact with me on social media, there are a few things you should know. I am an iceberg. You will see only the visible part that I choose to reveal  I am a multi-dimensional human, but I may not reveal all of my dimensions. I am also not going to reveal private personal information. That is simply how you protect yourself in the age of social media. Nothing personal against anybody

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Censoriousness and business in the adult world

The entire area of what is known as “sex work” is an area where societies get into all sorts of conflicts and debates. This is not new. Sex is still seen as a taboo subject by many people in many societies. The reality that taboos tend to contribute little more than ignorance and bad decisions is often overlooked. But since sex is an essential activity, simply for the continuation of the species, it cannot really

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The curses of being politically engaged

I have been unable to focus on book or story writing for the last 2 months because of the election season. Being very politically engaged has a downside. I also have 2 non-fiction book projects for which the election season is providing source material, and I still have a day job. So the re-write of the first book of Books of Loukas is stalled, and Belem’s next story, Bad Girl Christmas 2, is advancing only

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