April 18, 2008
This morning I awoke with a bed shaking, glass clattering jolt! As my eyelids fluttered open my mind was trying to make sense of a new cheap-motel-magic-fingers-like sensation. No, I had not left my vibrator buzzing on the nightstand. It was an earthquake!
I do not live in California so this is not something I have ever had to deal with before. I was lying there thinking to myself, “Do I get up? Get the kids up? Stand in the doorway? I don’t know the protocol here! Is this really an earthquake or am I dreaming?” I found out two hours later it was, in fact, an earthquake.
My second jolt of the day was a blog review. I had requested a review from Ask And Ye Shall Receive and today was the dreaded day. Apparently Love Bites was not stirred by my emotions, only by the sex scenes. She had some great things to say about my writing but called me the “sexy tin woman”. It was a mixed review but I appreciate her candor and some of her suggestions. I’m making a few changes in accordance.
Forgive me for revelling in my own fabulocity for a second…
In all honesty, Just Me…Marissa was one of the most difficult blog reviews I’ve ever done. Reading it was literally the emotional equivalent of having an eating disorder and being assigned to review a pastry shop.
Clearly, you are a gifted writer. I was immediately hooked in after the first post, and read for a long, long time.
Your blog delves deeply into your sexual journey, and you write erotic prose quite well.
…of all the bloggers I’ve read, you and I have the most in common.
You write sex like nobody’s business.
Thank you Love Bites! If we do, indeed, have a lot in common I’d like to read more of you. I’m not going to be a whiny-ass-cry-baby and pout at the negatives. Writing my story is a journey as living it was so I take it in stride.
Cheers!
Just me…Marissa soul-less sexpot
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April 19, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Lara
I definitely like the cleaner look.
I’ve felt 2 or 3 earthquakes before, both here and in Ohio, but I missed this one. My daughter felt it though… hence my one blog post on it. LOL
I think the soul-less part is exaggerated. (The sexpot not so much… hehe)
I think what she meant is that you should think as you write about why you care about the topic you are writing, and how can you write it so we will care too. Some of your posts do that really well. But some show your exhilaration and still leave us with no connection to what you are feeling. She wants you to make us feel your feelings and care about them. She knew you are a good enough writer to do that, so she just gave you your assignment. And right during finals too… what timing, huh? LOL
May 13, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Marissa
Lara – I like the cleaner look, too. Those were some great suggestions. I have to figure out how to write all those different sides of me into one post. I usually err on one side or the other…sex or emotion. Oh well…it’s a learning process.