Thursday, November 19, 2020

The Glory of Tik Tok

 Pretty Ones:

I'm not sure how many of you are on Tik Tok or enjoy the snippet videos people post on various topics but I adore them. 


 

Some of my favorites involve animals that tell a story about one of their adventures with a computer generated voice. Mother Fluffer, how I love them!

Of course there's also BL/Yaoified happiness that's always a giggle.

https://www.tiktok.com/tag/bl?lang=en

https://www.tiktok.com/@tsestudios/video/6894271074582793473?lang=en

Some helpful psychological insights

https://www.tiktok.com/@matthiasjbarker/video/6894428485046029574?lang=en

Happy Tik Tok-ing.

Hugs, Z.

Friday, November 13, 2020

Prequel to Bent Not Broken Snippet of Stefano's Birthday

 

Stefano followed the cryptic poster with a handcuff border into the Edge, a BDSM club. 

Unzipping his leather coat, he tried to blend into the shadows by leaning against the wall. The club made good on its promise of a spanking good time.

On stage, someone was taking a paddling, but what struck Stefano was the man doing the demonstration. His long raven colored hair, snug leather pants that clung in places Stefano shouldn’t be staring at, and a handsome face, captivated Stefano. The Dom was stunning, but it was the cadence of his deep voice that uncoiled something tight inside Stefano.

“Position is important. Ensure the target is accessible and nothing pulls your attention.”  Taking off his leather vest, the Dom pushed his long hair over his broad shoulders, and re-gripped the paddle.

“Rhythm and anticipation are tools the Dom should consider and be mindful of how to use them.” His careful and unrushed speech, punctuated by paddle swats, lulled Stefano allowing him to take a first breath. “Unpredictable impact strokes makes the sub unable to settle into a pattern and adds shock along with pain.”

He demonstrated by connecting the paddle to the sub’s ass. The sub’s ass started turning a pleasant pink. “Varying the location of where impact occurs increases the sting. Every stroke remains fresh.”

The Dom stroked a hand over the sub’s ass. He kneeled in front of the sub. His words quiet words were only for the sub. Then he stood and addressed the audience, “Always remain connected to the other person or persons in the scene. Now I will settle into a rhythm.”

One, two, three, four, five…. 

Stefano eventually stopped counting and started wishing. 

Wishing the attention was being paid to him. Hoping that someday, he could have the dreamy look the sub wore. He wanted….

Needing that Dom could never be an option. Stefano was a good Catholic. There had to be Mistresses willing to play with him, who would bring him to subspace. 

Allowing himself one glance over his shoulder, he left the club.

“Happy Fucking Birthday to me,” Stefano muttered. It might have been his first time coming to the Edge, but there was no way it would be his last. 

 

Giveaway: To enter the giveaway please leave your birthday month along your email in the comments section. I’ll about pick a winner on Friday Nov 6th.

 

 

Stefano’s story, Bent Not Broken is about overcoming your past, and accepting yourself so you can grab onto your future. It’s about struggling with your demons and finding a way forward to love.

 

Blurb for Bent Not Broken:

Stefano Rossi longs for the mystical—and so far, unattainable—peace of reaching subspace. But can he accept that the person who can take him there is a man?

 

Riku Tao has given up on finding a sub who complements him. He’ll stick with doing demonstrations at the BDSM club the Edge. He certainly doesn’t have time for a closeted Catholic guy with internalized biphobia… and yet he cannot help but want to protect Stefano and give him what he needs. A history of physical and sexual abuse makes it impossible for Stefano to come out of the closet, and Riku certainly isn’t going back in.

 

Perhaps an arrangement of six months to explore their desires will be enough to satisfy them both.

 

Or it might break their hearts.

 

To take hold of his future with the man he’s coming to love, Stefano will need to move beyond the pain of his past, and he won’t be able to do it alone.

 

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Thursday, November 5, 2020

My Schedule

 To respond to requests I've gotten to what do you do all day:


5am: Up, deal with life & make my bed

515-615am: Do one or more of these household tasks 

(Dusting upstairs/downstairs, Cleaning all the bathrooms, Cleaning the kitchen, Mopping all floors, Vacuuming all floors, (re)organizing or decluttering a section of my house.)

615-700am: Exercise while watching YouTube videos on writing, cleaning or organizing

700-745am: Shower & Dress & start wash

745-820am: Take my love to work

820-830am: Flip laundry (I do 1-3 loads a day)

830-900am: Breakfast (Pokemon or do my Noom articles)

900-915am: Clean kitchen

915-10am: Email, social media, schedule things

10-445pm: Authoring: Writing, Re-reading, Addressing feedback, etc (and taking breaks to do errands, clean something, social media as well as watching a BL)

515-6pm: Pick up my love

6-7pm: Dinner

715-730pm: Reset the downstairs (resetting a room is putting everything away allowing me a tidy house)

Not every day flows like this... sometimes grocery shopping or car maintenance or therapy needs to be slipped. But Monday thru Friday I try to keep to this schedule where I try to balance life & writing. 

Many hugs, Z.

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Breathing Exercises

 Yes, I know I'm all over the place: Sex, Writing, Cleaning... and now breathing. 

I'm just sharing where I am. Right now there's a lot of stress in my world (& probably yours too) and I find breathing exercises actually help >>>> and they are FREE!!!

Falling Out Breath: Inhale as much as you can then take one more sip of air. Then release. (Good for lowering physical tension in your body)

Box Breath: Inhale for a count of 4, Hold for 4 counts, exhale for 4 counts, and hold your breath for 4 counts. (Encourages mindfulness)

Emptying Breath: Inhale for 3 counts Exhale for 6 releasing as much as possible. (Good for calming Sympathetic Nervous System)

((I'm working with the Noom System to get myself in a healthier place))

May every breath you take fill you with peace & love.

Hugs, Z.

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Writing Advice from Jenna Moreci

 I adore watching Jenna Moreci's snarky videos. I always walk away with a pearl of wisdom or even a necklace of great things to remember.


Hugs, Z.

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Love By Chance

 One of my favorite BL's out of Thailand is Love By Chance.

Here's the first episode with English Subtitles: 


If you have doubts watch this first kiss... it's just so... EVERYTHING.


No lie I watch this usually once a week to remind me of perfection. I hope you enjoy it. 

Hugs, Z.

Thursday, October 8, 2020

The Untamed

 Now if we're friends on social media you are well aware of my adoration for the Untamed. 

In my Yaoified Love group on Facebook, I am summarizing each and every episode with my special brand of investigative snark. 

The Untamed is on Netflix & YouTube. 

The first episode is a bit difficult to understand. (You see a "death" of the main character but he is brought back to life/or woke for a coma > lots of differing opinions. So he's confused when he "wakes" up in someone else's (kindaof > again details differ especially because we see him as the same person on the TV show) He's confused and so are we... He acts crazy to confuse the clan he's with... Not to worry soon we get to see how all this happened episode 2 - 33... and then we are in the present.

Enjoy!