If you blush at a word rhymed with hex, Tex, and flecks,
A word with alliterative friends sip, senses, and specks
Then, do not click Read More for the thing you do next.
If a word I once gamed into Snore Spasm brings hives
Or, use slang for the word for which douche was contrived
Then, do not click Read More and run for your lives.
(And, have a wonderful day.)
Okay!
So!
Here we are on the other side of that READ MORE button.
In case you got here in error, this is your last chance to leave before I officially shout the words to which my pathetic where-is-my-Dr-Seuss-brain-when-I-need-him poem referred.
Still here?
Ready?
I cannot believe I’m going to type these words. And, guess what! I’m going to put them in bold letters.
SEX!
ORGASM!
VAGINA!
[You can’t say I didn’t warn you.]
For the last few months, I’ve been following a series written by the very talented August McLaughlin, in which she invites discussion about the oft verboten topic of female sensuality, sex, and orgasms. In the event you want to read the first in the series, here’s a handy link to that article. Unlike my dysfunctional glob, you can bounce through the series using August’s sidebar.
The name of this series?
GIRL BONERS!
In her first GB post, August reminisces about her Sex Education in school. This moment in my education is one of my “where were you when” moments. Right up there with the night I spent at a friend’s house and learned that boys put their you know in a woman’s you know to make babies.
EW!
At that age, I didn’t even know there was a you know next to my URETHRA.
[I put urethra in caps because I almost typed wee-wee.]
One article led to the next and I discovered there was much I did not know.
This-is-so-naughty-I-shouldn’t-be-reading-it thoughts collapsed under the pressure of curiosity and (BONUS!) a character quirk I needed for one of my protagonist’s bouncing-the-thoughts ball.
This quirky bouncing-the-thoughts ball middle-aged character is now on a mission to discover everything she can about Kegels and female sensuality and orgasms.
Only one sticky wicket.
I did not KNOW what I didn’t KNOW.
Plus! And this is no lie.
[I have been known to lie outrageously fib on occasion.]
I knew I could not write about a middle-aged character’s quest to find her sensuality and correctly identify all things female without taking that journey myself.
[Yeah. I know. The sacrifices writers make in their quest to get in the head of their characters. Exhausting!]
How old was I when I first heard the term G-spot? Oh – current age minus three years equals…
How old was I when I learned what G-spot meant and where it’s located? Oh – current age minus one month equals…
In the interest of literary genius curiosity run amok, I purchased a book August mentioned in one of her comments.
At first I thought, “Could they have made the book title a tiny more obvious? Gaaah! I cannot take this book into Starbucks to read on my breaks!”
Memories of my school years — when brown grocery sacks morphed into book covers — to the rescue!
[Insert visual of me as a cheerleader, waving my pompoms and doing a split. Yeah. I’d like to see that visual, too. I was so not cheerleader material in high school.]
But, I digress…
Again…
I created a book cover for my new treasure trove of all things female.
[Cue reworded “Getting to Know Me” music. Please and Thank-you]
I could go on and on…
And, on…
For more words than you likely care to read about what I learned between the covers of this book.
I’ll sum it up with one word,
LOTS!
Thanks to Central Market, I now have a book I can carry with me for reference. Bonus! If has nifty handles, so I can carry it around like a purse.
Scenes for my quirky character birthed themselves in my noggin as I read this book.
When August issued a fantasy challenge in her last post, I was hot ready.
She invited snippets, true stories, or short stories describing a sexual fantasy.
I chose a short story.
Why? Aside from the fact that it offered the highest word count for my yappy fingers…
Um.
[I’ll get back to you on the ending to that sentence. ‘Kay?]
If you’d like to read her post today, my short story is featured there, along with other snippets of very interesting sexual fantasies.
Full and Fair Disclosure: August’s Girl Boner series, the fantasy snippets, and my own short story do not fall into the PG category. So, PLEASE, if you think suggestive language or (as is the case with my story) profanity might cross your heat tolerance line, approach this particular post with caution.
I L-O-V-E August McLaughlin’s blog.
The Girl Boner series is only part of the treasure she shares in posts both health and serenity related. In other words, she ROCKS! I re-blogged one of her recent posts. You can link to that here. Here’s a link to another one of my recent favorites. Don’t ask me why but “Reassuring Facts for the Creatively Compulsive” snapped my oh-so-disciplined garter.
How much of my short story is real and how much is fiction?
I’ll never tell.
Telling lies Creating fantasy worlds and characters is, after all, what writers do for a living to satisfy their overactive libidos creative souls.
So! Did I shock the Holy Mackerel out of you? You won’t want to read my book if I did because my quirky, middle-aged character reveals more than the cover of this book.
In public.
In front of Alpha Male. With requests for additional Intel.
Leave a comment so I know I haven’t been banned from your reading list forever. And, make it a wonderful day — however you choose to define that today.
Your blog titles always KILL me. :0
Brinda Berry
You have got to be the most diplomatic person I know, Brinda!
Cracks me up!
I ask that you comment so I’ll know you didn’t drop me from your reading list. Thank you! I’m grateful.
H–O-W-L-I-N-G because it feels as if I just walked into a room naked and someone said, “Nice hairdo!”
I replied to the post from email without realizing it ends UP IN THE COMMENTS. It’s a good thing I didn’t reveal any private chronicles of my own in the reply…haha.
I can count on you to put a smile on my face everytime.
“Nice…um…Hairdo!” Oh Gloria! You are back, oh baby are you back! So glad I clicked on my reader today because you had me LOLing from the get go. So I’m now going to have to hop over to August’s blog, because, after the Dr. Suesian intro here I can not imagine what you’ve gotten up to over there!
Jessica! How did I miss my reply to you? *bonks head*
I am BACK! Thanks for your visit to August’s site and kind comments on my HOT, HOT short story.
I surprised even myself with the level of heat I put in that story. Like Sadie, I’m oh-so-anxious to find out what happens next…next…next…
Huh! Fancy that! Kind of sounds like I’m thinking of expanding this into a novella.
Oh, you little she-devil. Have you seen the Vagania Chronicles? It was very empowering. Are we advocating for sex? Do we clamor for more orgasms? You go for it, girl … I love the subject and the humor … as always … folds me in half :):):) You got three smiles today !!!
No! I have not yet seen the Vagania Chronicles. Empowering? Yet another item for my newly renamed TA-DA! (versus TO-DO) list.
In response to your “Are we” questions…
The short answer? “Yes.” The long answer? “Hell, yes!”
I’m so glad to hear from you. I’ve missed you.
Almost as much as my glob missed having me around.
Let’s hope we are both back for the duration of 2013 🙂
You crack me up!!! Loved this post and have to read the story now. There is NO choice!
*Grins*, Hildie!
I added a disclaimer on the heat level in my short story and fantasy snippets shared in August’s post.
I loved reading them. I love the whole Girl Boner series, but some of my readers might find it too racy.
You slid in under the pre-disclosure wire. Hope my story doesn’t make you ask me to wear a trench-coat and fedora when we meet at Nationals.
And, yes! yes! yes! Let me know when you’re ready for shout-outs on your upcoming release. Congratulations, you prolific writer, you!
There’s just no way I wouldn’t read more and more, Gloria. You have such a whimsical way with words. I think sexy romance writing women are some of the most vivacious, creative, happy, fun-loving souls on the planet. I’m not going to lie, I’m heading over to your short story. No one will ever convince me that titillating written words are to be shunned. Never. Give me a healthy titillation over murder, despair, torture and atrocities every day of the week.
Well,*blush* I can tell you I had more fun writing about Sadie than people might think I should have.
I’m with you on the power of healthy, sexy, realistic romance.
Why does one genre rate open discussion (The Hunger Games, as an example) and another raise the too-naughty-to-talk-about flags?
Heck! If fantasy is the much-sought genre du jour, most romances meet that criteria with their 100% *satisfaction* rating. I love to read about the Big Orgasmic Climax. But, what about the 70% of women who don’t experience that? Since open discussion is widely verboten, most women rank themselves abnormal and inadequate.
Jennifer Crusie wrote one of the best bad sex scenes in Faking It. It’s my personal favorite of all of her books.
But, I’m making this comment long enough to be another blog. Which, come to think of it…
Stay tuned!
I’ll forever read you, Gloria!
I know it’s been done, but I see you doing a series called the Vagina Monologues…
SKA-WEET, Carole!
If I choose to have two body parts talking, I suspect I won’t go for same gender interaction (Pun? You decide.). Just sayin…
I can only imagine the fun I’d have with that tit for tat (or something like that). YIKES! Dr. Seuss again?!?
Thanks for the visit and comment.
LOL. Only you could get the phrase “sticky wicket” into a post like this! August does a great job of discussing any topic with a calm authority, and its a refreshing change from the I daren’t mention that kind of approach. Especially when it’s something we all do and like! Good post 🙂
SKA-WEE, Nigel!
I will admit I Googled “sticky wicket” before responding to your comment. I knew it was originally a sports term (Cricket, right?), but wondered if you Brits word-played it into another meaning; one where the word wicket was redefined…
Okay! Moving on!
I agree with your compliments about August. She’s the one whose “calm authority” pulled me out of my hands-over-my-ears LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA land on the topic of sexuality. I didn’t need much encouragement, but still…
And, it’s something we do all do, and (speaking from my own female perspective) craved to enjoy. It seems counter-intuitive that society places boundaries on this, yet embraces prime-time shows with blood, guts, and gore.
I know! Sex needs an Infomercial. It’s free! It’s fun! Enjoy it in the privacy of your own home! But, wait. There’s more! Call now, and we’ll wave *handling fees*.
*Cracked up on that unintended pun.*
There isn’t a single word or phrase that Brits can’t use as a euphemism! For example I have never found the courage to use the word “muffin” in England. Would you like a muffin? My, those are nice muffins? How much do the muffins cost? … You see, there’s just no use of the word that doesn’t bring on rabid laughter.
Cheers!
AHA! JUST as I suspected, Nigel. I would so LOVE to travel to England with you (and your wife and children, of course)…
Off now to Google slang meanings for Muffin in England.
In our travels, I would say it FOR you (with my American accent) and watch you try to explain why you choose to hang out with dingbats. (YIKES! I’ll bet the Brits reinvented that term, too.)
I plan to check out the alternative meanings for Sticky Wicket while I’m there. Just so you know…
I’ll be back.
Means so much, Nigel. Thank you! Pretty sure I could not pull of “sticky wicket” with such grace. LOL
*off*
There’s just no answering the idea of anyone “pulling off a sticky wicket”!
And I’m not going to say any more on this subject!
Cheers
Who knew blog posts could feel like Christmas morning??? Thanks so much for the shout outs and continual GB enthusiasm and support, Gloria! I mean it when I say GB Central would NOT be the same without you. Your story has lit up many fires already, in the best possible ways. I imagine you’ll gain readers by opening yourself and your talents up as you have.
Thank you, beauty! Please keep rockin’ it, and our worlds with sassy Sadie. 🙂
Sassy Sadie will not be denied her follow-up contacts with *that man in the corner*, August.
You unleashed a writer of erotica.
Never mind the boost it gave me to step outside the good-girls-don’t-say-that comfort zone.
I realize I’ve been hiding behind my fiction. Kind of fun to peek around the corner…
YKWIM!
By heart or by heat, Gloria, your humour shines.
Sherry! Thanks so much for the visit and comment.
I think a spoonful of humoUr makes tons of sense when exploring uncharted and sometimes unconventional waters.
And, based on our chat this morning — I again assure you Sadie had her panties on while sitting in that bar chair. She ditched them on the way to the elevator.
I’m still laughing about your “no chairs were harmed in the production of this story.”
Your wit shines (as always)!
It’s a shame how bottom shelf, dark corner, hushed tones female sexuality is! Sex is not something to feel shameful about. And the erotic revolution has empowered so many women to take the reins (not necessarily literally) of their sexuality and sexual relation. Props to you, Gloria, for tackling and tickling the topic! Always in stitches on your glob!
Thanks for the thumbs-up* on this post, Megan.
[*My naughty brain might make a good-to-go, other-parts-up word play, but I won’t let her out to play today.]
Depending on what the reins are made of and where they’re located, I’m glad you added the “necessarily” qualifier to your parenthetical statement. Good Grief! My naughty brain comes out to play even when it’s not invited to the party.
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I love your ability to laugh…about anything…even yourself. I love the ways you’ve went about educating yourself…and I couldn’t agree more about August and her Girlboners! By the way, I LOVE your book cover. Brilliant camo, my friend. 😉
Thanks, Kitt! Hey! If we’re going for the love of female orgasms, I thought HUGO First would be the dude to get us to the end.
Of the book.
And, those juicy (pun intended) oxytocin brain and body glee boosters.
I remember this one! Fantastic then and now. 🙂 Thanks again for the super sweet shout out and support. Laughter and people like you are invaluable, Gloria!
You got me started down this path, August. A fact for which I will forever be grateful. Go Girl Boners!
That I’ve contributed at all to your journey means more than I can say, Gloria. You’re such a rockstar! Thanks for being you.
Entertaining and truthful, loved it!
Thanks for bopping over here, Kim. And, for tolerating one of my GAAAAACK(!) I-have-no-time-to-edit-and-make-this-flow glob posts.
It happens.
Often.
Truthful? You bet! It’s that awesome August McLaughlin who dragged me from the “good girls don’t say those things” closet. Whoop! Look at the time. Time to masticate a wee bit of breakfast. *grins* I’m half-caffeinated at the moment. My brain-to-fingers filter is malfunctioning.