Posts from — May 2010

So The Floating World is having a logo contest. Who ever wins gets to go to The Floating World for free.

I entered three logos and I think they are pretty good. It would really help me if people went over and voted for them.

Mine are numbers 7, 14 and 15.

I’d really appreciate it. Plus going to The Floating World would mean going to the largest dungeon on the east coast and who knows what kind of stories I would bring back from that.

It takes about 10 seconds and you’d be making my summer way more awesome.

Vote here!

Many stories, both true and fictional are in the works. My life has been almost unbelievably busy both personally and professionally and there are many things to think and write about this Summer. As well there are many great things to do this Summer and here are three events that I think all my readers will be interested in.

KinkForAll Washington 2 (KFADC2) – June 12th, 2010

The seventh KinkForAll is happening on June 12th and I will be there and most likely using the data I got from my taboo survey and various research I’ve been doing in one way or another for the last decade in talking about why people write about taboo subjects in erotica (and specifically online erotica.)

If there is time I always seem to start a talk about fan fiction and slash and I have some good ideas for that as well this year.

If you’ve read this blog for a while you’ve read the various posts I made about the awesomeness of other KFAs

Come one, come all!

TESFest 2010 – July 2th-5th

In the last few months I’ve become a much more active participant in the community aspect of the BDSM scene in New York City. Besides going to Conversio Virium, Comunbia University’s BDSM group and the DSD (Deviants Socializing in a Diner,) Pleasure Salon, In The Flesh, etc. I’ve been going to many TES meetings and even started volunteering.

The Eulenspiegel Society is the longest running BDSM group in the country and it has a wide range of classes and events on every aspect of BDSM and alternative sexuality. There are special interest groups for queer topics, polyamory, bondage, and many other subjects.

TESFest, I’m told, is a great event with “tons of classes, great vendors, and fabulous play-space setup by The Crucible.”

The Floating World – August 20th-22nd

The event I am looking forward to the most this Summer is The Floating World. I’ve been hearing from so many people that this is THE event to go to this year with a list of presenters that is the best and the brightest, bar none. Plus there is the “largest play space ever assembled in the northeast” which seems too intriguing not to see.

I really like that this event is run by an amalgam of people from different groups and organizations. There seems to be a sense of inter-community cooperation that I see lacking in NYC in a lot of ways.

Plus any building that has Barbara Carrellas, Cecilia Tan, Corey Alexander, Dov, Jefferson, Klawdya Rothschild, Lee Harrington, Lolita Wolf, Mollena Williams, Nayland, and Wendy Blackheart all in it at the same time is a building I want to be in.

If you are thinking about going to The Floating World I would get tickets soon. The prices are going to jump a lot on June 1st.