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Wayne R. Tripp – The Interview
4th May 2011 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Wayne's new release, Siren's Song has just been released. (It's brilliant.) So, I thought I'd catch up and ask him a few questions :-)
1. So, tell us a little bit about Siren's Song.
Siren's Song is the story of a tramp steamer, and the romance and adventures of those aboard her.Built in the late nineteenth century, Siren's Song begins life as a small passenger liner running a route from England to South Africa... -
Remember What It Was Like At School, Parents!
19th April 2011 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Okay, all you parents out there. You have a clever kid. You're being driven crazy by the fact that zie doesn't seem to be making the most of hir opportunities. This is why. (Piece of advice: Do *not* show it to your clever children, but bear it in mind when dealing with them!)
There's one indelible rule if you're clever (by which I mean 'academically minded', which is not, in fact, the... -
Please, BBC, Don’t Insult Your Viewers
9th February 2011 | 4 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
I've been hesitating mentioning the whole Top Gear furore because mentioning the programme or the presenters makes people presume I'm having a go at "whatever it is they've said this time", when frankly I could be trimming my greenie-liberal beard or buffing up my sandals! I don't really give a bugger about what the presenters of Top Gear say, because they go out of their way to offend - it's like watching small children...
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Love and Disability
3rd February 2011 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Love is one of the most important things in human existence; a basic need that everyone needs fulfilling in some way or another. Romantic love is something that most people yearn to experience, and which can bring great happiness, but can also come with many pitfalls, particularly for people with disabilities. Love is not something that can be legislated about: people with disabilities have ever greater protection and support in...
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Fiction: A Trip To The Hereafter
6th December 2010 | 6 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
A Trip To The Hereafter
It's not such a bad thing, you know, dying. I should know – death and me hang around together quite a lot, and he's always good for a pint of beer and cadging a few fags. Sorry, I'm being frivolous, and it looks like you're not in the mood. Can't help it: I'm always a bit like this. Anyway, would it really be better if I... -
The Joy of Erotic Eating
2nd December 2010 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Erotic foods need to be special. There has to be an edge of decadence, of luxury. A feeling that this is something unusual, to be treasured and enjoyed. Everyone knows that some foods are sexier than others – but why are they? What makes one substance erotic and another not?
Well, there's lots of reasons. The cost has a part to play: it helps to feel that this is something that... -
Thrace
15th November 2010 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Okay, so my science fiction anthology, Thrace, has been out for a couple of weeks now. I'm actually very pleased with it (and, for once in my life, with the titles of the three stories - Let Tsygons Be Tsygons, Electric High and An Equal Opportunity Murderer).
Obviously, it is time for a teaser from the stories:Jed took a step outside the shuttle port and physically recoiled. It was not, in... -
Guilty – Of Being Ill
28th October 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
On 2nd July 2001, Barry George was convicted of the murder of Jill Dando. In 2008, after the conviction had been overturned in 2007, a retrial acquitted him. From the very moment he was found guilty, analysts such as Joan Smith of the Independent (in her article I'm amazed at the Dando verdict. Aren't you?) had suggested the conviction was unsafe, relying as it did on one dubious piece of...
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Green Parenting
30th September 2010 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
1. Change Your Ideas On Nappies.
Okay, in a perfect world we’d all be putting our babes in reusable nappies (and doing even more loads of washing than we already are), but realistically for most of us, that’s just not going to happen. Instead of thinking, “I can’t do that, so I can’t do anything,” think again. It's worth checking for local reusable nappy laundering services: if you're worried about the... -
Wheelchair Chic
16th September 2010 | 3 comments | 2 people like this
Have you ever noticed that clothes look and feel different when you're sitting down rather than standing up? That pair of jeans which seemed just the right length when you were standing in front of the mirror show an unnecessarily large amount of sock or ankle when you're sitting on a chair. When you're sitting down, the dress which clung sexily to your curves when upright makes your not-all-that-big-thank-you stomach...
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Penelope Friday
I'm Penelope Friday. I write erotica and I also write articles on sexuality. When I'm not writing about sex, I'm writing about disability. Sometimes I write about them both. When I'm not writing articles about sex or disability, I might be writing about cooking with pre-school kids, or about the Regency period, or about environmental 'green' issues. When I'm not writing erotica, you might find me writing sci fi, teen stories, poetry or twitter fics. Quite a lot of the rest of the time, I'm blogging obsessively, and all-too-regularly on the subject of missing muses...
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