A very clever present

Happy Christmas Eve, everyone! We have another lovely gift under the tree, and I have to say that the author has come up with a creative submission for us.

Peach is a long-time village member and has also contributed many stories in the past. I’m sure most of you will be very familiar with her blog, Peach’s Corner. You can look for her story there, on the Holiday Exchange page, or just click here to be taken right to it: An Invitation.

And be sure to leave a comment, because the title of her story is definitely appropriate, and you’ll want to let her know how much we appreciate her participation! 😏

Yay, another present!

Hi all, I am pleased to announce that another long-time author has shared a story with us. Nicky started participating in the holiday exchange back in 2019, and she’s shared a story (and poetry) with us every year since then. Let’s hear it for all the returning authors! 👏 😃

You can find Nicky’s story listed on the Holiday Exchange page, or click here to be taken to the Archive of Our Own site: A Season to Remember. Remember to leave a comment while you’re there and let her know how much you loved her story!

Another gift under the tree

Hope your holidays are merry, fellow kinksters! Mine is proving to be very busy so far. But I’m happy to announce another story submission, and this author has participated once before too, back in 2020.

As always, you can find her story on the Holiday Exchange page, or click here to be taken directly to the story: Red Bottom Brats. While you’re on her blog (Patti’s Stories), make sure to leave a comment so she knows how much we appreciate her participation. 👍🎄

One more gift for y’all

It’s nice when past authors return to share their talents with us, and I’m sure a lot of you are familiar with the domestic discipline relationship between Kris and Libby. This is their third Christmas with us, and I’m very happy to see their loving relationship is as strong as ever.

Check out KM’s latest story on the Holiday Exchange page, or just click here to get right into the action: First One In Last One Off. And when you’re done reading, make sure to leave a comment for the author, and let KM know how much you enjoyed it. 👏🎄

Two more gifts under the tree

I’d meant to post this earlier, as it was submitted to me before Thanksgiving. But it’s been a bit busy…guess that’s to be expected this time of year! 😉

It’s always nice to be introduced to a writer or blog I haven’t come across before, especially when they manage to combine two of my favorite genres — sci-fi/fantasy and kink! 🙌

This new author has managed to write two (rather lengthy) stories in time for Xmas. So check out Andie’s stories on the Holiday Exchange page, or click here to be taken directly to her blog, Swinging the lamp.

And be sure to leave a comment while you’re there, to make sure she knows how much you appreciate her gift! 🎄👍

The first story of the holiday season

And what a beautiful story it is! It arrived way back in early November, but I knew Americans wouldn’t want to hear about Xmas until Thanksgiving was through! 😝 (I have a couple more stories, by another early author, which I will post in a couple of days.)

Anyway, enjoy this lovely way to kick off the holiday season, and be sure to let the author know how much you enjoyed it!

You can find Woodsy’s story on the Holiday Exchange page, or click this link to be taken directly to his blog: Under the Cathedral Roof.

It’s that time of year again…

Time to start thinking about the Annual Holiday Exchange, folks! It’s been another tough year for lots of us, though I know it’s nice that things have started opening up and people are getting to socialize again. 🥳

Many of you have told me how much you like participating in the holiday exchange, or getting to enjoy the gifts people have shared. It’s also one of the times I’m forced to produce new material! 😝

So dust off those computer keyboards, sketch pads, mics, or fountain pens! You can submit a story, drawing, puzzle, song….the list is endless. You can post it on your blog and send me the link, or (if you don’t have a place to post it), send the material to me and I will put it up on my blog. Make it PC compatible, please? I don’t have a Mac.

Looking forward to upwrapping all the gifts this year. 🎁 😃 So don’t procrastinate (too much), and start preparing something now! (And btw, it doesn’t have to be Xmas-themed. As long as we’re celebrating TTWD, I know it’ll fit right in. 🍑 )

Fighting a losing battle

Hello All. This post unfortunately has nothing to do with discipline, unless you count the fact that I want to whack the heck out of Google, and not in a fun way. 😦

I do use the search engine all the time, and think it’s one of the best out there. But recently my email client (Outlook 2010) stopped working with all of my Gmail accounts (I have 3 of them), and it’s pissing me off.

Yes, it’s an ancient email program, by internet standards. But I strongly believe in the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mode of living, especially when it comes to expensive software programs. (The only reason I have Outlook is I won a copy of Office 2010 a decade ago, probably the most valuable prize I’ve ever gotten.)

The problem is that Google is supposedly increasing their security and has stopped working with less secure apps. I say “supposedly” because I’m suspicious of Google’s motives. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but it doesn’t take a genius to understand that data is power/money, and the more data Google can collect on you, the better it is for them.

Any app that works with Google’s new standards is required to accept all cookies. Alternatively, there is a workaround which requires me to turn on 2-factor authentication and get an app password to use in my Outlook. The issue I have with that is they want me to give them my phone number so they can give me that password, and I refuse to have my personal number linked with all of my Gmail accounts in their database.

I’ve thought of going in to work and using my office phone number, then getting the app password via a phone call rather than via text. But that’s not an ideal solution because whenever I use that phone number (which I only do when required to fill in one on the internet and I don’t want to use my cell), there is an increase in spam calls to the office….big surprise. (And I’m not even going to dodgy sites or giving it out indiscriminately.)

Anyway, does anyone have any advice on this topic? What about a burner phone? That might be useful for other instances too. 🤔

Belated Easter present

Hi Spankfans! I hope everyone had/is having good holidays, whether you celebrate Easter, Ostara, Pesach, etc. I’ve been swamped with administrative stuff (taxes, annual certification for my apartment) and preparing for Mil to arrive (after more than 2 years apart, being able to see her again in Hawaii….woo-hoo!). But I did have some good news shared with me recently, that I want to pass onto you.

I’m sure you’ll be familiar with the author who posts as Woodsy, who’s shared many entertaining and touching spanking stories about Jo and Carly, and who also writes very imaginative scifi/space stories about sisters Jainey and Reba. You might also remember me mentioning that he’s a very talented poet?

Well, he’s published a book of poetry, and it’s now out an Amazon! Yay! Here’s a link if you want to go check it out: Carving my heart of out splinters. (You can tell the author’s a poet — such a beautiful title! 😉 )

Anyway, congrats on your new book, Woodsy! It’s an accomplishment to be proud of! 👏 🥂 😀

New website to check out

Hi Spankfans! I’m sure you’ll be familiar with the author Leandra Summers, who writes F/F romance of special interest to those of us into TTWD. 😃 Well, it might come as surprise that she’s never had a website or blog till now! I don’t know how she got away with not having a place to interact with fans and announce new projects. 🤔

Anyway, all that’s been rectified because she’s now got an official website, which I am happy to announce here. You can find it on my Links page, or just click here: https://www.lesbianadultromance.com/. (Besides links to all her work, she’s got interesting pages on lesbian products and great lesbian quotes too.)