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New
                  Fiction
                     
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Bookgirl
                           Downunder
 
                           
                           
This is
                           a work in progress inspired by the
                           suggestions and stories of a friend from
                           Australia. 
Chapter
                           4
 added today.
 
                           
                           
The
                           Italian Adventure
 
                           
                           
Like the
                           story above, this work in progress takes
                           me abroad to another exotic place I'd love
                           to visit: the Adriatic Coast and islands
                           off Italy.
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New
                  Essays
                     
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BDSM
                           Limits Lists
 
                           
                           
Traditionally these have
                           been presented like a multiple choice quiz
                           to determine what people will and won't do
                           in a BDSM scene and their levels of
                           interest in specific activities. If you're
                           anything like me (hates being locked into
                           decision making or anything else that
                           might limit improvisation) you'll have
                           probably dismissed these lists as being
                           not relevant. But they can have uses. It
                           all depends on how they're used. In this
                           essay I'd like to share a way I've found
                           to use limits lists without having them
                           diminish the spontaneity of play.
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New
                  Games
                     
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Traffic
                           Lights
 
                           
                           
If
                           there's one aspect of BDSM that I like the
                           most, it's playing games. The games I
                           enjoy most are those that involve some
                           kind of random or unpredictable outcome.
                           Naturally, card and dice games have always
                           featured often but somebody recently
                           suggested one that involves traffic
                           lights!
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New
                  Galleries
New
                  Musings
                     
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"
Good girls keep
                           diaries..."
 
                           
                           
Bad
                           girls don't have the time. Or so said Mae
                           West. I've always kept diaries :)
                            
                           
                           
Last
                           Week
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First
                  Word
                  
                  
 
21st
                  August, 2003
                  
                  
 
                     
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In
                           Case You Hadn't Already
                           Heard...
 
                           
                           
There's
                           a big, bad new virus doing the rounds of
                           the net. How big? 
So
                           Big
 (insert image of fisherman
                           holding his hands widely apart)
                            
                           
                           
I
                           normally don't take any notice of the
                           various viruses and bugs that infect
                           computers around the globe but this latest
                           one has been causing headaches for just
                           about everybody that I know. It's not that
                           I or any of the people I know have been
                           infected by it - it's all those other
                           numbskulls out there who continue to use
                           the email virus spreading program aka
                           Outlook/Outlook Express. If you insist on
                           using this program, do all your friends a
                           favor and learn how to protect yourself
                           from viral infections. If you're not
                           prepared to do that, switch off your
                           computer 
NOW
 and don't turn
                           it back on again until after the 10th of
                           September, 2003 (the date this latest bug
                           is supposedly due to expire)
 
                           
                           
All of
                           this dealing with the bombardment of my
                           email collection boxes has meant I've had
                           little opportunity to do much work on this
                           site. I have however been able to complete
                           a few more chapters of the Bookgirl
                           Downunder series (see link on the left of
                           this page) as well as add a few
                           interesting 
new
                           links
 The gallery pages are also
                           receiving some attention however the
                           server that hosts them is currently
                           offline. Watch this space for news!
                            
                           
                           
The
                           Six-Sided Submissive
 
                           
                           
Aside
                           from the fiction here at this site I am
                           currently still working on writing a
                           full-length piece that traces my
                           submissive journey over the past twenty or
                           so years. It's a blend of reality and
                           fantasy that is intended to be as
                           entertaining as it is factual. The
                           framework for this story as well as one or
                           two completed sections is presently online
                           
HERE
 and is titled
                           
A Serendipitous
                           Journey
. I'm thinking of changing
                           the title to 
The Six-Sided
                           Submissive
 following something I read
                           in Luke Rhinehart's book
                           
The Dice
                           Man
. "The title is vital..."
                           or so said Ira Gershwin.
 
                           
                           
New
                           Yahoo Group
 
                           
                           
A while
                           ago I created a Yahoo group for the
                           collection of comments and feedback from
                           this and my other site. Lately there's
                           been an influx of people wanting to join
                           so I've decided to open it up to people
                           interested in discussing my stories or
                           anything else related to the themes
                           presented here. 
CLICK
                           HERE
 to visit the group. You'll
                           need a Yahoo ID and profile complete with
                           details stating you're 18+ to join. Expect
                           to have your membership application
                           rejected if your profile is
                           incomplete.
 
                           
                           
Writing Partners
                            
                           
                           
A couple
                           of weeks ago I advertized in a couple of
                           places soliciting people interested in
                           swapping ideas for fantasy stories. The
                           response initally was overwhelming with
                           many people claiming to be interested.
                           Alas, the number of those who have since
                           gone on to show any real interest has
                           dwindled to one or two with my Australian
                           friend Alex being the only person
                           currently actively engaged in a story with
                           me (Bookgirl Downunder) If anybody else
                           reading is interested in getting involved
                           in a similar story writing adventure, feel
                           free to join the Yahoo group above and
                           make your interest known. 
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Currently Reading
                           
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The Dice
                           Man
 by Luke Rhinehart
                            
                           
                           
The Bride Stripped
                           Bare
 by Anonymous
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What's in my CD
                           player?
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Hits of the
                           70s
 by Various Artists
                            
                           
                           
Bridges: The Best Of...
                           
Ravi Shankar
 
                           
                           
Greatest Hits 1970 -
                           2002
 by Elton John
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Recent Movie
                           Viewing
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My
                           Fair Lady
 (My all-time favorite
                           movie)
 
                           
                           
The
                           Secretary
 
                           
                           
Willy Wonka and the
                           Chocolate Factory
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Favorite Quote
                           
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"
You don’t reach
                           Serendib by plotting a course for it. You
                           have to set out in good faith for
                           elsewhere and lose your bearings
                           serendipitously
.
" - The Last
                           Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor (The Sindbad
                           Saga) by John Barth
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About
                  Me
                     
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I'm a
                           happily married woman working in the
                           academic field who enjoys art, reading,
                           music and simple romantic pleasures such
                           as picnics and walks on the beach. Fairly
                           ordinary, really.
 
                           
                           
Quelle vie, musique,
                           champagne
...
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About
                  Serendipity
                     
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By
                           definition it is "
the faculty of
                           making fortunate discoveries by
                           accident.
" It's a word that I think
                           is succinct in the way it explains how I
                           came to discover my interests in BDSM, in
                           particular, my submissive nature. I was
                           nearly thirty tears old before I began to
                           feel free to express this part of me and a
                           further nine of so before I started to
                           really feel comfortable with my desires.
                           None on this might have happened if it
                           hadn't been for a chance meeting with the
                           man I ultimately married. This in itself
                           could be described as 
happenstance
 - my second
                           favorite word :)
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About
                  ASSTR
                     
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ASSTR
 home to over
                           1000 authors of erotic literature, host of
                           the alt.sex.stories.moderated newsgroup,
                           mcstories.com, mirror site for nifty.org,
                           and host of several popular erotic
                           literature archives. It is a
                           
free
, user-supported
                           web-site. There are no banners, AVS,
                           blind-links, pop-ups, or other gimmicks
                           designed to pick your pocket.
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WARNING
                     
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This
                           site (Serendipity) contains stories and
                           images intended for adult viewing only.
                           Themes cover a wide range of erotica and
                           adult fantasy predominantly in the BDSM
                           genre. If this type of material is likely
                           to offend or if you are not of a legal age
                           to view such material, you should leave
                           this site now and 
go
                           elsewhere
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