Contest News & NaNoWriMo

News on the Dommella's Dungeon Contest!!

As you all know, I'm part of the judges panel for the contest - and our lovely host has decided to extend the deadline for entries until November 14th, 11:59 EST!

That means you have another 2 weeks to hit us with your most deliciously evil Dommes out there! Get a-writing!

FFn page: http://www.fanfiction.net/~dommellasdungeon

And as we're already talking about writing - NaNoWriMo starts in less than 2 days on November 1st, 00:00 of your time zone!! 

I'm really excited about this year's NaNo, and if any of you even consider doing this - sign up (it's free!), and add me as a writing buddy!!

The official homepage is here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/

You can find my personal page there here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/518408

and my NaNo blog here: http://dc2010nanowrimo.blogspot.com/

It's 'only' 50k words a month - that's doable! It's like a marathon, being part of it is the goal - and if you only make it part of the way that's still a whopping 10 or 30k words, more than most people write in their entire lives!

On other things -
I haven't forgotten that I still owe you a note for chapter 25 of ABD, I also haven't gotten round to replying to all reviews yet (and I'm still stunned about the sheer number of them! woot!), and I'm way overdue with finishing SG POV for my FGB Team - but I hope I can wrap that up along the way of NaNo writing and contest entry reading, so that come December my plate is mostly free for ABD (and a side project or two, because I cannot not multitask and be mired in deadlines!)

ABD Chapter 24 Notes

posted at
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5846625/24
https://sites.google.com/site/dariachenowith/abd/chapter-24
http://dariaabd.livejournal.com/
http://www.twcslibrary.com/viewstory.php?sid=1383&chapter=24

A few personal things I feel I need to share, and the usual Q&A you’ll find below the cut - and please also read the blog post before this one about how BDSM works in reality, contrary to what some of you might have read in fics online.

A note on Real Life BDSM

As you all know, one of my reasons for writing HBR and ABD is so I can give you a few glimpses into my world - and I feel that of late we’ve breached a lot of new ground for many people. At least from what feedback I got I see that people are confused, and try to make up their mind about where what I write fits into what they ‘know’. Maybe I can shed a little light on some things - how they really are in BDSM.

To make things easier on me I will write this from a male Dom / female sub POV, but obviously everything I say is applicable to any kind of gender combination.

The most important thing first:
Everything that happens in a D/s relationship is consensual. ANYTHING that is not 100% consensual is NOT BDSM. No one is every forced, coerced, or talked into this. No one goes into it blindly, and without having reason aplenty to trust the other one. Anything else is abuse and rape, and should never be referred to as BDSM.

Immortal Sin Award Nominations!

Immortal Sin Award Nominations!

I’m ecstatic to tell you all that I learned that two of my stories are up for voting for the Immortal Sin Awards the Darkest Temptation blog is hosting right now!
Voting runs till October 15th, 10pm EST, the winners will be announced on October 22nd! 

Dark Like Chocolate - Category: Cut-a-bitch (Best Dark Fem)

Bend me, Break me -
Category: The M-effin Straight Jacket (Craziest Mofo out there)
Category: Oh, No You Den't (Most Creative Way to Turn a Character Dark)
Category: Death Is Only the Beginning (Most Creative Way to Kill a Character)
Category: I Cheered It Death Scene (For the demise of any character that made you jump way-the-hell-up and down, clapping in appreciation)
Category: AH (Best All Human Dark Fic)
Category: The Immortal Sin (Best Overall Dark Fic - Takes the Cheese baby!)

I'm pretty much speechless right now. And obviously I won't tell you to go vote for me, but if you happen to have a few minutes to vote and of the stories in each category find mine to be the best I'd be very grateful!