I started out as a fetish artist for C.F. Publications years ago and before long I began to write for them as well. Hundreds of short stories later I decided to give books a try; now I'm now an author with five novels under my belt. My favorite genres in which to create are those involving power exchange relationships so you'll see a lot of that here.
While I’ve been on hiatus here for the past month, deep in Krampus writing/editing, I’ve been adding to my list of article ideas. I’m constantly on the lookout for quick and easy ideas, because as you’ve noticed… most of my articles are pretty long by blog standards.
I like to get very in-depth on subjects. (My books reflect that too. I’m big on backstory, plot, and detail.) I also like to give examples, so that people who are new to all of this can understand a little easier.
So, it’s hard for me to come up with quick blog ideas to fill in between the longer ones. And often what I think will be a short topic… isn’t. Oops.
As I mentioned last week, things have been quiet here, and I’m going to try to pull it together now that the new year has come. A lot has been going on, and my December’s are really busy in general. But I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone happy holidays as we head into the New Year.
My card theme this year was capybaras, and I’m fairly pleased with how they came out. What do you think?
When I make my cards in December, including my digital one, I pour all my hope and love into them. So, please carry those hopeful wishes with you into 2026.
2025 wasn’t the best year, for a lot of us. It was a struggle in so many ways. My author income took a hit for a couple of reasons. One, was just that I wasn’t able to put out as many books as usual.
Another, and this was the major factor, is that Ai generated slop has really changed the business. Almost every author I know has taken a hit. Many authors, photographers, cover designers, and models are simply quitting and leaving the publishing world because of the major income drops.
I remain committed to creating my own books. To hiring human editors. To buying art from actual artists, and photos from real photographers and real models. But it’s getting harder to climb to the top of the pile, when Ai scammers can upload three fully complete books per day–all created by AI.
None of them are worth reading, of course. It’s stilted, and formal, like an amateur trying too hard. It’s choppy and doesn’t make sense.
It’s Ai’s approximation of what people want, based on millions of stolen books that it’s churned up. But in a lot of ways it doesn’t matter if people discard them after a few pages. When they are enrolled in KU, the scammer gets paid by the page. So even if they read 20 pages and quit… the scammer still gets paid.
Not much, just pennies. But multiply that by 500 books and they can make a fairly decent income off of very little work.
There really isn’t anything we can do about it, except encourage people to avoid books with obvious AI features. There is a lot of pushback against AI created art, as there should be, but we’ll see if it’s enough.
In the meantime, I’m just going to keep trucking. I will continue to do what I can, and put out the books that come from my ideas, my experience, and my heart.
I appreciate all the support I get from readers. From the purchases and borrows that pay the bills, to the reviews that help encourage others to read them. And especially for those who talk about my books, share them, and recommend them. Thank you, so much, for your support.
I know things have been quiet here lately. I have been soooo swamped. December is my busiest month and this year everything just went slower than usual.
Which is why my holiday book just came out yesterday, on Christmas, instead of at the end of November as planned. But for those of you who have been waiting for the next Krampus… I think you’re going to love it.
It’s the longest one yet, which is part of the delay, but this couple is just so good. I honestly didn’t want to stop writing them.
Anyway, I hope to be back to blogging in January, but for now, please check out Krampus Tamer.
In the old days people called him Krampen. Claw. Demon.
He was a monster out of nightmares, and while most of the Collective has moved on from that early form, he’s always felt most comfortable in their primal shape. The claws, and wickedly agile tail and tongue are just too useful to give up.
Especially now that he’s ready to choose a human mate. And even more so when that mate turns out to be a brat in desperate need of taming. The kind of taming only Krampus, the embodiment of punishment, can deliver.
But his new mate isn’t just any brat. Brianna is a single mother, fierce and bold and determined to do whatever it takes to keep her daughter safe. Now Krampus will have to break every rule his kind has, if he wants to keep his mate and her child.
And it’s a toss-up as to whether he’ll be the one doing the taming…. Or the one to be tamed.
I use the phrase ‘power dynamic’, or just ‘dynamic’ a lot in my articles, because when it comes to BDSM relationships, power and who holds it, is a huge part of everything. When you submit, you choose to give up your power to a dominant partner. When you enter a D/s relationship you are entering a power exchange where you negotiate which partner holds the authority and what the limits of that authority would be.
But recently in a book group I saw someone ask what the phrase ‘power dynamic’ meant. I realized I’d never really defined it here.
First of all, I know I’ve been slacking this month. Octobers are always busy for me, and I’ve got a lot of work on my plate. I am working on a few articles but none of them are the quick and easy sort, so they are on the back burner for the moment.
But I did have some fun news!
The Rawhide Ranch universe, in which I now have two DDlg books, is celebrating its 5th anniversary with a contest!
It’s Rawhide Ranch’s 5 year anniversary and we want YOU to celebrate! Enter to win a Special Edition Hardback of Hayleigh’s Little Halloween, plus over 30 ebooks from some of your favorite Rawhide Ranch Authors.
By signing up you’ll be agreeing to join the newsletters of the authors involved, like me! It’s a pretty simple process. I believe all of the authors write DDlg, so most of the prize books will be that genre. So, if you love Daddy Doms and Littles you should be happy with this.
And in other news, don’t forget the next Dirty Daddies anthology, Monster Daddies is coming out very soon! These aren’t your normal Daddies. They are supernatural, paranormal, and/or Monster Daddies!
I have a Mothman story in it that I absolutely loved writing, and I hope you’ll love it too. It’s currently at a discounted price for pre-order. Once it goes live the price will go up so I’d grab it now. You can find it here: https://books2read.com/monsterdaddies
Musings of a Chaotic Mind 