Author’s Life – Musings of a Chaotic Mind

October 17, 2025October 14, 2025

RAWHIDE CONTEST AND OTHER NEWS!

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.

ENTER HERE—-> https://rawhideranchseries.com/giveaway/

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

August 29, 2025August 26, 2025

CONTACT ME? UM…

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This is a really weird post to have to make, and it’s only going to affect a few people– who probably won’t even read it, but I’m going to try anyway.

So, I get a lot of emails from readers. Because of the nature of this blog, people don’t always like to comment publicly, which I understand. WordPress also doesn’t let you like/comment unless you have an account with them and people don’t want to go through the trouble, which I also get. And then, you have readers who have personal things to say and want privacy.

That’s all fine and I have a ‘Contact Me’ option specifically for these people. However… sometimes people use it for other reasons. Just so we’re clear…

I am not looking to spank you.
I am not looking to be spanked by you.
I’m not looking for a Master.
I am not looking for a sub.
You cannot pay me to Dominate you.
I’m not looking for a sugar situation.

Also… just so you know… If you try to troll me by sending ‘adult comments’ and putting in an email address that clearly isn’t yours, in hopes that I’ll reply to a company or government department with something inappropriate… you should be aware that emails through ‘contact me’ include your I.P. address and general location.

There’s no way to accidentally put in an address like that. It has to be typed in manually. So, if, for instance, you send me an e-mail saying, “are you going to spank me daddy?” and you put the return as a .gov email address of a Utah courthouse… you are making some risky choices.

If the general email box at a courthouse got an angry e-mail from me, in response to someone who used their address… they would probably want to know who was using their email. And I would absolutely turn over that information, because I have very little patience with trolls.

This blog is a labor of love. I do it because people find it useful, but it costs me a lot of time, money, and energy to maintain. So, please respect my time and don’t play games.

July 11, 2025July 28, 2025

TOM LEHRER AND THE MASOCHISM TANGO

Last night I saw the news that Tom Lehrer had died (July 26^th) and, like many other celebrity deaths this year, it pinged my childhood memories. He was 97 and lived a long life, but somehow it still hurts.

Tom Lehrer was a brilliant man. He was actually considered a childhood prodigy and entered Harvard at 15. He graduated from there with two Mathematics degrees, and later taught mathematics and other classes at MIT, Harvard, Wellesley, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. He also taught Political science and his love of math and politics both come up frequently in the career he’s best known for: comical music.

Because despite his years in teaching, his work with the NSA, and his job with the Atomic Energy Commission … most people know him best for his music. He had multiple albums released, did several tours, and even wrote songs for the children’s show The Electric Company.

Free Books!

For those of you who like a good BDSM romance or erotica novel… today is Kynk Your Kyndle day.

Dozens of free books are up for grabs at your favorite retailer today, including one of mine. (It is a one-day event, but many books will still be free tomorrow. So, it’s worth checking if you miss today.)

One Day Only – May 16, 2025

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As part of this event I’ve got Lights, Camera, Daddy! from my Action Daddy series free!

I’ve also got book 2 (Revenge of the Daddy) and book 3 (The Daddy Returns) up for sale at .99cents each for the next few days. So, this is your chance to get most of the series free.

May 2, 2025May 1, 2025

NEW RELEASE AND FREEBIE

Hello, everyone!

It’s been a while since I had a new book out. I’ve been doing a lot of anthologies lately, which has taken up most of my writing time, so my last solo book release was actually in August when I finished the Action Daddy series.

Eeek.

This book is part of Rawhide Ranch, a multi-author franchise about a BDSM ranch where people can live out their fantasies.

As you might guess from the name, it is about a DDlg relationship. I really felt like I got to know Angel and Heaven in this book. Everything just… fit, and it came out exactly how I wanted it to.

This is the second book about this couple, and I really feel like you get to see the way they’ve transitioned from a nervous new relationship to being stable partners with a future.

Harmonizing with Little Heaven Leigh

Sometimes getting everything you want, means leaving some things behind…

Heaven Leigh loves her life at Rawhide Ranch.

She loves her job, her friends, and most importantly, her sweet, patient Daddy, Angel.

She also really loves baking fun cakes and things for the pranks her friends like to play… even if she isn’t super excited about the sore bottom those pranks get her.

But building a life at Rawhide means giving up the last ties she has to the only mother she’s ever known— the company she helped build from a struggling bakery into an empire.

And if she wants to keep moving forward, if she wants the happily ever after Angel has promised her, she’s going to have to accept that embracing her future means letting go of some of her past… Warning: Kink, BDSM, DDlg

Harmonizing is a sequel to Heaven Leigh’s Little Halloween which is FREE today!