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Brand New Heathens Ink Covers, PLUS the Box Set is LIIIIIVE!!!
Get the box set NOW! Love, Pain, and Ink. The men of Heathens Ink Tattoo Studio have a lot to work through, but they always do it together. Rescue Me- Screams, and blood, and tragedy haunt my dreams. I’m alive and I owe it all to the gorgeous former marine who refused to leave me […]
Falling In Puppy Love
Falling In Puppy LoveI want to start out by telling you that less than a year ago, I was as vanilla as they come when it came to what I liked to read about. I was one of those unfortunate people who got a bit scared away from the idea of BDSM in books by…well, I’m sure you can guess which book . I was quite happy going about my life reading vanilla love stories, and then M.A. Innes happened. I can’t remember at this point what made me curious to read some of the more taboo types of kink M.A. writes about, but I found myself curious. That was how I fell down the puppy play rabbit hole. To say I never thought about puppy play before this is an understatement. I knew it existed, I’ve seen the HBO documentaries about people’s “strange” sex lives. But it wasn’t something I’d given any more thought to than that. As I started reading puppy play stories, my eyes were completely opened to a different kind of D/s relationship than I’d ever known existed. Of course, there ARE some darker puppy play stories too, but the ones I found myself obsessed with were the sweet and fluffy stories. The thought of a gentle, caring Dom cuddling, playing, and loving his pup was almost too much for my squishy heart to take. I know for some people, puppy play is just too “out there” to wrap their heads around, but, to me there’s nothing sweeter than this kink. When I think about puppy play, there are two things that speak to me the most—aside from the super sweet Dom, of course. First, I think back to being a kid. I can’t be the only one who spent most of my childhood running around on my hands and knees, insisting I was various kinds of animals, right? It’s that moment of freedom, of not having any responsibilities or worries, of simply playing. When you think of it in those terms, it’s not so hard to relate to, is it? Second, is the ability to touch and be touched without the expectations of sex. Sex is great, but sometimes simply cuddling for hours can restore your soul in ways sex can’t. Sure, some puppy play is sexual, but there’s also the aspect of it where the Master and pup aren’t focused purely on getting off, like other forms of D/s can tend to revolve around, it’s just about being together and relaxing. When I decided to finally dive in and write my own puppy play, I wanted it to be something people new to reading the kink wouldn’t feel too intimidated by, while also being something appealing to puppy play experts. Lars and Jonah spoke to me on a deep level, as a couple who have been together for a decade and are comfortable with their mostly vanilla sex life. When Jonah discovers puppy play, he’s terrified Lars won’t be up for exploring it with him, but he also can’t shake his new-found desire. I think even if puppy play isn’t your thing, this story is relatable to anyone who has been with a partner long-term. It can be scary and difficult at times to bring up new things to try in the bedroom for fear your partner won’t be interested or they’ll interpret your new needs as a failure on their part. The way Lars and Jonah explore this new side of their relationship together is fun, sweet, and very steamy. If you want to check out my first foray into puppy play you can get it here by clicking the button below!And I can say without a doubt that now that puppy play has sunk its teeth into me, I WILL be writing many more in the future.
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Interviews with Downward Spiral
This Interview took place on November 10 at Lando Meyers’ Manhattan penthouse. His home was strikingly similar to Lincoln’s which I visited the week prior— expensive furniture, Downward Spiral paraphernalia. Unlike Lincoln, Lando had sheets of music and notebooks full of lyrics spread out on a desk in his living room, his bass guitar not far away. I asked for a sneak peek into some of his songs that are still a work in progress, but was predictably shut down in a polite manner. The interview was conducted on Lando’s couch where he sat with his bass guitar in his lap and occasionally strummed when a question seemed to take a lot of thought or made him uncomfortable. As mysterious as Lincoln Miller was, Lando struck me as a man with a lot more beneath the surface than he was willing to let show during our brief time together. — Thomas RileyLincoln told me about how the band was started years ago. But tell me, are you all still as close as you were back in high school?I love my bandmates, they’re like brother’s to me. I’m not going to pretend that after months on the road together, crammed into a bus, smelling each other’s feet we don’t get a bit fed up, but at the end of the day we’re family. We’ve all been through a lot together and we’ve formed unbreakable bonds. They’re all great guys, even when I can’t stand them. I understand while Lincoln wrote the two most popular songs in the catalogue, you’ve written all the rest. Was it always the intention you’d be the primary writer for the band?Lincoln writes when he feels particularly inspired, I write because it has to be done. One of the big sticking points when we signed with Epic was that we’d never perform songs by someone outside of the band. We wanted our songs to be personal and mean something to us. I certainly wouldn’t mind if Lincoln could manage to get inspired a little more often, but I’ll always do what’s best for the band and if that means I write almost all of our music, I’m okay with it.Your songs are full of passion and a deep longing. Where do you get the inspiration for the songs you write?Lando took a long pause after this question, seemingly lost in thought for several minutes before answering.Someone very special to me inspired almost all of my songs.There’s been a lot of speculation about your love life, you date more than any of the other band members but it never seems to stick. Are you saying there’s been someone in particular who managed to capture your heart?Ha, yeah he captured it alright. It was short lived but it left a big impression on me. There’s not much else to say about it. What’s it like to be an openly gay rock star?I’m sure it’s no different than being a straight rock star— fans throw themselves at you, propose marriage, tell you how much they love you even though they don’t know you. It’s strange and in many ways not what I expected. But it’s all worth it to get to do what I love for a living. There have been some rumors recently that the band is in a rough patch. It’s been reported Jude and Benji got into a fist fight backstage at your last show. Just last week, shortly after my interview with Lincoln, Jude was reportedly found with a prostitute. Is the situation as grave as it seems or do you think you can get through it?I wouldn’t count us out just yet. We each have our problems, but at the end of the day we’re doing what we love and we’re not going to let that slip away. How close are you to finishing your next album? Can we expect to hear new songs during your tour that starts next month?Just some fine tuning left before we can record, everything it right on track. Don’t miss Play it by Ear, releasing on July 2nd on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited!
