The Test of Twins

Since PayPal's nonsense regarding pseudo-incest and incest, authors of erotica have to become slightly skittish in what they write. I don't write any of the topics PayPal considered banning, but believe me, I was FURIOUS they even thought they had a say in what authors wrote.
Since Mark Coker of Smashwords' valiant battle, and how many hundreds or thousands of angry PayPal users pulled their money, myself included, from PayPal's site, PayPal has re-visited it's absurd decision and now is only going to ban photo books which depict child porn and whatever else they feel is too taboo for sensible humans to make choices in purchasing.
So, how will authors respond to the 'promise' of PayPal to not pick on indie authors? Well, it's a bit scary out there.
I wrote The Last Hard Man before the controversy and now, don't know what to do with it.
The irony is, the demand for stories about twins is great. Two men together. Is that incest? Not in my book. Incest laws are written to prevent conceiving abnormal children. Two men or two women cannot have a kid, so? No harm no fowl?
Of course this depends upon one's sensibilities and the very idea of male twins touching each other could be seen as gag worthy. As I suppose so are gay men and women touching to some. After all, we all know same sex couples bring out the worst in homophobia.
As readers and writers we have the right to write what we like. (say that ten times fast!)
How many fans have asked me to write twincest? Many!! How well will this book sell when it is released next month? Great! I know it's what readers want to read. Hot steamy taboo twincest. Do I write about incest often? No. Will this be my last book on twincest? Yes, indeed.
Dare I tempt the powers that ban to censor my book? They have censored so many covers previously, I expect they will fuss about this one. So, I am going to offer it as an exclusive release only available on Rainbow ebooks. They have never been effected or influenced by PayPal's absurdity. If I can be reassured that this book will not become a bane in my ass! then it will hit Kindle and ARe and Bookstrand. But unfortunately when an independent author is threatened by 'big money', we do stay cautious.
But for those of you who crave lovely twins sharing a man, The Last Hard Man will not disappoint. Please give your business to Rainbow ebooks, because they did not cave, nor did they take down indie authors or books.
The Last Hard Man- out mid April...

Be safe out there.

Where Do We Go From Here?

Did we win a small victory against PayPal and censorship? Possibly- though announcements have been made stating PayPal has decided that perhaps they overstepped their mark by banning books, I'll believe it when I see it- Supposedly only 'pictures and images' of illegal activity will be banned- still not sure where my opinion lies in all of this. Child porn- No- No way- but once again with some of the other 'taboos' there are gray areas.
My question is, where do we go from here?
I have always complained about how women do not have the same access to seeing male nudes as men have to viewing female nudes. Just look at the magazine racks if you think I'm kidding. And straight women, to see men naked, usually turn to gay media.
I won't go on about the double standard of objectifying either sex- anyone who reads my blogs knows I hate the inequity of it, so why go on? Kind of like pissing in the wind. Useless and my leg will get wet.
But- okay, so say we have our small victory and we can still 'read' what we want. But where does a straight woman go to 'see' what she wants?
Gay blogs. Blogs run by manlove authors.
Nope, sorry, not enough.
I want to see more availability of male nudes. Facebook takes down even the slightest inkling of male sexuality. I think one person objecting to a pretty boy pic, hits report, and FB doesn't ask why. They just delete the post and punish the poster. So that's not an option.
Google plus? Perhaps. Though more times than not the pictures of nude men come through censored with black boxes and dashes through it.
Tumblr is the last bastion on the social scene for male nudes. Pretty much, that's it.
So other than gay porn sites, which, leave much to be desired, where do us straight women go for an ogle?
I suppose straight women and gay men need to stick together. We seem to have that in common. We know the male body is a thing of beauty. Just ask Michelangelo.
Where do we go from here? We share blogs, we set up secret groups, we buy gay magazines and DVDs. It's a crazy world when a woman has to go underground to see a beautiful naked man. But it'll get worse before it gets better, if the coming election is any sign.
Keep fighting for your right to read what you want, write what you want, and enjoy the male nude when you want.
Rights are a funny thing. It seems the more you fight for them, the harder they are to win.
Be safe out there.