SSB - Excerpt from Ken Charles's "Lucia's Presents"

Good evening Saturday Spankings Bloghoppers. Let's finish the year with a resounding crack from Chapter Seven of The Naughty Ladies of Cotton Glen, "Lucia's Presents". 

Happy New Year to all. 

Charlie Kenmore/Ken Charles

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"Now, mija, you are going to receive six more. After each one, I expect you to thank me. When you are ready, you may ask for the first."

She giggles, and impertinently inquires, "What if I'm never ready?" Three quick smacks bring tears, and a concise answer to her query. "Okay, I'm s-sorry, s-sir. May I have the first?" She is answered by a swift crack across both cheeks. "Owww! Thank you, sir! M-May I have the second?" Another smack causes Lucia to kick her legs, which in turn draws the thong back and forth across her pulsating mons. A third halting request is met with another resounding smack, which again pushes her over the top. Her juices are smeared across the insides of her thighs by the time the sixth and final blazing whack signals the end of her punishment.

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An Open Apology for “Capcha”: 

I love to hear your comments. Every author loves to hear positive comments. Every author who is serious about improving her or his work should at least give thoughtful consideration to constructive negative comments, the key word being “constructive”. Sorry about the “Capcha”, but I had a run in with some nasty trolls a while back. I’d no sooner block a name, than the same individual (same misspelled words and grammatical errors) would post under another name. I had to add moderation to the comments. I didn't realize that moderating at my end added a “capcha" at yours. Once again, sorry for any inconvenience. CK

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The Naughty Ladies Of Cotton Glen
By Ken Charles
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0092Y0ELU
For our friends in Europe:
http://www.amazon.it/Naughty-Ladies-Cotton-Glen-ebook/dp/B0092Y0ELU


Eight Chapters comprised of interrelated, stand alone, short stories about the Naughty Ladies of Cotton Glen.

Thursday Afternoon Doubles

Terri, an aspiring actress with a temper, gets her career and life under control with a little help from her tennis partners: Laura, Jeri and Panda, served up in three hard sets of OTK in a locked locker room.

Lucia's Affair

When she’s not subbing into the Thursday Afternoon Doubles at the Cotton Glen Golf and Tennis Club, Lucia Morales makes time for an affair - with her husband. The affair is hot, but an unmade bed lights an extra fire.

Terri And The Producer

After her Thursday afternoon attitude adjustment, Terri promises to make amends with her producer. But sometimes, apologies take more than mere words.

There's Something Naughty About Mary

Jeri makes more than enough money to take care of her young submissive live-in lover, Mary. But to teach her some responsibility, Mary has to pay for some the bills, including part of the rent. Mary is delinquent, and Jeri grounds her while she goes off to make the deal of her career. The deal closes earlier than expected, and Jeri returns home to find Mary missing. Not only did Mary go out after being grounded, she also borrowed Jeri’s car and had an accident (while uninsured). A sound hairbrush spanking from Jeri, and a caning regimen, in lieu of payments for the damages to the other car, from its owner teach Mary valuable lessons.

Giving 110%

Laura’s younger sister, Sally, is madly in love with Perry. At the company’s annual party, after a couple of drinks too many, she makes a point of bragging to a stranger about him and how he always gives 110%, and complaining that the only thing holding him back is his stupid boss. Of course, the stranger is that boss.

When Perry does not respond to her repeated calls to apologize, Sally tries a different tack. She appears at Perry’s house and performs three skits: a naughty young lady gossips in town and earns a date with Daddy’s belt; a naughty school girl is caught by her favorite teacher making fun of the school principal; and a naughty young lady in a bright red dress shoots her mouth off a company party, and earns a session with her fully accessorized red hairbrush. Perry gets to choose one scenario, and play it out.

The Pediatrician And The Birth Of The Nereid

Lucia Morales’s pediatrician takes a well-deserved break in the Greek Isles. But some people just can’t keep work off of their minds.

Lucia's Presents

It’s only a couple of days until Lucia’s tenth anniversary, and she has no clue what to get her husband. She goes shopping with Laura at the mall, but nothing catches her eye. On the way home, however, they find a sex shop, Deus Sex Machinas - Sex Toys of the Gods. At first, Lucia is too embarrassed to even set foot in the store. But Laura drags her in anyway, and proceeds to embarrass her.

Several days later, Lucia buys her husband a collector’s print. When she goes to pick it up, it isn’t ready. So she goes for a cup of coffee, and finds herself back by the sex shop. Without Laura there to embarrass her, Lucia takes a second look in the shop. She ends up making a couple of purchases, including a leather paddle, a leather skirt and bra, and a crop. Her new toys keep her tenth anniversary night new and exciting.

Curtain Call

Everyone gets one last prance across the stage, or over the knee. Panda gets a speeding ticket. Laura needs stress relief. Mary fails to make calls for Sally’s engagement party.

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This is no Disney princess!

hhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B1W4YWK

Payback is a bitch, and so at times is Cinderella. Cinderella is about to marry Prince Charming. Her evil Step Mother and Stepsisters have been convicted of high treason for their conspiracy to prevent the Prince from finding his true love, and are awaiting sentencing. Before the Prince passes sentence, Cinderella asks to take them into her custody for a year to determine whether she may speak on their behalves. The Prince grants her request, and remands the Step relations to one year under the tender mercies of Cinderella.

During this year, while Cinderella basks in the boundless love of the Prince and the joy of her first pregnancy, she applies the hard lessons she learned growing up to her Stepsisters, expressing her concern for their moral edification and well being with various paddles, straps, and even the scopula of a giant trap-door spider. Step Mother, who taught her that nothing in life is free, has to pay for her keep with sexual favors for all who provide her with any goods or services.

SSB--Billy & Alyeska from STWC: Billy's Color Palette by Ken Charles

Welcome SSBloghoppers to the holiday edition bonus excerpt. Tonight's offering is from the phone sex scene between Alyeska and Billy from Ken Charles's forthcoming Sex Tales From West County: Billy's Color Palette.  Glad tidings to all, and enjoy.     

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            “During our time together, you will be spanked. The first spanking initially will be by hand, then finished with a leather backed brush. Once I have undressed you down to nothing but your panties, I will put you over my knee. You will receive fifty swats with my hand. Then your panties will be lowered. You will receive fifty more swats with my hand. Your panties will be removed. You will receive six swats with the leather backed brush.”

           Alyeska asked softly, “Do you spank hard?”

           “Sometimes,” Billy answered. “It depends on the reason and purpose of the spanking. This first spanking serves several important purposes. First, it will help you appreciate that during our time together, you belong entirely to me. Second, the heat and sting will serve as a nice counterpoint to the tingles and tickles that you will otherwise experience as we proceed. Third, it will provide an important measure for you to gauge how far and how long you wish to proceed with our time together. Because….” He paused both for effect and to collect his thoughts as to just why they needed to establish some sort of base line.

           “Why? Hello? Billy, are you still there?”

           “I’m here. I was just simplifying the reason. During our time together, you will be subject to a regimen of ‘Pay Per Cum’. Simply put, there is a cumulative cost to be paid each time you climax. The cost is paid over the knee at a rate of twelve hand smacks and two leather backed brush smacks per climax. So the first time you cum, you will go over my knee for twelve swats by hand and two cracks with the leather backed brush; the second time—twenty-four swats by hand and four cracks with the leather backed brush; the third time – thirty-six swats by hand and six cracks with the leather backed brush, etc. The leather backed brush will also be used as a reminder for any repeated failures to follow instructions as follows: First warning – no penalty; Second warning – two swats; Third warning – three swats; Additional warnings – four swats. Do you still wish to proceed?”

           “Yes, please,” she answered softly.

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No spanking, but check out Charlie Kenmore's Holiday Treat "Once in a Blue Moon" at the Seven Realms Earthside Communications Center (to whit, an earlier blog post here).

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An Open Apology for “Capcha”: 

I love to hear your comments. Every author loves to hear positive comments. Every author who is serious about improving her or his work should at least give thoughtful consideration to constructive negative comments, the key word being “constructive”. Sorry about the “Capcha”, but I had a run in with some nasty trolls a while back. I’d no sooner block a name, than the same individual (same misspelled words and grammatical errors) would post under another name. I had to add moderation to the comments. I didn't realize that moderating at my end added a “capcha" at yours. Once again, sorry for any inconvenience. CK

Check out The Mercies of Cinderella by Ken Charles

This is no Disney princess!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B1W4YWK

Payback is a bitch, and so at times is Cinderella. Cinderella is about to marry Prince Charming. Her evil Step Mother and Stepsisters have been convicted of high treason for their conspiracy to prevent the Prince from finding his true love, and are awaiting sentencing. Before the Prince passes sentence, Cinderella asks to take them into her custody for a year to determine whether she may speak on their behalves. The Prince grants her request, and remands the Step relations to one year under the tender mercies of Cinderella.

During this year, while Cinderella basks in the boundless love of the Prince and the joy of her first pregnancy, she applies the hard lessons she learned growing up to her Stepsisters, expressing her concern for their moral edification and well being with various paddles, straps, and even the scopula of a giant trap-door spider. Step Mother, who taught her that nothing in life is free, has to pay for her keep with sexual favors for all who provide her with any goods or services.

SSB- KEN CHARLES’S CP HAIKU CHALLENGE

Good evening Saturday Spankings Bloghoppers. Sometimes when I’m supposed to be writing, but basically I’m contemplating the dust or cat fur on the keyboard, I need to set aside whatever I am not working on, and write something completely different. One challenge I’ve used to try to jump start the creative process is to try my hand at writing a Haiku poem. Tonight’s SSB offering are some mind palette clearing examples:

Insubstantial twigs,
Green and slender, tied with twine,
Now a fearsome rod.

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Once imperious,
Now roseate and humbled,
Abject and contrite.

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Willow, weeping, waits.
Whippoorwills wail “Whip her, Will,
With white willow wands!”

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All right, SSBloghoppers, consider the gauntlet duly thrown. Now it’s your turn. Let’s see your best CP Haikus. Here are the rules:

1) Size -- 3 lines of first line 5 syllables, second line 7 syllables, and third line 5 syllables.
Each haiku may have up to one extra syllable. Any entry with more than 18 syllables, or more than 1 extra syllable in any line, will be posted, but ineligible to compete. 

2) Subject -- anything corporal punishment theme related. If that is too limited, you’re probably in the wrong blog hop. 

3) Scoring -- Judges (anyone who wants to comment) may award 1 point for originality, 1 point for transformation (see e.g. the first two Ken Charles examples above), and 1 point for the hell of it. Authors are requested not to judge their own works in the spirit of fair play. 

4) Entries must be sent to Ken Charles at Kencharles925@gmail.com by Tuesday, December 10, 2013. All entries will be numbered with the author’s name removed, then posted for comments and scoring by SSBloghoppers on Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Voting will be open until Sunday, December 15, 2013. The winner(s) will be  
posted on the SRECC by Wednesday, December 18, 2013.

5) By participating in this challenge (as an author or judge), participant attests that she or he is at least 18 years of age. 

Prizes--First Place and Best Transformation Haiku each will receive an electronic copy of The Naughty Ladies of Cotton Glen by Ken Charles


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An Open Apology for “Capcha”: 

I love to hear your comments. Every author loves to hear positive comments. Every author who is serious about improving her or his work should at least give thoughtful consideration to constructive negative comments, the key word being “constructive”. Sorry about the “Capcha”, but I had a run in with some nasty trolls a while back. I’d no sooner block a name, than the same individual (same misspelled words and grammatical errors) would post under another name. I had to add moderation to the comments. I didn't realize that moderating at my end added a “capcha" at yours. Once again, sorry for any inconvenience. CK

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Check out The Mercies of Cinderella by Ken Charles

This is no Disney princess!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B1W4YWK

Payback is a bitch, and so at times is Cinderella. Cinderella is about to marry Prince Charming. Her evil Step Mother and Stepsisters have been convicted of high treason for their conspiracy to prevent the Prince from finding his true love, and are awaiting sentencing. Before the Prince passes sentence, Cinderella asks to take them into her custody for a year to determine whether she may speak on their behalves. The Prince grants her request, and remands the Step relations to one year under the tender mercies of Cinderella.

During this year, while Cinderella basks in the boundless love of the Prince and the joy of her first pregnancy, she applies the hard lessons she learned growing up to her Stepsisters, expressing her concern for their moral edification and well being with various paddles, straps, and even the scopula of a giant trap-door spider. Step Mother, who taught her that nothing in life is free, has to pay for her keep with sexual favors for all who provide her with any goods or services.

SSB-2d excerpt from Ken Charles's "The Mercies of Cinderella"

Welcome once again, SSB blog-hoppers. Now that your turkey induced somnambulance has passed, it’s time for some serious naughtiness. Tonight’s offering is another selection from “The Mercies of Cinderella” by Ken Charles. Enjoy.

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Observer raised his hand to slap her once more,‭ ‬then paused.‭ ‬Instead,‭ ‬he merely pointed to her bench.‭ ‬She turned and bent over the end.‭ ‬He looked around the cell,‭ ‬shook his head at the sight of the broken switch,‭ ‬then slowly removed his thick,‭ ‬broad leather belt.‭ ‬Grasping the golden eagle buckle,‭ ‬he doubled the belt‭ ‬at its center,‭ ‬then drew back his arm.

Crack‭!

Elder gasped.‭ ‬She had forgotten that the switch was broken.‭ ‬She was not prepared for...

Crack‭!

“Aiieeeee‭!”

Crack‭!

“Owwwwowow‭!”

Crack‭!

“Yeoowowow‭!”

Crack‭!

“Ohhhhh‭! ‬Oh my.‭ ‬Oh my.‭”

She panted and sobbed.‭ ‬But she did not try to avoid the chastising strap.‭ ‬He paused and watched the crisscrossed crimson swaths grow deeper in intensity.‭ ‬She turned her head back,‭ ‬and her teary,‭ ‬lovelorn eyes,‭ ‬met his besotted ones.

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Check out the other naughty selections at http://saturdayspankings.blogspot.com/.

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An Open Apology for “Capcha”:

I love to hear your comments. Every author loves to hear positive comments. Every author who is serious about improving her or his work should at least give thoughtful consideration to constructive negative comments, the key word being “constructive”. Sorry about the “Capcha”, but I had a run in with some nasty trolls a while back. I’d no sooner block a name, than the same individual (same misspelled words and grammatical errors) would post under another name. I had to add moderation to the comments. I didn't realize that moderating at my end added a “capcha" at yours. Once again, sorry for any inconvenience. CK

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This is no Disney princess‭!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B1W4YWK


Payback is a bitch,‭ ‬and so at times is Cinderella.‭ ‬Cinderella is about to marry Prince Charming.‭ ‬Her evil Step Mother and Stepsisters have been convicted of high treason for their conspiracy to prevent the Prince from finding his true love,‭ ‬and are awaiting sentencing.‭ ‬Before the Prince passes sentence,‭ ‬Cinderella asks to take them into her custody for a year to determine whether she may speak on their behalves.‭ ‬The Prince grants her request,‭ ‬and remands the Step relations to one year under the tender mercies of Cinderella.‭

During this year,‭ ‬while Cinderella basks in the boundless love of the Prince and the joy of her first pregnancy,‭ ‬she applies the hard lessons she learned growing up to her Stepsisters,‭ ‬expressing her concern for their moral edification and well being with various paddles,‭ ‬straps,‭ ‬and even the scopula of a giant trap-door spider.‭ ‬Step Mother,‭ ‬who taught her that nothing in life is free,‭ ‬has to pay for her keep with sexual favors for all who provide her with any goods or services.

IN THE SAND: A DRAWN LINE OR ONE’S HEAD? STANDING UP TO ON-LINE PIRACY

     “Ignore it. It will go away.”  That is the basic advice that I received from several authors when I raised the issue of dealing with an upstart, er start up publishing company that refused to abide by two publishing contracts that it drafted. Indeed, one of the terms of the contracts (same basic terms in both) pertains to the duration of the assignment of rights. After the expiration of the contract term, all rights revert. Accordingly, by simply waiting, the problem will go away eventually. However, while I don’t covet instant gratification, waiting is not in my nature, particularly when I’ve been wronged.

     There are unilateral contracts where only one party has any obligations, such as offering a prize for the successful completion of an objective (e.g. winning a race). No one has to compete for the prize, but if someone actually successfully completes the objective, then the first party has to award the prize. Similarly, a party that acquires an option to purchase something, has no obligation to make the purchase, but if it elects to exercise the option, then the contract “ripens into a bilateral contract under which both parties must fulfill their respective obligations as set out in the option contract."  Richard D. Weinstein, Appellant, v. KLT Telecom, Inc., Respondent (Missouri Supreme Court, SC87816, 2007).

     A publishing contract is a “bilateral contract under which both parties must fulfill their respective obligations”. A bilateral contract is an agreement supported by mutual consideration (something of value-either tangible such as cash or property, or in the form of a promise to take or refrain from taking certain actions). A party cannot pick and choose which provisions of the contract to follow and which to ignore. A publisher cannot take the license to use an author’s copyright protected material unless it is willing to follow and fulfill all of its obligations under the publishing contract. Since many publishing contracts are heavily weighted in favor of the publisher, even the smallest of rights granted to or retained by the author constitutes an integral part of the publisher’s consideration supporting its right to use the copyright protected material. Accordingly, a publisher that fails or refuses to fulfill all of its obligations under the contract is cheating the author. Therefore, the author should not feel guilty about enforcing the author’s rights. An author can always file a lawsuit alleging breach of contract, and in some cases, fraud in inducement or anticipatory breach of contract, or file for arbitration if the parties’ contract so provides. However, there are other options.

I. THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT OF 1998

    The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 provides authors with a means for addressing electronic piracy of the copyright protected materials. It provides procedures for service providers to follow to identify and take down unauthorized works. A knowing failure to take down or block access to unauthorized works could subject the service provider to monetary damages.

     An author who believes that the author’s copyright protected material is being used improperly may send a take down notification to a service provider (DMCA Section 512(c)(3)). If the service provider removes or blocks access to the challenged works, then it is not subject to monetary liability. Similarly, it is not subject to monetary liability to a third party for taking down challenged material, unless the service provider is served with a statutorily proper counter notification from the posting service subscriber.

     Title 17, Chapter 5 of the US Code (17 USC Section 501 et. seq.) deals with  copyright infringement and remedies. Actions under this Chapter include awards of monetary damages and attorneys fees. When dealing with a provider of unauthorized copyright protected materials, the DMCA established procedures for sending a takedown notice. Section 512(c)(3) provides:     (3) Elements of notification.—

            (A) To be effective under this subsection, a notification of claimed infringement

            must be a written communication provided to the designated

            agent of a service provider that includes substantially the following:

            (i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on

            behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

            (ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been

            infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are

            covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at

            that site.

            (iii) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to

            be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to

            which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit

            the service provider to locate the material.

            (iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider

            to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number,

            and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining

            party may be contacted.

            (v) A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that

            use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the

            copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

            (vi) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate,

            and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized

            to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly

            infringed.

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.pdf

Failure of an author to follow the above notice procedures means that the service provided will not be charged with having requisite knowledge of any infringing activities, and so will not be monetarily liable to the author.

     The requirement that the notice be sent to the “designated agent of the service provider” can be a little tricky. The service provider should provide a link to its designated agent. If it doesn’t have such a link on its site, the US Copyright Office maintains a list of registered designated service provider agents. http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/list/. If the service provider or vendor is not listed, then the author should send the takedown notification to any “contact us” link and any complaint and/or comment links (general or linked to the specific work). 

    NOTE-- If an author wants to claim statutory damages or seek attorney's fees, the work must be registered with US Copyright office (17 USC §412).

II. PEEKING BEYOND THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT OF 1998

     You’ve just sent your 238th take down notification, but Infringer-Alpha (“IA") continues to post your copyright protected materials with impunity. Obviously the monetary damages and attorneys fees available under the DMCA haven’t slowed IA down. How would IA feel about triple damages? How would the service providers that keep allowing IA serially to post your works feel about treble damages? Are you really, really pissed off? Let’s talk civil RICO.

     RICO, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1964(a), (b) and (c), provides for civil actions with triple damages as well as attorneys fees. RICO actions are highly complex. However, the basic premise is that entities that engage in patterns of illegal activities may be subject to such actions. There have to be violations of certain criminal statutes. In the case of the serial infringer IA, by posting author’s protected materials without permission or right, arguably IA commits wire fraud, a proscribed action that meets RICO requirements. By posting multiple times, arguably IA engages in a pattern of such activities. In joining with service providers A thru ZZZ, arguably IA creates an “association-in-fact enterprise” for the purpose of conducting the wire fraud activities.

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     Sticking one’s head in the sand and ignoring the actions of a publisher that fails to abide by its contractual obligations doesn’t make a problem go away. Rather, it encourages the offending publisher to treat other authors in the same manner. After all, as any ill-behaved child knows, there is no reason to stop misbehaving until you’re caught and called to answer for your misconduct. An author whose rights are being trammeled should not merely run out the clock and wait for the contract to expire to recover her/his rights. An offended author needs to draw a line in the sand. The author should call the publisher on the publisher’s breaches of the publishing contract both for the author’s sake, and for the sake of future authors. To that end, I notified the naughty publisher that the two contracts were terminated, and sent take down notices to the service providers hosting the two works. Granted, a civil RICO action may be a bit over the top.  However, if any author decides to go that route, please send me a copy of the complaint.

CK Copyright 4/30/12, revised 11/27/13; Moral rights to be identified as the author of the foregoing article asserted worldwide (including in Great Britain in accordance with Sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act of 1988). 

SSB-Excerpt from Ken Charles's "Thursday Afternoon Doubles"

  Good evening Saturday Spankings Bloghoppers. Tonight's offering is the rousing highlights of Terri's second spanking from The Naughty Ladies of Cotton Glen, Chapter One "Thursday Afternoon Doubles". Let's look in on the action.

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     Terri bent and gave Jeri a kiss, then slowly placed herself in position. Jeri decided to play the baseline. While Panda had Terri lie back a little on her lap so that her legs dropped slightly, Jeri had her lie flat across her thighs, which presented a pronounced cleft just below her panties. As Jeri turned up her skirt, Terri started crying again. Jeri’s first stroke was a sweeping forehand lob, catching Terri’s left globe right at the particularly tender flesh just below the bottom of her panties. The blow, which lifted her left cheek, was greeted with a satisfying yelp. Before she had a chance to prepare herself, her right orb received a similar up-lifting experience. As Jeri continued her alternating barrage of carefully measured lobs to her tender clefts and the tops of her reddening thighs, Terri began to appreciate how a sound baseline attack could wear down the opposition. She cried out again, and thought, ruefully, that it was just her luck that this was not one of Jeri’s off days. Today she was hitting every shot right in the sweet spot. With the score knotted at seven swats to each hot cheek, Jeri drilled a scorcher right down center, which left Terri screeching and kicking wildly in appreciation. Jeri gave her several moments to compose herself, then pulled down her skirt. She helped Terri up, and gave her another kiss. “That’s thirty, Love. I believe Laura also has some thoughts to share with you.”

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An Open Apology for “Capcha”: 

I love to hear your comments. Every author loves to hear positive comments. Every author who is serious about improving her or his work should at least give thoughtful consideration to constructive negative comments, the key word being “constructive”. Sorry about the “Capcha”, but I had a run in with some nasty trolls a while back. I’d no sooner block a name, than the same individual (same misspelled words and grammatical errors) would post under another name. I had to add moderation to the comments. I didn't realize that moderating at my end added a “capcha" at yours. Once again, sorry for any inconvenience. CK

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The Naughty Ladies of Cotton Glen is available on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0092Y0ELU

SSB- Ken Charles's Excerpt from Sex Tales From West County: Billy's Color Palette

Good evening Saturday Spankings Bloghoppers. Tonight, let's try an FM selection from the forthcoming all but finished WIP- Sex Tales From West County: Billy's Color Palette by Ken Charles. 

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She raised the brush and gave him the first resounding crack on his newly bared ass.

           “Ow!”

           “Feel free to cry if you like. I won't mind.” Crack!

           “Ow!”

           “In fact,” whack! “I think,” smack! “It would add a nice touch,” crack! “To show,” whack! “Just how much you appreciate tonight's lesson.” Crack! Smack! Crack!

           “Ow! Shit!”

           “William! Watch your mouth, or we will add a mouth soaping.” Crack! Crack! Crack!

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Check out The Mercies of Cinderella by Ken Charles

This is no Disney princess!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B1W4YWK

Payback is a bitch, and so at times is Cinderella. Cinderella is about to marry Prince Charming. Her evil Step Mother and Stepsisters have been convicted of high treason for their conspiracy to prevent the Prince from finding his true love, and are awaiting sentencing. Before the Prince passes sentence, Cinderella asks to take them into her custody for a year to determine whether she may speak on their behalves. The Prince grants her request, and remands the Step relations to one year under the tender mercies of Cinderella.

During this year, while Cinderella basks in the boundless love of the Prince and the joy of her first pregnancy, she applies the hard lessons she learned growing up to her Stepsisters, expressing her concern for their moral edification and well being with various paddles, straps, and even the scopula of a giant trap-door spider. Step Mother, who taught her that nothing in life is free, has to pay for her keep with sexual favors for all who provide her with any goods or services.

RES IPSA LOQUITUR, OR DOES IT?

     My daughter graduated from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine on Friday, May 11th, 2012 (the 63rd such Commencement). Author James Rollins is also an alumnus, but I digress. The completion of her studies finally allowed her sufficient free time to read her father’s first novel, Earth Angel (which had been collecting magnetic particles on her electronic TBR shelf for over a year). When she finished, she asked me a question as to why Angel acquired control of the Veil, while prior entities who entered the Veil didn’t. Initially, I thought the answer was res ipsa loquitur (literally, “The thing speaks for itself”, a legal term used when the evidence presents a fairly certain conclusion as to liability, such as the negligence of the driver who rear ends a stopped vehicle). The living Angel entered the Veil inadvertently and became a part of it. Other entities entered the Veil through the cessation of their existences. However, since Rachael is a careful reader, but still questioned the matter, at some point I may want to go back in and clarify the issue.

     Dammit, Jim. I’m a pantser, not a plotter. The issue of how Angel acquires her powers is an example of a potential plotting pothole. As a pantser, I frequently have no idea what my characters are going to do until the Muse informs me that they actually are doing something. Accordingly, it is not uncommon for me to have to go back and lay a foundation for a character’s actions that would have been easier to insert the first time through a chapter if only the Muse had warned me the insertion would be needed later. Once the proper foundation is laid, then the reader is more likely to accept subsequent plot developments as res ipsa loquitur.

      The same foundational problems can arise with a character’s motivation. I edited a novel wherein the author spent the first chapter establishing a very strong, Type A personality, self-absorbed heroine. The heroine is at the pinnacle of her career, and is about to close a major deal. She enjoys the status and material benefits that her job affords her. Just before this major deal is to close, she gets word that her mother is dying. Several years earlier, the women had a falling out over the heroine’s job, and hadn’t spoken since. Her mother dies, but leaves a package in a safe deposit box with instructions that the heroine is supposed to deliver the package to an individual who lives in another state in a far removed rural location. The heroine drops everything to deliver the package. 

     When I questioned the author about why the heroine would drop everything to deliver the package, essentially her answer was res ipsa loquitur. She told me that it was the mother’s dying wish, and the heroine felt duty bound. Well, from a reader’s perspective, if heroine is so focused on her job and herself, and hasn’t even spoken to the mother in years, where did the sense of duty come from? I suggested that she needed to add in the heroine’s unresolved guilt over her last fight with her mother with whom she was very close when she was a child, to explain why the heroine didn’t just send the package off by an overnight delivery service. 

     While willing suspension of disbelief will allow the reader to bridge some plotting and logical chasms (particularly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction, e.g. accepting that super heroes can fly without any apparent means of propulsion), the fewer and narrower the obstacles, the more likely the reader will be satisfied with the end result. While a proposition may appear “obvious” to the author, the author needs to ensure that there is sufficient detail to allow the reader to come to the same foregone conclusions. 

CK Copyright 5/13/12; Moral rights to be identified as the author of the foregoing article asserted worldwide (including in Great Britain in accordance with Sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act of 1988)   

SSB-- Excerpt from “There’s Something Naughty About Mary” by Ken Charles

Welcome Saturday Spankings Bloghoppers. Tonight’s selection is from The Naughty Ladies of Cotton Glen by Ken Charles, Chapter Four “There’s Something Naughty About Mary”. Enjoy!

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Mary,‭ ‬trembling,‭ ‬watched in the mirror as Jeri raised her soft hand.‭ ‬Like a roller coaster car reaching the summit,‭ ‬Jeri’s hand completed its almost reticent retreat,‭ ‬then snapped forward with alacrity.‭ ‬Smack‭! “‬Ow‭!” ‬Mary realized that things reflected in the mirror are harder than they appear‭!‬

Jeri raised her hand again.‭ ‬Mary tensed.‭ ‬Jeri patiently waited until she relaxed,‭ ‬then gave her a second firm smack.‭ ‬Mary watched with growing anxiety as Jeri raised her hand again and again,‭ ‬only to bring it back in a blurring painful reunion with her blazing orbs.‭ ‬After several smacks,‭ ‬Mary’s eyes were full of tears,‭ ‬and she could no longer clearly follow the course of her chastisement.‭ ‬But the results were readily discernible nonetheless,‭ ‬and Mary cried openly in appreciation.

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The Naughty Ladies Of Cotton Glen
By Ken Charles
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Eight Chapters comprised of interrelated, stand alone, short stories about the Naughty Ladies of Cotton Glen.

Thursday Afternoon Doubles

Terri, an aspiring actress with a temper, gets her career and life under control with a little help from her tennis partners: Laura, Jeri and Panda, served up in three hard sets of OTK in a locked locker room.

Lucia's Affair

When she’s not subbing into the Thursday Afternoon Doubles at the Cotton Glen Golf and Tennis Club, Lucia Morales makes time for an affair - with her husband. The affair is hot, but an unmade bed lights an extra fire.

Terri And The Producer

After her Thursday afternoon attitude adjustment, Terri promises to make amends with her producer. But sometimes, apologies take more than mere words.

There's Something Naughty About Mary

Jeri makes more than enough money to take care of her young submissive live-in lover, Mary. But to teach her some responsibility, Mary has to pay for some the bills, including part of the rent. Mary is delinquent, and Jeri grounds her while she goes off to make the deal of her career. The deal closes earlier than expected, and Jeri returns home to find Mary missing. Not only did Mary go out after being grounded, she also borrowed Jeri’s car and had an accident (while uninsured). A sound hairbrush spanking from Jeri, and a caning regimen, in lieu of payments for the damages to the other car, from its owner teach Mary valuable lessons.

Giving 110%

Laura’s younger sister, Sally, is madly in love with Perry. At the company’s annual party, after a couple of drinks too many, she makes a point of bragging to a stranger about him and how he always gives 110%, and complaining that the only thing holding him back is his stupid boss. Of course, the stranger is that boss.

When Perry does not respond to her repeated calls to apologize, Sally tries a different tack. She appears at Perry’s house and performs three skits: a naughty young lady gossips in town and earns a date with Daddy’s belt; a naughty school girl is caught by her favorite teacher making fun of the school principal; and a naughty young lady in a bright red dress shoots her mouth off a company party, and earns a session with her fully accessorized red hairbrush. Perry gets to choose one scenario, and play it out.

The Pediatrician And The Birth Of The Nereid

Lucia Morales’s pediatrician takes a well-deserved break in the Greek Isles. But some people just can’t keep work off of their minds.

Lucia's Presents

It’s only a couple of days until Lucia’s tenth anniversary, and she has no clue what to get her husband. She goes shopping with Laura at the mall, but nothing catches her eye. On the way home, however, they find a sex shop, Deus Sex Machinas - Sex Toys of the Gods. At first, Lucia is too embarrassed to even set foot in the store. But Laura drags her in anyway, and proceeds to embarrass her.

Several days later, Lucia buys her husband a collector’s print. When she goes to pick it up, it isn’t ready. So she goes for a cup of coffee, and finds herself back by the sex shop. Without Laura there to embarrass her, Lucia takes a second look in the shop. She ends up making a couple of purchases, including a leather paddle, a leather skirt and bra, and a crop. Her new toys keep her tenth anniversary night new and exciting.

Curtain Call

Everyone gets one last prance across the stage, or over the knee. Panda gets a speeding ticket. Laura needs stress relief. Mary fails to make calls for Sally’s engagement party.

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