Smut Marathon: I Hope my Writing Floats your Boat

By Tangled Blue

Writing has always been important to me.  I was the girl in the neighborhood who wrote dramatic plays and then forced my childhood friends to perform my work in the backyard for an audience of squirrels. In high school, I wrote sordid love stories about yearbook camp, dark room blow jobs, and kinky farm parties and submitted them in my creative writing classes just to make my teachers blush.  Now, I write fluffy little nonsense stories for my own pleasure,  and lately I’ve been wanting to expand my writing horizons and be more daring.  

I have been quietly writing erotica for several years.  I  posted my work on a few websites, but I always ended up taking down my stories.  I felt exposed and self-conscious, and I squeaked anytime I saw that someone had read or commented on my work. Writing is a bit like flashing your brain to people, and I get nervous.  

This past summer, I picked up the book Your Kinky Friends on a whim and discovered the world of Nicholas Tanek.   His books are funny, smart, and brutally honest about love, living, and grief.  He takes risks in his writing and exudes a confidence in his work that is infectious.  I  devoured all three of his books with delicious satisfaction. His passion for words and the way he shared himself with the world inspired me to be a braver writer.   I’ve been sharing my work more frequently, and Our Kinky Friends seem to like it. 

This tentative confidence spurred me to enter the Smut Marathon.  It’s a writing contest that has different challenges that are voted on by a panel of judges. The list of the contestants is quite impressive, and reading the different bios and seeing my name mixed in with other authors that I have admired was thrilling.  I  received the first challenge via email a few days ago.  I do love an assignment. Having rules to shape my writing thrills my inner submissive brat who lives push boundaries and apply a personal touch of chaos in order.  I am currently working on my entry,  but contestants are not allowed to discuss the parameters or reveal which writing belongs to them.  It’s exciting to have a secret.  My goal is simply to make it through the first of ten rounds.  The rounds get increasingly harder and I look forward to seeing how the contest plays out.

http://smut.rebelsnotes.com/2018/01/participants/

I have written and rewritten my contribution.  I have chewed my nails to the quick fretting about whether it is good enough.  Failure leads to growth. Take risks.  This has been my mantra.  So with a gulp and my fingers crossed, I am submitting my words to be judged.  I know I have my Kinky Friends cheering for me.

Check out the Smut Marathon webpage to see if I have crashed and burned or will be moving on to another round. Be a reader for the contest!  Readers can vote and effect the final scoring.   There should be good sexy stuff posted throughout the contest that will make you feel warm in your pants.   If I don’t make it to the next round, you may find me consoling myself in the forest acting out erotic plays that I have written on cocktail napkins.  Squirrels always clap.

For details and to read submissions:

http://smut.rebelsnotes.com/

https://twitter.com/smutmarathon

 

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25 thoughts on “Smut Marathon: I Hope my Writing Floats your Boat”

  1. It’s great to read about your journey and I surely will have to check out Nicholas Tanek and his books.
    Thank you for promoting the Smut Marathon 🙂

    Rebel aka Marie Rebelle

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