Jennifer Thorne

Myth, magic, and song

But, it’s an interesting slice of culinary history.

Jennifer 8 Lee searches for General Tso’s chicken…

I just reviewed Michael’s short story ‘Doppelganger’ over on Goodreads. Check it out:

Like Butterflies in Iron: Erotic Tales of Urban Fairies by Frances Selkirk


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Doppelganger, by Michael M. JonesIn: Like Butterflies in IronCirclet Press, 2010
The premise of this story is interesting; exploring the dark side of fairies and what happens when a granted wish doesn’t turn out the way one might hope.Holly lives a disconnected life, cut off from personal attachment, and quite happy as her role of observer until someone shows up in her apartment. Someone she never thought to see again.
Herself.
Michael’s use of slightly distanced first person works phenomenally well for Holly’s view-point and head space, and he draws us in and out of close point of view seamlessly. It was a thoroughly enjoyable story. Except for one thing. His use of ‘hard language’ during the sex scenes. Michael certainly understands the rhythm and flow of a woman’s desire, however, I found some of the language distracting. Maybe I just don’t like the word pussy, but the one use of ‘netherlips’ made me laugh out loud… which was unfortunate. It was sort of like an ‘f-bomb’ being dropped at a garden party. All in all, it was a good scene, though, and added to the emotional content of the story.
I will be recommending this to my friends who like erotic stories.

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(warning: contains graphic lesbian sex which might get you going : )

I sent in a short story to a submission call from Norilana Books . Only one week left before I hear back from them… for good or ill. I’m feeling moderately fatalistic about it.

They linked to this absolutely wonderful talk:

The importance of a mythic worldview for the creative person

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/453

And here’s some info on the Studio themselves. No wonder they rock.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endicott_Studio

Apparently all authors, published or aspiring, need to have a ‘net presence nowadays, and I need to get rid of my silly ideas of relative anonymity… pseudonym aside, of course ;p

From now on I’ll be posting interesting ideas, story snippets, and rampant enthusiasms for all and sundry to see.

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