Sheila

At one time, the story Helen and the Flowershop Girl was 'disappearing off the shelves!'  Earlier today, I just took a look at it; it really was charmingly written.  It seemed as if it was written by someone else!  (I seem to say that often.  I think I'm having a personality change; for some reason there's a discontinuity between the writing of my earlier self, and my writing now.  I don't want to guess why.  I'm just getting older, and that's my simplest assumption.)

Sheila—that's the name of the Flowershop girl—is real in a way none of the other characters in my books are real.  She's an old-fashioned dyke; that was a role that lesbians of that time took on.  They were very polite, but not warm, and not encouraging.  But Sheila was attracted to Helen, though she realized it was not possible.  It was too good to be true. 

Kay

'Deviant Art': an Online Gallery

Why do I torture myself?  Once again, I headed out to DA out of sheer boredom, and the ultra-feminine models there left me frustrated!

I've written before that ultra-feminine women / girls are what I go for.  But, realistically, an ultra-feminine girl could be a lot of fun if you go out to a meal, but once that's over—I'm not   talking about sex; I'm talking about a story, an adventure, being chased by the bad guys—I can't imagine the girl holding up her end in a dangerous situation. 

You know, though, I think I could imagine that.  Unfortunately, it would be no different from a story with a tough guy—that would be me, now, unfortunately—and a swooning female.  But I can even imagine her not being the swoony type. 

Most of the women on DA are feminine, but sort of frilly and fussy.  (Presumably the guys on DA like the frilly, fussy type of girl.)  You can't imagine them grabbing the gun and saying, "I'll look after this side; you keep an eye on the street."

Man, I'm getting ideas for an action story!

Well, anyway—

See you later ...

Kay