The Perfect Storm PDF Is (Finally) Complete!

It's been just over two years since I began The Perfect Storm and just under a year since I promised to do a PDF of it.  It's taken me this long to proofread it, add notes here and there and generally tweak it (slightly) to the point where I felt comfortable putting it in a more permanent form.  Mostly, I took out unnecessary epithets and tried to catch as many typo gremlins as I could (those things breed like rabbits, sigh), but the essential story hasn't changed in any significant way.   If you requested the PDF via a comment, I sent a mass e-mail to everyone I could before Yahoo! crashed.  If you did not receive the e-mail (or if you would like a PDF and hadn't asked for one before), please let me know in the comments below.  Please include your e-mail address in the comment.  All comments to this post will be screened.

Thank you all for your interest and patience as I did the final work on my baby.

As for the sequel, it's essentially plotted and I have about 60,000 words written - I just have to find time with my school schedule to actually put it all into a coherent structure. 

Really Horrible Meme

sparkindarkness just posted an entry regarding the fetishization of gay men, especially that of a few well-known actors who've come out recently.  He also made me aware of this disgusting "You Know You're Addicted To Slash" meme, upon which I will now comment:

( Cut for length and homophobia. )

Some of you might think I'm being hypocritical here because I both read and write slash (and I'll admit, the majority of what I read online is slash). 

However.

When I write it, I try to treat the characters with respect, not as poseable fuck dolls.  And when I'm reading it, I stay away from authors who write nothing but stereotypes.  It's a fine line, perhaps, which is why I'm trying to stay on the correct side of it and not forget that I'm reading about people.  Fictional people, yes, but still - characterization is important.  Treating the subject matter with respect is important.  More than important - respect for what one is reading and writing is just basic human decency.

One final word on fetishization.  I'm a bisexual woman.  Men are very "accepting" of me and my sexuality.  Because they think it's "hot".  They could care less about me or any woman I might have sex with as people - all they care about is being allowed to watch.  

If you care about the rights of BGLTQP people even when they aren't providing you with entertainment, you're someone I'd like to know and be around.  However, if you only think of us in terms of the entertainment we can provide to you - fuck off.