Happy Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2008
Hey Everyone!
Here’s to the day of romance! Hopefully there is a lot of fun spanking going on out there…
Special thanks to Kay for your comments and all the kind words of encouragement. You are, of course, one of the “phenomenal” authors I was referring to.
To all the authors coming on board, or considering coming on board, a great big thanks to you, too!
I’m in transition at the moment, so things are a bit hectic. But I welcome suggestions on how to best set this site up.
Truthfully, this is not the format I originally had in mind for my site, but there were difficulties that I had not anticipated.
However, once it is together, I think it will work well and be really beautiful. Having a site that is esthetically pleasing is very important to me.
I want women (guys are welcome, too!) to come here and feel the essence of romance and love, with some erotica thrown in as a side dish.
And of course, for many of us, spanking and love go hand in hand.
So enjoy the special day and even if you’re someone who is not paired up, love really is everywhere, if only we choose to look.
Phenomenal Authors Coming On Board
February 14, 2008
Good-evening everyone!
These last few days have been very productive. I have been fortunate enough to contact some very talented writers and convince them to showcase their work here at Her Secret Corner. I am a fan of each and every one of them, and will be proud to feature their work.
Thanks to all that said yes!
On Writing Romance & Political Correctness…
February 8, 2008
I love to write. When I was a teenager I thought I’d like to write a romance and have it published by Harlequin. They were definitely my reading material of choice. By the time I left home, I literally had dozens of boxes of Harlequin and Silhouette novels.
But alas, times have changed. Somehow, the stories just aren’t the same as they used to be. Although category romance seems to be getting much more sexually explicit, somehow the stories published today just don’t seem to be as hot as those published in yesteryear. Everything is so politically correct these days.
I miss the stories that started out with the hero being just a little bit of a jerk. Or maybe he was simply hardened to life, and it was up to the heroine to soften him. Or maybe, he was misunderstood…
Whatever he was, I miss him. I miss the angst. I miss the barely caged Neanderthal masquerading in a business suit. (I have a thing for handsome men in business suits– always have. For me, its all about the “suit and tie guy!”) I miss the tension that inevitably led to an emotional power-play, and usually a little rough handling– mind you, only a little. We are talking about Harlequin here.
But as much as I loved these novels, I always found myself wanting to re-write them just a little bit. In my fantasies, the hero would pull the heroine roughly over his knee and blister her bottom as she kicked and wailed. Or he would pin her face first to a wall, all the while hiking up her skirt and yanking her panties down, and then she would feel the weight of his hand on her bare bottom… or better yet (in my mind anyway) the sting of his belt…
Often times such threats were made in my favorite books, but even twenty years ago there was some political correctness. It was rare that any actual discipline was ever carried out, and even then, it was tame in comparison to what I really wanted to read.
So in my head my favorite characters had a slight life style shift. In the stories I crafted in my head, sweet met kink. And now, many years later, I strive to put my versions of their stories to pen and paper. Or is that to keyboard and monitor?
Actually, it’s all of the above. Late night insomnia often turns out many hastily scribbled pages that can barely be read the next day. And my back often aches after too many hours spent at the computer.
But never mind that. I hope you enjoy my stories as much as I enjoy writing them. And hopefully as time goes by, I’ll be able to add more authors to my offerings as well.
Hiding the kink
February 5, 2008
Today I found myself frantically running around my home, hiding all evidence of my spanking fetish.
You see, I live alone in the city and friends usually don’t drop in un-announced.
Well, today wasn’t exactly un-announced, but it was un-planned.
My best friend (who would be horrified if she knew my secret) and I are both sales reps in the same industry. My city comprises part of her territory. So she called me whilst driving on one of California’s many free-ways, to say that she was very close, and was I in the field today?
As it happened, I wasn’t. I was having a quasi day off, and had been up late last night writing. I’m currently working on several stories, plus some writing I’m doing for a vanilla site. I had stacks of papers laid out everywhere, many with notes and outlines.
I can just imagine my embarrassment if a page were to be seen that happened to contain a graphic punishment scene.
Oh my!
Thankfully, all was hidden in time and my secret remains safe. It’s just between you & me, right?
Hello Everyone!
February 4, 2008
My name is Cydni Cordaro and Her Secret Corner is my labor of love.
I’m a bit nervous about blogging, so please bear with me!
I love romance. And I love spanking. But I have to admit to being somewhat of a spanking snob. I really only like male/female scenarios. And I want chemistry. And heat. (In more than just the obvious way!)
I’ve wanted to start my own site for sometime now, and I’ve had very definite ideas about what I wanted and didn’t want. I want a site that is tasteful and romance centered. But more than that I want to offer stories that are like a category romance that you would find at any bookstore. Only with some hot spanking scenes.
Over the years I have purchased e-books from various sites, and invariably have ended up disappointed. It seems that no one out there is writing the kind of stories that I’m looking for. So I decided to write them myself. And I do write for myself. I write the stories I wish I could find, but rarely do.
And I’m always pleased when someone else likes them, too.
