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From Far Away
When I was 18, I fell in love with an older man. He didn’t know I felt that way. If anything, he might have been aware of me being a little giggly around him. I was an exchange student and he was a young teacher (yes, it’s the whole cliche package). We worked together on…
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Keeping Track
I am a good girl. That got your attention, didn’t it? What I mean is that I always did what I was told – until I didn’t – and I tried my best to do whatever I was doing really, really well. A friend recently pointed out that my perfectionism is very evident (and here…
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I’m on a Podcast!
I was approached by a podcaster after he learned about me from a mutual friend. He and I do not know each other – it’s one of those 6 degrees of separation things. Bob’s podcast is cool. He talks to people who do things he’s never heard of and tries to step outside of his…
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This is a Metaphor
Recently I read a powerful piece of writing, and even though I didn’t know what the writer was referring to specifically, I felt it immediately. I felt the fear and frustration and shame and relief. I found myself wishing I could command a metaphor in the same way. Over the years, I’ve lost my sense…
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Write Everything
A tiny bit of PL lore: I had a bit of success as a writer when I was younger, but I didn’t have the ability to withstand criticism and I felt too fragile to put myself out into the world. (More on this in the future.) I also had some funny beliefs about how art…
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The Voice
I grew up thinking my voice was annoying. If you’re Gen X, like me, you probably learned at least one of the following lessons: No? Just me? Maybe so. Your experience may vary. (Honestly, I hope it does.) There was always something about my voice to which my father objected. It was too loud, too…
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Be Cool, Linda
Having a persona that creates sexy material is fun. It just is. It’s a chance to play and explore and take risks that my [real name] self can’t do as easily. Pretty Lynne can flirt, joke around, talk openly about sex, and express a part of my personality that is developing and changing at this…
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Pieces of Me
You’ve only seen pieces of me, of course. It’s sort of a convention for women in my smutty community to post pics of themselves on Wednesdays. It started out as a body positivity exercise, spearheaded by two amazing women who decided to encourage us to show ourselves to each other. What resulted was a weekly…
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Singing Along
Did you know that some people don’t walk around with music in their heads at all times? I was surprised to learn this recently when one of my favourite musicians told me it’s not true for him. Because I have a song in my head at all times, I had assumed it was true for…
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Bats
It all began with the soft wings of a bat. One night I was sitting in a little pergola at a friend’s cottage, and felt a brush of something against my hair. I reached back, as one does, and felt something very soft that flapped and was gone in almost an instant. The next day,…
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