Fair Warning ...

There is a change in the wind here in the blogging world of NJ and Frank so I thought it best I give my readers and fellow bloggers a heads up ... a fair warning, if you will ... 

One of the first things I noticed when I landed as a reader here in Blogland, was the varied levels of intimacy with which the bloggers wrote. When writing about such intimate topics as spanking and sex, the writing seemed to go from one extreme to the other. When I became a blogger myself, I had to decide how intimate my own writing style was going to be. I struggled with this for some time and so did my newbie blogging pal, Windy ... we had quite a few email conversations about it all ... right down to us wondering how the use of profanity would fly. 

Whenever I talked to experienced ttwd bloggers about it, the advice was "it's your blog, write as much or as little as you wish ... be yourself" ... and yes, I got that. I was absolutely planning on being as true to myself as I possibly could and I think I have been. However, say that as often as you will ... there still is an audience out there that cannot be ignored. I decided to err on the side of caution and keep my writing rating as PG as possible - given the subject matter at hand. 

After a year of developing our DD dynamic, Frank and I have begun reconnecting with our D/s side, melding it even further with our DD dynamic. In doing so, we realize how meaningful our D/s side is to us - how much we've missed it. This re-connection has found me exploring other areas of Blogland. I've found long time married D/s bloggers who write about their lifestyles. Their stories have me as interested as I was when I found the DD blogging world. I've also found bloggers who have projects such as the Tell Me About Dominance and Submission ... projects that connect bloggers across blogland by gathering various posts by topic, across a spectrum of ttwd lifestyles. I have written a couple of posts for the Tell Me About project and I'm looking forward to exploring other linked blogging project opportunities.

I have been giving a lot of thought lately, as to what my new discoveries and any resulting changes in writing style or topics might mean for my blog. Frank and I enjoy this little corner of the Blogosphere and all the friends we have made here. I don't want to lose readers due to change and I don't want to lose the feeling of community we've found here. On the other hand we are all adventurous adults (or we wouldn't be here) who are perfectly capable of closing a page if we find something that isn't to our liking. 

For myself, I have always viewed change as a chance for renewal. With new horizons in sight, I feel I can let go of my self imposed PG filter, and paraphrasing the favourite caption above ... 'write like there's nobody watching' ... well, except maybe Frank :>)) 

That said, if I do write something that is out of your comfort zone, I hope you will close that page but still open the next post. In between the serious and sexy, you can be sure there will be a post where Frank will say or do something totally off the wall and I will be on the floor laughing, as usual. Whatever direction we take our ttwd life, our sense of humour will always be a reminder to never take ourselves too seriously ... 😉

nj & Frank