The very first "official" site review for my new website is in, and I'm
positively glowing:
"Tara Tainton - New Kid on the Block" by Jaynie R. It's not the acceptance
by another that's so thrilling but the fact that someone else "gets it" and does
understand what I was trying to achieve with this online presence. And that
makes me feel really good, not to mention that it means I did a great job with
web design so that my reviewer, generous with her time, did not get lost,
confused, and mangled in the depths of my site.
First, I have to rave about Jaynie R herself. I came across her blog through an
online writers/readers of erotica group we both belong to. (Check out
EroticPublications hosted by Justus Roux on Yahoo.) It was her comments in one
email to the group that caught my eye. This girl tells it like it is. She
directs her reader to reality in an effort to prepare them for the real
requirements of achieving their goals in writing romance and erotica rather than
sugar-coating everything to encourage a bunch of lackadaisical wrters to spawn
all over the place. She included the URL to her blog in her signature line, and
I've been hooked ever since.
Jaynie is a reader/writer/reviewer of romance and erotica hailing from
Melbourne, Australia. Her blog,
Writing, Reading,
Reviews, and Rubbish, is one of the most finely tuned resources for
writers I've come across, because Jaynie provides real advice and lists the pet
peeves and points out the faux pas that the rest of us rarely admit to having or
committing. If you want to make sure your website, story line, or other mode of
communication in the literal world are up to par, check the list of topics in
her blog.
Once I read her insight into what makes a bad website and agreed with all the
points wholeheartedly while deep into the process of bringing my own site to
life, I was hungry for a review by Jaynie on my own website, not knowing if she
really cared to spend her time on such a request. I was ready to have the book
thrown at me, if necessary, get some real and honest feedback, and maybe a
positive word or two to make proud additions to my website contents. I helped
Jaynie out with a template, and she returned the favor with an incredibly
insightful review. Her formal writing is just as fluid as the thoughts she
shares with us in her daily blog.
Thank you, Jaynie, for taking the time out of your busy schedule and for all
the flattering comments. I think you've convinced me already that I need to
enable visitors to comment on my blog entries; I do love the interaction and
idea exchange offered by the web. Now, I just have to figure out how to
accomplish that considering I'm not using any handy blogging software.
Hopefully, my readers will see that very, very soon.
And Jaynie's even more admirable for calling me on my own claim and
challenging me with the question I was hoping to avoid for a while longer.
"Ok, tell you want I want to know Tara: Is
it you posing in all those sexy pictures?"
I admit to being the model for most of the photographs (I wasn't blessed with
the lovely male body appearing in some spots.). I'm a practical woman...how else
could I capture just the type of images necessary to color my site in my own
personality and attitudes while not having to worry about model releases or
infringing on copyrights? And hopefully I'm achieving the goal of confirming my
own beliefs about sex and the human form as natural, beautiful, guilt-free, and
wholly good.
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