<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Dragon Writer: Pieces of Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[Swirling within the shadows, always dancing in the spaces between and showing as much of myself as I'm able.]]></description><link>https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/s/pieces-of-me</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!deHa!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3df39547-ae3b-4f29-b00b-37e921c08260_768x768.png</url><title>The Dragon Writer: Pieces of 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hello Sweetlings,  </p><p>I used to spend My days and nights writing, revising, posting and connecting to the community, but now I&#8217;m taking care of a family friend and trying to find a new normal. </p><p>*</p><p>My usual morning drink is Chai, but today I needed triple the caffeine - Chai, cocoa, and Cuppa mushroom coffee. </p><p>*</p><p>Working on getting back to a regular writing practice (and connecting with community) as quickly as possible. </p><p>*</p><p>A nice benifit to staying and taking care of my friend, she has a lovely bathtub and I spent hours soaking my soar body in it last night as I teased My darling submissive with pics. This is the last one after getting out of the tub. I am encouraging self&#8208;care and self-pleasure this month and I am starting with Myself. Say it with Me, &#8220;My body is Sacred and deserves to be loved by Me first.&#8221;</p><p>Self-care is important. It isn't narcissistic or selfish, it is necessary for you to be healthy of mind, body, and soul.</p><p>*</p><p>Wicked Love, kisses and bites,</p><p>Dragon Ezme</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3nfa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd9cad4a-75c6-4b5a-bdd7-f33c182ca7cd_4000x3000.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3nfa!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd9cad4a-75c6-4b5a-bdd7-f33c182ca7cd_4000x3000.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3nfa!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd9cad4a-75c6-4b5a-bdd7-f33c182ca7cd_4000x3000.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3nfa!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd9cad4a-75c6-4b5a-bdd7-f33c182ca7cd_4000x3000.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3nfa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd9cad4a-75c6-4b5a-bdd7-f33c182ca7cd_4000x3000.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3nfa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd9cad4a-75c6-4b5a-bdd7-f33c182ca7cd_4000x3000.jpeg" width="3000" height="4000" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cd9cad4a-75c6-4b5a-bdd7-f33c182ca7cd_4000x3000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:4000,&quot;width&quot;:3000,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:5798431,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3nfa!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd9cad4a-75c6-4b5a-bdd7-f33c182ca7cd_4000x3000.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3nfa!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd9cad4a-75c6-4b5a-bdd7-f33c182ca7cd_4000x3000.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3nfa!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd9cad4a-75c6-4b5a-bdd7-f33c182ca7cd_4000x3000.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3nfa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd9cad4a-75c6-4b5a-bdd7-f33c182ca7cd_4000x3000.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[For you - A New submissive in Consideration]]></title><description><![CDATA[She knows who she is and has read this before release. 18+ NSFW, BDSM, Play party. All Pieces of Me are part of my life experiences.]]></description><link>https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/for-you-a-new-submissive-in-consideration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/for-you-a-new-submissive-in-consideration</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dragon Ezme]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 15:12:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jfs1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea8c1c16-70b6-4f70-bbd2-e2dd1dd97140_4000x3000.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jfs1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea8c1c16-70b6-4f70-bbd2-e2dd1dd97140_4000x3000.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jfs1!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea8c1c16-70b6-4f70-bbd2-e2dd1dd97140_4000x3000.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jfs1!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea8c1c16-70b6-4f70-bbd2-e2dd1dd97140_4000x3000.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jfs1!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea8c1c16-70b6-4f70-bbd2-e2dd1dd97140_4000x3000.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jfs1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea8c1c16-70b6-4f70-bbd2-e2dd1dd97140_4000x3000.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jfs1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea8c1c16-70b6-4f70-bbd2-e2dd1dd97140_4000x3000.jpeg" width="421" height="561.2369505494505" 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by me of a rare photo of me after I got ready for the play party.</figcaption></figure></div><p></p><p>This is raw and unedited. Just as I am.</p><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><p></p><p>The first time I touched you, I knew I wanted you, even before that but definitely after we hugged that first time. I felt it, warmth, a need, your need calling to me. </p><p>Talking to you on the phone, chatting through texts, I felt things building between us, I knew we were growing something special. </p><p>The party, you held on so tight, head to my shoulder and I wanted to hold you forever. </p><p>Then in the house, I sat on the chair and you got down on the floor in front of me, nothing formal, just chatting, showing me your cards. Then as I had you sit with your back to me, to give you Reiki, my hands wanted to explore immediately. I stroked your arms, your hair, held you tight against me and I felt you sink into it, into me, wanting more. But it wasn&#8217;t time yet.</p><p>I had to have a session with my play partner first. All I wanted to do was to continue to touch you, hold you, and explore you. I craved your total submission. </p><p>But I set thoughts of you aside for a time.. I was able to stay in the moment, focused on my partner, as it should be.</p><p>After, when it was finally time. Your shyness was so adorable. but then you were on the spanking bench. I had you, you were mine for that moment in time. </p><p>My hands roamed over your body and I felt the heat between us. I felt your surrender, I felt your need and want. </p><p>Stroking I gradually began scraping my fingernails over your body and I could feel you going deeper. My mouth went to your skin on your back and my tongue licked out. I heard a small moan as I continued and the flames within me, burned&#8230;</p><p>Scratches, </p><p>strokes, </p><p>nibbles, </p><p>pulling your hair, </p><p>breathing on your neck, </p><p>biting into your shoulder. </p><p>I wanted to leave my marks. But it was our first time, not our hundredth. </p><p>If it had been our hundredth...</p><p>I would have bit down, hard, not breaking skin, but i would have left a mark, bruises would have bloomed which I know you enjoy. But trust has to be built first, so much trust to take you that deep. But I wanted to leave my marks all over your body, slowly, methodically. Reveling in every sound you make, reveling in how much you would endure&#8230; for Me. </p><p>Then the paddles, the flogger, the slapper, my own hands drumming on your beautiful ass as it got pinker and pinker. </p><p>I am a sadist, I love to hear the sounds of one enduring pain, it feeds my soul, but... it was our first time, not our hundredth. I had to hold back, even though you had said you could take a lot. If it had been the hundredth... I would have continued, I would have smiled and chuckled every time you cried out, I would have hit harder, so much harder, as I took you to that place. But trust needs to be built, time needs to be spent building that trust. </p><p>My hands wanted to go places they weren&#8217;t allowed, But I fiercely respect boundaries, will always respect boundaries. But if this had been our hundredth, not our first, I would have pushed just a little or maybe you would have even said, <em>I&#8217;m ready now, I trust you now, go where your hands lead you.</em> And I would have slid right down and into your center, slowly exploring, slowly easing you into pleasure you have waited to be discovered. Waited for someone to open you, send you deep, and open you some more. But it was our first... not our hundredth. Trust needs to be built, trust needs to be earned. </p><p>I am going to enjoy every moment with you, every touch, every blush, every smile, every moan, every laugh, and I look forward to working our way to our hundredth.</p><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><p>Though I am pansexual, my first choice will usually be with women. I am Sapphic at my core. It is a place I feel more deeply, more true. Their softness and their strength, their willingness to be more vulnerable, more real, pull to me like no other. But I have come to see, all genders can have their softness with their strength, they can choose to show their vulnerable side, to embrace their submissiveness at a deep level, and when I see that, feel that, I am drawn to them. </p><p>When I look into someone, I don&#8217;t see gender, I see energy, I see light and dark, I see their intellect, and I see if their submission is pulled out further with me, if my Dominance strengthens or if it shrinks. I only move toward to whom and what strengthens me, for I will not shrink again.</p><p>Love from the Dungeon,</p><p>Dragon Ezme</p><p>My submissive, <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Haylie&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:501390320,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/32afadce-8846-418c-98e4-8ff88b61c6f8_1081x1081.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;d0cc2298-8552-436d-a913-74da9cdd3c7e&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> , in consideration&#8217;s (now my sub) response to our time together.</p><div class="embedded-post-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;id&quot;:199813671,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sapphicsacrificiallamb.substack.com/p/exposed&quot;,&quot;publication_id&quot;:8832800,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Haylie&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Njvi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32afadce-8846-418c-98e4-8ff88b61c6f8_1081x1081.jpeg&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Exposed&quot;,&quot;truncated_body_text&quot;:&quot;Vulnerability can be defined as being emotionally open. This, I can do. I am someone who feels everything incredibly deeply. The positives, the negatives, and everything in between. So, being emotionally open with another person comes easily to me. Do I have walls up? Well&#8230;yes, who doesn&#8217;t? But for the most part, there is a level of this vulnerability t&#8230;&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-30T00:14:06.670Z&quot;,&quot;like_count&quot;:2,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;bylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:501390320,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Haylie&quot;,&quot;handle&quot;:&quot;sapphicsacrificiallamb&quot;,&quot;previous_name&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/32afadce-8846-418c-98e4-8ff88b61c6f8_1081x1081.jpeg&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;A shy, bratty lesbian who melts for women. Enjoyer of poetry and smut, and even more-so when the two combine. Everything I write is a piece of myself, so sharing is akin to baring my soul. Please be gentle with me. &quot;,&quot;profile_set_up_at&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26T23:23:41.839Z&quot;,&quot;reader_installed_at&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26T23:27:09.594Z&quot;,&quot;publicationUsers&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:9052165,&quot;user_id&quot;:501390320,&quot;publication_id&quot;:8832800,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;admin&quot;,&quot;public&quot;:true,&quot;is_primary&quot;:true,&quot;publication&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:8832800,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Haylie&quot;,&quot;subdomain&quot;:&quot;sapphicsacrificiallamb&quot;,&quot;custom_domain&quot;:null,&quot;custom_domain_optional&quot;:false,&quot;hero_text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;logo_url&quot;:null,&quot;author_id&quot;:501390320,&quot;primary_user_id&quot;:501390320,&quot;theme_var_background_pop&quot;:&quot;#FF6719&quot;,&quot;created_at&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27T23:29:19.815Z&quot;,&quot;email_from_name&quot;:null,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Haylie&quot;,&quot;founding_plan_name&quot;:null,&quot;community_enabled&quot;:true,&quot;invite_only&quot;:false,&quot;payments_state&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:null,&quot;explicit&quot;:false,&quot;homepage_type&quot;:&quot;profile&quot;,&quot;is_personal_mode&quot;:true,&quot;logo_url_wide&quot;:null}}],&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null,&quot;status&quot;:{&quot;bestsellerTier&quot;:null,&quot;subscriberTier&quot;:1,&quot;leaderboard&quot;:null,&quot;vip&quot;:false,&quot;badge&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;subscriber&quot;,&quot;tier&quot;:1,&quot;accent_colors&quot;:null},&quot;paidPublicationIds&quot;:[9022810],&quot;subscriber&quot;:null}}],&quot;utm_campaign&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:null}" data-component-name="EmbeddedPostToDOM"><a class="embedded-post" native="true" href="https://sapphicsacrificiallamb.substack.com/p/exposed?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_campaign=post_embed&amp;utm_medium=web"><div class="embedded-post-header"><img class="embedded-post-publication-logo" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Njvi!,w_56,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32afadce-8846-418c-98e4-8ff88b61c6f8_1081x1081.jpeg" loading="lazy"><span class="embedded-post-publication-name">Haylie</span></div><div class="embedded-post-title-wrapper"><div class="embedded-post-title">Exposed</div></div><div class="embedded-post-body">Vulnerability can be defined as being emotionally open. This, I can do. I am someone who feels everything incredibly deeply. The positives, the negatives, and everything in between. So, being emotionally open with another person comes easily to me. Do I have walls up? Well&#8230;yes, who doesn&#8217;t? But for the most part, there is a level of this vulnerability t&#8230;</div><div class="embedded-post-cta-wrapper"><span class="embedded-post-cta">Read more</span></div><div class="embedded-post-meta">18 days ago &#183; 2 likes &#183; Haylie</div></a></div><p>And another that I asked her to write to help others who are trying to figure out if they are submissive or not.</p><div class="embedded-post-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;id&quot;:201187902,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sapphicsacrificiallamb.substack.com/p/what-submission-means-to-me&quot;,&quot;publication_id&quot;:8832800,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Haylie&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Njvi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32afadce-8846-418c-98e4-8ff88b61c6f8_1081x1081.jpeg&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;What Submission Means To Me&quot;,&quot;truncated_body_text&quot;:&quot;My Domme has asked that I write about what being a sub means to me. I&#8217;d like to start off by saying that I&#8217;m certainly no professional on this. There are many, many, many other people who have much more experience in submission than myself. Up until recently, I honestly felt more like a &#8220;bottom&#8221; than a &#8220;submissive&#8221; and settled on the title of &#8220;brat.&#8221; (I&#8230;&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-08T18:37:13.625Z&quot;,&quot;like_count&quot;:4,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;bylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:501390320,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Haylie&quot;,&quot;handle&quot;:&quot;sapphicsacrificiallamb&quot;,&quot;previous_name&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/32afadce-8846-418c-98e4-8ff88b61c6f8_1081x1081.jpeg&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;A shy, bratty lesbian who melts for women. Enjoyer of poetry and smut, and even more-so when the two combine. Everything I write is a piece of myself, so sharing is akin to baring my soul. Please be gentle with me. &quot;,&quot;profile_set_up_at&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26T23:23:41.839Z&quot;,&quot;reader_installed_at&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26T23:27:09.594Z&quot;,&quot;publicationUsers&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:9052165,&quot;user_id&quot;:501390320,&quot;publication_id&quot;:8832800,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;admin&quot;,&quot;public&quot;:true,&quot;is_primary&quot;:true,&quot;publication&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:8832800,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Haylie&quot;,&quot;subdomain&quot;:&quot;sapphicsacrificiallamb&quot;,&quot;custom_domain&quot;:null,&quot;custom_domain_optional&quot;:false,&quot;hero_text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;logo_url&quot;:null,&quot;author_id&quot;:501390320,&quot;primary_user_id&quot;:501390320,&quot;theme_var_background_pop&quot;:&quot;#FF6719&quot;,&quot;created_at&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27T23:29:19.815Z&quot;,&quot;email_from_name&quot;:null,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Haylie&quot;,&quot;founding_plan_name&quot;:null,&quot;community_enabled&quot;:true,&quot;invite_only&quot;:false,&quot;payments_state&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:null,&quot;explicit&quot;:false,&quot;homepage_type&quot;:&quot;profile&quot;,&quot;is_personal_mode&quot;:true,&quot;logo_url_wide&quot;:null}}],&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null,&quot;status&quot;:{&quot;bestsellerTier&quot;:null,&quot;subscriberTier&quot;:1,&quot;leaderboard&quot;:null,&quot;vip&quot;:false,&quot;badge&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;subscriber&quot;,&quot;tier&quot;:1,&quot;accent_colors&quot;:null},&quot;subscriber&quot;:null}}],&quot;utm_campaign&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:null}" data-component-name="EmbeddedPostToDOM"><a class="embedded-post" native="true" href="https://sapphicsacrificiallamb.substack.com/p/what-submission-means-to-me?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_campaign=post_embed&amp;utm_medium=web"><div class="embedded-post-header"><img class="embedded-post-publication-logo" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Njvi!,w_56,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32afadce-8846-418c-98e4-8ff88b61c6f8_1081x1081.jpeg" loading="lazy"><span class="embedded-post-publication-name">Haylie</span></div><div class="embedded-post-title-wrapper"><div class="embedded-post-title">What Submission Means To Me</div></div><div class="embedded-post-body">My Domme has asked that I write about what being a sub means to me. 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Up until recently, I honestly felt more like a &#8220;bottom&#8221; than a &#8220;submissive&#8221; and settled on the title of &#8220;brat.&#8221; (I&#8230;</div><div class="embedded-post-cta-wrapper"><span class="embedded-post-cta">Read more</span></div><div class="embedded-post-meta">9 days ago &#183; 4 likes &#183; Haylie</div></a></div><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;2cd02d0d-b6ca-4b70-bbf7-4fb53349b4d5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Dragon's Treasure Chest&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:8589774,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Dragon Ezme&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Wickedly spicy tales, soul alchemy, confessions &amp; fantasies, &amp; normalizing kink, self pleasure, &amp; intimate friends - LGBTQ+, Pansexual, Relationship anarchy, 18+ NSFW &#128009;&#128156;&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e76392ab-0913-414a-9cf2-c56512ed5955_768x768.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03T23:00:50.401Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1612257998531-70e0d0a15f6d?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxN3x8dHJlYXN1cmUlMjBjaGVzdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3Nzc4MzA4MTV8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/dragons-treasure-chest&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:&quot;About Me&quot;,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:196335602,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:14,&quot;comment_count&quot;:3,&quot;publication_id&quot;:8368550,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;The Dragon Writer&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c0aQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F69c46999-6be6-4fa6-b424-27f4167efb83_768x768.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><p>Feel moved by this piece? 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My brain says it might cooperate but not tonight.</figcaption></figure></div><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><p></p><p>I can&#8217;t seem to stay focused on writing Adriana 5. I approached it several times during the day yesterday, but I couldn&#8217;t seem to get past the first couple of pages without a squirrel running by and pulling my attention away to something else. It is frustrating and disorienting when I can&#8217;t focus.</p><p>I&#8217;m not giving up, but if I don&#8217;t write on another story, my writing will stall completely. It&#8217;s why I often write short pieces: editing a longer piece bogs me down. My brain will shut down, and I&#8217;ll be sleepwalking through my days, and when I finally wake up, months will have gone by, and all the momentum I have created the last two months will be gone, and so will all of you. To keep that from happening, I have to work on something else.</p><p>I know that&#8217;s disappointing for some of you, but I have to do what works for my neurospicy brain, or I won&#8217;t be able to write for an extended period, and that won&#8217;t be good for any of us.</p><p>Some of you may have noticed I have reopened the subby boys section. I did make sure it wouldn&#8217;t send an email out to all of you unless you sign up for that specific newsletter. If that is something you want to see, head over to the link below and get signed up. You can also choose which of the newsletters/sections you want to receive and which you don&#8217;t.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/newsletters&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Newsletters&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/newsletters"><span>Newsletters</span></a></p><p>Or you can manage your subscription in your <a href="https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/account">account settings</a>.</p><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><h4>The stories I&#8217;m looking at to see which one I will connect with next.</h4><p>The story about Cassandra, the Taste below, has been poking at me for awhile, but I have a feeling the main character is actually quite similar to the anti-heroine story I&#8217;ve been thinking about. They just use their talents differently.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;0541ce3e-6b3f-40fa-8fe5-0b9fcffd72b0&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;A Taste of a New Story&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:8589774,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Dragon Ezme&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Wickedly spicy tales, soul alchemy, confessions &amp; fantasies, &amp; normalizing kink, self pleasure, &amp; intimate friends - LGBTQ+, Pansexual, Relationship anarchy, 18+ NSFW &#128009;&#128156;&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e76392ab-0913-414a-9cf2-c56512ed5955_768x768.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15T17:17:20.260Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yXKr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff320133e-8aef-4b4f-b6f2-a0bea83134d7_930x1306.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/a-taste-of-a-new-story&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:&quot;Souls so Dark&quot;,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:194316368,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:3,&quot;comment_count&quot;:3,&quot;publication_id&quot;:8368550,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;The Dragon Writer&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c0aQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F69c46999-6be6-4fa6-b424-27f4167efb83_768x768.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p>Cassandra may have been around a lot longer than Obsidian, but I think they share the same skills or close to it. Who knows, maybe they are an offshoot to each other.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ntoq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa507485b-bc7d-48d7-9398-559a503db470_1079x1074.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ntoq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa507485b-bc7d-48d7-9398-559a503db470_1079x1074.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ntoq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa507485b-bc7d-48d7-9398-559a503db470_1079x1074.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ntoq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa507485b-bc7d-48d7-9398-559a503db470_1079x1074.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ntoq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa507485b-bc7d-48d7-9398-559a503db470_1079x1074.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ntoq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa507485b-bc7d-48d7-9398-559a503db470_1079x1074.jpeg" width="387" height="385.20667284522705" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a507485b-bc7d-48d7-9398-559a503db470_1079x1074.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1074,&quot;width&quot;:1079,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:387,&quot;bytes&quot;:528833,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/i/198904967?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa507485b-bc7d-48d7-9398-559a503db470_1079x1074.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ntoq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa507485b-bc7d-48d7-9398-559a503db470_1079x1074.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ntoq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa507485b-bc7d-48d7-9398-559a503db470_1079x1074.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ntoq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa507485b-bc7d-48d7-9398-559a503db470_1079x1074.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ntoq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa507485b-bc7d-48d7-9398-559a503db470_1079x1074.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Obsidian wants her story told. Image created from image generator.</figcaption></figure></div><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><p></p><p>I&#8217;ve also been thinking about a story I wrote a few years ago, which I had named Wife&#8217;s Revenge. It&#8217;s a cuckold story. Even if I just release the first part as a short story, which it originally was, it has grown as most of my stories do. I always liked it.</p><p>These stories are what are rattling around in my head. I will go through them this evening and see which one really wants to be shared.</p><p>Hope you have a lovely weekend, and watch for Wicked Confessions 3, which will be released on Sunday. She definitely has more to say and wicked things to do to the poor Pastor. Which I just realized I have to revise now, since I&#8217;m going to a BDSM party tomorrow night, which I&#8217;m quite excited about, because I&#8217;ll get to play with a new person whom I really can&#8217;t wait to get my hands on.</p><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><p></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;641c8ee4-f2b7-45ad-8791-1446ea74fbca&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Dragon's Treasure Chest&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:8589774,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Dragon Ezme&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Wickedly spicy tales, soul alchemy, confessions &amp; fantasies, &amp; normalizing kink, self pleasure, &amp; intimate friends - LGBTQ+, Pansexual, Relationship anarchy, 18+ NSFW &#128009;&#128156;&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e76392ab-0913-414a-9cf2-c56512ed5955_768x768.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03T23:00:50.401Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1612257998531-70e0d0a15f6d?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxN3x8dHJlYXN1cmUlMjBjaGVzdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3Nzc4MzA4MTV8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/dragons-treasure-chest&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:&quot;About Me&quot;,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:196335602,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:13,&quot;comment_count&quot;:3,&quot;publication_id&quot;:8368550,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;The Dragon Writer&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c0aQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F69c46999-6be6-4fa6-b424-27f4167efb83_768x768.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p></p><p>My dream is to support myself through writing stories. 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style="text-align: center;">Much love from the Dungeon,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Dragon Ezme</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z_fg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7bc65e2-5972-4e3d-837a-f4ffa55f3638_768x768.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z_fg!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7bc65e2-5972-4e3d-837a-f4ffa55f3638_768x768.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z_fg!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7bc65e2-5972-4e3d-837a-f4ffa55f3638_768x768.jpeg 848w, 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Ezme&quot;,&quot;author_photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ruBG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe76392ab-0913-414a-9cf2-c56512ed5955_768x768.jpeg&quot;}}" data-component-name="CommunityChatRenderPlaceholder"></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Connection with the Characters]]></title><description><![CDATA[On writing and my process.]]></description><link>https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/no-connection-with-the-characters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/no-connection-with-the-characters</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dragon Ezme]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 06:30:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!65Hd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e44a805-e7b3-438b-b48f-54f6ea3d40aa_1024x608.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!65Hd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e44a805-e7b3-438b-b48f-54f6ea3d40aa_1024x608.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!65Hd!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e44a805-e7b3-438b-b48f-54f6ea3d40aa_1024x608.png 424w, 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">I often look frazzled while writing, especially when it isn&#8217;t working.  This is from Substack&#8217;s image generator. I just figured out how to use it. LOL!</figcaption></figure></div><p>I was just writing a story that I had about 2000 words in and I wasn&#8217;t feeling it at all. The writing was fine, but that thing I feel when I&#8217;m connected with the characters, my whole body is alive with their story, just wasn&#8217;t there. It happens occasionally, not often, but it does. I kept trying to make it work because I really liked the concept, but it wasn&#8217;t working. </p><p>Sometimes you can have a great idea but there isn&#8217;t that connection. If you don&#8217;t feel it, your readers won&#8217;t feel it either and you might as well stop writing and move on  to something else. It&#8217;s a bummer but you can&#8217;t make something work if the chemistry just isn&#8217;t there. </p><p>What do you do when this happens? Do you push through and keep writing hoping something will click? Or do you just trash it and move on?</p><p>I have quite a few of these hanging out in my Evernote. I used to think someday I would get back to them but I think I am finally in that stage of my writing, that I know it either works or it doesn&#8217;t. I hate to toss out writing, but maybe it&#8217;s time to clean up what I&#8217;ll never go back to. I certainly have enough stories that worked and just need to be polished up with revisions and edits. </p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!acFm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c1df661-26a2-4ae5-b987-edc57963067f_1024x608.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!acFm!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c1df661-26a2-4ae5-b987-edc57963067f_1024x608.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!acFm!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c1df661-26a2-4ae5-b987-edc57963067f_1024x608.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!acFm!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c1df661-26a2-4ae5-b987-edc57963067f_1024x608.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!acFm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c1df661-26a2-4ae5-b987-edc57963067f_1024x608.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!acFm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c1df661-26a2-4ae5-b987-edc57963067f_1024x608.png" width="1024" height="608" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1c1df661-26a2-4ae5-b987-edc57963067f_1024x608.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:608,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!acFm!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c1df661-26a2-4ae5-b987-edc57963067f_1024x608.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!acFm!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c1df661-26a2-4ae5-b987-edc57963067f_1024x608.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!acFm!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c1df661-26a2-4ae5-b987-edc57963067f_1024x608.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!acFm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c1df661-26a2-4ae5-b987-edc57963067f_1024x608.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Randomly throwing files away. Image created through Substack image generator.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Have you cleaned out your folders full of old writing? Do you even have folders of old writing or are you a one story person? I can&#8217;t imagine what that would be like, having only one story I was working on. My AuDHD has multiple stories going through me at the same time, well not in the same moment but in the same day or days together. I always have several stories going in the hopper and I just go back and forth between them until they feel finished. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cBzN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F031fd222-4c2b-4ac8-b0c4-d48473062443_1024x608.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cBzN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F031fd222-4c2b-4ac8-b0c4-d48473062443_1024x608.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cBzN!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F031fd222-4c2b-4ac8-b0c4-d48473062443_1024x608.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cBzN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F031fd222-4c2b-4ac8-b0c4-d48473062443_1024x608.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cBzN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F031fd222-4c2b-4ac8-b0c4-d48473062443_1024x608.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cBzN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F031fd222-4c2b-4ac8-b0c4-d48473062443_1024x608.png" width="1024" height="608" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/031fd222-4c2b-4ac8-b0c4-d48473062443_1024x608.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:608,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cBzN!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F031fd222-4c2b-4ac8-b0c4-d48473062443_1024x608.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cBzN!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F031fd222-4c2b-4ac8-b0c4-d48473062443_1024x608.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cBzN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F031fd222-4c2b-4ac8-b0c4-d48473062443_1024x608.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cBzN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F031fd222-4c2b-4ac8-b0c4-d48473062443_1024x608.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Yeah,, I&#8217;m a dork, or a nerd, whatever you want to call it. Also created by Substack image generator.</figcaption></figure></div><p>I consider my AuDHD my superpower when it comes to writing. It keeps me focused, it pulls me in, and nothing else matters while I&#8217;m in the story. </p><p>Do you have a superpower that helps you write? </p><p>What helps you stick with the story, to connect with the characters?</p><p>This is part of a new series where I talk about writing, in particular my process and how I got to where I am now. It&#8217;s been a long road and I want to share it with you as I work my way to accomplishing my goal of publishing my novels. I call it Breaking Free because that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve had to do. I&#8217;ve had to break free from all the negative voices that I allowed to stop me from doing what I love. Probably like a lot of you. </p><p>I&#8217;ve read so many books to help me get to the point where I can connect so deeply with my characters that the words often flow faster than I can type. And I can type pretty fast. I&#8217;ll be sharing those books that have helped me along the way. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TNt8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c7db00d-a3b0-456c-a5a1-14e0b513cd41_1024x608.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TNt8!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c7db00d-a3b0-456c-a5a1-14e0b513cd41_1024x608.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TNt8!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c7db00d-a3b0-456c-a5a1-14e0b513cd41_1024x608.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TNt8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c7db00d-a3b0-456c-a5a1-14e0b513cd41_1024x608.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TNt8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c7db00d-a3b0-456c-a5a1-14e0b513cd41_1024x608.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TNt8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c7db00d-a3b0-456c-a5a1-14e0b513cd41_1024x608.png" width="1024" height="608" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9c7db00d-a3b0-456c-a5a1-14e0b513cd41_1024x608.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:608,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TNt8!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c7db00d-a3b0-456c-a5a1-14e0b513cd41_1024x608.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TNt8!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c7db00d-a3b0-456c-a5a1-14e0b513cd41_1024x608.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TNt8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c7db00d-a3b0-456c-a5a1-14e0b513cd41_1024x608.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TNt8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c7db00d-a3b0-456c-a5a1-14e0b513cd41_1024x608.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">I was a nerd about books for most of my adult life. Books are my passion, reading them and writing them. Substack Image generator.</figcaption></figure></div><p>The first one that made a difference to me, Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg. I read that back in the 90s. There was something about how free she was, how she did what she wanted to do. She would go to cafe&#8217;s and write. I thought that was fantastic. But I wasn&#8217;t there yet. It got me journaling, but there was no connection to characters. The negative voices kept me from connecting. You know the voices, <em>You aren&#8217;t good enough. No one is going to want to read what you have to write. You are wasting your time. Get a real job.</em>&#8221; And on and on and on. It kept me from the page, it kept me from connecting. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlER!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6729981e-4735-45c8-9aef-218c9721ac26_1024x608.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlER!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6729981e-4735-45c8-9aef-218c9721ac26_1024x608.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlER!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6729981e-4735-45c8-9aef-218c9721ac26_1024x608.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlER!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6729981e-4735-45c8-9aef-218c9721ac26_1024x608.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlER!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6729981e-4735-45c8-9aef-218c9721ac26_1024x608.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlER!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6729981e-4735-45c8-9aef-218c9721ac26_1024x608.png" width="1024" height="608" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6729981e-4735-45c8-9aef-218c9721ac26_1024x608.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:608,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlER!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6729981e-4735-45c8-9aef-218c9721ac26_1024x608.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlER!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6729981e-4735-45c8-9aef-218c9721ac26_1024x608.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlER!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6729981e-4735-45c8-9aef-218c9721ac26_1024x608.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tlER!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6729981e-4735-45c8-9aef-218c9721ac26_1024x608.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">I couldn&#8217;t even color in a coloring book without anxiety. Substack image generator.</figcaption></figure></div><p>During that time, I didn&#8217;t even know how to be creative without anxiety. I always had to get everything perfect and if I couldn&#8217;t do it perfectly, I wouldn&#8217;t do it. Pretty counter productive when you are trying to be creative. I had the hunger though, the drive to create so I kept coming back to it over and over again. </p><p>To be continued.</p><p>Time to get back to my writing. I hope you find your words and connect to your characters. </p><p>Love from the Dungeon,</p><p>Dragon Ezme</p><div><hr></div><p>Help me keep weaving erotically charged, lip biting, thigh clenching, core tingling stories and fantasies for you to inhale, devour, and let sink into your skin. <em><a href="https://ko-fi.com/dragonezme">Click here to keep the erotically charged words flowing and make your offerings to fill Dragon Ezme&#8217;s creative cup.</a></em></p><p>Subscribe for spotlighted and free posts or upgrade your subscription and enjoy Dragon Ezme&#8217;s archives to read, or listen to, over and over again to bring back those tingly sensations.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div class="captioned-button-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/no-connection-with-the-characters?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;}" data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">If you loved it, please share it.  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I'll probably create audio for this one as well, soon.]]></description><link>https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/i-feel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/i-feel</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dragon Ezme]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 14:36:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pECy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73d95761-701d-44e0-a1b9-fd1eb30a0a5c_768x768.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pECy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73d95761-701d-44e0-a1b9-fd1eb30a0a5c_768x768.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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</p><p>&#8230;</p><p>down</p><p>&#8230;</p><p>Long breath</p><p>Out</p><p>&#8230;</p><p>I feel</p><p>~~~ </p><p>It&#8217;s Masturbation May. Share your self pleasure journey.</p><p>Love from the Dungeon,</p><p>Dragon Ezme &#128009;&#128156;</p><div><hr></div><p>Looking for more Masturbation poetry?</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;83ed2c20-8d7e-462b-a48b-832b4835d678&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;In celebration of May Masturbation Month, I am writing self pleasure poetry and now adding audio at least once per week. 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I was always caught in the craziest of ways. This is one of the reasons I struggle in grey areas, the other being because I'm Audhd.]]></description><link>https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/when-crazy-things-happen-and-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/when-crazy-things-happen-and-you</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dragon Ezme]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 18:50:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oDIy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fffa9adfd-72e7-43ac-9ccd-05d58f3b0e67_768x768.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oDIy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fffa9adfd-72e7-43ac-9ccd-05d58f3b0e67_768x768.jpeg" 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I was sixteen and in the tenth grade. All names have been changed to protect the not so innocent.</p><p>I showed up for school and my best friend, Wendy, pulled me to the side before heading toward class and whispers, &#8220;Hey, a bunch of us are going to ditch school today, do you want to come?&#8221;</p><p>Immediately my skin begins to prickle and my stomach has boulders rolling around in it. My gut says I shouldn&#8217;t, but I really don&#8217;t want to miss out. But I pretty much want to do anything Wendy wants to do. She doesn&#8217;t know it but I have a crush on her. I think I had a crush on all my best friends but never mentioned it because it wasn&#8217;t talked about in the late seventies and early eighties. I didn&#8217;t even know any lesbians but speculated at least one of the girls on the basketball team was and they never interested me, plus I wasn&#8217;t even out to myself. I did like boys and I thought having the feelings I had about girls, well, best to keep them hidden away.</p><p>I knew it was risky to say yes to ditching school because bad things tended to happen when I ventured into questionable activities so I usually avoided them. But this was Wendy, my  best friend, the girl I secretly lusted after.</p><p>&#8220;Okay, where are we going?&#8221; </p><p>&#8220;Great! Sarah has a car and we&#8217;re headed to the park, but we have to stop at her house first.&#8221;</p><p>I nodded my head but inside that voice, you know the one, is growling at me that I should just go to class and not make this bad choice. But I shoved it down, swallowed back the bile trying to rise up my throat and followed Wendy.</p><p>Sarah wasn&#8217;t someone I really knew all that well. I&#8217;d seen her around, but we weren&#8217;t actually friends. She didn&#8217;t seem pleased that I was coming along but didn&#8217;t tell Wendy I couldn&#8217;t come with them. Sarah&#8217;s friend Tammy was also there. We hopped into her old light green, with a white top Buick LeSabre. </p><p>Tammy held the passenger seat forward as Wendy climbed into the back seat. I took a deep breath and followed her in. The car had that old car smell, probably formaldehyde and old vinyl, overlayed with a green pine tree-scented air freshener hanging from the rear view mirror.  I still hate the smell of those things but on that day it was even worse as my stomach was determined to remind me I was making a bad choice. </p><p>We got to Sarah&#8217;s house and she got us all cokes to drink. We sat around chatting, gossiping is more like it, but for the life of me I don&#8217;t remember what they talked about. I, as usual sat quietly trying to tell myself it was alright. Then the phone rang.  Sarah, instinctively picked it up. </p><p>We knew right away something was wrong as Sarah first was surprised then getting more and more angry and she looked directly at me. When she hung up the phone she slowly turned around and said, &#8220;That was my mom, the school called her because YOUR mom called to tell you, you got the job at the Donut shop and she&#8217;s going to pick you up after school. Only you weren&#8217;t there. Then the school decided to see who else was missing and called all of our parents. Thanks a lot! You fucking got us in trouble!&#8221;</p><p>I sat in silence, my body revolting against me, telling me it had tried to tell me but would I listen, no. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;A lot of good that does us, we are all in trouble now!&#8221; Sarah yells.</p><p>Tammy pipes up and says, &#8220;Well, since we&#8217;re already in trouble, we might as well go to the park. At least we can try to have fun since we&#8217;re probably all going to be grounded afterward.&#8221;</p><p>Sarah frowned but then looked thoughtful. &#8220;Fine&#8230;&#8221;</p><p>I remember swinging on the swing slowly as the others were trying to have fun but everyone had giant grey clouds hanging over them. 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But I did get the job.</p><div><hr></div><p></p><p>Next time I was caught doing something I should have known better to do or at least have listened to my inner voice, was even crazier. </p><p>It was spring vacation in the tenth grade and I was still 16. My boyfriend, who I knew from the ninth grade (was a giant failed experiment of being an all ninth grade school with kids bussed in from all over the city, not good at all. But that&#8217;s a different story) and went to a different high-school, had come over when no one else was home. We missed each other because it was rare for us to be able to get together. Now, once again, my inner voice tried to tell me to do something differently, to go hang out in my sister&#8217;s room. After all she had a TV but I wanted to go to my room. I really wished I had listened.</p><p>We were on my bed, kissing, bodies tingling, still fully clothed, but I can&#8217;t honestly say for how much longer. My bedroom door had a straight shot down the long hallway to the front door. So when a light came shooting through my door and I heard it close rather loudly, I shoved him in my closet and told him to stay there.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uacA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee1a705e-88e7-41de-ac1d-6dfe63a6ffb7_768x768.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uacA!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee1a705e-88e7-41de-ac1d-6dfe63a6ffb7_768x768.jpeg 424w, 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He was frantically searching for something. </p><p>&#8220;Hey dad, what are you looking for?&#8221; I was trying so hard to sound calm and my insides were trembling.</p><p>&#8220;The measurement tape. I want to measure your closet for the bar and I&#8217;ll go buy it so you can hang up your clothes.&#8221; </p><p>I began to tremble all over and sweat. </p><p>&#8220;Help me find it.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Okay.&#8221; Trust me when I say I did not try very hard. </p><p>Then he had a great idea. &#8220;I&#8217;ll just use this.&#8221; Now when I tell you what he had in his hand you are going to say, he must have known, but he didn&#8217;t. He swore to me later he hadn&#8217;t any idea what was lurking in my closet. </p><p>He had the wrong end of my brother&#8217;s baseball bat in his hand. He headed back toward my room and I slowly went to the kitchen, sat down, and waited, barely able to breathe.</p><p>I heard like a thump and a grunt, then my dad said, &#8220;Um, Ezme&#8230;&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Yeah Dad?&#8221; I called back in a cracked voice. I am full on shaking now. and my shirt was beginning to feel damp I was sweating so much.</p><p>&#8220;Tommy is in your closet.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Yeah, Dad.&#8221; What else could I say. It was the truth. </p><p>They came into the kitchen a moment later. Tommy was red in the face but none the worse for wear. Later my dad told me that he had been looking down when he opened the closet door. He saw shoes that he knew couldn&#8217;t be mine and as his eyes began to trail up, instinct had him flipping the bat to have the handle in his hand and the loud grunt had been his surprise to see the only boy I dated that my dad ever liked. I think it&#8217;s the only reason he&#8217;s still alive.</p><p>My Dad got my Mom on the phone with us both sitting there looking miserable, but also trying not to laugh because our nerves were getting the better of us. </p><p>Now you have to understand the dynamics of my family, which were pretty toxic. My dad was normally the one who flew into a rage at the slightest thing, but big things, I don&#8217;t know, he just didn&#8217;t know how to handle them so they typically vanished like nothing ever happened. My mom though, as he is telling her what has happened, is saying, &#8220;Kill them, kill them now!&#8221; Because they were fifteen, in her room, when she got pregnant with me.&#8221;</p><p>My dad&#8217;s solution, one of the very few cool things he did when I was growing up, was to start us all in Square dancing so Tommy and I could see each other more often, and under supervision of course.</p><p>Later, Tommy told me, &#8220;You know how most people see their lives flash before their eyes?&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Yeah&#8230;&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Well, when he was standing there with the bat, I saw the headlines, &#8216;Boyfriend gets beat to death by girlfriend&#8217;s father.&#8217; I thought I was dead.&#8221; Thankfully that wasn&#8217;t the case.</p><p></p><div><hr></div><p>So you see, those are only the two most extreme cases, not counting the time I ran away in the ninth grade and my dad kept showing up where we had just been. As I said, a story for another time.</p><p>I gave up doing things I wasn&#8217;t supposed to do, for the most part, because I ALWAYS got caught. So now as a much older woman, having fought long and hard to be myself and to speak up about my truth, I still get anxious regarding grey areas. Things that are wrong but everyone is doing it and a person might get in trouble for. My daughters used to say sarcastically as teens, &#8220;Oh, mom won&#8217;t do that because it&#8217;s wrong.&#8221; Or breaking the law, or just in the grey area.</p><p>The grey areas are popping up again and it has me stressing out. Once again I&#8217;m thrown back to times I was worried about getting caught. I am working hard to be a successful writer and at any moment, with a little bad luck, it could all come crashing down. </p><p>I have spoken with others in the erotica/smut community and they have given me good advice on how to ease my anxiety, for now. So I am going to continue writing the stories you and I love and hope for the best. Plus I&#8217;m putting most of my stories on Patreon, also behind a paywall, just in case. </p><p>Do you have any stories like this? Where your inner voice tried to tell you not to do something but you did it anyway and some strange thing happened and you were caught? Share your story with me, link it up or share the story in the comments. Thanks!</p><p></p><p>Love from the Dungeon,</p><p>Dragon Ezme</p><div><hr></div><p>My dream is to make a living do what I love and I love weaving erotically charged, lip biting, thigh clenching, core tingling stories and fantasies for you to inhale, devour, and sink into your skin. 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo created with AI image generator Penchance.</figcaption></figure></div><p>In celebration of May Masturbation Month, I am writing self pleasure poetry and now adding audio at least once per week. Take it slow, feel each word, then enjoy what your body feels. </p><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">Arching

               Moving

Stretching&#8230;

Breathing out

In

Heat

And &#8230;&#8230;. Flames

Burning

Inside

~~~

Transformation

Breathing

In

Moving

              Stretching

Hands

              clenched

Unclench

Open

~~~~

Writhing

             Moaning

Climbing

into Me

closed

              breathing

In

Sighing

Out

~~~~~~

Soul tightening

Fingers

                    grasping

Stretched

Taste of

Copper

On my

Tongue

Sighing

~~~~~~

                   Loud beats

Pounding

Surrounding

Heart racing

Don't look

                    now

Exploding in

Out

                   Screaming


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this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">Darkness pervades

chill in the air

I feel you near

whisps of air move

the cold invades 

I feel you near

breathing shallow

time slips away

I feel you near

open then closed

hearts beating on

I feel you near

quietly stare

clouds moving by

I feel you near

but are you there

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It's quite a naughty scene and Evan shows another side of himself that will be in the next chapter, his other side, not the naughty scene. Although there will be a spicy scene coming up in that chapter as well.</p><p>Another story that is percolating comes from going through my photos and finding several of these tree photos that I remember when I took them a few years ago thinking, &#8220;These could make a great prompt for a story, something magical and possibly scary.&#8221; </p><p>What do you think? Does the photo tickle your muse? Where do you find inspiration?</p><p> </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ivcd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73f062f9-4d1b-4995-a2d0-84b76b45e647_1079x608.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ivcd!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73f062f9-4d1b-4995-a2d0-84b76b45e647_1079x608.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ivcd!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73f062f9-4d1b-4995-a2d0-84b76b45e647_1079x608.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ivcd!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73f062f9-4d1b-4995-a2d0-84b76b45e647_1079x608.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ivcd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73f062f9-4d1b-4995-a2d0-84b76b45e647_1079x608.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ivcd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73f062f9-4d1b-4995-a2d0-84b76b45e647_1079x608.jpeg" width="1079" height="608" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/73f062f9-4d1b-4995-a2d0-84b76b45e647_1079x608.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:608,&quot;width&quot;:1079,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:648079,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ivcd!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73f062f9-4d1b-4995-a2d0-84b76b45e647_1079x608.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ivcd!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73f062f9-4d1b-4995-a2d0-84b76b45e647_1079x608.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ivcd!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73f062f9-4d1b-4995-a2d0-84b76b45e647_1079x608.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ivcd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73f062f9-4d1b-4995-a2d0-84b76b45e647_1079x608.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by Ezme without filter or editing.</figcaption></figure></div><p>I always have several things I'm working on at the same time. It's why it is difficult to keep to a schedule. I know I will post 2 to 3 in a week, or more, but what will be posted exactly when&#8230; I just don't know. Probably need someone without AuDHD, or a neurospicy brain, to have a perfectly set schedule.</p><div><hr></div><p></p><p>Subscribe for free to read spotlighted stories and all Weaving Webs, or upgrade to read all of my archives stories, behind the scenes, specials and to be able to listen to the audio. And of course, to keep my inner muse happy.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Writers need support to keep their words flowing. 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This event is held monthly out on a farm that is privately owned. They have lots of play area spaces, a converted garage and a barn as well as a large party tent out back. So much fun equipment to use - spanking benches, St. Andrew crosses, massage tables, and several areas for rope tying and large loops hanging from ceilings to display their rope techniques and the interesting ways they tie up their willing participants, even a medical area with all types of fun equipment and medical table with a big round, overhead light that moves around so it can be centered on the area you are working on. There are large cages and other interesting contraptions as they are always getting new things whether specifically for BDSM or something they think would be interesting to explore in ways other than their intended use.</p><p>They also have a large pergola out front with tables and chairs and comfy outdoor seating. Their living room inside the main house has a large u-shaped couch where many come to have their aftercare after their sessions or just to hang out and chat out of the weather.</p><p>Last night we chose a spanking bench for our session and right after we began setting up, a few people came in to use the St. Andrew cross directly behind us. It&#8217;s always interesting when you have someone that close also using impact tools. Luckily, we were far enough apart that we didn&#8217;t accidentally swing back and hit each other. For the Dom/mes (not switches) who love giving impact, they typically don&#8217;t want to receive it even by accident, I certainly don&#8217;t. You also have the added sounds of moans and whimpers and the sounds of the impact tools as they are used on them. Sometimes it adds to it and sometimes it is distracting. Her whimpers were quite pleasing.</p><p>I chose paddles of various shapes and sizes, a couple of thinner, mid length floggers, two wooden spoons that I love to play with at the same time, and my new favorite, the black and purple cort from the last time we played. Of course, I always have my nails because I love scratching long, deep red lines into him.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gnE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cd633ac-45fd-481b-a144-d2b2550315bd_1152x2047.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gnE!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cd633ac-45fd-481b-a144-d2b2550315bd_1152x2047.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gnE!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cd633ac-45fd-481b-a144-d2b2550315bd_1152x2047.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gnE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cd633ac-45fd-481b-a144-d2b2550315bd_1152x2047.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gnE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cd633ac-45fd-481b-a144-d2b2550315bd_1152x2047.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gnE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cd633ac-45fd-481b-a144-d2b2550315bd_1152x2047.jpeg" width="366" height="650.3489583333334" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3cd633ac-45fd-481b-a144-d2b2550315bd_1152x2047.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:2047,&quot;width&quot;:1152,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:366,&quot;bytes&quot;:337330,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/i/195562685?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cd633ac-45fd-481b-a144-d2b2550315bd_1152x2047.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gnE!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cd633ac-45fd-481b-a144-d2b2550315bd_1152x2047.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gnE!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cd633ac-45fd-481b-a144-d2b2550315bd_1152x2047.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gnE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cd633ac-45fd-481b-a144-d2b2550315bd_1152x2047.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gnE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cd633ac-45fd-481b-a144-d2b2550315bd_1152x2047.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">The cort, lighting wasn&#8217;t great so the color is a bit off. It straightens out when you whip it at their behind, but the bread is tight so it curls when not in use.</figcaption></figure></div><p></p><p>I must say, I&#8217;ve only been playing in public for about five years. I never thought I would be comfortable playing in public. I&#8217;m not an exhibitionist, but I realized the benefits of safety and being able to meet more potential play partners because they get to see Me in action. My style is a bit different from most. I do a lot more sensual touching between impact tools. Sensual touch is actually important to Me as touch is my primary love language. I hate calling it a love language because I think people will think of love as in romance. I think of it more as what feeds our emotional wellbeing and keeps us sane. Love to Me is more about how I care about the people around Me, how I feel about them as people, their minds, their thoughts, their emotions. And how I keep my cup full so I can show up for other people.</p><p>Feel free to ask Me questions either in the comments or DM. I know when I was only in the curious stage over thirty years ago, I was dying to talk to people and ask questions but didn&#8217;t feel comfortable to do so most of the time. I&#8217;m an introvert and have Audhd so it can be more difficult to reach out, especially when I was younger. 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we would have made time

we would have told you 

how much you meant to us 

If we had known

we would have texted 

with black hearts 

and dragons

If we had known 

that the last time we saw you 

would be the last

we would have hugged you 

longer

and said 

all

that needed 

to be said

If we had known

we would have begged 

to play another game

to hear your sarcastic laugh 

one more time

If we had known

our last words 

would have been

please know 

how much we love you

If we had known

If we had known

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Mostly played in private, but I've gone to some events. The taste of their submission in private, though, is the darkest nectar of all. 18+ BDSM Erotica]]></description><link>https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/his-submission</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/his-submission</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dragon Ezme]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:05:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1595211427770-942882e2f23d?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw2MHx8dGhpZ2glMjBoaWdoJTIwYm9vdHN8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzc1MTc2OTU3fDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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bite your shoulder</p><p>deeper</p><p>fingers and nails</p><p>scraping over your arms</p><p>you squirm</p><p>knowing </p><p>it will soon be </p><p>so intense</p><p>I can feel your</p><p>anticipation</p><p>your need</p><p>your want</p><p>to endure</p><p>for </p><p>Me</p><p>I smile as my nails rake your back</p><p>again</p><p>and</p><p>again</p><p>leaving deep red marks</p><p>as you squirm</p><p>I rake my nails down over your </p><p>bottom</p><p>down your legs and back up</p><p>garbled sounds escape you</p><p>I reach for the flogger</p><p>thin </p><p>and</p><p>rubbery</p><p>I know this will hurt</p><p>but I start slow</p><p>gliding it over your thighs</p><p>bottom</p><p>back</p><p>then I glide it between your legs</p><p>over your tight sack</p><p>showing where I </p><p>really </p><p>want </p><p>to use it</p><p>you squirm</p><p>and muffled sounds escape you</p><p>you are </p><p>free to stop me</p><p>at </p><p>anytime</p><p>but you never do</p><p>I swing lightly at first</p><p>over your thighs </p><p>so</p><p>many</p><p>times</p><p>I can&#8217;t wait any longer</p><p>I swing it up </p><p>between your</p><p>legs</p><p>and you widen your legs further</p><p>I grin</p><p>you know what I want</p><p>and</p><p>you offer it to me</p><p>Fire ignites</p><p>within Me</p><p>I continue</p><p>just enough to make you feel it</p><p>I swing harder as I </p><p>hit your bottom</p><p>one cheek </p><p>then the other</p><p>your muffled cries </p><p>make me chuckle</p><p>as I continue</p><p>harder</p><p>to your inner thighs</p><p>again</p><p>and again</p><p>then I swing up </p><p>a little harder than before </p><p>your legs still wide</p><p>still offering </p><p>yourself</p><p>to me</p><p>which thrills me</p><p>to </p><p>My</p><p>marrow</p><p>I drop the flogger and stroke over your body </p><p>ankles to head</p><p>you moan deeper</p><p>my hand moves between your legs</p><p>cupping you</p><p>pulling</p><p>stroking</p><p>then I let go </p><p>and grab the wooden </p><p>paddle</p><p>smacking it 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It wasn&#8217;t until I came back to it; read it again, that I realized this was me and someone else speaking. For some that will sound crazy, for others they will know exactly what I&#8217;m talking about.</p><p>I hope you&#8217;ll keep an open mind while you&#8217;re reading. I hope you&#8216;ll understand. But if you don&#8217;t, I&#8217;m learning that isn&#8217;t my problem. I&#8217;m learning to let that go. I&#8217;m learning that I&#8217;m only responsible for me, no one else.</p><p>I wrote this for me, I wrote this for you, and I wrote this for every person that had to make the choice whether to leave or stay.</p><p>May your journey be filled with love and heart break, that you may know both and the healing that comes from each.</p><p><em><strong>Italics</strong></em> = Inner/higher self</p><p>Normal text = Me</p><h1><strong>No One to Blame&#8230;</strong></h1><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n6dD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7620c8f5-dc63-45b9-8d2d-79b2d0627f73_1079x1081.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>No one to blame</p><p>living in shame</p><p>nothing to claim</p><p>never to be the same</p><p>this isn&#8217;t a game</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Just breathe; it isn&#8217;t as bad as you think it is.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Friends and Lovers</p><p>Never to recover</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Some are meant to enter your life for awhile, and then move on. There are lessons here for you to learn.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Choices made&#8230;</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Your heart hurts now but it will mend.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Where I am is not where I was supposed to be,</p><p>Is it?</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Trust what you feel</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Trust&#8230; trust is earned and I lost that somewhere along the way.</p><p>Everyone talks about how painful it is to be left</p><p>not how painful it is to be the one leaving</p><p>how hard it is to come to the decision</p><p>to stick with your choice</p><p>to walk out the door</p><p></p><p><em><strong>You will heal.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Nothing tangible</p><p>nothing to point at and say</p><p>this is why I am leaving</p><p>how to make them understand</p><p>do I understand</p><p></p><p><em><strong>There isn&#8217;t always something to understand, at least not until later. You mustn&#8217;t worry about others, do what you know is right for you.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>feeling like an alien in my own skin</p><p>does it ever get any better</p><p>any easier</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Sometimes.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>If you are always the one being left behind,</p><p>how can you know</p><p>it feels like your heart is being ripped out of your chest?</p><p></p><p><em><strong>I know you don&#8217;t want to hear this but what you feel is normal. It will pass.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Making the choice</p><p>believing you are making the right choice when nothing feels right</p><p></p><p><em><strong>It isn&#8217;t about what is right or what is wrong. It is about your truth, what you know in your heart.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>But what if I&#8217;m wrong</p><p>doubting my sanity</p><p>of course if you wonder if you are sane they say</p><p>you aren&#8217;t crazy</p><p></p><p><em><strong>When a person is unhappy with their life, they are the one responsible for making it better, that isn&#8217;t crazy.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>I am sorry</p><p>three little words spoken softly across the room</p><p>She doesn&#8217;t believe it</p><p>my heart bleeds</p><p></p><p><em><strong>In time, she will heal; you aren&#8217;t responsible for her choices.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Am I stronger or am I as impossible as some think</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Living your truth is not always easy.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>is not</p><p>is</p><p>not</p><p>denial rears its head</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Denial is a form of protection for you when feeling overwhelmed. Breathe, take a walk, change your focus for a moment.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>I am okay</p><p>yes I am</p><p>I am okay</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Of course you are.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Do you know how much I have tried to convince myself to stay</p><p>how every day I tell myself</p><p>See this is fine this is good</p><p>look at all that we have</p><p>I&#8217;m dying inside</p><p></p><p><em><strong>You aren&#8217;t dying, it just feels like it.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>But she will do anything for me</p><p>I try not to see how much she gives up</p><p>I try not to see how much she denies</p><p>I try not to see how much she tries to be something she is not</p><p>to</p><p>please</p><p>me</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Her choices are not your responsibility. You are responsible for your choices and only your choices.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>No one can see my heart breaking</p><p>it is hidden inside</p><p>They think I am strong</p><p>They think it is easy for me</p><p>They think I am made of stone</p><p></p><p><em><strong>I know you think this is true, but, there are those that see. They can feel your pain and are waiting for you to decide for yourself. They will be there when you come through to the other side of this.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>really I am made of glass</p><p>and I am shattering into a million pieces</p><p>a billion pieces</p><p></p><p><em><strong>And I will help you put all the pieces back together again.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Not wanting to make another wrong choice</p><p>where would I be if I had made all the right choices</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Playing the &#8220;what if&#8217; game will only take you deeper into the darkness. You are where you were meant to be. There is a reason for everything; it is all part of the journey.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>And, it isn&#8217;t about being right.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>yes it is</p><p>it is what everyone wants</p><p>to be right</p><p>to be good</p><p>to be perfect</p><p>have I made any right or good choices</p><p></p><p><em><strong>You have made many wonderful choices, courageous choices, loving choices.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>my heart is bleeding</p><p>slowly</p><p>painfully</p><p><em>It will mend.</em></p><p>words said</p><p>choices made</p><p>Do I have to sweat blood for you to see</p><p>how agonizing this is</p><p>Live my truth</p><p>live my truth</p><p>it is a mantra I hear again and again</p><p>but what is the truth</p><p>what is my truth</p><p>is it true that there is one true love</p><p>is it true that my life is important</p><p>is it true that I am meant to show by example</p><p>will anyone really care what I do</p><p>will anyone really care if I stand in the middle of a room</p><p>and dance alone</p><p>I feel myself trying to talk myself out of it again</p><p>why is it so hard</p><p>is it supposed to be this hard</p><p>will I make the right choice for me</p><p>will I stay or will I go</p><p>She sleeps not knowing her world could be turned upside down in a moment</p><p>I would be the one to blame</p><p>she will cry</p><p>she will scream</p><p>she will say things that break my heart</p><p>Is my heart broken already</p><p>My heart must be broken to not be able to accept her love</p><p>am I broken&#8230;</p><p>My eyes are dry from all the tears shed</p><p>quietly</p><p>silently</p><p>No one to speak to</p><p>I have done all this before</p><p>No one to trust</p><p>no one to listen with an open heart</p><p>I could talk to God/Goddess/the Source/the Universe or did He/She stop listening the first time I left someone</p><p>my husband</p><p>the father of my girls?</p><p>Will I go to Hell as the bible says</p><p></p><p><em><strong>That is another discussion I think</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>or maybe not</strong></em></p><p></p><p>No one sees me screaming inside</p><p>no one sees me torn in half</p><p>no one sees me</p><p></p><p><em><strong>I see you</strong></em></p><p></p><p>I look around at my things</p><p>yes they are just things but</p><p>they are my things</p><p>at least while I am here on earth they are mine</p><p>I don't want to leave them</p><p>I don't want to start over</p><p>I don't want to begin again.</p><p>so many new beginnings</p><p>so many endings</p><p>so many tears</p><p>only my soul cries now</p><p>feeling trapped within</p><p>my body tries to tell me the directions to take</p><p>what is best for me</p><p>the experiences I need in this life</p><p>how to get to where we both want to go</p><p>why is it so hard to listen</p><p>why is it so hard to take direction from my higher self to do what is best for me</p><p><em>Fear</em></p><p><em>of the unknown</em></p><p><strong>Feel the fear and do it anyway...</strong></p><p>easier said than done.</p><p>What difference is it really?</p><p>Am I doing her any favors by staying?</p><p>who am I to say what is better for her?</p><p>Hard enough to</p><p>know</p><p>and</p><p>do</p><p>what is best for me.</p><p></p><p>She is a grown woman</p><p>educated</p><p>smart</p><p>funny</p><p>talented</p><p>so why am I leaving</p><p>sand paper on the skin</p><p>ache in my belly</p><p>out of sorts</p><p>nothing quite right</p><p>she hides her true self to be what she thinks I want</p><p>Why do people do that?</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Because they don't want someone to leave</strong></em></p><p></p><p>but wouldn't it be better to be with someone that loves you</p><p>for you</p><p>loves you just the way you are</p><p>doesn't want you to be different in any way</p><p>Why do people mold themselves to suit someone else</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Fear</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>wanting to be loved</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Yes I want to be loved but I want to be loved for me the way I am no matter what</p><p>is that too much</p><p>my parents didn't love me, want me.</p><p>they tried to suppress me</p><p>make me into something I'm not</p><p>make me disappear except when they deemed appropriate</p><p>be seen not heard</p><p>spare the rod</p><p>spoil the child</p><p>only to toss us aside when someone else came along</p><p>But I am grown now</p><p>that is not supposed to matter anymore right...</p><p>but if they couldn't</p><p>wouldn't</p><p>won't</p><p>love me</p><p>how can anyone else</p><p>She loves me doesn't she?</p><p></p><p><em><strong>is it love to hide truths</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>is it love to be something you are not</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>is it love to do something you don't want to do</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>is it love to live in fear</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>is it love to pretend</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>is it love... really</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Fear</strong></em></p><p></p><p>I am her world</p><p>my soul is</p><p>breaking apart</p><p>begging me to not give in</p><p>give over</p><p>to not give up my soul</p><p>to not compromise my truth</p><p>my passion</p><p>my life</p><p></p><p><em>Is it manipulation to give a person anything they want so they won't leave</em></p><p></p><p>As I walk out the door the tears fall freely</p><p>The pain tears like a knife</p><p>I keep going</p><p>I know I will heal in time</p><p>I have before</p><p>I will again</p><p>Won&#8217;t I&#8230;</p><p>Will I recover</p><p>It hurts so much</p><p></p><p><em><strong>One step at a time</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Breathe</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Go through the motions</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>The next step will be better</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Will it&#8230;</p><p>I try not to look over my shoulder</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Don&#8217;t look back</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Only look forward</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Your destiny awaits</strong></em></p><p></p><p>My destiny</p><p>Really</p><p>Are you sure&#8230;</p><p>Is this truly where I am meant to go</p><p>Doubt invades my body</p><p>Pulling at my skin</p><p>Making it hard to breathe</p><p>Making it hard to move</p><p>Gasping for air</p><p>Sobs breaking through</p><p>Breathing</p><p>Holding on to my sanity</p><p>one</p><p>tiny</p><p>step</p><p>at a time</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Never an easy choice</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>To leave</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>To stay</strong></em></p><p></p><p>I left</p><p>I walked out the door</p><p>Never to look back</p><p>No</p><p>It</p><p>Is</p><p>Not</p><p>easy</p><p>Breathing into my being</p><p>Breathing into me</p><p>Breathing</p><p></p><p>Now&#8230;</p><p>To know and love myself before I know or love anyone else. To be me or no one will know who I really am, not even me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">The Dragon Writer is a reader-supported publication. 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On Monday, She had a massive coronary and didn&#8217;t make it to the hospital. She and I had been friends for over twenty years. She was 56. Moments ever since... I feel like I can&#8217;t catch my breath. I&#8217;ll never see her again in this life. It doesn&#8217;t feel real. So much regret. I haven&#8217;t seen her in a couple of years and then it was for their son&#8217;s memorial. In fact, when her wife called me I thought, &#8220;The last time she called, Steven had died, he had killed himself.&#8221; I knew it was going to be bad, whatever it was. </p><p>She choked out, &#8220;Kat died this morning.&#8221;</p><p>I was stunned, my mouth dropped open. I wasn&#8217;t expecting that. How could she be gone? </p><p>I remember the first time I saw her, walking her pittie in our complex. I told my partner, &#8220;She looks like family.&#8221; She had a stocky build with short dark hair. Cute as could be. </p><p>Later I discovered my friend, a receptionist at our chiropractor, knew her. Their teens were dating. Then she and Kat became roommates and the rest is history and two of our closest friends.</p><p>Dinners out. Laughter. Tears. Late nights drinking and playing cards, laughing so hard we were in tears.</p><p>Kat always smiled when she saw me. She&#8217;d light up like Christmas morning. She always made me feel wanted, like I was special even when she was struggling with life. She had a dark sense of humor, some may have called her a bitch. I never thought so. </p><p>She was retired Navy and had some hearing loss so we rarely spoke on the phone, but we would text and give our Facebook posts love.</p><p>She rescued me once, when my car broke down. She said, &#8220;I&#8217;ll always come for you if you need me.&#8221; I felt that all the way into my center. Now she&#8217;s gone.</p><p>Her death has me shook. I&#8217;m older than she was. So many have died in my life and each year it seems like more leave this earth. Some I know personally, others are people I&#8217;ve watched regularly in movies and television and feel like I know them. They were part of my life even if they didn&#8217;t know me. </p><p>Death is coming. Someday I won&#8217;t be here anymore. Except for a handful of people, I probably won&#8217;t be missed. I&#8217;ve not made any major marks on the world, haven&#8217;t been successful in a traditional sense, or any sense really.</p><p>My life fell apart, again and I&#8217;m currently living in a tent in my daughter&#8217;s backyard. Her house is too small and she has two teen daughters. </p><p>I&#8217;m feeling so much. It hurts to swallow and my eyes are clouding over, but no tears spill. </p><p>Death has been a large part of my life. From the time I was five when my paternal grandmother died. We traveled cross country to pick up my grandfather. I really don&#8217;t remember her and most won&#8217;t talk about her. She was not a happy woman, in fact quite tyrannical from what little I&#8217;ve heard, my father takes after her. </p><p>My cousin was t-boned in a car accident when I was eleven. I still feel guilty about my thoughts when I found out she had passed. She was in college, probably nineteen/twenty, and all I could think, &#8220;Thank God it wasn&#8217;t her sister.&#8221; She was my favorite cousin. Funny thing, later I found out that Janet, the one who died, was a writer, wrote journals and stories that I found out were locked away in the attic and would never see the light of day and her family wouldn&#8217;t say why. It made me wonder. Was she even more like me? I came out in my thirties as a lesbian (Though I&#8217;m now pansexual). I look back at her photos and what I remember of her. She was a bit of a tomboy, she also had red hair like I did. As an adult I can&#8217;t help but wonder if we would have been friends. Her sister, the one I loved so much when I was small, never grew close with me. What did I miss, I&#8217;ll never know.</p><p>Most of my grandparents lived long lives, but all of them are gone now. Great aunts and uncles, gone. So many friends. So many pets, my furbabies, gone. All of them, it&#8217;s like they were never here. Nothing left of them, their belongings long gone. Their homes belong to others now. </p><p>My heart is broken. All of these people, and animals just not here anymore. And at some point I will be gone as well. I&#8217;m 61. So many others I know have died before that age. I&#8217;m lucky, I guess. I&#8217;m still here. </p><p>All I can do is live life on my terms. If not now when? Kat would tell me to get my stories published. I must keep moving forward. Do the things I love while I still can. It&#8217;s the simple things, my own home, a garden, my furbabies, and my writing. I&#8217;ve wanted to be a writer, to publish novels, since I was a child. I allowed so many things to get in my way. Allowed others to make me believe I wasn&#8217;t capable. </p><p>&#8220;It takes a long time to write a book.&#8221; My father said to me when a friend and I were writing a story together, wanting to write a book. We were about eleven. He said it like I couldn&#8217;t possibly be capable of something that would take a long time. I must not have it in me, is what I thought. Others said similar things over the years. But  I&#8217;ve written dozens if not over a hundred stories, most novel length. It&#8217;s time to get out of my own way, because who knows how much time I have left.</p><p>I miss my friend.</p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/shes-gone?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/shes-gone?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:8589774,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Dragon Ezme&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struggling with my Niche]]></title><description><![CDATA[My neurospicy brain rebels against choosing one thing to focus on.]]></description><link>https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/struggling-with-my-niche</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/p/struggling-with-my-niche</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dragon Ezme]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:52:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NGTv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2bd2155d-d3d7-45a9-8806-0a7d64258227_4032x3024.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Last night I was struggling as I fine tune what my niche is going to be. This has always been the most difficult part for me. I think it&#8217;s because of my Audhd. It has always been hard to keep my focus on one specific thing all the time. I usually have two or three stories I&#8217;m working on. When I&#8217;m feeling stuck with one I&#8217;ll move to another and come back to it later. Sometimes I talk about witchy things, spirituality and healing, other times the world of erotica and BDSM. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NGTv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2bd2155d-d3d7-45a9-8806-0a7d64258227_4032x3024.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NGTv!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2bd2155d-d3d7-45a9-8806-0a7d64258227_4032x3024.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NGTv!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2bd2155d-d3d7-45a9-8806-0a7d64258227_4032x3024.jpeg 848w, 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h6 style="text-align: center;">A photo of an Alter I had in the past.</h6><p></p><p>My true passion is writing and how I blew the walls down after struggling for so many years and now I write 10,000 to 20,000 words in a day (I never even knew it was possible to write that much) when I&#8217;m dialed into the stream of creativity. That isn&#8217;t to say I don&#8217;t ever struggle getting my words down, I do. Especially when it comes to rewrites. </p><p><strong>It&#8217;s the main reason I&#8217;m here on Substack. </strong></p><p>Editing is the hardest part, I get distracted so easily while doing things I don&#8217;t feel passionate about and editing is hard work. Only the writing do I feel passion for and it flows except when I&#8217;m supposed to be editing. I have so many stories, so many novel first (second and third) drafts that I have get stalled in my writing. Which I&#8217;ve had for the past year or so.</p><p><strong>Depression hits because I can&#8217;t seem to get to the point of publishing them and it pulls me away from the page and my stories which increases my depression the longer I stay away from the page. </strong></p><p>Sometimes it feels impossible, like I will never accomplish my dream of getting my novels published. But I have to keep going.</p><p>My goal is to rewrite and edit a chapter every week and post the finished chapter on Fridays. Having a deadline has helped me in the past when I was posting stories a chapter at a time on another site. I have edited the first chapter quite a few times and will finish it up today. This story I&#8217;m starting with is near and dear to my heart. </p><p>Most of my stories come from a &#8220;What if&#8230;&#8221; A &#8220;What if&#8221; pops in my head and sometimes the story flows in so fast I can barely keep up and sometimes it fizzles out. Because I discovered I was having whole body orgasms while writing my stories, I had the &#8220;What if a woman was writing at a cafe and someone noticed she was having whole body orgasms even though she was having them quietly and discretely, and the story took off. When it takes off like that it is like watching a movie and I&#8217;m typing as fast as I can to get it all down.</p><p>Though there are pieces of me in the story as I&#8217;m sure there are for most writers, this isn&#8217;t about me. Her trauma isn&#8217;t my trauma. Not to say I haven&#8217;t had trauma, I&#8217;ve had plenty, just not the trauma she&#8217;s had.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://thedragonwriter.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><h4>What you can expect from me.</h4><p>Beyond posting chapters on Fridays, I&#8217;m not going to make any promises. I&#8217;m hoping to fine tune my niche and discover what else I want to write about besides my stories. Time will tell but here are some of the possibilities":</p><ul><li><p>Awakening The Sacred Essence - Reclaiming my Sensual Self</p></li><li><p>The Witchy Crone - Healing through Tarot, Crystals, Reiki, and more</p></li><li><p>Soul Conversations  - Writing Prompts for the Soul to increase your connection to your higher self.</p></li><li><p>Discovering late in life (over 60) Audhd and how it affects diabetes on my healing journey</p></li></ul><p>And the constants in my life while working any of the above, music, movement/dance, art journaling, and poetry. When I choose one or more of the above possibilities, I will choose a day of the week for posting them. Or maybe it will be all of them but creating one book/story at a time. Below is a sample of how I use art journaling and poetry for processing my feelings.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-M_7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46d71d66-8e56-4d3f-a8ca-f8de9564b362_1080x2340.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-M_7!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46d71d66-8e56-4d3f-a8ca-f8de9564b362_1080x2340.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-M_7!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46d71d66-8e56-4d3f-a8ca-f8de9564b362_1080x2340.jpeg 848w, 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with tattered edges</h5><h5>edges rounded and sharp bringing you back</h5><h5>back to the words you began with</h5><h5>poetry</h5><p></p><p>If one of the topic possibilities intrigues you more than the others, let me know. 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