Who Taught Me That Sex Was A Dirty Word? – Karen Ann Loeper

The word sex, somehow less palatable than making love. Was it the boys I hung out with beyond the playground, my mother’s sensitive sensibilities, my father’s cheap dime store paperbacks, my brother’s Penthouse, the Catholic Church? Nowhere in my world, a half a century ago, was sex sacred. My girlfriend’s ex screaming, across the parkingContinue reading “Who Taught Me That Sex Was A Dirty Word? – Karen Ann Loeper”

Dirty Words – Georgiann Carlson

The dirtiest words are those used to describe women and their anatomy No other words are filled with such hatred, cruelty and disgust I’m an artist, a writer, a vegetarian, an animal rights activist, and quite a few other things as well. I love books, cats, philosophy, good conversation, Chicago and the arts. So myContinue reading “Dirty Words – Georgiann Carlson”

Dirty Words – Candice L. Daquin

The party is in full force, women are lifting their skirts turning ankles, kicking legs higher, swaying men are throwing back brandy, urging on, wiping damp hands on the backs of chairs unseen. Children who are supposed to be sleeping, watch from the tops of stairs, for discarded drinks especially those too sweet and yellowedContinue reading “Dirty Words – Candice L. Daquin”

Daily Creativity Prompt – Dirty Words

In honor of its 5th anniversary, Indie Blu(e) Publishing and Brave & Reckless are teaming up this November to sponsor a series of 30 daily creativity prompts, comprised of the titles of our 25 published books and four upcoming titles, along with a couple fun phrases to round it out. We think our book titlesContinue reading “Daily Creativity Prompt – Dirty Words”