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May Flowers Blog

08 Friday Jun 2012

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Hey there fellow writers and fans o’ mine! As always I beg your forgiveness on the tardiness of my blog but hopefully you will forgive me when I tell you of all I have been doing while gathering up inspiration for my writer’s inspiration.

In a quiet nod to my sexual self I decided to host one of my parties on a Sunday afternoon in response to those who claim Sunday is their day of “joyful reckoning”. (My words not theirs, of course.) Was busy, work and great fun all the same.

Enough of that “dark side” of me. A friend and I decided to take ten days off and visit Hanoi, Vietnam for a few days and continue on to Bangkok. Both cities were crowded, hot, humid, and a complete cultural shock. In a good way of course. Vietnamese food was pretty interesting while Thai food was a little spicy for my taste. It seems the natives dumb down the food for westerners while the real adventurers enjoy all the fine variety of flavors such a culture has to offer.

A communist country like Vietnam seems to have embraced new rules that allow the Vietnamese to strut their capitalist feathers, and indeed they do, to the point of an aggressive sales approach that would put any New Yorker to shame! Whatever you may have heard about the infamous traffic in Hanoi is true. Crossing the street is a life threatening adventure.

The beauty of Bangkok is in its freedom and ability to still save Bangkok of the 60’s and merge it with the growth of the new millennium. The “land of a 1000 temples” is extraordinary and photos don’t capture the beauty and craftsmanship of many of the temples inside and out.

It is no surprise that much of my writings include diverse cultures and a kind of off beat sensibility, the kind that one develops when traveling and exposing yourself to new ideas. The more travel expands your imagination the broader your fantasies reach.

The last of my May travels was to Chicago for the annual International Mister Leather, a convention of over 20,000 men and women into leather, kink, and fetish. Yes, dear reader I can pretty well write about these topics because the practitioners of said kink etc etc is MY family. I get many of my ideas from being with my “family” and sharing some of their stories as well as my own, with you, the reader. Visually the convention is a an amazing mix of “you-name-it” and it’s represented here and fuels every man or woman’s fantasy from Borg-style leather gear to giving yourself over to your animal spirit puppy and farm animal style (I bet you really want to know more now don’cha?) If you remember ‘Daddy’s Boy’s’ you may remember the hot tattooed ‘daddy’ on the cover. That picture was taking at the convention market place and the gent was asked if we could put him on the cover to which he kindly consented. Sometime, the story just walks up to you!

See you next installment. What did you think of this one? Visit my guest book and let me know, your comments are important to me.

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Beautiful Weather Everywhere

06 Sunday May 2012

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Found this picture of a totem in old San Juan, nice eh?

Spring springs eternal? Just back from a fascinating time in of all places Cleveland, Ohio, which also happens to be the place of my birth. Cleveland hosted an event known in the leather community as CLAW (Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend) which is a weekend of shopping, networking and workshops. The event beat me out years ago for a community service award, but I have to admit it is still well deserving, and continues to be one of the foremost of leather events.

A few leather icons were present and its scary how the passage of time can ravish the most sturdy of us. I always find it odd how everyone seems to be aging but me. Oh well, good genes I guess.

It was also notable for a writers’ panel that featured Tim Brough, Gloria Braeme, Race Bannon, Guy Baldwin and Jack Rinella. All of the panel are well known and respected fetish and kink writers who have been in the forefront of kinky literature for many years. The panel seemed to agree that e-books are definitely the wave of the future if not what’s happening now, as book store after book store closes and E-readers rise in popularity. Since I wasn’t invited to be on this year’s panel (next year I’ve been asked) I missed the first half of what seemed to be a really informative discussion.

My creative process these days seem to come in spurts. The last month has seen me really producing such soon to be classics (if I do say so myself) Bewitched, On the Downlow, Gang of Brothers and The Contest. The stories are my attempt to display a lighter approach to my writing (happier endings), only time will tell whether I’ve succeeded or not. All I know is that I am constantly presenting Dawne, cover artist extraordinaire, with challenging cover ideas and she returns the serve with brilliance! Some of my stories are inspired by wondering what Dawn’s artistic view of my tales will be. I’ve given her a Pakistani drag performer and a transgendered body builder and a demon from beyond! I try to keep it interesting for my reader and my artist. I try…

I have several ideas brewing even as I write my ever late blog. I’ll be turning off the phone and television and digging in soon enough. Come the summer I intend to start working on my series of meditation books highlighting the seasons. I like to impress my readers with my diversity, not just in the characters I create but the genre of books I write as well.

Some of you may remember how last year a freak infection curtailed my travel activities for many months. This year I’m determined to make up for lost time. My next planned trip is for Hanoi and Bangkok, no doubt a rich mine of creativity waiting to be mined.

Meanwhile here’s hoping everyone has a wonderful season and download a ton of my books onto your kindle, iPad, Nook, and whatever else you may be using to make your travel rides more fun! And please don’t forget to visit my guestbook and sign in with your comments and ideas. I look forward to hearing from you!

Best. Cain Berlinger

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