Friday, March 22, 2013

Spankings on a Page

Remember the days of dial up Internet? The static and beeping as it tried to connect. The celebration when you finally heard it go through. The anticipation of knowledge at your fingertips, of finding a chat room filled with people who had a similar interest. Compelled by this novel idea of connecting with others, even those in other countries, from your own home in *gasp* your pajamas!

I remember those early days of perusing chat rooms and using the AOL search engine looking up terms like "Reiki" and "Channeling" and "Aromatherapy." I was a young and budding spiritual guru at the spry young age of 18. My Mom and I shared a screen name. We were sage and growing in our joint pursuits of spiritual awareness. It was a lot of fun.

And then one day I was alone in the house. I was typing away looking up health remedies for this or that when suddenly an idea was upon me. "I should look up the word spanking!" Oh, once that idea sparked it ignited! I typed in the word as my heart raced and my breath quickened. You can imagine my surprise when entry upon entry showed up. I didn't expect much more than a definition and maybe a sentence using the word, similarly to when I had looked it up in the dictionary my parents gave me over and over when I was younger.
I sorted through these results all the while listening intently for the sound of the garage door opening or the door clicking. I sorted through with bated breath the parenting articles, and the porn, when alas what did I stumble upon...My first discovered spanking story. I was captivated. Entire stories dedicated to my secret obsession. This was so much more satisfying that the brief, but delicious scenes that I had stumbled upon reading old fashioned romance novels.

My life changed that day and little did I realize the fundamental change that was occurring inside of me. That subtle shift that would change the course in ways I couldn't even fathom yet. I was hooked. I quickly realized that the story pages contained no pictures. I could read to my heart’s content with no one the wiser. It was one of the most satisfying moments of my life. This was before Bethany Burke changed the landscape of spanking fiction to the plethora of spanking romance we can find today. So, now that you are acquainted with the moment that I discovered and fell head over heals in love with the spanking genre let me introduce myself.

Hi, my name is Corinne, and I am a spanking romance bookaholic.

Ps. I won't even go into the time I ventured bravely into the "Rosy Cheeks" chat room using, yes you guessed it, that same screen name that I shared with my mom. Can you guess what happened?
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18 comments:

  1. LOL! Quite a tease to leave us hanging like that with your end question. That IS naughty!

    What a great first post. I'm looking forward to more wonderful posts from you, Corinne! Glad to have you aboard.

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  2. I was worried about sharing the screen name right from the start!! Oh no!!!! Was your secret out with your mom?

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  3. A friend of hers followed me into the room delighted at the cute name we picked out for the chat! (Picture fresh mountain air and wind blown faces.) I quickly exited before she could read what else was on the screen; stumbling over my apologies that I accidentally clicked on the room. Of course I panicked and knew I had to tell my mom (something!) before someone else did. What is a girl to do, but lie, lie, lie. I told her that I had accidentally gone into the room without knowing what it was and embarrassingly her friend had followed me before I could exit. She was mortified! It didn't even occur to her that I could have possibly gone in there on purpose. That very day we created separate screen names and I learned how to cover my tracks much more effectively.

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  4. Thanks, Ana! It was very naughty of me! Let’s just say I had no idea that those on your friend’s list could see which chat rooms you entered and follow you! LOL

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  5. Great post, Corinne. LOL That is pretty funny! Way to cover your tracks!

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  6. And for future reference, isn't lying a spankable offense?
    :)

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  7. It would be now! Thankfully, my current rules aren't retroactive!

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  8. Yes, the lack of pictures! Easier to hide and quicker to load :) You live dangerously eh? Using that shared screen name to enter chat rooms!

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  9. Danger is my middle name! LOL, not! I couldn't even type that with a straight face. I've gotten much smarter in my cover up schemes. I have 3 1/2 teens in the house & they are very technology savvy! They have their own computer/tablets, so there is no reason for them to ever get on my computer!

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  10. Very similar to my foray into the spanking 'reading' world, Such a great past time! A life changer huh? LOL

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  11. Agreed! My life definitely changed that day. I'm so glad that I do not have to do endless web searches for just the right story anymore! Great stories are readily available now!

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  12. Hi Corinne, and welcome to the neighborhood!

    I enjoyed your description of your discovery of the early online spanking community. I too am a spanko, practically from birth. I also had a moment of revelation via the internet. However, at that time, my husband and I had been already spanking for more than ten years. We thought it was our thing! To learn that there were thousands of other couples out there was mind blowing. We learned so much in those first few months.

    I wish you the best with your new blog and with your writing career.

    Hugs,
    Bonnie

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  13. Hi Corinne,

    I have also been a spanko all my life, but never had the pleasure of visiting spanking chat rooms. I do, however, remember dial-up internet connections;(

    Wow! Sharing a screen name with your mom! I'm glad you got your own online persona soon after discovering the wonderful world of internet spanking.

    Hugs,
    Hermione

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  14. Changed my life too!! I'm going to post about it on my author-versary in May!

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  15. Thanks for the welcome, Bonnie! Isn't it funny how something that seems like our own quirk can start seeming so normal with how something like the internet can bring us all together? I'm excited to delve into your blog as well!

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  16. Agreed! It quickly became very necessary! I was so innocent of the fun I could get into before that!

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  17. I can't wait to read it! Thank goodness your author-versary is coming right up!

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  18. This is a fantastic post. My addiction to spanking literature bagan in my dorm room on my roommates computer. They were about to install a cutting edge technology called "Ethernet".

    I typed "spanking" into the search engine (I think it was Yahoo or Excite back then) and my life has never been the same!

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