Verity Ant's Blog

Due to an urgent and unforeseen family situation, Derek and I will have to withdraw from the blogoverse for the long-term. Rather than let Painful Ecstasy become a fossil, unattended and unloved, we're going to delete it. 

All of our books will remain on the market and we hope you will continue to enjoy them and point your friends to them. Our website (dvantbooks.com) will also remain and will always offer contact information.

If you've been following "Adjustments" and would like to read the conclusion of that story, please pick up a copy of Master of Two: Nascent Love. You can get it for free at Smashwords (all formats FREE) and All Romance eBooks (all formats FREE). Like our other books, it is also available inexpensively at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

We wish you happiness, prosperity and success in all your endeavors. 

Best Regards,

Derek & Verity Ant

[image error] A recurring theme in BDSM books such as those by Cherise Sinclair (whose work I (mostly) like) revolves around defining D/s, specifically in the context of a well-established (usually super-heroic), ripped, “Alpha Dom” explaining what he wants to a generally round/scarred girl with self-esteem issues. Or, one who has piqued his interest (or, in most cases, who he’s fallen in love with on first sight). This is romance after all. I usually find these discussions rather unsatisfying, because they seem needlessly complicated, and generally involve things regarding time or location like, “For the next hour, I give orders, and you take them,” or “in the bedroom, or at the club, I’m in charge, and you’re not.”Usually, these oblique descriptions are the cause of much mental hand-wringing by the submissive woman, who spends (to me) interminable amounts of time agonizing over the idea that she’s going to be a 24/7 slave who is instructed in everything from how to brush her teeth, to how to wipe her bum, with particular intrusions into her career. She’ll spend still more time arguing with herself about whether feminists do such things, whether her mother would approve, and so on and so forth.Now, this might be an intentional plot contrivance to build tension and drama; it’s far from how things would work in real life, if I were interested in a girl who asked “What do you mean by all this “dom/sub” stuff. My answer would be relatively straightforward:

In matters having anything to do with sex, my judgement will take precedence
over yours.

Seems pretty simple, circumscribed, and non-threatening, right? But let’s assume that our hypothetical girl needs more clarification and asks, “what do you mean by “having anything to do with sex?” My answer would be something like:

Well, what do we usually think of as matters having to do with sex? What female activities are normally thought of as having to do with sex? Those things are my call:

How you dress when we’re together. How you maintain your body in shape, hairiness, scent, posture, etc. How you touch me and how I touch you. Which “terms of endearment” are okay and which aren’t. How you engage other people when it comes to flirtation or sexual contact.The color of your lips/nails. Your hairstyle.You getting additional piercings/tatoos. (I’d have a veto on that, but wouldn’t initiate it unless things were long-term) Are violating my express wishes with regard to the above punishable offenses? Yes.

Do I care how you balance the books at work? No. How you run your psychiatric clinic? Not unless you’re a sex therapist. Am I going to insist on my views regarding whether you use mercury for fillings in your dental practice? No. Do I care that you’re a lousy housekeeper? Not if I’m not living with you or spending time at your place. Am I going to insist you eat broccoli? No. Will I forbid you asparagus? Possibly, depending on whether it does unpleasant things to the scent of your urine.

Now, for me personally, if a relationship becomes more than sexual, then I may well have opinions I insist on regarding non-sexual matters that might affect whether the places I’m frequenting are clean and pleasant, whether my new relationship-partner is acting in ways that won’t compromise my own professional or other interests, and all that, but that stuff, for me, doesn’t kick in until you’re in a serious, publicly-recognized open-ended (not just dating) relationship. But again, this would be a straightforward thing: 
In any non-trivial disagreement pertaining to our relationship (or household), my desires take precedence over yours.
So, you want to buy $200.00 worth of yarn? Unless we’re strapped, you don’t even have to tell me. You want to buy $20,000 worth of mohair and start a mohair coat factory? We can talk about it, but don’t get your hopes up.

Of course...such clean and simple lines might not make for a very dramatic story.

Welcome to Horny Hump Day on Painful-Ecstasy. And we have some honest-to-goodness painful ecstasy for you today.

[image error] This is a scene from Master of Two: Nascent Love. It's from Ross' story, "Unpredictable." If you've read Master's Hunt or Nascent Love, you know that Ross is a scoundrel of the first order. His girl, Claire, appreciates him well enough. Still…

Ross gripped her wrists harder and pumped his hips, fucking her the way he liked it. He didn't care if she got off, as long as he did. Generally, the fact that he didn't care seemed to make Claire all the more wet and likely to orgasm.

Naughty man. Doesn't he know that sadists have to be kind and considerate, too?

We recommend that you visit all the HHD participants . You'll have a great time on the hop.

Here's where you can get your free (or 99 cents) copy of Master of Two: Nascent Love and read four short stories about the Master's Hunt characters. Blurbs and excerpts can be found on our website.

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 Remember, this is the story Amiko tells to Renee. This segment is quite brief. For today's part, I wanted to show Amiko's reaction to Marc's anger before I move on to Marc's point of view with Part 9.

Have you been following "Adjustments"? If you haven't you can catch up right here: Part 1 , Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 Part 6 and Part 7.

"Adjustments." © Verity Ant 2012.
She confessed to Renee that it was the vibrator that caused the unhealable rift between her and Marc. He had forbidden vibrators, claiming that they would be too intense on her tender flesh and would ruin her for the more subtle sensations of fingers and tongue. But, stubbornly, Amiko kept her vibrator for lonely nights.
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One night, however, he came home earlier than expected. Ami didn’t know why the evening was shortened, but it didn’t matter in the end. As he quietly entered the bedroom, careful not to wake Amiko, he must have heard the buzzing of the forbidden contraption coming from Amiko’s padded pallet on the floor.
“Amiko!”
Immediately, she turned it off. The silence was thick. “Marc?”
The light flicked on and he stood in the bedroom doorway, thunder on his bearded face. “What do you think you’re doing?”

“I missed you,” she tried, sheepishly.
“Bull shit. I ought to make you eat that thing,” he raged. “If I didn’t think you’d enjoy it, I’d shove it up your ass and make you sit on it overnight!”
“I’m sorry.”
He stormed into the room and went right to the closet where he rummaged around for a few minutes, finally emerging with a large canvas bag. “Get your sorry ass over here, girl.”
Crawling, Amiko contritely came to him, kissing the toes of his shoes submissively and keeping her head down on the floor after the obeisance.
“Stay there.” It took him a few minutes, but soon he’d removed his clothing and lay prone on his big bed. “You will give me head. You will do it the way I taught you, and you will not be allowed to come at the end as you usually do. You will remain silent. Not one sound. I plan to pretend you’re someone else and I don’t want to hear Amiko noises. Do you understand?”
His rejection of her as a person stung deeply, but she replied, “Yes, sir,” from her position on the floor.
“Now!”

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Stay tuned for more. If you want to read this story in its entirety right away, you can pick up a copy of Master of Two: Nascent Love at booksellers all over the 'net. For your convenience, here are the links:
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[image error] After reading a bunch of BDSM stories featuring ex-military Doms, the sweet and reliable Nonnie asks (paraphrasing):

Do you think people in the military are more likely to lean toward the BDSM lifestyle?  Marines get written about quite a bit.  I guess they are considered the best of the best (I know who I would call if I needed saving!) and with that reputation comes a "rough around the edges," physically fit, highly sexual individual (men and women). Or does that just make a good story?
Now, before I answer the question, let me say that I have the absolutely highest respect for anyone who serves in the armed forces of non-aggressive, democratic governments. I mean absolutely no offense in anything I say in this post, and, as always, this is one Dom’s perspective, it’s not meant to speak for all Doms, or represent the entire BDSM scene accurately (as if anyone could!).

My broad answer to the question is “I think it just makes a good pretext for explaining why all the men are hunky, lethal fighters who have six-pack abs.” Here’s the reasoning:

1) People who are inclined toward kinky sex are, by nature, the curious ones. They’re likely to be more educated, I think, than the average person. At least, the ones I’ve known have been, there’s often a preponderance of well-educated professionals. Now, a lot of BDSM books have their ex-military people go back to college and become lawyers, cops, bar-owners, whatever, but I reviewed the qualifications for the US Military, and basically, it’s a high-school diploma. I’m sure that special forces and other specialities require more than that. I did know a guy who went out for SEAL training after his Master’s degree. But in general, my guess is that the people who opt for a voluntary military vs. college are likely to be somewhat less intellectually curious, and more engaged with the real world.
2) In my experience, I’ve met few ex-military in the BDSM world, but plenty of professionals, artists, writers, computer geeks, and academics. Perhaps that’s just the circles I run in. Plus, I’ve lived mostly in very liberal cities, where you don’t see a large number of military. Where I have lived in conservative high-military areas, I haven’t seen many signs of a very active kink community outside of the gay community - that is, the military and ex-military I’ve seen show little signs of piercings, sexually-oriented tattoos, unusual hair colors, a tendency to wear leather, or any of that.
3) According to surveys of sexuality, the highest percentage of people who engage even in anal sex (which I actually consider vanilla) is only 24%, and that’s for men in their 30s. Women reach 23% in their 20s (probably doing it with the older guys in their 30s :)).
4) People in the military tend to be fairly religious. I’m not saying you can’t be religious and be kinky, but I would presume that immersion in a religious setting would make it a bit harder to express that inner kinkiness.
Bottom line: I suspect that less than 5% of the total population (and that might be high) regularly engages in anything more kinky than a bit of rough sex at any given point in their lives. That 5% if unlikely to be dominated (heh) by ex-military.  Now, I have heard there’s a higher rate of BDSM kink among cops, and I heard it from a woman who’d submitted to a cop and learned that there was something of a private, police-dominated BDSM circle in one of America’s largest cities, but still, one can’t generalize: the plural of anecdote is not “data.”

I’ll have to think of some reward for Nonnie...hmmm, a month without panties, or better, a month in crotchless panties? Perhaps have her wear some of those bras with the nipple-cut-outs while grocery shopping...a daily butt-plug meditation hour...so many choices!

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Don't miss BTSeMag this month. Verity Ant and Master's Hunt are featured on pages 42-43. The whole issue is about erotica of all kinds.

Ask the Dom will be posted a little later today.

V

[image error] Recently, our prequel short stories to Master's Hunt, Master of Two: Nascent Love, was released at fine booksellers online. For this Horny Hump Day segment, I'd like to share a little more of Kevin's story with you. I don't want to give too much away—obviously, I'd rather have you download the whole book (free)—but one more tidbit from Kevin might topple you off the fence and into our backyard.

In this segment, Kevin is reminiscing about his college girlfriend, Tasha, and thinking about how and why he's compelled to sexual sadism.

She smelled like wet female, clean sweat and something else—something subtle and sublime. It turned me on, and as I look back on it now, if anything could be pointed out as central to the evolution of my sexual sadism, it was that fragrance, and the effect it had on me. Even today, nothing makes me hard as does that special smell.

If you'd like to read more about Kevin, Renee, Amiko and Ross, pick up your FREE (or 99 cents at Amazon and B&N) copy of Master of Two: Nascent Love the companion piece for our BDSM, romance, erotic, adventure story, Master's Hunt. Hundreds of people have downloaded it already – get your copy too. Nascent Love is available at these online retailers:

Smashwords (all formats - FREE)     All Romance eBooks (all formats - FREE)
Amazon (Kindle - 99 cents)     Barnes & Noble (Nook - 99 cents)

Horny Hump Day is a blog hop. You can see the other HHD authors here.

[image error] Tell me you've been waiting to read Master of Two: Nascent Love. Tell me you've been on pins and needles wondering about Kevin's steamy past or Ross' caustic beginnings? Tell me you're with me on this! Master of Two: Nascent Love is now available all over the place! It's FREE at Smashwords and ARe. It's $0.99 at Amazon (that was the lowest price we could have at Amazon -- they have rules dontcha know). Go out and grab yourself a copy and tell me you did.

Thanks and have a great weekend!

Nascent Love links (this sounds like a singles service):

Smashwords (all formats)     All Romance eBooks (all formats)     Amazon (Kindle) 

Horny Hump Day is your chance to meet some hard-working authors and sample three sentences from their catalog. With that in mind, this week we're offering a glimpse into our soon-to-be-released booklet of short stories, Master of Two: Nascent Love. This booklet details the pertinent parts of the back story of Kevin, Renee, Amiko and Ross, the characters in Master's Hunt, each with his/her own short story. Two of their stories are resident here on this blog, but both Kevin's and Ross' will be new to you and revealed only through Master of Two: Nascent Love.

[image error] Here's a little piece from Nascent Love. This is part of Kevin's back story. Kevin, you might recall, is an unlikely hero, a sexual sadist. This segment is one of his earliest memories of SM.

Even though it made her cry, she was wet and ready for me to fuck. Her breasts were firm, the nipples hard and, before I took her, I pinched rather roughly and found that, not only did she react with enthusiasm, but I enjoyed it immensely. Her moan, the arch of her spine, the suffering on her face, and the way she bit her lip as I slowly twisted those nipples, turned me on so much, I nearly came right there on her belly.

If you'd like to read more about Kevin and his co-stars, pick up your FREE (or 99 cents at Amazon) copy of Master of Two: Nascent Love the companion piece for our BDSM, romance, erotic, adventure story, Master's Hunt. Nascent Love will be on virtual shelves by Sept. 1, and Master's Hunt is available right now from these fine booksellers: Amazon, Smashwords ,All Romance eBooks or Barnes & Noble.

Master of Two: Nascent Love, the book of short stories detailing the back story for Kevin, Renee, Amiko and (surprise!) Ross, is with the formatter now. Remember, this is the companion booklet for Master's Hunt. We thought we'd share the cover with you. We hope to have the book up for FREE (or 99 cents on Amazon) download by Sept 1.

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