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So much has gone on!

So much has gone on, I’ve forgotten to blog about it. Oopsies!
The READ ME A STORY auction went 4 rounds with two buyers, netting us $85. So many thanks to our first reader, Shiv, for reading one of her own stories, Celebration, for our first winner. I look forward to hearing what our second buyer would like (and who!)
The COME PLAY WITH ME auctions went through their run, too, alas without any bids. I did try to put the “Break Through Writer’s Block” auction up on eBay but they absolutely positively insist that I’m selling a book, not a service. Silly eBay. I am pretty happy with the service we used for the Come Play With Me auctions, https://ebanned.net/ (they sell naughty things!). They weren’t real quick to get me set up but the automatic auction template writer was really helpful, once I figured out that things have to be entered into it in HTML. I am sure that we’ll use it again. Perhaps we’ll sell some panties worn by our pretty girls. Would YOU buy them?
Next up, we have a craft auction, Sell Your Stuff. I’m going to list most of my masks to 1) get rid of my stock 2) make my husband happy to have them out of the house and 3) make some money to get the sites rebuilt. The gorgeous and talented Ms Monster, the proprietress of The Monster’s Muse https://www.facebook.com/MonstersMuse/ is listing several pieces of jewelry to benefit the sites. I will post the links as soon as I have them. I’ve seen the pieces and there’s one set that I might need to buy (which sort of defeats the purpose, doesn’t it? Christmas and birthdays are coming up though, which gives me a good excuse. Miss Kate Wolf is offering Two Hours of professional prooreading (see what I did there?) to one lucky bidder. That has a value of just over $50. Hopefully we’ll get a few more good things in as the month goes on.
As always, if you’d just like to donate, head over to http://www.themasque.org to go straight to PayPal.
More to come soon!
k.

thebdsmgarden

This is just a little slice of The Garden at www.TheBDSMGarden.com, a resource community for those already practicing, or wishing to learn the art and lifestyle of Domination and submission in their various forms and practices. In The Garden, guests learn and share the ideas and realities of pain mixed with pleasure and a moment or lifetime of consensual service. Beyond The Garden gate exists a growing collection of essays, definitions, and interactive amenities to assist the curious and the expert in self-discovery, learning, and fun. The following is an extract from the book Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns explaining Dominance, submission, and the common bonds we share. “In exchange for obedience by the submissive, the dominant agrees to care for and work toward the pleasure of both partners. Thus empowered by the sub, the dominant takes control of their scenes and agrees to abide by the limits she sets. . Some people extend D/S roles outside the bedroom, often referring to themselves as "slave" [or "submissive/ subservient"] and "master." Generally, these people consider themselves D/S "lifestylers".” Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of Sadomasochism, Miller and Devon, Mystic Rose Books,1995, p. 9