http://www.texasgoldengirl.com/afterhours random discourse from a (formerly retired) escort Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:27:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yeah, it’s been a while. I’m still getting caught up with emails and life. Obviously, my life has been in upheaval for the past couple months. I’ve been barely holding myself together since October and moving at the end of April pretty much capped it. The relationship is over. That pain has ... http://www.texasgoldengirl.com/afterhours/living/ One side effect from all the slanted attention lately could be disappointed readers and bad Amazon reviews. Depending on where they heard of the book, if their hands aren’t burned when they touch it, will they be disappointed? Or if I don’t start out telling them how to be a ... http://www.texasgoldengirl.com/afterhours/disappointed-readers/ There's been a small blitz of media attention directed at me (I haven't been updating stuff, though, I'm behind). And it's not at all when I expected or asked for it. My relationship is over so I moved to regroup and finish Book #2. I figured on a fairly quiet ... http://www.texasgoldengirl.com/afterhours/media-and-sex-work/ An interesting side-effect of winning an Honorable Mention in the Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards was that I got an e-mail from a literary agency. More properly, an intern at the agency. Still, a literary agency contacted me. Pretty nice and something I was very secretly wishing for. It was ... http://www.texasgoldengirl.com/afterhours/literary-agency-offer/ There was a radio show that I should've called in to. It featured two pimps discussing their business. I listened to the podcast until I got so mad I couldn't listen any more. So the following is based on a small part of the show. Not my most informed moment, ... http://www.texasgoldengirl.com/afterhours/2-pimps/