You
must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
Ray
Bradbury
As many of
my regular readers know (My thanks to both of you!) I’ve always been looking
for a position in Second Life (SL).
However, I
gave up looking for a paid position inworld a long time ago. They’re even harder to find than one in Real
Life (RL) these days.
And, like
many a RL blogger, I once had visions of quitting my day job and becoming a
fulltime blogger. (Significant Other
turns suddenly and looks sharply at me.)
But, I’ve
always been a pragmatist and risk adverse to a certain extent, so I won’t be giving
up my day job until I know I make a go of this.
(Significant Other looks relieved and stands down from an attack
stance.)
Yet, I still
have the aspiration to become a fulltime blogger.
To that end,
I’ve been looking for work, even non-paying, in SL.
I feel that
as a writer I will benefit from the experiences, obtain new material, and
develop new perspectives. (One would be amazed at how running around nude can
change how you look at life. Not to
mention how life looks back at you!)
You’d be
surprised how difficult it is to obtain even non-paying work inworld. (We’ll ignore Significant Other’s comment
about talent being a qualification regardless of the pay rate.)
Until
recently when I was offered the role of scribe-in-residence at a sim I’d
recently blogged about.
I’ll be able
to integrate this role into my regular blogging activities and hopefully be
able to expand my readership. (How difficult can it be to get past two?)
Oh, you’d
like to know where?
Fair point.
I’m now the
scribe-in-residence at Devilhand,
the recently established BDSM community in SL.
Devilhand
seeks to be a safe refuge for practitioners of the BDSM lifestyle inworld. They also plan to offer training and to match
dominants with submissives.
The grounds
consist of a large castle in the classic B-movie style (I happen to love
B-movies!) surrounded by a small village with woods and a small mountain with
caves. My office (Yes, I have an
office. How else am I going to reside?)
is located in a garret (De riguer for a starving artiste.) It’s bare save for
two desks. (I plan to be very busy.)
Facilities at
Devilhand include a dungeon, conservatory, ball room, and assorted private
rooms with varying themes. All these are
intended for visitors to enjoy themselves as they see fit.
All of this
resides on a full sim.
The Devilhand team
consists of Steve, the owner, Ama, his submissive, who co-manage the facility;
kennaKat, the social manager; and Dariana, the marketing manager.
They’re all
engaged now in preparing Devilhand to become the premier BDSM community inworld
straddling (No pun intended.) both SL and RL.
My
responsibilities will be to blog about the Devilhand community and its
activities along with however else my scribbling can help. I even have a scribe outfit which is left
over from my visits
to Gor.
I’ll
incorporate these duties into my regular blogging. So have no fear of that stopping anytime
soon.
Pushing
the edges of the envelope has always been a hallmark of how I write
so expect that to continue.
I also plan
an ongoing series about RL BDSM players in SL and Devilhand will serve as my
base of operations for that. Stay tuned
for more details!
I’d like to
thank Steve and his team for this great opportunity and I look forward to
working with them!
I also hope
that my current and future readers will enjoy my stories!
As always, I’m grateful to all
inworld for their kindness and time in stopping to talk with a stranger who was
passing through their lives
I can be found on Google+ as
webspelunker Ghostraven.
On Skype I’m webspelunker
Ghostraven.
I welcome feedback from
readers, please either comment on my blog or
e-mail me at webspelunker@gmail.com
.
If you would like to read about my other adventures in Second Life please click here.
If you would like to read about my other adventures in Second Life please click here.
Open roads
and kind fires!
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