Frozen

02
Feb
2026
It Snowed.

It Snowed.

Let me repeat that. IT SNOWED. Why is this so groundbreakingly weird? Because I live just north of Orlando. This is where people go to vacation AWAY from snow. It is not supposed to snow here! And yet, we had two nights of below freezing weather (in the 20s, with windchills between 8 and 11 degrees). We set our outdoor taps to drip into buckets overnight so they wouldn’t freeze, and woke up to frozen solid buckets.

It’s COLD.

And next week, it will be near 90. I never thought I’d say this, but I’m getting tired of weird. I’d like some boring. At least, boring where the weather is concerned.

I’ll settle for not freezing my tail off Thursday night when we head out to the Volusia Mall for the Galentine’s Day Gala at Native Home. Writers, artists, and purveyors of adult toys will be available for your shopping pleasure. Dress to impress (it is, after all, a gala!)

You are cordially invited to Native Home's Galentine's Day Gala. February 5th, 2026. 6-9PM.

In other news, the preorders for the ebook of The Coral Throne are going live, and the preorder for the paperback is coming. I love how the cover for The Coral Throne balances the cover for The Sea Prince. Fun fact — I first found and saved the stock images of Tarjiaan and Daanir years ago (they were first uploaded to Depositphotos in 2013,) and that image of Daanir changed how he appears in The Coral Throne. Both images came from the same photographer, who goes by Piolka on Depositphotos. They do beautiful work.

Work on King of Swords continues slowly — I came back to the manuscript to discover that I put it aside at the start of a sex scene, and I’ve said before how writing sex and violence both slow me down because I have to make sure of the blocking. Once this scene is done, the pace will pick up again… until the next sex scene or fight.

Back to work!

Promotions

Preorder now!

The Imperial Navy has been destroyed. Now Tarjiaan must save his kingdom. With his beloved Nika by his side and their consort Daanir at his back, he must gather his allies and defeat the traitor hiding beneath the waves. To save his people, Tarjiaan must master his newfound magic, defeat the traitors, and conquer his deepest fears.

The end of the war is in sight, but treachery runs as deep as the ocean.

Ebook preorders are coming, and paperback preorders are coming. Release date is February 24th, 2026!

Preorders open now!

Work in Progress

Tales from the Arena: King of Swords
(Tales from the Arena, book 4)

37950 / 90000 (42.17%)

Appearances

Galentine’s Day Sip and Shop
Native Home Marketplace
February 5th, 2026
6:00pm – 9:00 pm

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Enchanted Knights Fairytales and Fables
March 14-15th, 2026
Oviedo, FL

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ICFA
March 18-21th, 2026
Orlando, FL

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Storyteller Summit
April 11th, 2026
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Oviedo, FL.

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The Great Geek Gathering
May 2nd, 2026
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Oviedo, FL

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Summer Lovin’ Book Festival
June 6th, 2026
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Oviedo, FL.

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Summer Creatives Market
July 18th, 2026
10:00Am – 3:00PM
Sanford, FL

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Tanoshii Con
August 22nd – 23rd, 2026
Ocean Center Arena, Daytona Beach.

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Smut Lovers Conference
September 16th – 20th, 2026
Orlando, FL

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Page and Pen Festival
October 3rd, 2026
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Oviedo, FL.

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06
Dec
2013

Frozen sexuality

If you’ve been anywhere on the internet today, you know that Disney released a video of the big number from the new movie Frozen. If you missed it, here. I’ll wait

Now, I haven’t seen the movie yet. We’re waiting for Winter Break, so we can all go together. But I’m VERY interested in this movie. Not only is this Disney’s first stab at feminism (and, from what I’ve heard, they do it very well. What took you so long, Disney?), but Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) is being heralded as Disney’s first queer heroine.* Granted, it’s all subtext. But if this video is any indication, that is some really durned loud subtext.

Now, I’m not going to comment on that. I haven’t seen the movie, and I’m basing this all on a three-and-a-half-minute showstopping song. What I noticed in that 3:38 is Elsa’s sexual awakening. When we first see her, she is completely covered from neck to toes (minus the one glove). Her hair is bound up tight, and she reads as being very young (and isn’t it something that you can get pixels to project body language?) She’s completely repressed, and admits it: “Be the good girl you always have to be. Conceal, don’t feel.”

Be the good girl.

Remember. Good girls don’t do that.

Then she turns her back on what she’s been taught, turns away from everything she’s been lead to be afraid of, and accepts herself without worrying about anyone else : “I don’t care what they’re going to say.”

And then the cloak goes. That first layer of repression is gone, and she blossoms, casting off her old world for the one that she creates.

Then she lets her hair down. And we go from little girl to siren in one swell foop. Cleavage and dress slit up her thigh, possibly barefoot (hard to tell in the clip). And that swagger! This is a woman who has claimed her sexuality, and isn’t afraid of herself any more.

Honestly, if I can get that out of three and a half minutes, I wonder what I’ll get out of the rest of the movie???

 

*(We’re not counting what they’ve done with Once Upon a Time here. OUaT is for adults. They have a lot more leeway with what they’ll do with sex and sexual innuendo after 8PM)

Posted by EASchechter in ex-cathedra from my navel, Frozen, mind blown, music, 1 comment