Five ordinary people. One risqué art exhibit. Many, many secrets.

That's the logline that best sums up what I'm going to try to write for you next here on Wattpad (don't worry, I'm still posting A COWBOY FOR THE CEO weekly until it's all up). It'll be more mature than anything I've posted here before and frankly, I'm a bit apprehensive.

But when this was literally a top article on CNN.com yesterday, I had no choice but to take the plunge. [Image description: headline of "Gillian Anderson asks women to send her their sexual fantasies" above a picture of the attractive, blonde actress.]

Inspired by a plot bunny that I've been toying with for a while and seeing so many of my Wattpad friends and authors I admire doing the ONC this year, I'm going to see if I, too, can write a 20-40K novella in 12 weeks.

Starting next weekend, you'll get to read the stories of five individuals interweaved around a fictitious art exhibit called 'Kink: Attitudes Toward Sex, Then and Now' that are related to two ONC 2023 prompts: can we go back to the start when we were all strangers in the dark (#6) and three women, three secrets, three tangled lives (#15).

Posting timeline:

Part 1 by February 11, 2023 [2k words] Round One Entry

Part 2 by February 18, 2023 [6k words]

Part 3 by February 25, 2023 [8k words] Round Two Entry

Part 4 by March 4, 2023 [10k words] 

Part 5 by March 11, 2023 [12k words]

Part 6 by March 18, 2023 [14k words]

Part 7 by March 25, 2023 [16k words]

Part 8 by April 1, 2023 [18k words]

Part 9 by April 8, 2023 [20k words or more] Round Three Entry

This story is marked Mature for adult themes, language, and light erotica. It has been written under a pseudonym, but it is my original work. 

Intrigued? Then add it to your public library (start one called ONC 2023 and support the participants!) and let's go! And if YOU'RE entering the ONC this year, post a link to your story here now!