How Social Media Can Hurt Your Career

Three blog posts in one day? I'm on a roll!

So I was checking my e-mails when I found a link to a CNN/CareerBuilder article, and it talks about Facebook/Twitter/Whatever users who basically go buck wild and get caught by their employers. A lot of the dialogue examples involve the user badmouthing their job, and then poof! Busted, job's gone. OUCH!

Anyway, here's the article. Be careful out there.

How Social Media Can Hurt Your Career

Whipped Cream's Review of "Coming Together: At Last (Vol. 1)"

I meant to post this some time ago, but time got away from me. You all know how that works. Anyway, here is Whipped Cream's review of Coming Together: At Last (Vol. 1), in which I had the great fortune to be included, and the comments about my contribution as well as the entire volume were VERY flattering! *beams*

About my poem, The Colors of Us:

The Colors of Us by Aurora Black starts this amazing anthology off with a seductive and sexy poem. With very few words and vivid imagery, she brings more heat in three stanzas than some authors can in an entire novel.

Oh my God! After I read that, I was grinning like a fool for the rest of the day.

Click here for the Full Review

My Amazon Review of "The Pat Wong Diaries"

Last night, I wrote a review for my friend Pat Wong's novel, The Pat Wong Diaries. Here's what I had to say about it:

Love, Sex & Experimentation

First, a warning: If you're known to like flowery romances with love scenes that fade to black after the first kiss, this isn't the book for you. This novel is about RAW SEX in its purest, animal form. The language used in this novel doesn't wax poetic about "delicate nubbins of flesh" or "steely manhoods," but utilizes four-letter words that say exactly what they mean. It's hot, sweaty and oh so dirty, just like real life. So if the idea of couples exploring their sexuality with other people in explicit detail doesn't appeal to you, this won't be your cup of tea. Now, onto the story.

The book is about a middle-aged Chinese couple (Pat and Harry) who are pleasantly surprised when they discover that their sexy neighbor Paul has a thing for Pat. At first she is dumbfounded at the idea of this thirty-something, virile (not to mention married) man wanting her, but her husband's great excitement over this development helps her get over it quickly. Together, they decide on a plan to learn more about who they're dealing with, and as they get closer to Paul and his wife Carol they realize just how kinky suburban America can be!

Through the use of flashback/background chapters, the reader learns about Pat as a young woman. We meet her college friends and learn how they were all initiated into sex, and how that knowledge and power carries over to the present day. Pat's circle of friends, the Daughters of Mao, are eventually brought into "the Paul plan" in a most delightful way.

In addition to its high eroticism, the novel touches on race relations, gender issues, and challenges the traditional views of love and marriage. It gives the reader a glimpse of what it means to be a Chinese-American woman, and it's empowering and encouraging to all women who want to revel in their sexuality.

The Pat Wong Diaries on Amazon