It’s a Coloring Contest AND a Birthday Celebration

To help me celebrate Geek Porn Girl‘s second birthday, Christine Phillips of the The Erotic Lesbian Coloring Book illustrated a story from my archives, and you’re invited to participate in a very cool coloring contest (details below).

When I started Geek Porn Girl, two years ago this month, it was a repository for my collection of nerdy lesbian-themed fiction. The “geek porn” in the name was because the stories aren’t truly erotic in any explicit sense. Instead they suffer from an awkward, unfinished quality. And to be honest, the name has caused some confusion.

About a year ago, I decided I wanted to expand my writing into other areas. I kept running across news items and other kinds of stories and thinking “that’s so Geek Porn Girl,” meaning I thought it was stuff the people who appreciated my fiction would want to read. In truth, I was also motivated by the fall elections, and the specter of California’s Proposition 8 that was looming in front of our community. I wanted my voice to be heard, as well as the voices of the people who read this site.

When I marked GPG’s first birthday last year, there were more than 30 stories on the site. This year I wrote about 10 more pieces  of fiction – stories about women shopping for a strap-on, visiting a bathhouse, exercising math prowress, flirting at a blogging conference, and hooking up at Obama’s inauguration. I wrote a week-long 5-part series in celebration of same-sex love and marriage.

And, in addition to that, I published literally hundreds – I think, more than 400 – additional posts that ranged from serious opinion pieces to parenting stories to just plain silly. While I try to keep the site filled with original writing, I’ve also included links to other interesting stories, and cartoons that are available to share. I also archived my erotic haiku collection here.

When I asked Christine if she would like to collaborate by illustrating a story, we discovered a common love of The Cowboy Junkies. And because of that, she chose to illustrate “Following the Thread,” a story from my fiction archives. To be honest, this isn’t the spiciest story on this site. It’s a romantic and sweet rainy-day story about knitting and the possibility of true love. However, Christine managed to find the underlying erotic potential as her illustration shows. All I can say is “oh, yum” and “oh, thank you!”.

The Contest: It’s simple and fun. Download Christine’s panel #16 (above or here), the illustration for “Following the Thread,” and color it any way you see fit. You can color it digitally, or print it out and color it by hand and then scan or photograph it. You can use any medium you’d like. However, please maintain the original dimensions. Then send the image to me, in .jpg form,  at geekporngirl@yahoo.com. Send it to me no later than September 9, 2009.

All the returned images will get recognition on the site. The winning image will live in perpetuity as the illustration for the story, and you’ll get shared credit as the colorist, complete with a link to your website, blog, twitterstream, or favorite non-profit.

Additionally, Christine and I think something else may happen with the images – we’re talking about a downloadable art print, a t-shirt, something – and we’ll keep you notified as that plan jells.

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