JanieBlack.com https://www.janieblack.com/ ...on the wonder of "possibility"... Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:49:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.janieblack.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-SC1_3977a4fb-32x32.jpg JanieBlack.com https://www.janieblack.com/ 32 32 37657970 Little Secrets https://www.janieblack.com/little-secrets/ https://www.janieblack.com/little-secrets/#respond Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:44:07 +0000 https://www.janieblack.com/?p=10540 I let my Instagram followers in on a little secret of mine. But you already knew. Click “Read More” to see what it is.             View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by janie black (@janieonthepage)

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]]> https://www.janieblack.com/little-secrets/feed/ 0 10540 Moved by the Music https://www.janieblack.com/moved-by-the-music/ https://www.janieblack.com/moved-by-the-music/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:40:29 +0000 https://www.janieblack.com/?p=10534 I attended a wedding recently, and sat at a table with some very old friends, male friends, from my previous life. It was a nice time to catch up with everyone and to enjoy dancing to a surprisingly appealing choice of music from decades ago, with a few more modern but nevertheless upbeat tunes mixed […]

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]]> https://www.janieblack.com/moved-by-the-music/feed/ 2 10534 April Love https://www.janieblack.com/april-love/ https://www.janieblack.com/april-love/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:46:45 +0000 https://www.janieblack.com/?p=10528 This seems to be my summer for reading. I just finished Penny Aimes’ For the Love of April French and I have to say it’s a winner. The book follows a couple that meets in a bar catering to BDSM. April is a transgender submissive and Dennis is a meticulous dom. Not being in that […]

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]]> https://www.janieblack.com/april-love/feed/ 0 10528 What If You Had a Parade and No One Cared? https://www.janieblack.com/what-if-you-had-a-parade-and-no-one-cared/ https://www.janieblack.com/what-if-you-had-a-parade-and-no-one-cared/#respond Sun, 28 Jun 2026 01:46:01 +0000 https://www.janieblack.com/?p=10525 Last night was the Trans March. It is the first of three marches put on by the local LGBTQ+ community to celebrate transgender people, gay women and then the big one for the entire spectrum. It is meant to show we exist, and to express certain political opinions. But, as with many years before, when […]

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]]> https://www.janieblack.com/what-if-you-had-a-parade-and-no-one-cared/feed/ 0 10525 Attitudes https://www.janieblack.com/attitudes/ https://www.janieblack.com/attitudes/#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 02:33:21 +0000 https://www.janieblack.com/?p=10510 I wrote a recent post about the novel A Lady for a Duke. In case it wasn’t apparent from the hoity-toity language I used to describe the plot and such, I loved the book! It is 400+ pages of exquisite writing, where you got the sense that every sentence was crafted with care. It is also a […]

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]]> https://www.janieblack.com/attitudes/feed/ 2 10510 Chameleon https://www.janieblack.com/chameleon/ https://www.janieblack.com/chameleon/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:53:32 +0000 https://www.janieblack.com/?p=10502 Today I found myself in a boutique shop that sells all manner of cocktail supplies. The only service person in the store was a young man – early twenties, I’d guess – very feminine, and actually quite beautiful. My gender sensors identified him as a man, and that’s how I’ll refer to him, but I […]

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]]> https://www.janieblack.com/chameleon/feed/ 0 10502 A Lady for a Duke https://www.janieblack.com/a-lady-for-a-duke/ https://www.janieblack.com/a-lady-for-a-duke/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:10:32 +0000 https://www.janieblack.com/?p=10498 I don’t think I wrote a single book review in the first decade of this blog, and here I am with the third in less than a month. A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall is a period love story between two dear friends separated by war, one damaged by it both physically and […]

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]]> https://www.janieblack.com/a-lady-for-a-duke/feed/ 0 10498 Out for Dinner https://www.janieblack.com/out-for-dinner/ https://www.janieblack.com/out-for-dinner/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:37:24 +0000 https://www.janieblack.com/?p=10487 Not everything can be about angst and self-doubt. Sometimes, a girl’s just living life, having cocktails and a nice dinner. It feels nice just to be. Y’know?

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]]> https://www.janieblack.com/out-for-dinner/feed/ 1 10487 Will It Always Be Hard? https://www.janieblack.com/will-it-always-be-hard/ https://www.janieblack.com/will-it-always-be-hard/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:50:25 +0000 https://www.janieblack.com/?p=10481 I am Janie. That other part of me has receded into, well, I don’t know where. I live my life pretty much like any other woman. And yet… After all this time, it is still hard. I still constantly assess my surroundings to see if I’ve been clocked. I still have to make an effort […]

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]]> https://www.janieblack.com/will-it-always-be-hard/feed/ 5 10481 If I Was Your Girl https://www.janieblack.com/if-i-was-your-girl/ https://www.janieblack.com/if-i-was-your-girl/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:38:47 +0000 https://www.janieblack.com/?p=10469 I have done a lot more writing than reading when it comes to trans experiences. But now that I’m on a reading kick, I am discovering how powerful it feels to me when transgender authors express experiences I have had through their lenses. The whole thing is making me a bit emotional. First, there’s that […]

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