Dear Jezzy: The Orgasm Fairy Across the Street

As a child, Sarina Dorie dreamed of being an astronaut/archeologist/fashion designer/illustrator/writer. After years of dedication and hard work, most of Sarina's dreams have come true; in addition to teaching art, she is an author/copywriter/artist/fashion designer/belly dancer. She has taught English overseas in South Korea and in the JET program in Japan, where she felt like an alien much of the time which inspired numerous stories. She has shown her art internationally and sold illustrations to magazines and currently works as a high school art teacher.

Sarina's paranormal romance novel, Silent Moon, published by Soulmate Publishing, won second place in the Duel on the Delta Contest, second place in the Golden Rose, third place in the Winter Rose Contest and third in the Ignite the Flame Contest. Her alien versus Puritan love story, Dawn of the Morning Star is to come out next year with Wolfsinger Publications. Her unpublished novel, Wrath of the Tooth Fairy, won first place in the Golden Claddagh and in the Golden Rose contests. She has sold short stories to over thirty-five magazines and anthologies including Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, Cosmos, Penumbra, Sword and Laser, Perihelion, Bards and Sages, Neo-Opsis, Flagship, Allasso, New Myths, Untied Shoelaces of the Mind, and Crossed Genres to name a few.

Now, if only Jack Sparrow asks her to marry him, all her dreams will come true. Visit her at sarinadorie.com.

Author Comments

I got the idea for writing this column after reading an old Dear Abby column about someone writing to ask advice when a gay couple moved in across the street because they were worried the new neighbors would ruin the property value of the neighborhood. In researching Dear Ann and Dear Abby columns I came across certain phrases and snarky ways of giving advice that I hoped I could capture in Jezzy's tone. At the same time, I hoped to capture the irony of Jezzy's own bias--toward devils. The advice she gives was actually inspired by an incident I was told about by one of former my adult English students in South Korea. The woman had told me during our lessons that the way her husband convinced her to marry him was to hit her when she didn't accept his proposal. Then he asked again and when she said no, he hit her again. Basically he beat her until she said yes. Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction. Because I have never been able to forget her story, I knew it would make its way into a story someday. To read the first piece that starts this arc with the devil, click on the link below: Dear Jezzy. Several "Dear Jezzy" stories have been performed for live audiences as part of No Shame Eugene, a live variety show which features 5 minute acts. To watch videos of "Dear Jezzy" stories, visit: sarinadorie.com/writing.