Welcome to the launch of ReginaPerry.com and my Double Life blog. I don’t think I’m the only one living the double life, and I believe it will be beneficial to share our experiences. How I would love to embrace the authentic life, but family, friends, family, social mores, business associates, and family prevent full exposure, at least to the extreme that my life is authentic. I’m sure there are women like Nora in Alison Tyler’s With or Without You, who really do exist, but not in my world. I hope this blog becomes a place where you and I can be authentic. We can share our innermost secrets and be who we truly are without fear of judgment.

I look forward to hearing about your double lives, what works, what doesn’t, how you cope. Or … if you’re one of those lucky people who truly lives the authentic life, please share your story too. Sorry, but just telling the rest of the world to, “Fuck off,” doesn’t work for me. You’ve got to be more inventive and more real. Is it possible? You tell me.

You can read part of my story in my new novel, Playgirl (Ravenous Romance) It’s not totally autobiographical but I do share Alena Conner’s issues in that it’s a story of a woman coming to terms with her sexuality. Alena lived the double life to the extreme. To cover up what was on the inside, she strove to become the ultimate opposite on the outside—a judgmental fundamentalist church lady. Accidentally stumbling into an Internet porn site became her undoing, or should I say, liberation.

As I observe society, I wonder how many of us attempt to cover up our true nature by becoming the opposite on the surface. Warning sign! I shouldn’t speculate or judge anyone’s motive or authenticity. I want ACCEPTANCE to be our theme here. After all, isn’t that the reason so many of us have a secret self? Fear of rejection?

It seems I live one life on the surface and another one inside, and maybe another one deep, deep in the soul of my being that only I know exists. I want this to become an open forum of sharing and respect for each other and the lives we live … inside and out.

I look forward to getting to know each of you. No one can ever have too many friends.

Hugs,
Regina