Thankful

I'm thankful for all my models, especially ones such as Mindee (left) and Cierra.

Today, in the United States, is Thanksgiving - a day to be thankful for the things you have in life. Since Soles of Silk is in its 12th year now, there are a lot of things that I am thankful for here in the online foot fetish community. I thought this month's column would be the perfect chance to go into all those things I am thankful for. I decided to hold off and post it today for the full effect.

Site Models

Without all the ladies who have shown me their feet over the years, Soles of Silk would have never opened, let alone be entering its 13th year in 2017. A total of 93 models to date have shown off their soles and toes, most of them doing so on multiple occasions. And while not all of those 93 models still currently shoot, I thank each and every one of them for what they have done.

Site Members

Obviously a pay site cannot exist without members. To all of you have spent your hard earned money for a membership at any point over the last 13 years, I say thank you! It doesn't matter if you've been with me from the start, have had off/on memberships, or are even a brand new member - each and every one of you have helped keep this all possible. This is why I try my hardest to reward free membership time with random contests, like the recently completed, Mindeemania Contest. 

Site Fans

Although many of the members, if not all of them, could be considered fans, I'm listing this separate for a reason. I know many people enjoy Soles of Silk and its models, but do not have a membership for whatever reason. Regardless, I still enjoy hearing the feedback and having conversations with all of you. So many people have sung the praises of Soles of Silk and/or the models on social media, or the Wu's Feet Links Forum over the years, and I really do appreciate that. This is also why I like to run the contests. Sometimes people who cannot afford to be a member due to factors in life can win some time to enjoy all that Soles of Silk has to offer. It's just another way for me to show some appreciation.

Site Host - BHE

When I launched Soles of Silk in 2004, I went with BHE as a host. So many sites I followed, or was friends with during the time of my prior free sites, were hosted by BHE. I reached out to them and they've been nothing but helpful and supportive from the start. I know I could probably host elsewhere and maybe have a few extra abilities I don't currently have access to, but the ease in which BHE works has been valuable to me. In addition, they're always there when I have a question and have supported me with whatever I wanted to do. This leads right into the next item.

Getting to interview others in the community for Wu's Feet Links has been great.

Wu & Wu's Feet Links

Without Wu and Wu's Feet Links, Soles of Silk would not be where it is today. I think most webmasters who started between the early 2000's - Wu's passing will say the same thing. Wu is probably the nicest, most down to earth, drama free person you would have ever met online. He loved my work and his feedback always made me feel good about what I do. Whenever he complimented one of my models, which was a regular occurrence, I couldn't wait to pass that praise onto the girls. I really made their day!

When he passed away a few years ago, I reached out to BHE with a small game plan on ways to keep his site going. I wanted to keep his vision, his baby, if you will, going as best as we could without him at the helm. And while I'm not always happy with how things turn out, it's only because I want what's best for this site. I'd seriously give it all up, however, to have him back. Since that can't happen, however, I am thankful for all of you who have helped me with these columns, the interviews on the Wu's Feet Links Interviews Blog, with feature model submissions, and in the forum. You've helped make some added work on my plate a little bit easier. Thank you for all the compliments and offers of assistance over these last few years.

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Buying Worn Footwear Stinks!

Cierra's feet are easily two of the sweatiest I have ever encountered.

A few weeks ago a thread came up on the Wu's Feet Links Forum that has been brought up time and time again. It called out a former foot fetish model, and Wu's Feet Links Hall of Famer, for being a liar and/or not coming through with promised worn items. I chimed in, mostly due to the fact that the topic of this particular person has been brought up numerous times, although her site hasn't been online in years. At this point, it is like beating a dead horse, but it did make me think. 

How easy is it for the sale of used items to go horribly wrong? There are two sides to this - the buyer and the seller. Both with something to gain, both with something to lose. And due to the fact that I can see both sides getting potentially angry with things I might say below, I included only my own photos in this piece. I didn't want to run the risk of people thinking I'm pointing them out for one reason or another. I have never sold worn items on Soles of Silk, so the photos are just used as references for popular worn items for foot fetishists. I will also not use any site or model names directly, except for things such as eBay and eBanned - a popular site for people who buy worn items of all kinds.

I've had a lot of requests for buying my model's worn socks.

The Buyer

Let me state up front, I have never bought a worn item in my life. The only thing I ever even considered buying was a pair of high heels worn by one of my favorite female wrestlers back in the early 2000's - complete with an autograph and a certificate of authenticity. I believe it was for a charity auction. When those bids got into the hundreds of dollars, however, I was no longer interested. With all that said, maybe I'm not the best person to cover this topic, but I've been in the online fetish scene since the 1990's, so take what I say below for what it's worth to you.

One of the biggest things I'd fear buying worn items would be, well, not getting the item after purchase. I've bought things from eBay that never came, but I was charged for. Since eBay is a creditable site that looks out for the buyer, they took actions where they were needed. With some mom and pop fetish site, or some girl on social media selling socks, I'm not thinking that will be the case.

I've read online how this sort of thing has happened to others. It seems more common than it should. Some of those times, however, I have seen those sites, or the models, respond and apologize. Where it went from there? Who knows?

That leads me to a somewhat related concern. Slow turn around time. I've looked at online stores on some fetish sites and the ones that sell an item and then pull it down seem to make sense. The ones, however, who blindly sell worn socks, flip flops, etc. run the risk of a slow turn around. For instance, what if just three customers each paid for a pair of very worn socks - ones that would require the model to wear them for multiple days, let's say four to five days to get them smelly. Well, if you're customer number three, you're already waiting at least two weeks for her to get them to you. Now what if you're customer number seven? Customer 10? Customer 25?

I can't fathom how a site can sell items without keeping that in mind. That's part of the reason why I never sold from Soles of Silk. I've had people ask me if they could by flip flops worn by Ryan, socks from Mindee, or whatever item from whatever model is their favorite. Now, I don't date, nor live with any of my models. Sometimes I only shoot them several times a year, so that would be out. Others, like the ones I work with, I see often. I also know my friends. They'll forget to wear them, or slack until I ride their ass. It's human nature. So yeah, I have never sold because I know I couldn't keep up demand or come through with requests.

Now, if you think these things are bad, then what I say in the rest of this section might just make you sick. I've seen claims, in the thread on the Wu's forum, and on other sites, that make the claim that the models never even wore the footwear. Nope. They believe the model have done one of two things. One, soaked the items in chemicals to make them stink. Or two, which is even worse, had her boyfriend/husband wear them.

Where do these claims come from? I have no idea. I've never known anyone who sold items who said they've did such things. But what if it's true? I don't want to call anyone a liar, and it could be an easy way to make up for falling behind. So maybe... Conspiracies! It does make me wonder!

Cheap flip flops are a popular item to sell for many foot models and/or sites.

The Seller

When Soles of Silk launched in 2004, I put in a page to sell items at some point, but I never decided to use it. It has since been removed. During those years, however, I have become friends with many site owners who do sell items and are good, honest people. Good, honest people who have buyers trying to get one over on them, or are just so damn picky and couldn't be pleased with anything they received.

Just like with eBay, anyone selling items through their own store, or a site such as eBanned, runs the risk of a customer "claiming" to have never gotten their item. Knowing the owner of a local comic book shop who has a store on eBay, he's had a number of claims like this. While the owner of this comic shop might lose out on a high value comic, seeing nothing in return, the same holds true for the seller of worn footwear. What if a woman was selling an expensive pair of worn thigh high boots? Or better yet, some Wonder Woman style boots from a cosplay set? I'm sure it's happened.

In a case like this, what do you do as a seller? Do you believe your customer? You want to believe them, but there are some rotten people in this world that just want something for nothing. 

The other option is to keep the money and then piss off the customer. If that customer did indeed get screwed, be prepared for forum threads, social media posts, negative reviews, etc. And worst of all, even if the person was lying, they still might do that very thing. 

Another thing to be mindful of if you're selling worn footwear is people's preference. No matter how much you think your girlfriend's, or your own feet sweat/stink, someone will inevitably think they don't. Those people you will never please, and I'm thinking that a good majority of people out there buying worn items are doing so for a scent.

I have seen reviews/posts on various web sites talking about girls who sell worn items and how "they didn't live up to expectations," "didn't even smell," or didn't smell like the person believed they would. When it comes to scent, I think it's like hot wings. Some people like blazing hot, and some people like a mild. The best, however, are those who want one thing, but realize it isn't what they really wanted afterward. You have to deal with that too. Sometimes the regular hot wings are what they wanted, instead of that nuclear hot. And yes, I've seen complaints of shoes smelling too much as well. Can you really win?

These are the reasons why I have never opened the store on Soles of Silk. The closest I have done was give away a pair of worn pantyhose from one of Cierra's earliest sets as a contest prize. I advertised them as "worn in the set," but made no claims of them being smelly. Thankfully the winner of the contest was just happy to have something worn in a set of one of his favorites.

Stockings and heels are something many buyers of worn footwear covet.

Things to Keep in Mind

Even with all the things I mentioned above, there are good people on both sides of the trade that enjoy selling and purchasing worn footwear. Your best bet is to find someone you trust. And even that can be hard. Do you buy from someone who sells tons of stuff and risk slow turn around, or do you buy from an unknown you just found and risk it being a scam? It really is a hard choice.

If you're looking to buy, try to get to know who you plan to buy from and their work. See what other people are saying about their products and service. Shoot them a few emails, or correspond with them on social media. See how they treat you. Remember, however, to treat them with respect also. Be sincere, but don't be creepy. That's a quick way to get your emails ignored, believe me.

Some sites/models will go out of their way to take photos of themselves, or their models wearing the item - sometimes even holding a sign with your name or email address on it. For some, that's a sign that the seller is the real deal. 

For those looking to sell, treat it like you would any business. Make your customer happy. Don't advertise what you can't possibly produce. Begin small and be fair with your prices. Looking on eBanned right now, socks are going anywhere from $1-80. That's quite a difference. I'm sure some of the girls out there with an established name, with a huge fan base, can pull off that high price. just don't overdue it. There are some people into the findom aspect too, but I'm not thinking that's the majority.

With most things in life, also remember, if it's too good to be true, then it probably is! Just don't resort to stealing the high heels your coworker leaves under her desk. That's a whole other subject, hopefully not for another blog!

So You Want to Open a Foot Fetish Web Site?

I've been running Soles of Silk since 2004.

Ever since my email address has been placed on the various web sites that I have run over the years, I have regularly gotten the question, "How do I make my own foot fetish site?"

Now that question is a loaded one for sure. Is the person talking about the design aspect? How about the content creation aspect? Hosting? Networking? Credit card billing? The list goes on and on. To answer that question in a simple email is impossible. I often feel like I give a half-ass answer, or even come across as not caring when I reply. You just can't answer that question fairly.

When I first started getting the question I would ask which aspect the person was talking about. Many of the time the reply would be, "All of it." Okay, so now I'm supposed to explain every single detail about how to start a web site from the ground up in a single email? That's totally not going to happen, sorry. To expect someone to do that is not fair to them.

The best part about this question is that I can't remember a single time when someone emailed me back to tell me to check out the site that they started. Did I scare them off? Was someone having big aspirations? Were they ever really serious to begin with?

I often find the person who wants to create a site will do the research on their own and then come to me and ask for tips on what they've done. I've offered my opinions and feedback on numerous start up sites, no matter what the scale, or the person's grand vision. Those are the people who generally get something going, from my experiences.

So why this long winded diatribe? Well, since this topic is one that gets brought up to me regularly, I figured it might be best to go ahead and address it publicly. Maybe something I cover will help you out. I'm going to offer some advice, but I will be honest as well. Nothing here is meant to offend anyone, but rather make you really think about your ideas and plans. I hope these tips help you out.

How Much Time Does it Take to Run a Site?

This is first for a reason. If you're someone who thinks you'll be able to throw a bunch of photos and videos online and walk away while the money comes in, stop right now and scrap your plans. The internet is too big with too many people offering content that is surely going to be just as good, or even better than yours to just sit back and do nothing.

When you run a web site you'll need to find time to create content, whatever that may be for your site, update the site, and advertise your site/content. If you're like me, that means you're going to have to plan that around your existing full time job. How you go about this is something you, yourself, have to plan out. What works for me with Soles of Silk would probably cripple larger sites, or be too much work for a smaller one.

Most successful sites are a labor of love. I'm not talking corporate sites here though. I'm talking the kind of site that would probably be started by someone who would take the time to read a column like this. Those corporate companies have teams of people to pump out material on a regular basis. And remember, you'll have to compete with that too.

How Much Money Does it Take to Run a Site?

Another of the popular questions. This one is going to be a short a sweet answer. It depends.

The factors I'm covering below will play into how much money you're going to be looking at for the site alone, but for most people, those numbers can vary from month to month. 

Just remember, other items such as paying models, picking up equipment, computer programs, clothing/props for shoots, etc. will all add up as well. There is no easy answer for this one. It will depend. You will have to come up with a budget and know what you can and cannot spend. Start small and grow. Don't jump in the deep end and find yourself out a bunch of cash at the start. Just remember the popular saying, however, "To make money, you have to spend money."

I currently work with Adobe Dreamweaver, but am looking to try out Adobe Muse.

How to Create a Web Site?

In addition to asking me how to start a site, I often get asked how to design them. I took college courses for this and self taught myself quite a bit on top of that. So for me to teach someone how to work with HTML, style sheets, Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Premier, etc. in an email isn't going to happen. You have to kind of have to know a little bit about how the computer, programs, graphic design, and the internet works here.

Sadly, there are so many new technologies out there that have come since the time that I learned them. I'm not even as current as I'd like to be anymore. I'm actually trying to find the time right now to learn a totally different program called Adobe Muse and see if it will work better for me than I currently work with Dreamweaver. 

With all that being said, if you have no computer skills whatsoever, I'm not sure this is the kind of thing you want to do. To me, it would be like someone who can't cook opening a restaurant. Could they be a restaurant manager? Maybe. But the head chef? Probably not.

What you need to do is research what's out there. Some places build sites and have easy drop templates where you can place your material. I have never dealt with something like that, but there are too many people with little web experience out there who have sites for it too be that hard.

Where to Host a Foot Fetish Site?

This can be tricky. Since fetish sites often fall under the adult content classification, you just can't host your site anywhere. There are hosting companies that will close your site if you host an adult site on their servers. You just can't put a site anywhere. Do some research on where you can park your site.

Once you find some hosting companies you like, the one thing you then have to take into account is what they're going to charge you. Remember, as your site grows in storage size and traffic, that number is surely to rise. Some sites might even cost you money to run at start up and beyond. Yes, that's right, you might be paying to have a site.

Some hosts, such as B-H-E, go a different route of taking a percentage. I went with them early and have stayed. Do they suit what you want? Only you'd be able to determine that. Some people have done better elsewhere, while others like the simplicity. That is only something you can decide.

How Does Billing Work?

Since I've only dealt with B-H-E, I'm not the most qualified person to answer this question. B-H-E does the percentage method here too, so that works well and is easy for me and my schedule. Many other sites will work with outside billing companies such as Verotel and CCBill. Other companies do exist, but if I remember correctly, not all will deal with a site deemed adult. You're going to have to do some research for this one. I'm not of much help here, but I know it's something you'll have to pay attention to.

These are just some of the basic elements of what goes into opening and maintaining a site. I didn't delve into other topics such as what equipment you'd need, or how to find models. Those topics are for another day. Plus, if you don't even have the hardware or have a model, or models, to get something started, you probably shouldn't even be at the point anyhow. Maybe I'll talk about some of those in another blog at a future date.

The Months After Wu

"I couldn't do any of of these things on my own, however. I needed the help of the Wu's Feet Links community and boy have they ever stepped up in the months after Wu!"

- Patrick 

So here we are in 2015. The year that was 2014 is no more and there are many things to look forward to as far as Wu's Feet Links is concerned. In this particular blog entry, however, I will not be getting feedback and/or opinions from other people in the foot fetish community. No, this time around all the words below are my own. This is me, Patrick, from Soles of Silk, reaching out to all of you to say thanks!

For those who may be new to Wu's Feet Links or somehow missed the news, back in May 2014, we learned that the man who has silently brought us one of the best foot fetish sites ever to grace the Internet had passed away. Many of us web masters, photographers, and models owed a lot of our success to him. A lot of foot fetish fans owed a lot to him for years of constant updates in bringing some of the best foot fetish content from around the web to the masses. Once we knew this great man had passed away, none of us knew what to expect. Would we lose the great site that is Wu's Feet Links?

No.

Soon after learning of Wu's passing I contacted Phil from Big Horn Enterprises, the hosting company for both Wu's Feet Links and Soles of Silk. I expressed my desire to have Wu's Feet Links stay a part of the online foot fetish landscape and assist in any way that I could. Phil agreed and we came up with some plans, even polling the users of the Wu's Feet Links Forum when it came to the sections they most enjoyed. We knew we had a task ahead of us, especially Phil who was tasked with maintaining the physical site itself. 

Within a few weeks Phil had a new method of adding updated sites to the Links section. He then turned his attention to one of the site's most popular sections, Contributions. In the past Wu was very selective of the contributions he published to the site. Wanting to open things up a little bit more, Phil came up with a contributions upload tool which now allowed people to upload their photos themselves. Previously all contributions were emailed directly to Wu and then he would post them. Although each person does what works best for them, Phil is already a busy man and that is just not in the cards. So far, the contributions method, although different, has worked.

The last major task Phil assisted with was getting into the Forum so that new members could once again join the already great community. Since July we've had a major influx of people come in and post some really great content - whether it is new site owners or just everyday people who want to share pictures of themselves, girlfriends, or wives. That's always one thing I loved about the forum community at Wu's - that diversity!

With Phil's updates and modernization in place, it was then time for me to focus on the parts of Wu's Feet Links I wanted to revamp and even resurrect. I couldn't do any of these things on my own, however. I needed the help of the Wu's Feet Links community and boy have they ever stepped up in the months after Wu! 

Sha Sha was the November 2014 feature model from Feet Fair.

Feature Models

The one item I wanted to keep going the most on Wu's Feet Links was the Feature Model section. Ever since Wu was kind enough to ask me to shoot a feature a set of Carmen back in 2005 titled, "Blue Jeans & Toes," I've highly coveted this section. I know many other web masters do as well.

Wu was always one to publish a calendar ahead of time of the models who were slated to be featured. Since his calendar was not filled in after February, the only model I knew of that he wanted to feature in 2014 was Soles of Silk's very own, Olivia. He and I had exchanged quite a few emails at the end of 2013 about what month I wanted in 2014 for the site's next feature set. I told him a warm month would be best as I prefer to shoot outdoor sets. He asked if June would work and I said yes as it is also my birth month.

When Phil gave me permission to come up with a new feature model calendar, he told me he was fine with me using Olivia's set to get things started. So in July, Olivia's set, "Back to Business," helped kick off the Feature Model Gallery section once again. And in the set we made several odes to Wu: 

• I placed a black ribbon by the Soles of Silk watermark featuring Wu's name and a footprint. I also used this logo on my site for several months and made it available to others to use, should they desire.
• I had Olivia wear black because black was, and still is, used predominately in the site's color scheme.
• Olivia's black clothes also worked because black is often associated with mourning or loss.
• We shot the set right outside of Washington, D.C., where Wu called  home. 
• The title, "Back to Business," signified the relaunch of the section overall - stating that Wu's Feet Links was back!

I was very happy with the way the set came out and only wish Wu had been alive to see the set himself. He was always kind to my models, asking me to send his praise their way. He was fond of Olivia and I know he would have loved this set, or whatever one we would have done had his life not ended way too soon.

Olivia set marked the return of the Feature Model section after months of being inactive.

In the months following Olivia's set, many web masters have been gracious enough to step up and submit their own unique galleries to the cause. I thank each and every web master, photographer, and model who helped make that happen. If you haven't checked these galleries out, do yourself a favor and do so. There are a lot of great pictures to be seen in these galleries:

• July 2014: Olivia - Back to Business (Soles of Silk)
• August 2014: Veronika - Couch Cutie (Sweet Girls Feet)
• September 2014: Brittney Marie - Nubian Goddess Feet (Nor Cal Feet)
• October 2014: Presley - Pretty in Black (XXX-Toes)
• November 2014: Sha Sha - NYC in November (Feet Fair)
• December 2014: Mandy Taylor - Manic for Mandy's Size 10 Feet (Space City Soles)

With 2014 over the 2015 calendar is not going to let up as far as the Feature Models Galleries are concerned. Already planned for 2015 are sets from: Foot Worship Studios, Toes in Action, and Barefoot Urban Girls. Are you a web master of a foot fetish site who would like to submit a feature gallery in 2015 too? If so, then be sure to send me an email at footphotographer@yahoo.com and we can discuss what is needed and what months are open on the calendar.

Roxie Rae (right) was featured in both an interview and column entries.

Wu's Feet Links Interviews Blog

Another one of the ways I envisioned to help keep Wu's Feet Links moving forward was to reboot the Interviews section. At the time Wu hadn't had a new interview posted to the site since 2007. In 2008 Wu had actually asked me if I would be interested in taking that section and conducting the interviews on it myself. He really liked how I conducted interviews on Soles of Silk with the site models and thought it might be something I was interested in.

Formerly the interview questions for Wu's Feet Links were done by fan submissions, but Wu realized that the models were drowning in repetitive questions. I told Wu I could come up with the questions, if he wanted, and the section was something I was very much interested in. I came up with the name, "Sole Searching," and asked Cierra if she'd mind doing some photos with the both of us where I'd be sniffing her feet. Luckily for me, she agreed. 

I even went as far as mocking up how the section would look once it was added to Wu's Feet Links, which you can see below. This is the first time I have shared this mock up with anyone other than Wu, Cierra, and myself.

A mock up of the planned Sole Searching section.

Once Wu had passed I decided more than ever that the interviews needed to come back. Just like with the Feature Model Gallery section, I wanted to do something that Wu had personally asked of me and see it through. Phil again gave his approval and the Wu's Feet Links Interviews Blog was born.

I decided to go with a blog instead of publishing the interviews to the main site for several reasons, as Sole Searching "would" have been. I thought the blog format was much easier to update and keep track of when it came to new entries. I also wouldn't have to bother Phil to each time an update was ready.

Before I decided to conduct the first modern interview on the blog, however, there was something I wanted to do first. From 2001-07 Wu published 25 interviews to his site. I wanted to archive them to the blog so they'd be there for everyone to enjoy. And should anyone new come across this blog, they'd be there for them to read as well.

When it came time to conduct that first interview I turned to none other than Lady Steph. During the Sole Searching planning phase Wu informed me that he wanted the section to be kicked off with Lady Steph. I had no problems with that and it actually put us in touch to work together for the first time. So it only felt natural to ask Lady Steph to be this new blog's first interview all these years later. She was very eager to help as she was saddened by the news as well.

Leilani Lei gave a mature woman's perspective on the fetish in the November 2014 interview.

Since Lady Steph's inaugural interview six foot fetish community members have been kind enough to be featured on the Wu's Feet Links Interviews Blog. Once again, I suggest going through and reading each one of these interviews. Not only did I aim to feature various foot models, but I also have included male photographers/web masters, and even a foot fetish artist so far. Here's the listing of interviews thus far:

• July 2014: Lady Steph's Interview
• August 2014: Roxie Rae's Interview
• September 2014: Foot Toon's Interview
• October 2014: Bailey Paige's Interview
• November 2014: Leilani Lei's Interview
• December 2014: Mr. Hollywood's Interview

As is the case with the Feature Model Gallery section, I have already conducted or sought out future interviews for 2015. Those include: Goddess Red Velvet, Red-X, and Barbie Gurl. I'm always looking for more people interested in being a featured interview. Please email me at footphotographer@yahoo.com if that is something you'd be interested in.

Erotic Nikki was featured in the Part 2 of the One for the Ages column.

Wu's Feet Links Columns Blog

The Columns section on Wu's Feet Links was one I had always wanted to see revamped as it had fallen by the wayside since 2012. Honestly, however, even after talking with Phil about what sections we'd be relaunching, I didn't hold out much hope for it. That was until Mommie Dearest reached out to me.

Mommie Dearest wrote columns on Wu's Feet Links from 2009-10. She took over for Genie (2006-07) who had previously taken over for Sexy Michelle (2003-05). With Wu's passing Mommie showed a renewed interest in bringing the section back. I told her I would love her help and would keep her informed as Phil and I still had a lot to discuss.

As the weeks went by, I contacted Mommie Dearest with some news and to show her the newly created Wu's Feet Links Columns Blog. She, however, was no longer interested. In all fairness, she admitted that it was something she didn't think she'd be able to do justice - and if she couldn't do it right, she didn't want to do it. I respected her choice and then sought out to find someone who would.

I got a few nibbles from people who said they'd be up for helping, but by that time I had already began to write the blog's first entry to keep up with the schedule Phil and I created. After adding all past columns to the blog as archived material (just like I did with the interviews), I wrapped up the first entry and have written one every month since. 

Lela Beryl gave her views on the subject of FemDom in the August column.

Since I write regularly for the Soles of Silk Blog, doing the columns is second nature. The original Wu's Feet Links Columns section was actually what made me have a columns section on Soles of Silk when I launched back in 2014 (which I also switched to a blog format back in 2013). With the Wu's Feet Links Columns Blog, however, I always seek to have more than just my own voice being heard. Dozens of people have contributed to making the columns I'm going to link below interesting, and to many, great reads.

• July 2014: Welcome to the New Wu's Feet Links Columns Blog
• August 2014: FemDom - When You're Her Bitch
• September 2014: Interracial Footjobs - Colorful & Carnal
• October 2014: The 90s - The Dawning of Foot Fetishism Online
• November 2014: One for the Ages, Part 1 - Teens to 20's
• December 2014: One for the Ages, Part 2 - MILFs & Cougars

A great many people assisted me with these columns above. Their words, opinions, and experiences all helped round out the topics and I couldn't thank them enough. After giving these columns a read, be sure to check out the conclusion of each of those entries as I link to every person who made them possible. It's just too many people to list here.

Karlie & Lana Lopez are set to be in the next Wu's Feet Links feature set.

Wu's Feet Links in 2015 & Beyond

Other than what I've previewed above, who knows what is in store for Wu's Feet Links moving forward. One thing I am confident in saying, however, is wherever it goes, there will be a lot of fellow foot fetishists going there together. The community that has been around since the late 90's has always been a solid one with lots of great people. It has been my pleasure to have many of you help Wu's Feet Links move forward in recent months and I look forward to working with even more of you in the future.