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CatharinasSOL: Hiya :-) Chapter 2 to "Equilibrium"

CatharinasSOL — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:40:29 GMT

...has been submitted this evening 10:37 p.m. pst so don't expect it to be posted until tomorrow at the earliest.

I'm very happy that I've received such positive and helpful feedback for Chapter 5 "Of Vinegar and Honey" and I'm working hard to ensure Chatper 6 is ready for submission no later than Wednesday this coming.

In the meantime, please keep feedback coming. I really enjoy receiving your opinion be it good or bad. Constructive criticism is always welcome!

Thanks for reading me and keep your passion's fires burning,
*~Catharina~*

Lazlo Zalezac: Mike Radford Completed

Lazlo Zalezac — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:20:12 GMT

The last chapter of Mike Radford: Accidental Hero has been posted. I left a lot of lose ends dangling that make for a good beginning of a story or three. This was one of the chapters that wasn't recovered completely after my computer went down after the lightning strike. I'm glad to get the story finished and I'm looking forward to starting another story or two in the Damsels in Distress universe.

I lost two chapters of Quatyl and three chapters of William Redman Carter. The originals versions of those chapters are gone forever. They are unrecoverable and I'm trying to rewrite them. It will take some time since they were middle chapters. Nothing is worse than trying to reproduce material in the middle of a story.

J.C. Miller: Cynthia awaits you

J.C. Miller — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:15:39 GMT

After much crazy reformatting, I posted Chapter one of Cynthia. There are still formatting problems in there that I will try to solve.

I appreciate being told of any errors of fact or editorial glitches.

Thanks.

JCM

Aurora: The Engineer thingy

Aurora — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:01:10 GMT

Well, I've had some good feedback from the Engineer. I also had an anonymouse flame, so I have selected not to accept anonymouse mail. Not because I object to people saying that what I write is crap, but because if you cannot put your name to it and allow me to reply then it ain't worth anything. I had one once before suggesting that I should rewrite almost a whole story, this time, apparently, I hadn't developed the story, the characters, the emotions, etc. and ended up telling me that there was worse stuff out there. As if I hadn't noticed. Or cared. Some of what I read isn't too good, but I don't flame it, and some is so disjointed that I give up. My younger sister is a teacher who says that grammar and spelling don't matter, just getting something down is the important thing. Well I can tell you that she is wrong. Unless you write understandable English with reasonable punctuation - commas and full stops will do, avoid exclamation marks, and only use question marks where they are really necessary - which will enable the reader to make some sense of it then then they aren't going to bother.
However someone (who did give their name) this time said that the ending could be better. And I agree. It was fair and constructive criticism and I will consider it.
And - if you want to punctuate try 'Eats, shoots and leaves' by Lynne Truss, it will tell you how to do it.

RoustWriter: Arlene and Jeff -- Ch. Seventy-five is up

RoustWriter — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:42:19 GMT

This week with Arlene and Jeff:

Joyce goes home.

What's to do about Alesha Turcott?

Arlene runs head-on into the hospital bureaucracy.

Have a goodun;

Roust

AscendingAuthor: Submissions restarting

AscendingAuthor — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:13:39 GMT

The small delay in my making submissions was smaller than expected, because I did nothing else all day. I'm now back into the normal process of reviewing and submitting individual chapters.

During the day I took the opportunity to act on the result of the Williams's vs. Williams' poll -- which was two-thirds in favor of Williams' -- and I've now made the necessary changes. All the already-posted chapters will be resubmitted shortly, which I guess will mean the story will look like its gone through some sort of dimensional rift that changed my hero's girlfriend's surname usage. Tricky things those dimensional rifts. My thanks to those of you who made the effort to vote, even though most of you voted against me :(

For a variety of reasons, mostly Lazeez's advice and my sanity (what of it I have left), I will be adopting a very regular, thrice weekly submission routine; currently intended to be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Lazeez's excellent software allows submissions to be queued for processing on a specific date, so as each chapter is dropped into the hopper, I'll be specifying the next of those three days.

I don't know when Lazeez will process them on those days, but I'll take a guess that it should be reasonably consistent (probably early in his workday), so the time they appear for public access should be consistent week after week, the exact time depending on your location around the planet. Thus you will know when to check for new chapters.

I will be trying very hard to ensure that there are at least two new chapters in each intake (so 6+/week). I should be able to do more than two quite often.

^

I continue to be pleased and astonished at the number of complimentary emails I'm receiving. My thanks for those too. They make the sacrifice of most of my sanity worthwhile.

Clee Hill: So who's writing this story anyway?

Clee Hill — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:20:02 GMT

Have you ever come across those writers who tell you they set out writing with no preconceived ideas as to where their story is going, allowing the characters to lead them through it?

That's really not my style. To paraphrase Angela Carter, character should be subservient to plot and, moreover, you are the writer - so show a little control!

Well, that's pretty much how I look at things, so could someone tell my characters about this? Please???

It's like this. So far I have five chapters of Bk.2 in preparation, one ready to upload tomorrow, the rest to follow as they are polished up. However, although I have set down what should happen in terms of plot - and I know this because I kept the notes! - my characters seem to want to be themselves, responding to circumstances in their own way. I've not surrendered control yet, and they do need my plot to give them something to do, but you know things are getting 'interesting' when you don't so much dream of them, but as them!

Parenthetically, after all I said about not including sex scenes unless the plot - okay, or my characters - call for them, I wrote a biggie for Bk.2 Ch.5. Without spoiling the surprise, Sandi and Iph are back in a big way!

Until next time...CH

JW: New story and Reposting stories

JW — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:46:06 GMT

I got an e-mail from an old friend; one I haven't heard from in quite a while. It brought to mind the story I had written about her. That prompted me to go back and read the old piece with wonderful results - LOL. Which, in turn, got me thinking about a sequel so I am writing one now.
I had decided that I would not repost old stories. There's no need since I have a new fantasy everyday [sometimes more often]. Also it feels like cheating to me. In this case the original story was posted on a site that not even the site's administrators can navigate [I think]. I have given myself permission to repost the stories I put in that God-forsaken place, 'cause I think they're pretty good [- duh!] and nobody could ever find them where they're filed now.
If you're one of the few who found them last year when I wrote them; let me apologize in advance for the redundancy.

JW: word use boo boo

JW — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:54:39 GMT

I am indebted to the reader who pointed out to me that 'palpitate' does not mean 'to feel'.
the correct word is 'palpate' and I have changed it wherever it appears.
Thanks Brian I find this kind of error embarrassing. For anyone else who noticed the faux pas and didn't tell me... shame on you.

Dinspiration: Update...

Dinspiration — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:22:39 GMT

Wednesday morning will be on it's way soon - the written draft is done.

Jessy19: Beautiful Monster

Jessy19 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:38:30 GMT

So I wrote a new story called Beautiful Monster. It's really different than what I'm used to writing. I didn't realize it would turn out so long. Most of my short stories are only around 20 pages long. This was turned out to be 34 pages! I had fun writing it and you know it made me a bit sad just writing it. Hope you enjoy it and thanks for reading =)

-J19

Paige Turner: What's your opinion on posting incomplete stories?

Paige Turner — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:41:11 GMT

I have had a year where I haven't been able to finish off most of the stories I've started.

Just been a bad year that way.

So.

Since a lot of the tales are in the Tony and Nancy universe, I was wondering how the people who are reading my stuff would feel about it if I posted incomplete stories? There are a few here that are about The Cat, and one of them has a character from The Word On Johanna, and you will also get to know how Tony and Nancy got together.

Opinions? I should warn you that there is very little chance of them getting done, but if you can live with that, I'll post them.

Just want to find out if this is going to tick people off or if you folks out there are okay with that.

Let me know, and if the Magic 8 Ball says 'go for it', I'll post them. If the crowd says thumbs down, will not post them.

Fair enough?

Regards,

Paige

Zaffen: How Hoot It Is-Chapter 59 submitted

Zaffen — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:26:44 GMT

Stormy Weatherhas once again, earned her massive salary, and saved me from embarrassment.

Chapter 59 is up for posting and should appear soon.

I hope that you are enjoying the continued adventures of the Crew, and remember, it is fiction. Although sometimes, I wonder about Hoot.

Be well;
Zaffen

AscendingAuthor: Small delay before any more submissions

AscendingAuthor — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:11:19 GMT

There'll be a small delay before any more chapters appear. Just a couple of days probably.

Some of the emails I've received have pointed out a few little grammatical errors that I've made repeatedly, so I'm in the process of tidying them up. Even with the features Word provides, fixing every occurrence of an error throughout 40 novels worth of text takes a chunk of time. Sorry about that.

Shaddoth: hmmm

Shaddoth — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:12:12 GMT

39 & 40 came out a little rockier than normal..
I'm not sure how I am going to fix them, but I will promise to use more care from now on.

Shad

Reprobate Rodent: Another chapter in the works

Reprobate Rodent — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:34:45 GMT

The next chapter of The Duplicate Duke is in preparatiion. As long as I'm up to it, I'm going to push forward.

A couple of people have asked about my medical condition(s). Without getting too specific, there are several of them, all more-or-less interacting and the drugs I take for them interact in various ways as well.

For the last several years my life has been a series of ups and downs as we experimented with new drugs and combinations. Part of the problem is that drug interactions, especially involving psychotropic drugs, tend to be very specific to individuals. It's hard to know what's going to happen until you try.

The latest edition, weirdly enough, is something usually perscribed for schizophrenia. Now I know I'm not the most mentally healthy person in the world (hell, I'm a Goddamn amateur pornographer!) but schizophrenic is one t hing I am not. (And neither am I). But it seems to be helping me quite a bit so I'm not going to knock it.

Frankly my biggest fear right now is that the improvement I've seen going to disappear as my body acclimatizes to the drug. I've had that happen before and it's pretty depressing.

For now, I can only wait and hope -- and continue to work on the Duplicate Duke as the mood holds.

BTW: The Duplicate Duke is turning into a very long novel that breaks roughly into three parts. We're getting close to the end of the first part, but a long way from the end of the whole book. But before we end the first part there are a few more people we've got to meet -- including some gypsies, one of the pioneer socialists of England. Oh yeah, and a few more of Jack the Ripper's minions.

--RR

CatharinasSOL: Hi again :-) Ch. 05 to "Of Vinegar and Honey" is submitted 2day

CatharinasSOL — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:12:32 GMT

Sorry for the abbreviation but I couldn't fit the whole "today" word in the title of this post. Anyway, things are looking up. I'm currently editing and formatting "To Dry the Tears of a Clown" for POD paperback publishing and am incredibly excited I got sufficient orders to make this viable. It won't be done for another month since there's a lot of work getting a book published!

If you're interested in purchasing a copy, just drop me a line. The paperback version will be re-edited with added scenes so it's not the same as the one posted here. Just an FYI.

Chapter 2 to "Equilibrium" will be submitted either this evening or tomorrow at the latest. I'm done with the chapter except for line-item editing and a steamy scene I need to add that wasn't in the original story I wrote for myself. Got to keep things spicy!

Anyway, this is about it. Till next time and thanks for reading me.

*~Catharina~*

EMW: Some more Flux

EMW — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:00:18 GMT

The new part of flux is submitted so hopefully will be on the site soon. I noticed when uploading it that the chapters on the current stuff had gotten messed up probably due to me badly labelling them. As a result chapter 1 on the site contained ch1 and ch2. I've sent off a fixed version with some editing, the new stuff will start chapter 3.

Other things, I have a new part of Salamander 2 nearly ready, not sure when that will be along but hopefully soon, and some more parts of poison are currently at the editors so will turn up at some point.

Thanks very much for all the comments I do appreciate the feedback :)

niteowluk99: new story posted....

niteowluk99 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:49:16 GMT

Hi I have just posted a very special story for a certain submissive lady, (she knows who she is) who is my inspiration to writing these stories...

By the Way... I am much obliged to those of you who do take the time to let me know what you think of my work.

Shaddoth: I added a MF to my codes

Shaddoth — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:45:05 GMT

I figured that since there is going to be kissing (or maybe more), I would add the MF code.

As much as it will disappoint a few of my readers (You know who you are) there will not be any MFF. :(

Not that Charles would say no per se but, surprisingly for those that know me, this is not that type of story.

This does mean though, there just might be more than words exchanged.

Shad

Morgan: A Triple Crown question

Morgan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:28:27 GMT

As I'm sure you know, when a pair of horses from the same stable are in the same race, they're coupled as an entry and share a number (e.g., #1 and #1a). My question to my readers is this: If an entry wins all three of the Triple Crown races, but one of the horses wins two and other wins one, is there a Triple Crown winner?

Anybody know?

Clee Hill: Overwhelming Writing...

Clee Hill — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:57:52 GMT

...is something that just happens sometimes, and when it does all you can do is hang on!

So, the plan was, while taking a break from Bk.2 Ch.1, I would lay out a plot skeleton for the newest chapter I'm working on, a roadmap if you will.

Right - that was the plan!

What happened was 7000 words and about five hours of constant, can't spare the time from muse to pee, typing. And this morning I added a another 2500 words. Not bad for a first draft!!!

More hints to come...

CH

Victor Echo: A Rainy Night in Paris

Victor Echo — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:53:54 GMT

Greetings one and all.

I have begun posting A Rainy Night in Paris. While this is only one story I have been working on over the past few months, it is the first one that is complete and thus, now ready to post. I will be posting a chapter every week or so.

I hope you enjoy it and thanks for reading.

Denham Forrest: Taking The Long Shot

Denham Forrest — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:48:11 GMT

Hopping everything goes as it should do, I've advanced submitted all four chapters of this tale today. They should (he says, fingers crossed) be posted daily.

I've got visitors staying for a few days, who are being accommodated in my study; consequently I won't have full access to my desk computers for a few days.

I've always got my notebook, but that's getting on in years (like its owner) and tends to be a little on the temperamental side sometimes (well quite often actually). So acknowledging and replying to your kind (and much appreciated) emails promptly, might prove a little difficult.

Anyway I hope this tale of woe is received as well as most of my tales have been in the past.

DC

dragontattoo: Reader Beware.

dragontattoo — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:53:38 GMT

My newest chapter of Jagati may be a bit rough for some readers. There is a scene in it where one character threatens another with sodomy, so if this offends please skip over this part of the chapter. It is not meant as an erotic interlude between the characters but used as an intimidation technique. I would love to hear from the reader what they think of this chapter. It is a bit dark for me, so please feel free to give me feedback on it.