ANDTHEEND's Highlighted Stories

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thank you for highlighting my story. i know nothing at all about writing as an art so i will take your comments and work them into the next part of this tale.
 
Thank you for highlighting my story. I appreciate you taking time to read my story and offer your critism. I am taking your advice and will add more depth to my characters in this story, and will watch my editing as well. Again, thank you for highlighting my story and giving your critism.
 
thank you for highlighting my story. i know nothing at all about writing as an art so i will take your comments and work them into the next part of this tale.

Actually, you did pretty well for someone who doesn't know anything about writing (lol).

Keep writing and good luck.
 
Thank you for highlighting my story. I appreciate you taking time to read my story and offer your critism. I am taking your advice and will add more depth to my characters in this story, and will watch my editing as well. Again, thank you for highlighting my story and giving your critism.

I'm biased when it comes to characters. Nearly, all of my stories are character driven.

The really fun part is when your characters finally come alive, step off the page, grab the keyboard from your hand, and write their own story.

If it's never happened to you, it's a surreal experience. That's when you know your writing is inspired and that's when you know your story is really good.

The best way to develop a character is to put yourself in their head to see things through their eyes.

What would he or she do now? What would they say? Why would that do and say that?

After a while, it's easy. After a while, it happens naturally that you don't even think about it, but just write it.

Good luck with your writing. It was my pleasure to highlight your story.
 
What's the difference between character driven and something else?

Being the great writer that you are, KillerMuffin with the recognition of all those green E's, I don't have to tell you the difference between a character driven story and something else. I'm sure you already know, as many of the stories that you write are character driven.

Yet, most of non-fiction is not character driven. Typically stories that impart information and that avoid point of view are not character driven stories. Yet, that is not to say that one could write an informational story that was character driven, such as a travel story, for instance.

We have several categories of stories that are not prone to being character driven stories, reviews & essays, non-erotic, at times, how to stories, sometimes letters & transcripts, even poetry. Matter of fact, as you know, any category of story can be a story that is not character driven, if written with undeveloped and flat characters.

Generally, stories that are not character driven are stories that lack dialogue, description, and imagery, and that have long passages of narative. Stories where characters are introduced but un developed are not character driven stories.

I'm sure there are others here who can improve on my description of stories that are not character driven.

It's an honor to have you post to my thread, please feel free to make a post anytime.
 
Innocent and Seductive by sweet_rose210

Here's a new story by a new author that posted today in the Lesbian Sex category.

Welcome to Literotica sweet_rose210.

Below is the link to the story.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=488843

I found this story more erotic than outright sexual. Moreover, after reading this, I wanted to read more. I wanted to know more.

Who is this patron? What does she look like.

The author gave the reader a good enough description of the seductress, except for a name. I would have liked to have known her name and where they were.

I found it interesting that the more details that this author gave me about her character and about this story, the more that I wanted. In that regard I found the story lacking. Definitely, it was good enough that it should have been longer.

I recommend this story to those who enjoy reading stories in this category. I must admit you may be disappointed by the lack of sexual content but not disappointed by the good writing and erotic read.

I hope this spotlight of attention garners you more views, votes, and comments. Good luck with your story.
 
Freak Doctor VIsit by His_bitch

His a story in the NonConsent/Reluctance category that posted today by an established writer.

The link to the story is below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=489391

Well, if you ignore the writing and concentrate more on the story, it's worth your time to read it.

Certainly, it's a different storyline. I thought the ending was a big abrupt with no explanation why she was being so tortured and/or examined.

For those of you who follow this thread know that I have a thing for character description and character development. Well, there was none in this story.

Even though this poor girl was being brutalized, tortured, I didn't care. It's not that I don't have feelings, it was because the writer did not describe the character for me to bond with her.

In this story, especially this story, it was imperative for the writer to flush out this character. She was the entire story, but after reading this story, I was left with nothing.

I think the writer hit on a good topic and some of the suspense was good, but her writing got in the way of the story and knocked me, the reader, out of that, too.

If you are a fan of this category, you may enjoy reading this.

I hope this spotlight of attention garners you more views, votes, and comments. Good luck with your story.
 
Your Night by burninglily

Here's a new story by a new writer that posted today in the Erotic Couplings category.

Welcome to Literotic burninglily.

The link to the story is below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=489399

Well, for those of you who enjoy reading stories in this particular category, it has a decent sex scene. For those of you who hate dialogue, you won't be disappointed, as this story is all narative.

For such a story that is so heavy with characters, a husband and a wife, a boyfriend and a girlfriend, two gay men? I can't tell by the little amount of information has decided to give me or in this case, not give me about the characters.

Certainly, this story would have been better if I could see what the writer was seeing, the characters. Definitely, I would have bonded more with the story, if the writer had developed the characters enough for me to care about them.

This writer went through the trouble of explaining some of the backstory, but then skirted past the characters to concentrate on the sex scene.

Maybe that's it. Maybe some writers become so wrapped up, excited perhaps, writing the sex scene that they forget that someone else, the reader, is reading this, too. We aren't in your head, dear writer, we cannot see what you see, unless you show us. A bit of imagery and character description would have made this story so much better.

I hope this spotlight of attention garners you more views, votes, and comments. Good luck with your story.
 
His a story in the NonConsent/Reluctance category that posted today by an established writer.

The link to the story is below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=489391

Well, if you ignore the writing and concentrate more on the story, it's worth your time to read it.

Certainly, it's a different storyline. I thought the ending was a big abrupt with no explanation why she was being so tortured and/or examined.

For those of you who follow this thread know that I have a thing for character description and character development. Well, there was none in this story.

Even though this poor girl was being brutalized, tortured, I didn't care. It's not that I don't have feelings, it was because the writer did not describe the character for me to bond with her.

In this story, especially this story, it was imperative for the writer to flush out this character. She was the entire story, but after reading this story, I was left with nothing.

I think the writer hit on a good topic and some of the suspense was good, but her writing got in the way of the story and knocked me, the reader, out of that, too.

If you are a fan of this category, you may enjoy reading this.

I hope this spotlight of attention garners you more views, votes, and comments. Good luck with your story.
woaw woaw, i wrote this totally out of my element. I even posted that, i was asked by a fan who i had sent it too just for fun to post it. i thought it would not be noticed since i just posted a piece i worked on for awhile just before that, please do NOT count my work as a whole by that stupid story. its not even my normal stuff, i write normally about different type of owning. I'm pretty embaressed that i get noticed for the one story on my list i didnt even plan on putting on there, it literally just went up too and now its my most popular for being bad, that sucks. please read my other work and judge me on that, this was just a story i wrote i swear in 20 mins didnt even proof read it.
 
His a story in the NonConsent/Reluctance category that posted today by an established writer.

The link to the story is below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=489391

Well, if you ignore the writing and concentrate more on the story, it's worth your time to read it.

Certainly, it's a different storyline. I thought the ending was a big abrupt with no explanation why she was being so tortured and/or examined.

For those of you who follow this thread know that I have a thing for character description and character development. Well, there was none in this story.

Even though this poor girl was being brutalized, tortured, I didn't care. It's not that I don't have feelings, it was because the writer did not describe the character for me to bond with her.

In this story, especially this story, it was imperative for the writer to flush out this character. She was the entire story, but after reading this story, I was left with nothing.

I think the writer hit on a good topic and some of the suspense was good, but her writing got in the way of the story and knocked me, the reader, out of that, too.

If you are a fan of this category, you may enjoy reading this.

I hope this spotlight of attention garners you more views, votes, and comments. Good luck with your story.
and i do agree with the comment on the story, its a crutch to not discribe the characters enough to really feel they're real when the story isnt good, but i use a quick entrance and a rather abrupt ending in my other stories differently, i want to provide short to the point stories that still are very real with out loosing the interest in the character because normally i use the same characters in each story, at least "his bitch" (me) in the story who has a more detailed background the more stories you read. but its mostly to provide an alternative to long chapters and stories where i could read half the story before the sex or before realizing its not my cup of tea. I hope people read ANY other story i wrote but this one, i didnt mean for it to be the most talked about it was just for fans who already knew my work and wanted something in between my real stuff.
 
and i do agree with the comment on the story, its a crutch to not discribe the characters enough to really feel they're real when the story isnt good, but i use a quick entrance and a rather abrupt ending in my other stories differently, i want to provide short to the point stories that still are very real with out loosing the interest in the character because normally i use the same characters in each story, at least "his bitch" (me) in the story who has a more detailed background the more stories you read. but its mostly to provide an alternative to long chapters and stories where i could read half the story before the sex or before realizing its not my cup of tea. I hope people read ANY other story i wrote but this one, i didnt mean for it to be the most talked about it was just for fans who already knew my work and wanted something in between my real stuff.

I thought your story had a worthy storyline. I was just trying to get you more views, votes, and comments by highlighting your story and making a few constructive criticisms.

We all started somewhere. You should read some of my first stories. I cringe. And even now, I wish I could just delete some of my stories, but they are logged in the Survivor Contest.

Good luck with your writing.
 
A Day at the Office by Shadowtech123

Here's a new story by a new writer that posted today in the Toys & Masturbation category.

Welcome to Literotica Shadowtech123.

The link to the story is below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=489442

What I liked about this story was there was almost enough description to imagine the main character. Character description is so very important in this type of story and in this particular category.

For those of you who enjoy reading the Toys & Masturbation category, you may enjoy reading this story. It's erotically sexy from the beginning to the end.

Only, I wish the author had developed the character a bit more. I realize it is difficult to develop a character in a story so short, especially since the masturbation part of the story took up so much of the narative, but I think a more developed character with a bit of imagery would have knocked this story out of the park.

I read it twice and at the end, I couldn't help but feel it was unfinished. I wanted to know more about the man in the story.

Except for a few minor errors, I recommend this story to readers.

I hope the spotlight of attention garners you more views, votes, and comments. Good luck with your story.
 
Memories of my First Exposure by like2bewatched

Here is a new story by a new writer this year that posted today in the Exhibitionist & Voyeur category, one of my favorite categories.

Welcome to Literotica like2bewatched.

The link to the story is below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=462213

I can't help but feel compelled to remind readers to vote and comment. These writers write for free for your entertainment and the least that you can do is to give them your support with a vote and a comment.

For every 1,000 views that a story receives, the author is lucky if he receives 5 votes and 1 comment. It's sad really. So for you readers out there who don't routinely vote or comment, please do. Your support means a lot to these writers. Thanks. Now for the story highlight.

I liked the story. I thought it was hot. I especially enjoyed when the author gave me a glimpse of what she was thinking with the use of internal monologue.

Even though the author described her hair, I would have enjoyed the story more had the the author given me a bit more details of her body. Was she busty? Flat chested? Was she shaved, trimmed, or bushy. Was she short, tall, fat or thin. All of that would have engaged the reader more.

Nonetheless, I agree with the comments received. It was a hot story.

I hope this spotlight of attention garners you more views, votes, and comments. Good luck with your story.
 
No Words Needed by 2luckytoo

Here's a new story by a new writer that posted in the Erotic Couplings category.

Welcome to Literotica 2luckytoo.

Below is the link to the story.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=489872

What I liked about this story is that it's a real love and loving story about a married couple. It's always nice to get a glimpse in the happy life of a couple. It's a charming story with a decent sex scene and I recommend the story for those who enjoy reading the Erotic Couplings category.

Yes, there were a few problems with this story. There were some minor editorial things that wouldn't knock you out of the story, unless you are the anal editor type, which I'm not. I apologize in advance to all the editors out there. You are a better person than I am. I hate editing my stories (lol).

There were some obvious things that, as a new writer, I would appreciate being shown. Some writers don't like criticism, but if it's done constructively, it could be very valuable. I suggest writer take a creative writing course, as the author has a talent for writing.

Only, pick one point of view. To jump from Paula's head to Randy's head was tiring. In a story so short, this story should have been told by only one of the characters, Paula or Randy.

Instead of using their names over and again, use he or she. We know who you mean, dear author. Unless you are in love with these names, the reader doesn't want to read them over and again.

Randy wasn't described and Paula's character, except for her breast, wasn't described either. Character descriptions would have helped this story, as well as a bit of imagery. I think what would have really made this story better would be some dialogue. The entire story was narrative, but for a few places of internal monologue.

It's not a bad story. Certainly, it's a great first effort and I shall look forward to reading more stories from this writer.

I hope this spotlight of attention garners you more views, votes and comments. Good luck with your story.

And to all you readers out there, you need to vote. Please! We writers need the support of your votes and feedback. So few of you vote, after reading the story and even fewer of you take the time to comment. Thanks.
 
Late Night Love by ilovedickkk

Here's a new story by a new writer that posted today in the Gay Male category.

Welcome to Literotica ilovedickkk. I love dick, too, (lol), and Jane, also (lol).

The link to the story is below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=489829

Actually, I loved this story. It was short and sweet. If I had a comment about it, I would have enjoyed it more if Josh's character was more described. I could see Cale by the description given. If I had one negative comment, I wish the story was longer.

What I liked about the story was I could feel the engergy of the writer. A hard thing to do, in such a very short story, but he pulled it off.

I felt disappointed that it was over so soon. I hope this writer writes a longer story and develops these characters more. Good job.

I hope this spotlight of attention garners you more views, votes, and comments. Good luck with your story.

Readers, please vote, vote, vote.
 
Mina and Adara by Kokome

Here's a new story by a new writer that posted today in the Lesbian Sex category.

Welcome to Literotica Kokome.

The link to the story is below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=490179

Okay, this story was hot. Yet, it could have been, should have been hotter.

I liked the premise of two college girls secluded and sitting at a table in back of the library.

Only, the author told me what one of the characters smelled like, but not what she looked like. I needed to know why Mina was attracted to Adara and why Adara was so bold with Mina. I needed to see what the author was seeing.

If only I could have seen the women, pictured them, this story would have been very hot. Just give me enough details for me to imagine the rest and to engage me enough to lose me in the story. Yet, when you don't describe your characters is when you tell your story and don't show your story.

The reader wants images and imagery for us to imagine the rest. We wanted to bond with these two girls, but couldn't.

For those who enjoy this category, you should enjoy this story. There are a few stumbles in the beginning, enough so, that I wondered if English was the author's first language, not a bash, just and observation.

I hope this spotlight of attention garners you more views, votes, and comments. Good luck with your story.
 
I started this thread to give those stories, mostly from new writers a second chance. Most of the stories that I highlight are buried at the near bottom of the new story posting for the day. Consequently, just by placement order, the stories that appear near the bottom may not receive the attention that stories placed at the top receive.

Thinking perhaps that stories are placed by quality, perhapa, after readers read a few selections from the top dozen stories, they may abandon their reading for the day, until they return the next day to read the next dozen or so top stories. By highlighting stories here, I'm hoping new writers will receive a chance at having their stories read.

I don't typically highlight stories from established writers on Literotica. They don't need my help. I don't highlight stories that are already illuminated with a red H and I don't highlight chapter stories.

What I have found in highlighting stories is that many new writers make the same mistakes. They get so caught up in telling the sexual action that they fail to show the reader the characters. Most of the stories posted here are character driven and for a writer not to describe their characters is a fatal error.

Personally, I enjoy stories where I can loose myself in the story and that happens when the writer shows the action, instead of telling the action. Generally when a story has too much narrative, it's a telling story instead of a showing story. Character description and dialogue play important roles in showing and in engaging the reader, especially in stories that are very short.

I prefer stories that have a good mix of narrative and dialogue, a rhythm so, as a reader, I'm not weighed down by plowing through too much narrative detail that could have been used as a bit of imagery with a line of dialogue. Admittedly, some of my stories have too much narrative, but I'm still learning how to write.

Writing is a lifelong apprenticeship and we are all students. I thank all of those who have taken time to read and post on this thread and I hope to continue highlighting stories as my time permits.

In the meantime, I ask all readers to vote and comment. So few readers vote and even fewer make a comment. The writers here are not paid. We write because we must and for your entertainment. As a writer myself, I know that I appreciate when a reader takes the time to comment on a story I've written.

Thank you.
 
Dangerous Distractions by alwaysHistora

Here's a new story that by a new author that posted yesterday in the BDSM category.

Welcome to Literotica alwaysHistora.

The link to the story is below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=491693

Well, as BDSM stories go, this was a decent, albeit short tale. Other than Owner, Him, and Master, all in God like capital letters, by the way, I would have preferred if the author had given the characters names.

My complaint with this story is my familiar one, I'm afraid. There are no character descriptions.

The story has a nice mix of narrative and dialogue, even though in some places the narrative is a bit long. It could have been broken up in smaller paragraphs and/or a line of two of additional dialogue could have replaced an entire paragraph of unnecessary narrative.

There's a decent sex scene in the story, but like the story it's too short. Still, for those who are fans of BDSM stories, you may enjoy this one, so give it a read.

Please remember to vote for the stories and comment if you can.

I hope this spotlight of attention garners you more views, votes, and comments. Good luck with your story.
 
The Erotic Dream by Tiffany8

Here's a new story by a new writer that posted yesterday in the Exhibitionist & Voyeur category.

Welcome to Literotica Tiffany8

Below is the link to the story.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=491769

Well, here's a cute story that I think should have been posted in Toys & Mastubation instead of Exhibitionist & Voyeur.

Admittedly, I was a bit confused if the entire story was an erotic dream of just the first part of the story or the last part (lol). Nonetheless it's a decent story to read.

There's a nice mix of narative and dialogue and the characters are described somewhat, which adds to engaging the reader.

Only, I'm surprised this story was even accepted at Literotica as, even though the whole story may be an erotic dream, the main character was a high school student, who may or may not have been the required age of 18-years-old.

I hope this spotlight of attention garners you more views, votes, and comments. Good luck with your story.
 
Thaaaaank You

Thank andtheend. I left the story most open to the reader because when reading there is never one way to read something. It is all in the eye of the beholder
 
A reader made a comment to my new story, The Hooker and the Marine.

The reader stated that I wasn't knowledgeable enough about writing to have a review thread to critique stories.

I guess he or she didn't take the time to read the first posting I made to this thread.

This is not a review thread and I do not critique stories, per se. The main purpose of this thread is in the title. I highlight stories.

I give those authors, typically new authors to the site a second chance for people to read their stories. Generally, new authors are placed at the bottom of the new story list. Generally readers start at the top of the list to read stories. By the time they finish reading, seldom do they read the bottom dozen stories.

By highlighting those stories specifically, by briefly telling the reader about the story, and pointing out some of the thing that I'd do to make the story better, I hope to give the author another chance at being noticed.

When I started writing here, I wish someone would have done that for some of my stories, given them a second chance. It's sad when I try to give back to the site and some disturbed reader makes a foul comment to my story. I don't understand. Yet, some people are just mean.

For those who would like to give my new story, The Hooker and the Marine, the support of your vote, the link is below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=492381

I'll be posting a new story daily for the next couple of weeks and I can use your votes and comments.

Thanks,

Susan
 
Staying with the highlight concept without going too much indepth as a review, I would have liked the story more if it was longer and if it had given a bit more background. For sure, the characters needed a bit more development and I would have preferred more imagery. It was difficult to imagine the scenes by the lack of the description, somewhat.

Some may find the sex scene offensive, a bit too much like rape. Others may enjoy that sort of forced sex scene, although the victim quickly becomes a willing participant.

At first blush, it's difficult not to notice the point of view switch. On a story this short, it's best the writer picks one head to tell the story.

The characters lacked any sort of development or description. Yet, as I give a 5 vote to all stories I've chosen to highlight, I recommend this story to those who are plumbers or who always wanted to be ravished by a plumber.


Nonetheless, the story was a bit weird, disjointed, and a little difficult to follor. Mainly because of my common complaint with this story that I have with nearly every other story I've highlighted.

Character development. Yes, we know you can see the character in your head, as you are writing your story, but we, the reader, cannot, unless you give us, show us the information we need to see your character.

This character was as flat as the page and because of that, I didn't care about the character. C'mon, how can you care about someone you don't know. Yet, the writer spent a considerable amount of time and words trying to develop tension, but it failed.

I would have liked to see a little bit more character descriptions and character development, but the writer did a beter job than most with that.

The dialogue is spot on and your characters are real. There's a great mix of narative, just enough to further the story without bogging it down.

Immediately, I see a couple of problems with this story that hopefully this writer can address with his or her next story.

First of all, it's very short. Secondly, it's all narative. Lastly, it's in the first person.

Now, ordinarily there's nothing wrong with first person stories, but in this story, I feel the writer is holding me back from getting too close. I can feel a hand on my chest, while I'm reading the story.

The good part is for those of you who enjoy reading stories in this category, you won't be disappointed with the sexual content, but it's all there.

Only, and again, there is no character description. Without a character description, without seeing who the writer is writing about, I am further distanced from the story.

The author gave the reader a good enough description of the seductress, except for a name. I would have liked to have known her name and where they were.

I found it interesting that the more details that this author gave me about her character and about this story, the more that I wanted. In that regard I found the story lacking. Definitely, it was good enough that it should have been longer.

What I liked about this story was there was almost enough description to imagine the main character. Character description is so very important in this type of story and in this particular category.

For those of you who enjoy reading the Toys & Masturbation category, you may enjoy reading this story. It's erotically sexy from the beginning to the end.

Only, I wish the author had developed the character a bit more. I realize it is difficult to develop a character in a story so short, especially since the masturbation part of the story took up so much of the narative, but I think a more developed character with a bit of imagery would have knocked this story out of the park.

I read it twice and at the end, I couldn't help but feel it was unfinished. I wanted to know more about the man in the story.

Except for a few minor errors, I recommend this story to readers.



A reader made a comment to my new story, The Hooker and the Marine.

The reader stated that I wasn't knowledgeable enough about writing to have a review thread to critique stories.

I guess he or she didn't take the time to read the first posting I made to this thread.

This is not a review thread and I do not critique stories, per se. The main purpose of this thread is in the title. I highlight stories.

Funny, I read this thread nearly every day and from reading your posts and the ones I "highlighted" above at random, every one of them reads like a review.

It's a good thing to highlight stories, I'm not arguing that. But when you say you're not reviewing or critiquing them, it sure looks like it to me and probably to a lot of others who read this thread.

Just sayin'

Carry on.
 
The Hooker and the Marine by Andtheend

Here's a new story posted by a talented and very modest writer in the Mature category.

The Hooker and the Marine

The link to the story is below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=492381

Just as a reminder, as this story is a Summer Lovin' contest story, it's important that you vote and please feel free to comment. Good, bad, or indifferent, feedback helps writers to improve.

Why did I write this story? My first husband was a Marine. He died in combat. He never should have been allowed to return. He wasn't fit for duty. Highly decorated, it wouldn't surprise me if he had committed suicide by accepting impossible missions. He was a tortured soul, but he was a Marine inside and out.

Plagued with Post Traumatic Stress, the syndrome gave him such a rage that everyone feared him. He had no friends and even his family turned against him. He wasn't the same man that I fell in love with. Had he not been killed, I was planning on leaving him and I think he knew that. I think he didn't return, so that he wouldn't kill me.

War is a terrible thing. We send our best young men to die. Why do we do that? Meanwhile, the politicians wave the flag of the United States when sending our sons and husbands off to war and then turn their backs on them when they return needing our help to recover.

The VA should have helped my husband, but they didn't. I found out later from men who knew my husband that he had been with prostitutes and had a particular fondness for one, ergo the inspiration for the story. It was a sad, bittersweet story for me to write, but in writing it, I more understood my husband's pain.

The part about the drug dealers that he erradicated from our neighborhood and the part about the pimp are true, virtually word for word. He was a sweet man when he went off to war and he returned as a monster.

Yet, we need men like him to keep us safe, otherwise, we'd be fighting the enemy here at home.

Rest in peace Frank. After all you've been through, you deserve some quiet time.

I hope this spotlight of attention will garner me more views, votes, and reads. I wish myself good luck on my story and thank you to everyone who reads, votes, and comments on my story.

A vote for my story is a vote for America and a vote for freedom.

"God bless America.
 
My apologies for not keeping this thread up to date, but I've been busy writing and posting my stories for the Summer Lovin' contest.

I hope eveyone I've helped by highlighting their story will pay me the same courtesy with a vote for my stories.

Thanks,

Susan
 
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