Daddy's Little Girl: Second Edition

[UsuallyPresent]

what about now?

Now you get a ‘good morning’

 

[Booboobear84]

Hahaha still too early for most I’m afraid!

Hope you’re well

How about a good evening. Any luck in the house hunt?

 

[Booboobear84]

Hi there, unfortunately no luck yet

It took us two years, but the subsequent 24 years and counting made it worth waiting for the right house, and yes it is exasperating and discouraging at times thinking you will never find the right one.

 

[barefootgirl69]

 

[barefootgirl69]

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Now you get a ‘good morning’

that's 'cos it's morning. it is now. where i am.

Hahaha still too early for most I’m afraid!

Hope you’re well

morning!

no dramas with me aside from the usual grumpiness.

yerself?

 

[Booboobear84]

looks like a win for everyone

 

[cascadiabound]

perfection.

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Hope everyone in the states had a good memorial day.
It is such a time to honor our dead.

I have been thinking that we need to figure out a way to honor those that have died of covid19. A signifier. Something to unite us and to make our grief visible. Something that could cross cultures and work anywhere in the world.

here in the states, if someone in your family died while serving in the military, you become a "gold star family" Maybe we could use a star - a black star or a green star or ? These could be placed in our windows to be seen from the street. worn on your lapel or jacket or stitched onto the masks we wear. Placed anywhere you like. Your backpack. Your purse. Your hat. It could just be a little button with a star and nothing else - or a star and the words Cov19.

This prolly is the right place to post this, but this is what is on my mind right now.

what do any of you think? do you think we could make such an idea go viral all over the world???

cb

 

[geronimo_appleby]

okay, so, good morning.

 

[barefootgirl69]

okay, so, good morning.

Dude. It's the crack of Dawn over there, why are you up so early?
What shenanigans are you up to today?

Good morning!

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Dude. It's the crack of Dawn over there, why are you up so early?
What shenanigans are you up to today?

Good morning!

just writing...

 

[geronimo_appleby]

holy crap, i kilt it.

...again!

 

[barefootgirl69]

just writing...

holy crap, i kilt it.

...again!

You're not kidding!

 

[geronimo_appleby]

You're not kidding!

und jetzt...

Sally took a deep breath and looked out to the garden. It was the same normal scene: Jake shifting flagstones, biceps flexing, arms sheened with perspiration because it was warm out there. She had a moment to wonder if it would be such a chore to put on the fuck-skirt and show off to Jake.
Sally held the dirty thought in her mind’s-eye for half-a-second.
Then she said, “Okay, so finish.”
When Sally shrugged, Richard got into his pitch.
“It’s because we’ve drawn a line on the crap that I think we could loosen up a little and have some fun. It wouldn’t mean anything, Sally. Not on any emotional or romantic level. It’d be sex. Simple as that. Now, don’t go off at me again, but this time there’d be no sneaking around. No telling lies.”

 

[barefootgirl69]

und jetzt...

Sally took a deep breath and looked out to the garden. It was the same normal scene: Jake shifting flagstones, biceps flexing, arms sheened with perspiration because it was warm out there. She had a moment to wonder if it would be such a chore to put on the fuck-skirt and show off to Jake.
Sally held the dirty thought in her mind’s-eye for half-a-second.
Then she said, “Okay, so finish.”
When Sally shrugged, Richard got into his pitch.
“It’s because we’ve drawn a line on the crap that I think we could loosen up a little and have some fun. It wouldn’t mean anything, Sally. Not on any emotional or romantic level. It’d be sex. Simple as that. Now, don’t go off at me again, but this time there’d be no sneaking around. No telling lies.”

You're still writing it!! Fantastic!

 

[geronimo_appleby]

You're still writing it!! Fantastic!

yep. but i need a twist or else it's gonna be ...boring.

 

[Beth87]

I'm trying to write for short story comp. I have a premise and a twist but not sure of the event that triggers the premise yet. It's frustrating! Now i get to spend my afternoon trying to edit someone else's work that needs a whole reworking really but i don't want to knock their confidence too much

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Did I miss story time??

the second question mark is superfluous.

...okay, i'll STFU.

I'm trying to write for short story comp. I have a premise and a twist but not sure of the event that triggers the premise yet. It's frustrating! Now i get to spend my afternoon trying to edit someone else's work that needs a whole reworking really but i don't want to knock their confidence too much

go the the end of the story and put the hook there - without too much detail, obv. then backtrack. see Little Fires Everywhere. seemed to work there.

 

[Beth87]

go the the end of the story and put the hook there - without too much detail, obv. then backtrack. see Little Fires Everywhere. seemed to work there.

Yeah that's where i've mentally done it and i've placed a nod to it in the intro. Or the misdirection anyway. I know who my characters are and their background but i dont know what event placed them in front of each other in this manner yet. Also i had a really awesome speech in my head for a character and didn't write it down immediately so now it is lost forever

If I'm lucky, my avoidance of my work will produce some ideas for my notebook

I've not read/seen that but its on my watchlist.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Yeah that's where i've mentally done it and i've placed a nod to it in the intro. Or the misdirection anyway. I know who my characters are and their background but i dont know what event placed them in front of each other in this manner yet. Also i had a really awesome speech in my head for a character and didn't write it down immediately so now it is lost forever

If I'm lucky, my avoidance of my work will produce some ideas for my notebook

I've not read/seen that but its on my watchlist.

do you plan in advance or write off-the-cuff? i find planning works until a read through, then it gets shitty 'cause i change things. which leads to a butterfly effect further down the line. that's such a pisser!

i once had a 'space cookie' in cambodia. perhaps not the wisest move ever, but i swear , in my head, i wrote novels and plays and everything in-between with such crystal clarity ...

but, alas, when i woke up the next day, it was all gone.

i blame the cookie. i bet it was mushrooms.

 

[Beth87]

do you plan in advance or write off-the-cuff? i find planning works until a read through, then it gets shitty 'cause i change things. which leads to a butterfly effect further down the line. that's such a pisser!

i once had a 'space cookie' in cambodia. perhaps not the wisest move ever, but i swear , in my head, i wrote novels and plays and everything in-between with such crystal clarity ...

but, alas, when i woke up the next day, it was all gone.

i blame the cookie. i bet it was mushrooms.

I write off-the-cuff. I once tried to plan a longer piece and it got stuck. Like now. So I'm just going to write in that character for a little while and see if the event appears. All i know is that the same even t will be talked about from multiple perspectives but within 2000 words so it needs to be a simple event that triggers the complex reaction.

So many questions about the cookie but not necessarily on the cookie.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

I write off-the-cuff. I once tried to plan a longer piece and it got stuck. Like now. So I'm just going to write in that character for a little while and see if the event appears. All i know is that the same even t will be talked about from multiple perspectives but within 2000 words so it needs to be a simple event that triggers the complex reaction.

So many questions about the cookie but not necessarily on the cookie.

within 2k words? fuck me, that's a task. i tend towards the verbose!

the cookie was in kampot, cambodia. interesting experience.

in fact, as we're stealing the thread, have you ever heard of a band called Kamikaze Frog? that's a bit of a joke that the OP will probably comment on.

if she's awake.

sometime.

 

[barefootgirl69]

within 2k words? fuck me, that's a task. i tend towards the verbose!

the cookie was in kampot, cambodia. interesting experience.

in fact, as we're stealing the thread, have you ever heard of a band called Kamikaze Frog? that's a bit of a joke that the OP will probably comment on.

if she's awake.

sometime.

I'm awake and laughing!

That's my favorite band, you know. I hear they're on tour. Maybe you'll get to see them in a pub again.

 

[barefootgirl69]

 

[geronimo_appleby]

I'm awake and laughing!

That's my favorite band, you know. I hear they're on tour. Maybe you'll get to see them in a pub again.

no feckin' pubs open here! i shoulda stayed in vietnam. they got this shit under control.