Embarras de Richesse

[PennLady]

Wow. Major spambot blurt.

 

[estragon]

This spamming bastard should be banned!

 

[sethp]

This spamming bastard should be banned!

But.. I need managed forex!

 

[estragon]

seth, then PM this spammer and order some. I've already reported this douchebag to Laurel.

 

[sethp]

seth, then PM this spammer and order some. I've already reported this douchebag to Laurel.

It's tempting. I need mokume gane also. I don't know what it is but...It would be great to tell people I had some. It would also be a good name for a story. hmmm.. Not hi-jacking your thread estragon! Promise. I just couldn't help myself. This will be my last not-story related post on this thread!

 

[estragon]

sethp, I don't mind Lit members coming here with comments, be they serious, frivolous, whatever. But spam infuriates me.

Back to the main topic. TE999's "Visiting Aunt Alexis" is so hot I forgot to quibble. I even missed a character's name change in the middle of a sex scene.

 

[estragon]

Wow. Major spambot blurt.

SA Penn Lady, I reported as many of these as I could, and PM'd Laurel to ban this clown. Doubtless s/he'll be back with an alt.

 

[PennLady]

But.. I need managed forex!

I'm scared to know what unmanaged forex might be.

SA Penn Lady, I reported as many of these as I could, and PM'd Laurel to ban this clown. Doubtless s/he'll be back with an alt.

I reported as well; I hope they get taken down soon. This must be a major PITA for sites.

 

[estragon]

SA Penn Lady, I may be wrong, as it's been years, but Fourex was brand of condom, allegedly made from lambskins and superior to latex rubber. "Unmanaged forex" is a pitch to get you to gamble in foreign currency exchange, apparently. I think sethp may have conflated the two (or inflated the one, or whatever).

 

[estragon]

Thanks to Laurel and the Mod

for dumping the spamblurt that hit this thread. Unhappily, I expect the spammer will just resurface with a different alt.

 

[estragon]

Tara_Neale has an interesting Nude Day essay, "Naturists-Another Perspective". Perhaps her thesis can't be proven scientifically, but it is food for thought.

 

[estragon]

Jdeau makes a fine debut with "Boston Marriage", carefully researched and sweetly told. Bar one closed quotation mark out of place and a pet peeve of mine, the phrase "as of yet" (why not "until now"?), the mechanicals are strong. Well-researched and well-written.

 

[estragon]

I missed noting here on the day SA Penn Lady posted Ch 12, the conclusion of "Rhythm and the Blue Line", but here is my comment to the concluding chapter:

"Maybe Ryan's parents and she don't get back together until the first grandchild shows up, if then. In my own family, and I'll wager in most of the commentators' families as well, there are, or were, unresolved issues that lasted for years. Herself and her uncle didn't mend a torn relationship for over 30 years, but when they did it was a wonderful thing, and gave our daughters a new uncle and aunt to love. So hang tight, fans. SA Penn Lady may or may not tell the story, or tell it that way. But while we're waiting maybe so we should mend a few relationships of our own?"

 

[estragon]

Two non-Es, for a change. “Poets and Fools: On Writing Erotica” by javawarrior has an interesting thesis. Art proceeds from frustration, and erotica from sexual frustration. Gratification only produces smut. Hope it sets off an interesting debate.

Occamspiledriver has an homage to James Thurber in “The Secret Life of Timothy Smith.” Maybe too long, with too much telling and not enough showing, but it had its moments. Of course, Thurber’s story was better, but that’s to be expected.

Geronimo_Appleby, having entered the N-Day fray with “Nude with Mum in the Sun”, a/k/a Nude With Son in Mum, has another sunny day with “MILF Next Door”. Ol’ Susan keeps the heat on.

LiveCat has “The Right to Remain Silent”, but she doesn’t. Keep silent, that is. Good UK police procedural in need of a thorough copy edit. Awaiting Ch 2.

 

[estragon]

Roden Addison is working on a new country & western. Will the guy get the girl? Look for it when RA posts it.

 

[estragon]

Roden Addison has posted Ch 2 of "The Widow", his country and western story. I enjoyed copy editing it, and it's a sweet romance.

Our Official Scorer Darkniciad has written another of his "Into the Woods" series under his alt LesLumens, "Beauty of the Woods", and it is that--hot and sweet. Kudos to a real classy dude.

 

[estragon]

LiveCat has a hot finish to her series "Right to Remain Silent". I'll just reprise my public comment to Ch 3: "Believable characters. You have enough material to make this a much longer story, even going to novel length. The unraveling of the plot was rushed, and would have been better in a longer format, say novella at least. But good characterization, good local color, great plot--and very poor mechanicals. With decent copy editing, this would be a slamdunk winner."

 

[estragon]

Rushing In Where Angels

You know the rest. I wrote a GM story and submitted it. It's a genre I have had problems with, and in which I have very reluctantly copy edited stories. Now I chose to exorcise the demon (and exercise my characters). We shall see....

 

[lovecraft68]

I'm going to jack the thread for a moment to congratulate "Nicecthulhu" who just received a green for his story The Goblin Queen.

I have not read it yet, but have read a couple of their other works, a very impressive writer.

And on another note how can I not root for someone named Cthulhu?

 

[estragon]

LC68, no problem. I don't own this thread.

 

[nicecthulhu]

In that case, I'll thank lovecraft68 for the kind comments.

 

[RodenAddison]

Roden Addison has posted Ch 2 of "The Widow", his country and western story. I enjoyed copy editing it, and it's a sweet romance.

Thanks for that estragon. I'm enjoying writing the story. I got Ch 3 uploaded today after that debacle where I missed the attachment in your email. I need a secretary. Any pretty ladies out there looking for work? I could write you in.

 

[estragon]

Delete duplicate post.

 

[estragon]

My foray into GM, "His Debut", got the anticipated bombing, but also garnered the funniest comment I've yet received: "You need an editor." From Anonymous, of course. I had a good laugh.

 

[CarlusMagnus]

My foray into GM, "His Debut", got the anticipated bombing, but also garnered the funniest comment I've yet received: "You need an editor." From Anonymous, of course. I had a good laugh.

Maybe Anonymous is right for once. There are those who say it's impossible to edit yourself.

Of course, I think they're full of shit. But I'll give them this: It's difficult. I have yet to get it right on fewer than three re-reads.