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[sr71plt]

Deleted this part because of mudslinging on the part of this individual.

 

[cloudy]

"tell you what, fuckwad, I challenge you to a story write off: you, me and Sarahh, any category but incest or Loving wives, and we'll see who the real writers are.

Put your writing where your mouth is, asshole."

Sure, Cloudy, any of my 202 stories posted to Lit. in the last year to any of your 17 and SweetS's 18 posted in the last five years. Combined scores of three independent judges, reading the stories blind, though (that means without the names attached). But that's the rub, isn't it? Ya'll run on the buddy voting system around here instead, don't you? And that doesn't say a thing about the quality of the story and writing, does it?

And notice, I've written all of my posts without using profanity--the sign that the writer has lost control. *smile*

I always swear. People who know me realize this. It says nothing about my control or lack thereof. *shrug* Deal with it.

I knew you'd chicken out. What are you afraid of, hmmm?

 

[sr71plt]

"He insists not. It's irrelevant, anyway."

Excuse me. I said "'K" would be perfectly fine in dialogue. Read up the thread and you'll see that yourself. All of this bad behavior on my part here is something you gang bangers make up without any reference to what I've actually posted.

Another sign of being unable to control yourselves--and lack of either an argument or creativity in manufacturing one.

Why, from my checking here, I've gotten more stories posted to Lit. in the last year than the whole collection of giggly "ladies" chat board yakkers on this string have ever posted to Lit.--combined.

 

[cloudy]

"He insists not. It's irrelevant, anyway."

Excuse me. I said "'K" would be perfectly fine in dialogue. Read up the thread and you'll see that yourself. All of this bad behavior on my part here is something you gang bangers make up without any reference to what I've actually posted.

Another sign of being unable to control yourselves--and lack of either an argument or creativity in manufacturing one.

Why, from my checking here, I've gotten more stories posted to Lit. in the last year than the whole collection of giggly "ladies" chat board yakkers on this string have ever posted to Lit.--combined.

so what's keeping you from taking me up on my challenge, then? Since you're so perfectly prolific, it shouldn't be a problem for you, right?

Unless, of course, you're afraid.

 

[sr71plt]

"I knew you'd chicken out. What are you afraid of, hmmm?"

I didn't chicken out. I set absolutely reasonable and fair conditions for judging--and offered ten times the volume of stories to choose from than you've produced here in the past five years. You are the one who can't face fair judging. You, of course, assumed you could fall back on your girlfriend voting club--which, again, only means there's a whole gaggle of nonfunctioning "pretend to be" yakkers here.

 

[CopyCarver]

Sorry. Just looking for my cheap thrill for the evening. Perhaps I'll do a search for 'K and see if it shows up in any Lit stories. I swear, I don't want to have to write the story myself, although, if I do, I already know I'm going to like the character who says it.

Funny thing is, last night I posted that it was my understanding dictionaries were all written by Right Wing Facists, intent on taking over the world, and that the first step for them was comandeering our language.
Two hours later I edited my post, thinking it was too confrontational for Mr. sr71ptl. Guess I should have left it up, since the sr71ptl dude(?) is all about confrontation. (I wonder if sr71ptl is actually Scouries/Scribbler in disguise?)

A couple of the writers for whom I edit have used 'K, and I've seen it in a few print works as well. It seems to produce a "What...Oh! I get it" reaction in some readers, but I doubt the meaning would elude those whose IQ exceeds their chromosome counts. If you like it, use it.

 

[cloudy]

"I knew you'd chicken out. What are you afraid of, hmmm?"

I didn't chicken out. I set absolutely reasonable and fair conditions for judging--and offered ten times the volume of stories to choose from than you've produced here in the past five years. You are the one who can't face fair judging. You, of course, assumed you could fall back on your girlfriend voting club--which, again, only means there's a whole gaggle of nonfunctioning "pretend to be" yakkers here.

nope, nope. We can submit them anonymously to someone impartial, have them posted in a thread for people to judge without knowing who wrote them. That'd be the fairest way to do things

I'm up for it. I have complete confidence in my abilities, as I'm sure Sarah does in hers.

What's your next excuse?

 

[sr71plt]

"so what's keeping you from taking me up on my challenge, then?"

Nothing. I invite Laurel to set up a panel of three independent judges who have nothing to do with me or your gaggle of nonfunctioning girlfriends, and let's go.

I offer up my "Blue Rose Tattoo" from mind control or my twenty-one chapter novel "Wolf Creek" (no, wait, you haven't produced that many titles here in the past five years), or my "Grandma's Necklace" in humor.

Put up or shut up. Just have Laurel let me know who the judges are she's found to judge reasonably rather than the norm you rely on.

 

[cloudy]

"so what's keeping you from taking me up on my challenge, then?"

Nothing. I invite Laurel to set up a panel of three independent judges who have nothing to do with me or your gaggle of nonfunctioning girlfriends, and let's go.

I offer up my "Blue Rose Tattoo" from mind control or my twenty-one chapter novel "Wolf Creek" (no, wait, you haven't produced that many titles here in the past five years), or my "Grandma's Necklace" in humor.

Put up or shut up. Just have Laurel let me know who the judges are she's found to judge reasonably rather than the norm you rely on.

you have no idea what I have or haven't written, and Laurel has way too much to do than to arbitrate this silly shit.

You put up or shut up. The way I said we'd do it is perfectly fair, and unless you're afraid (as you so obviously are), there's no reason not to do it. After all, you're so prolific, one little extra story shouldn't be a problem for you.

C'mon, little man. Let's see what you're made of.

 

[sr71plt]

"people to judge"

Oh, no, Cloudy. That's how you and your gaggle of girlfriends get your votes already. Three independent judges judging blindly on the quality of the story. None of your silly little games.

Can't face it, can you? Didn't think so.

You're so steeped in the chat board world that you have no idea what fair play is.

 

[cloudy]

"people to judge"

Oh, no, Cloudy. That's how you and your gaggle of girlfriends get your votes already. Three independent judges judging blindly on the quality of the story. None of your silly little games.

Can't face it, can you? Didn't think so.

You're so steeped in the chat board world that you have no idea what fair play is.

I didn't say three judges, dimwit. I said we'd put up the three stories anonymously. Your reading comprehension needs work.

I knew you couldn't do it.

Sorry about that penis size thing.

 

[sr71plt]

"you have no idea what I have or haven't written, and Laurel has way too much to do than to arbitrate this silly shit."

Backing out of a fair judging. Of course.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

"people to judge"

Oh, no, Cloudy. That's how you and your gaggle of girlfriends get your votes already. Three independent judges judging blindly on the quality of the story. None of your silly little games.

Can't face it, can you? Didn't think so.

You're so steeped in the chat board world that you have no idea what fair play is.

There's enough qualified and unbiased people around to judge it fairly.

 

[cloudy]

"you have no idea what I have or haven't written, and Laurel has way too much to do than to arbitrate this silly shit."

Backing out of a fair judging. Of course.

read again, sweets.

again, so sorry about your lack of balls.

 

[cloudy]

There's enough qualified and unbiased people around to judge it fairly.

He won't do it...lacks the guts to take either me or Sarah on. But we already knew that.

 

[sr71plt]

Deleted this part because of mudslinging on the part of this individual.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

Deleted the quoting of stupidity.



Then step up to the plate and accept their challenge.

 

[DeeZire]

"so what's keeping you from taking me up on my challenge, then?".... or my "Grandma's Necklace" in humor.

2 questions:

1. I copied this sentence from Grandma's Necklace. Could you explain it to me? I'm confused. (Probably my fault. I'm easily confused, 'K?)

He pushed the woman's back into the corner of the seat with a strong hand between her breasts, her legs stretched down the seat, and came down between her legs with his knees.

2. Why was it posted in 'humor'?

I liked the ending.
You sure you want to put Grandma's Necklace in this here contest, pardner?
(Inside joke: Grandma's Necklace is a tale from the Wild West.)

 

[DeeZire]

3rd and 4th questions: Is the beautiful young woman the grandma? If so, shouldn't the story be posted under incest? (In other words, in order to be a grandma, she would've had to be a mom at 15, and statistics say that most of those kinds of pregnancies are the result of a family member.)

Quote from Grandma's Necklace:

The beautiful young woman was on her way, in a coach and under military escort, across the eastern Colorado plains to the side of her elderly husband.

Honestly, the grandma thing threw me. All through the story, I kept waiting for the grandma to show up. Didn't I tell you I'm easily confused?

 

[snooper]

... Three independent judges judging blindly on the quality of the story. None of your silly little games. ...

That is easily arranged. Agree noms de plume between yourselves by PM so that nobody else knows who you are. Then submit to any one of the many story-writing competitions (on here, on eroticstories, or anywhere else you fancy) and see who does the best.

Of course, it won't give an absolute answer to who is the best writer, because it is a meaningless question. All it will tell you is who can adapt their writing best to the criteria (explicit or otherwise) of the judging panel.

As to numbers of stories, Barbara Cartland published (on paper for money) a world record 723 full-length novels, but she didn't win the Nobel Prize for Literature, and I have never come across anyone who would describe her as the best writer ever, or even the best writer in the second half of the twentieth century in English, or even tighter criteria the best writer of light romantic fiction in the second half of the twentieth century in UK English.

Sources:
B.C.'s home page
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Books and Writers

 

[DeeZire]

Sorry to be a pest, but after reading sr's grandma story, I read Cloudy's grandma stroy - Hush Hush Sweet Carly, and, if I were judging in this contest, I'd have to say I liked both stories. I did try to find a writing flaw in Cloudy's piece, so I could post it and be as big of an asshole to her as I was to sr, but I couldn't find anything. (I don't mean to be an asshole. Really! It's just that I'm a born critic. Blame my grandma. It's her genes that burden my life.)
A big part of liking a story, for me at least, is if it sticks with me. Right now, (a couple of hours later) they both stick, so that's a good sign. I would say there was a difference in writing quality, and when it's time for the judges to weigh in, I'd be glad to add my 2 cents.
Best to you all. We're just having fun here, right? No hard feelings, OK?

 

[Guest]

This thread is a fascinating slice of life, isn't it?

When I looked over the thread this morning my only thought was, "WHY does he care that we have fun on the forums? Why? Why is every single post on every single thread supposed to be only about writing or extolling his virtues as a writer? Why does he care?"

And then I thought, "That's very odd, isn't it? I certainly couldn't care less about him."

Have a lovely day, everyone.

 

[cloudy]

I did try to find a writing flaw in Cloudy's piece, so I could post it and be as big of an asshole to her as I was to sr, but I couldn't find anything.

Thank you.

 

[cloudy]

Then step up to the plate and accept their challenge.

He won't.

Challenge is still there for you, sr.

 

[sr71plt]

"Then step up to the plate and accept their challenge."

I did accept the challenge. Not the myopic view of what a fair contest is. Obviously the girlfriends are afraid of a fair contest. Three independent judges, selecting blindly. This would be a contest on story quality, wouldn't it, not in how many manufactured votes cloudy and her girlfriends could muster to support their friend?--you know, your usual way of doing voting here.

I could have been unfair myself when cloudy extended the challenge--she said any category but Incest and Loving Wives. I could have said Gay Male.

But I didn't. I'd be happy to have a fair contest. No way cloudy or Sweetsubsarah or any of the giggly chat room yakker club could face that, however. It isn't how they go about the business of voting here.

Submitting to contests here? PLEEEZEEE. What a joke--Girlfriends club vote manipulation that has nothing to do with the story run wild. I would think even Darkside sees the laugh in that proposal.

You all are running around in circles now (your small circle) without stepping up to a fair contest idea. No doubt we'll hear more of the same. Anyone with half a brain though, will figure out you're firing blanks, though.