"One Night in XXX” Story Event: Official Support Thread

Submitted - One Night in Las Vegas

As I wasn't paying attention for a while, the "One Night in XXX" announcement slipped past me. I came across it recently and fortunately my work schedule unexpectedly shifted which allowed me time to put adapt something I'd been working on. I'll be submitting it in the next 24 hours or so.

Yeah, I know, "One Night in Las Vegas" sounds pretty trite, right? I mean, Vegas. Really. Bear with me. I hope it'll have enough twists to not be quite the usual Vegas story. Then again, a buffet might be mentioned. But one can't avoid every Vegas trope, can one?

Just pushed the submit button.
 
I’m close. Submitting Xanadu on Saturday morning. Roanapur will probably go in on Sunday evening.

Sadly doesn't look like my take on Roanapur will be done in time. I'll submit it later.

Look forward to reading your version.
 
I just clicked Submit on "One Night in Dubai". There won't be any more time to polish it tomorrow, so I'll have to trust that it is as good as it can be. Thanks to NotWise for the beta feedback, and to Desperado1775 for the first-hand info on a city I've only read about. Thanks most of all to ChloeTzang. I'm really very happy with how this story turned out, and if it weren't for this event, I doubt I would have written it.
 
I just clicked Submit on "One Night in Dubai". There won't be any more time to polish it tomorrow, so I'll have to trust that it is as good as it can be. Thanks to NotWise for the beta feedback, and to Desperado1775 for the first-hand info on a city I've only read about. Thanks most of all to ChloeTzang. I'm really very happy with how this story turned out, and if it weren't for this event, I doubt I would have written it.

I can recommend Loqui's story. I found it hard to put aside. For me, that's about as good as a story gets.
 
Aaaaand all stories due to be submitted by midnight Sunday altho if you’re late it could maybe be stretched. I think Xanadu will be it for me. Still editing and short on time for Roanapur but we will see. Thanks a million to everyone whose put time into this. Looking forward to it.
 
Finished but time to edit?

I finished my story last night but now I only have two days to edit, this seems to be what usually happens. I am also struggling with what category to submit my story in. The bulk of it is the two characters dealing with a zombie outbreak but it also has them having sex for the first time. I'm leaning towards the erotic horror but have never submitted in there before.
 
I finished my story last night but now I only have two days to edit, this seems to be what usually happens. I am also struggling with what category to submit my story in. The bulk of it is the two characters dealing with a zombie outbreak but it also has them having sex for the first time. I'm leaning towards the erotic horror but have never submitted in there before.
Zombies = Erotic Horror
 
Finally... finally I got "One Night in Xanadu" submitted. Roanapur comes next, along with my incredibly late On the Job stories.... my brain is now officially fried for this weekend. That took forever to edit and finish.

Anyhow, really looking forward to see what everybody else has come up with for this one.

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Finally... finally I got "One Night in Xanadu" submitted. Roanapur comes next, along with my incredibly late On the Job stories.... my brain is now officially fried for this weekend. That took forever to edit and finish.

Anyhow, really looking forward to see what everybody else has come up with for this one.

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Now that's marketing. Who could resist reading the story after seeing that pic? :)
 
Well, it would appear that I will not have my entry finished. I gave it a good shot, considering I started writing it on Monday.

I'm at 14k, the story is told, the sex scene is building up to play out ... but this will need a strong edit pass and certainly a second pass to correct things beyond misplaced commas.

Oh, well. It's a D&D story so it will work well for Geek Pride. Maybe even better for that than this. Plus a month gives me more time to work a few scenes.

Pirate's promise, I will get this one finished. Writing-wise, the last 8 months have sucked.

And not in a good way.
 
Well, it would appear that I will not have my entry finished. I gave it a good shot, considering I started writing it on Monday.

I'm at 14k, the story is told, the sex scene is building up to play out ... but this will need a strong edit pass and certainly a second pass to correct things beyond misplaced commas.

Oh, well. It's a D&D story so it will work well for Geek Pride. Maybe even better for that than this. Plus a month gives me more time to work a few scenes.

Pirate's promise, I will get this one finished. Writing-wise, the last 8 months have sucked.

And not in a good way.

Well, you started and it sounds like it’ll be a good one when it’s done. Roll on Geek Pride!
 
Every time I start to lose faith in humanity’s creative genius, along comes Chloe and the sun comes up again. :)
 
Well, it would appear that I will not have my entry finished. I gave it a good shot, considering I started writing it on Monday.

I'm at 14k, the story is told, the sex scene is building up to play out ... but this will need a strong edit pass and certainly a second pass to correct things beyond misplaced commas.


Oh, well. It's a D&D story so it will work well for Geek Pride. Maybe even better for that than this. Plus a month gives me more time to work a few scenes.

Pirate's promise, I will get this one finished. Writing-wise, the last 8 months have sucked.

And not in a good way.

Same. I literally have the next morning scene to write and then it would need a HUGE edit so I'm out. I'm at 19,671 words and now it's never going to be finished.

Just too much going on in my life. I have taken on a bunch of sewing(why don't people know how to sew and why do I always get volunteered as someone who can sew and sure she'd love to fix your XXX and make you a XXX for your xxx)
I just got finished putting new cuffs, with thumbholes, on my daughter in law's hoodie and still have so much sewing I have to finish.
I hate that I can't write while I sew.
 
Duh! This morning is the 22nd, not the 23. Forehead slap.

Back to bed for me. :eek:
 
Every time I start to lose faith in humanity’s creative genius, along comes Chloe and the sun comes up again. :)

😆- and tomorrow morning there should be about 45 One Night in.... stories going live. Sorry to everyone who couldn’t quite make it - I planned three and got one in, but I’m going ahead to do Roanapur anyway....
 
Nooooooooo!

Why oh why, do I decide to take 3 months off from Lit to study German for an OU course?
Only to come back and find this superb opportunity for a story I have been playing with...

Damn, well my own bad!

Well done to all who contributed and looking forward to reading the submissions, though I do hope none are in German :D
 
Thanks for organizing this Chloe. I enjoyed it, and it was good to expose my home town just a bit.

On to Geek Pride, which now has a continuity problem...
 
Same. I literally have the next morning scene to write and then it would need a HUGE edit so I'm out. I'm at 19,671 words and now it's never going to be finished.

Just too much going on in my life. I have taken on a bunch of sewing(why don't people know how to sew and why do I always get volunteered as someone who can sew and sure she'd love to fix your XXX and make you a XXX for your xxx)
I just got finished putting new cuffs, with thumbholes, on my daughter in law's hoodie and still have so much sewing I have to finish.
I hate that I can't write while I sew.

I hope these various stories do get finished and published eventually. With nearly 20,000 words done this one is obviously worth it. (I hope I haven't misinterpreted what you said.)
 
My apologies. Paragraph-Quote police rejected my submission, which as submitted before the deadline. Consequently, theedited version willl be submitted after the deadline.
 
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