Snippetsville: General Discussion

[soupwarsproject]

Suggestions for Next Year...

I don't know if this is the appropriate thread for these suggestions, but here there are.

Themes I'd like to see for Snippettsville, that I've experience here in the Icy Mid-West.

1 - The Deer/Duck/Pheasant/Fishing Openers:

The deer opener is on my Birthday, so this is of special interest to me. In most homes here in the city of R. and the township of L. these hunting seasons are very important. I am not sure if this is just MN, but they are almost religious events. Almost everyone in my township supplements their diet with at least one of these hunted creature. Plus, the hunt is vital for the ever present "Meat Raffle Fundraiser." Listen to Da Yoopers, 2nd week of deer camp for ideas.

2- Ice Fishing Adventures:

What happens when you put 2 or more fisherpeople, a small bonfires, food, beer, tv and privacy on a frozen lake. (My favorite tip while I was an exotic dancer working the ND circuit was a handmade folding ice fishing chair -- only in the Midwest.)

2- Stupid Small Town Tricks:

Here are some examples of what I mean, I am sure you can find others:

- The great illegal cat shoot. (township of L. and city of R.'s answer to cat spay-neuter programs)
- Mailbox baseball, accidental farm machinery mailbox destruction and creative avengers.
- The accidental destruction of a sign or other property that leads to a manhunt and $1000 reward from Crimestopper.
- Lovers Lane and stupid sex
- Cop bust party and use confiscated goods for personal amusement
- Skinny Dips
- ATV antics
- Creative Fake Crop Circles
- Kooky visiting folks from the Cities
- Pranks
- Adventures in homemade crank and/or homegrown pot (we have at least one major bust every season.)
- Watercraft follies
- Hide the turtle

3- The County Fair and the Big High School Game

Enough said.

4- Church basement potluck, pancake or spaghetti feed. Raffle, In-Home Demos, Bingo, Fun Days, etc.

Fundraising schemes are a constant around here.

Any other suggestions?

SWP

 

[Guest]

 

[soupwarsproject]

Hide the turtle is a rude little game you play during Lent. You find take a turtle from a pond. Hide it somewhere goofy (like the church's ground) and have a group of people try to find the moving target. The winner gets soup. Worst case scenario: Road Kill Pizza.

That also reminds me of the turtle & pig races. Also the parade with the Miss (insert crop here) contest.

 

[Guest]

 

[Guest]

 

[wildsweetone]

Re: Re: My apologies...

no not a trick question. That is an illustration of a local building i did years ago...but have modified for snippetville......so the question is "what building in Snippetville should that be?"...it is not the adroit gallery on the corner..but i plan on drawing that as well.

rhino-i can give it a name, but currently...the door reads "argus building"

Aah now I understand. Well, I'm sure somebody will claim it for use rhinoguy... I was thinking it could be your studio seeing as it comes complete with models all ready and waiting.


Vas, those suggestions are very interesting. It seems that some could be implemented into Snippettsville next year. I look forward to hearing more author's thoughts.


wso

 

[soupwarsproject]

A love note to the editorial group...

I had a few stories rejected, but this note is not to express anger or annoyance. It's actually a thank you letter to those Snippettsville editors who do a thankless and awful job they probably would not rather do. As a former tabloid editor, you have my sympathies and my understanding. This is why I would like to share this posts.

My Snippettsville story "Lost Souls" was supposed to be a one shot deal. I did not expect it to develop the way it did. It even inspired my entry for the Literotica Halloween Contest. I actually was starting to think that the whole series in this story was better off as a single novella. The comments from the editorial staff actually confirmed my hunch. The rest of the "series" may no longer be suitable for Snippettsville, but that isn't the point.

Without this writing community's willingness to let me participate in the 600-word story thread and let me develop this "series" without too much intervention, I wouldn't have been able to develop the little side drama that were spawned as a result. In other words, rejected or not, I am grateful to have a friendly enviroment like the one you developed to help me experiment and create a new and unexpected world within a categorical framework. THAT is very valuable for any writer.

Rejection can actually a very positive thing for a writer, especially when the editors are so willing to share their knowledge rather than handing a "pink note". It helps me as a writer, see where I can grow and what direction to take. Constructive comments from editors actually made me think quite a bit how to better help writers like myself fit into the scheme of a project.

I posted some suggestion for adding themes, next year, in the general thread. Guidelines are helpful for writers like myself and sometimes what's obvious isn't. I would rather that you preserve spirit of Snippettsville than you acquiesce to a portion that is not working. I feel that in an anthology such as Snippettsville, one must keep an eye out for the best representations of the theme at hand rather than creating a tossed salad of works that may or may not "mesh together."

I (Vas of swp) am prolific and experimental author and I can churn out large amounts of writing rather quickly, so if I post a lot of material. This doesn't mean that its all appropriate for the project and it sometimes I require a second or third pair of eyes to notice that. I live in a town of 700 and I write from that experience (scary thought, eh?) In this particular instance, I just write what I see. However, what I see might be atypical. If it is too over the top, well, that's my world. However, the constraints in Snippettsville help me travel to another world and that is a wonderful thing.

I do plan to stick to Snippettsville and I am trying to tone things down a tad, (at least I tried in the last two stories, "Bedroom Cooking" and "Damn Husky!"). Will I be successful? Who knows, but what I do believe is that everyone should be intune to the fact that there is a need to keep consistency and I want to do my part as a writer to assist my fellow storytellers. I would do the same thing for them.

Thank you for the opportunity and I will continue to submit Snipp.

Cheers,
Vas

 

[Guest]

Re: A love note to the editorial group...

 

[wildsweetone]

Re: A love note to the editorial group...

I had a few stories rejected, but this note is not to express anger or annoyance. It's actually a thank you letter to those Snippettsville editors who do a thankless and awful job they probably would not rather do. As a former tabloid editor, you have my sympathies and my understanding. This is why I would like to share this posts.

My Snippettsville story "Lost Souls" was supposed to be a one shot deal. I did not expect it to develop the way it did. It even inspired my entry for the Literotica Halloween Contest. I actually was starting to think that the whole series in this story was better off as a single novella. The comments from the editorial staff actually confirmed my hunch. The rest of the "series" may no longer be suitable for Snippettsville, but that isn't the point.

Without this writing community's willingness to let me participate in the 600-word story thread and let me develop this "series" without too much intervention, I wouldn't have been able to develop the little side drama that were spawned as a result. In other words, rejected or not, I am grateful to have a friendly enviroment like the one you developed to help me experiment and create a new and unexpected world within a categorical framework. THAT is very valuable for any writer.

Rejection can actually a very positive thing for a writer, especially when the editors are so willing to share their knowledge rather than handing a "pink note". It helps me as a writer, see where I can grow and what direction to take. Constructive comments from editors actually made me think quite a bit how to better help writers like myself fit into the scheme of a project.

I posted some suggestion for adding themes, next year, in the general thread. Guidelines are helpful for writers like myself and sometimes what's obvious isn't. I would rather that you preserve spirit of Snippettsville than you acquiesce to a portion that is not working. I feel that in an anthology such as Snippettsville, one must keep an eye out for the best representations of the theme at hand rather than creating a tossed salad of works that may or may not "mesh together."

I (Vas of swp) am prolific and experimental author and I can churn out large amounts of writing rather quickly, so if I post a lot of material. This doesn't mean that its all appropriate for the project and it sometimes I require a second or third pair of eyes to notice that. I live in a town of 700 and I write from that experience (scary thought, eh?) In this particular instance, I just write what I see. However, what I see might be atypical. If it is too over the top, well, that's my world. However, the constraints in Snippettsville help me travel to another world and that is a wonderful thing.

I do plan to stick to Snippettsville and I am trying to tone things down a tad, (at least I tried in the last two stories, "Bedroom Cooking" and "Damn Husky!"). Will I be successful? Who knows, but what I do believe is that everyone should be intune to the fact that there is a need to keep consistency and I want to do my part as a writer to assist my fellow storytellers. I would do the same thing for them.

Thank you for the opportunity and I will continue to submit Snipp.

Cheers,
Vas

Dear Vas,

I appreciate your honesty, maturity and openness to the Snippettsville Group.

You have shown me it is possible to accept a rejection with clearheadedness and a positive attitude.

Decisions such as those that have happened this last week are not made lightly.

I am glad that the decision made has given you the impetus to gather your writing and skills and take the next step. I wish you all the best with the future you plan for your stories and look forward to watching your continued growth as a writer through Snippettsville.

Thank you and warm regards,
wildsweetone

 

[Alex De Kok]

Vas,

I'd like to my two-pennorth to what wildsweetone and PierceStreet have said. I'm currently 22,000+ words into a 'Novel' for NaNo with vague hopes of editing it and submitting for publication. I just hope I handle my rejection with the maturity, dignity and good humour that you have shown.

Keep writing, you know I like your style. It's your characters that scare me!

Alex

 

[Guest]

Keep writing, you know I like your style. It's your characters that scare me!

Alex, I'm only using your quote as a jump-off point, please don't take my comments as a critical reflection of what you said.

I love Vas's characters and do not find them scary (though I might in RL). She imbues them, somehow miraculously, with their own humanity and dignity, so that I empathize with them however distant they may be from my reality and persona. I would not argue with the editors, but I must say I was disheartened to hear of the rejections. Vas's stories were a uniquely refreshing addition to the snipps, for me anyway.

Vas, I too am touched by your humility and glad to hear you will keep with us. Call on me anytime for support or affection.

Perdita

 

[wildsweetone]

Statistics Update

I apologise everyone, I did not post up the statistics on our stories on my Monday.

Here are the latest figures (thanks for the kick in the pants reminder Gauche):


Issue/Score/Votes/Views
1. x.xx 0 11061
2. 4.47 30 7974
3. 4.30 23 3995
4. 4.10 31 6049
5. 4.48 23 3797
6. 0.00 0 16 (pending - still - I'm checking with Laurel about the delay here - I am guessing she's been extra busy)

There have been no new emails to the Snippettsville Group. Feedback has been previously posted in the gen disc thread as and when we have received it. It appears that our fan, Damppanties, has sent most authors private feedback as she has read our stories.

wildsweetone

 

[gauchecritic]

Re: Statistics Update

It appears that our fan, Damppanties, has sent most authors private feedback as she has read our stories.

wildsweetone

I think our fan is cool. She even has us in her sig.

Gauche

 

[Guest]

Re: Statistics Update

 

[wildsweetone]

I confess I discussed emailing Laurel with Alex and he suggested we wait. I'm assuming that Laurel was busy with all that she's had going on this week. I'm glad Issue 6 is up now though, thanks PierceStreet for the update

 

[Alex De Kok]

Although Tales 6 has posted...

... unfortunately, it hasn't been as well received as some of the others -

3.75 from 20 votes, 1035 views, as at 0900 GMT today.

Alex

Edited to add: 3.76 from 37 votes, 3310 views as at 10:30 am GMT Saturday

 

[soupwarsproject]

Your box is full

Dear wildsweetone,

Your Pet Mailbox had too much to eat last night. Would you be so kind as to take the PM out for some excercise so its belly may be empty again?

Cheers,
Vas

 

[wildsweetone]

Re: Your box is full

Dear wildsweetone,

Your Pet Mailbox had too much to eat last night. Would you be so kind as to take the PM out for some excercise so its belly may be empty again?

Cheers,
Vas

Oops sorry about that Vas. Cleared now.

wso

 

[wildsweetone]

statistic update

Vote Stats

Issue/Score/Votes/Views
1. x.xx 0 11485
2. 4.47 30 8162
3. 4.30 23 4147
4. 4.10 31 6189
5. 4.45 22 3952
6. 3.77 40 6674


How's that for odd?

A slight decrease in issue 5 from 4.48 to 4.45, one vote less.

Issue 6, with 40 votes! Such a sudden increase of votes with no advertising, unless I missed something. Seems quite odd to me.

Feedback:

'reohoko' says:

Comments:

VERY COOL!!! I didn't even realize you all had started this.

So, well done us all.

 

[wildsweetone]

wow!

Lauren.Hynde began a congratulatory thread in the Author's Hangout.

Link:
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=6631617#post6631617

Did you people see...
...just how many AH more-or-less-regulars have been nominated this month for the Category awards?

I hope I'm not leaving anyone out, but:

Chain Stories - Tales from Snippettsville Issue 05 / Snippettsville Group
How To - Cure for Writer's Block / damppanties
Humor & Satire - Fairy Story / gauchecritic
Illustrated - Sybian Training / Couture
Incest - Soul Belongings / AngeloMichael
NonHuman - The Triple Treat / Tatelou
Reviews & Essays - Your Geek Questions Answered / deliciously_naughty
Sci-Fi & Fantasy - Uncovering A Spy / Black Tulip
Non-Erotic Poetry - Boring, really / Angeline

and, what the hell:
Illustrated Poetry - Prodigal of Blue / Lauren.Hynde


Congrats, everyone.

I'm sorry, but I had no idea we had been nominated. Well done Quasi, Alex, Perdita and Gauche!

I confess, I have no idea how the nomination thing works. If anyone has a clue, please let me know. Thanks.

wso

 

[gauchecritic]

Re: wow!

I'm sorry, but I had no idea we had been nominated. Well done Quasi, Alex, Perdita and Gauche!

I confess, I have no idea how the nomination thing works. If anyone has a clue, please let me know. Thanks.

Whoo hoo me. Technically 2 nominations.

Don't forget the editing, art and dogsbodies behind the project.

Appartently it's the top votes for the month of entry which decides the nominations Sweets.

Gauche

 

[wildsweetone]

Hell Gauche, when you are hot you are hot eh...

So how do the stories become 'nominated'?

Or is the nomination automatic?

 

[gauchecritic]

I think it's auto (like so many things)

Gauche

 

[wildsweetone]

Automatic responses are acceptable.

 

[Guest]

The readers do. These are (or were on 15 Nov, the top rated stories and poems submitted in October.

By the end of the year there will be 12 nominees in each category, and the top rated 4 or 5 of those will be eligible for the Literotica awards, which are decided by popular vote.

That's what Lauren.H said in response to my asking who nominates.

Perdita