The acceptable standard procedure.

[BobbyBrandt]

I am not one who focuses on scores or readers. However, this morning while I was deleting a series of hurtful comments left by who I can assume was Hans Gruber's stunted cousin, I noticed 2 things. First off, someone had lowballed the scores on all my stories, at the same time. Secondly.... I got my first "H". So as mad as I want to be, I also want my kudos.

So what is the SOP for celebrating first-time mild literary success? I can afford neither cocaine or high-end gigalos, but I may accept them if offered. Long story short, I am a hypocrite for being so pumped about something that I tell people doesn't matter. It only has 10 votes, so it will probably be gone tomorrow. Maybe I will settle for a pat on the back or a foot rub.

I took up a collection from your fellow authors to send you a high-end gigolo for the evening. It's very important that you don't leave until he gets there.

Oh, and congratulations.

 

[MsNatalie99]

I took up a collection from your fellow authors to send you a high-end gigolo for the evening. It's very important that you don't leave until he gets there.

Oh, and congratulations.

Thanks so much. Imma git me some cookie

 

[ElectricBlue]

Thanks so much. Imma git me some cookie

That's what your gigolo is going to get .

 

[TxRad]

The Cookie Monster rides again.

 

[MsNatalie99]

That's what your gigolo is going to get .

The Cookie Monster rides again.

That would be ideal

 

[AvroAnson]

So what is the SOP for celebrating first-time mild literary success?

Many places that I have worked the newly promoted took everyone to a public house and bought drinks for co-workers.

Congratulations.

Irish whisky, neat ...

 

[MsNatalie99]

Many places that I have worked the newly promoted took everyone to a public house and bought drinks for co-workers.

Congratulations.

Irish whisky, neat ...

Thanks

Boons Farm strawberry

 

[jaF0]

Thanks

Boons Farm strawberry

How 'bout a Beam Peach?

https://thepartysource.com/image/cache/catalog/inventory/JIM-BEAM-PEACH-50-ML-228x228.jpg

 

[MsNatalie99]

How 'bout a Beam Peach?

https://thepartysource.com/image/cache/catalog/inventory/JIM-BEAM-PEACH-50-ML-228x228.jpg

Sure, I'll try most anything twice

 

[TarnishedPenny]

I am not one who focuses on scores or readers. However, this morning while I was deleting a series of hurtful comments left by who I can assume was Hans Gruber's stunted cousin, I noticed 2 things. First off, someone had lowballed the scores on all my stories, at the same time. Secondly.... I got my first "H". So as mad as I want to be, I also want my kudos.

Congrats on your first H!

As to being carpet-bombed, if you hit the Report button on any of them, you can tell Laurel you’ve been trolled and ask for a sweep. Problem solved in a day or two.

+

KQQ - there’s a particular species of troll which crawls out of the sewers to one-bomb virtually every winner. It surprised me on my first win, too. Good story, though.

 

[8letters]

So what is the SOP for celebrating first-time mild literary success? I can afford neither cocaine or high-end gigalos, but I may accept them if offered. Long story short, I am a hypocrite for being so pumped about something that I tell people doesn't matter. It only has 10 votes, so it will probably be gone tomorrow. Maybe I will settle for a pat on the back or a foot rub.

Congrats on getting your first red H! I suggest a beverage of your choice. Something that is both special and something you could justify to anyone who asked why are drinking it with a "I was in the mood to drink one". I find sipping and savoring both the drink and my success quite satisfying.

 

[lovecraft68]

Congrats

But on the downside of standard procedure, posting you have an H is a good way to lose the H when the trolls who ghost the forum go running to burst your bubble.

 

[MsNatalie99]

Congrats

But on the downside of standard procedure, posting you have an H is a good way to lose the H when the trolls who ghost the forum go running to burst your bubble.

I'm sure it's already gone. TapionTapioca one bombed me. But I am just happy to have got one.

 

[MsNatalie99]

Congrats on getting your first red H! I suggest a beverage of your choice. Something that is both special and something you could justify to anyone who asked why are drinking it with a "I was in the mood to drink one". I find sipping and savoring both the drink and my success quite satisfying.

lmao thanks

 

[MsNatalie99]

Congrats on your first H!

As to being carpet-bombed, if you hit the Report button on any of them, you can tell Laurel you’ve been trolled and ask for a sweep. Problem solved in a day or two.

+

KQQ - there’s a particular species of troll which crawls out of the sewers to one-bomb virtually every winner. It surprised me on my first win, too. Good story, though.

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Thumbs up mother son airport
I had read a mother son story i would to re-visit. At the airport, announcement looking for Mrs xxxx. Mother acknowledges the message and pretends to be her son's wife...

vibrate

Thanks. I'm not worried about it. He just got busted out infront of a bunch of people and I'm an easy enough target. He got someone else to but they are taking care of it

 

[PennameWombat]

Ok here is a stupid question. Laurel is a person right? But she reads and reviews every submission, how is that even possible? I just can't imagine that there are enough hours in the day.

However she manages it she's been doing it since 1998. I gaze in awe.

How closely she reads might be a question but in my Summer Lovin' 2020 story (my 32nd story) I have a male MC who worked at a swimming pool. One day a mother who had her children at the kiddy pool (there was a separate adult's pool) made a mild pass at him (15,000 words into a 23,000 word story...) Kicked back. So I sent the kiddos off with their nana and had the woman at the adult's pool and that was fine.

From the History page:

This site has been around since 1998 and in that time we've tricked a few people into liking us. Click here to find out more about what other folks think about this site.

Congrats on the H! And don't worry about the one bombs, they're an unfortunate aspect of the site. The sweeps take care of many of them. Shrug and submit the next story.

 

[KeithD]

A keyword-based query program would bounce on the word "kiddy" in a nanosecond--no human intervention needed to that point.

 

[PennameWombat]

A keyword-based query program would bounce on the word "kiddy" in a nanosecond--no human intervention needed to that point.

Actual text of the story used "children's pool" in the flirting section (I just checked). The revised version uses "kiddy pool" but with no children around and that's the version that's published. Not that she couldn't trigger on "kiddy" or "children's pool" but I've had "child" and "children" appear in plenty of stories (my Winter Holidays story has a children's choir in major scenes not to mention them getting gifts from Santas) and the revised version kept "children's pool" and "kiddy pool" but moved the flirting. If the second submission triggered a keyword someone or something did a deeper investigation to pass it.

I agree there very likely is a keyword search but there's still someone or something applying additional semantic intelligence. Maybe they have one hell of a CNN or RNN they've trained in NLP.

 

[MColton84]

Sorry it took me so long to post on this, I was at work. Congratulations on your first H. And thanks btw for asking about the Es and Ws too. It can sometimes be a little dicey asking questions on here. Don't worry about that kid bombing you. He's just a dink who got caught doing something stupid. As everyone else has probably said, the powers that be will square it away. I see that you already got the mean comments removed, good on you.

I saw your new one this morning and had to laugh at how many people who fit that bill. Keep writing, and before you know it, you'll have a dozen more Hs. Never lose that sense of humor either. First round is on me.

 

[oggbashan]

Green Es are rare. I just counted there have only been 26 since 1/1/2017. Considering how many stories have come out since then, they are a rare sighting for sure.

Which is why I am pleased to have two - one for a story, and one for a poem.

 

[MColton84]

Which is why I am pleased to have two - one for a story, and one for a poem.

I haven't got one yet, but one day I'm sure. Congratulations on yours. I haven't gotten any Ws either, but I have only participated in one or two contests so far. They always seem to fall when work is picking up. Kudos to those who can make the time.

 

[MColton84]

She would only have time to scan them. Presumably when one pops up that looks particularly inviting to her, she gives it a deeper read.

I'm not going to try and deny that I thought Laurel was a computer program. Either that or Tom from MySpace re-purposed. Even scanning, that's a daunting amount of information to process. Wow.

 

[MsNatalie99]

Sorry it took me so long to post on this, I was at work. Congratulations on your first H. And thanks btw for asking about the Es and Ws too. It can sometimes be a little dicey asking questions on here. Don't worry about that kid bombing you. He's just a dink who got caught doing something stupid. As everyone else has probably said, the powers that be will square it away. I see that you already got the mean comments removed, good on you.

I saw your new one this morning and had to laugh at how many people who fit that bill. Keep writing, and before you know it, you'll have a dozen more Hs. Never lose that sense of humor either. First round is on me.

Thanks Broku! I'll try. MBF? I know right. Thanks for your pat on the back and offering to get the first round. Gotta be careful though. You never know how many friends you have until you offer to take the bill

 

[NoJo]

My most popular/commented stories have mediocre ratings. Two of my 'E' stories lost their H's a while ago, which I guess means Laurel's taste isn't that representative of Lit readership

 

[MsNatalie99]

My most popular/commented stories have mediocre ratings. Two of my 'E' stories lost their H's a while ago, which I guess means Laurel's taste isn't that representative of Lit readership

Well, Quality and ratings don't always go hand in hand. It sounds like you did to Quality stories that your readers just didn't appreciate.