The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 09

[TarnishedPenny]

Holy smoke! He reached out to me and Mediocre Author on Discord too.

Not sure it’s the same individual. Seemed nice enough, but with that fantasy. I wound up doing two stories, neither of them completely what they wanted.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Strange event, for me, anyway. A reader asked if I would 'take a request' to write a story about his fantasy. I answered that I would consider it. It would be a new challenge.

Anyone with a similar experience?

Yes. A spectacular fail. She said, write what you like around this theme, so I did. She liked none of it, wanted to re-script the whole thing. Then her fantasy physical type was almost the complete opposite of my taste, to the point of being utterly unerotic. I managed about 1500 words before giving it up completely. Never again!

I think mermaid guy contacted me, too. A very quick no on that request.

 

[MrPixel]

Coffee's on. It has to be. Damn dog woke us up at 0500.

Not that he had to be let out or anything, he just wants to be extra-certain that somebody is awake and sitting upright when it comes time for breakfast. I've mentioned before if I tip over and try to lay on the sofa for a snooze, the barking starts. Sit back up, and the barking stops.

Especially adding insult this morning... I was working on a story last night, and by the time I took a shower and crawled into bed, it was 1:30. 3-1/2 hours of sleep isn't going to cut it, I'm afraid, and C has a big list of projects and appointments this morning that she thinks is going to include me. I have to disabuse her of that idea.

 

[dmallord]

From your experiences, it sounds like getting requests for specialized stories is not that rare. The fellow who asks wants a fanfic story about a television idol, so it's not about mermaids. I'm assuming the requestor is someone else.

The request was polite, asking me to consider writing about his special interest. He sent me a photo of her. She looks nice, and she was a bit of a character for several years on the show.

I'm going to 'test the waters' and hope the sound of a siren of the seas doesn't cause me to jump overboard. I'll keep you informed of the outcome – down the road.

 

[Duleigh]

Not sure it’s the same individual. Seemed nice enough, but with that fantasy. I wound up doing two stories, neither of them completely what they wanted.

on Discord the fellow that asked for the sick mermaid stories is Al55

 

[TarnishedPenny]

on Discord the fellow that asked for the sick mermaid stories is Al55

Mr D, I will neither confirm nor deny that ID, only saying that first the indiv I dealt with was nice enough and, secondly, I have my own ‘predispositions’, shall we say and his were no more wildly off the scales than mine. And what the heck, I got the idea for a couple of good stories. It’s all good in the end.

Cheers and I’m still amazed at your output.
tp

 

[Duleigh]

Cheers and I’m still amazed at your output.

91 Stories, 85 of them (+2 poems) since Jan 1, 2022.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I just finished my second draft of my newest tale of Revenge. A prequel to last years Crime and Punishment putting, Vengence is Mine, ...

Vengeance
Is Its Own Reward
A prequel to Vengeance Is Mine
Mille Dynamite

“The croaking raven doth bellow for revenge.”
Hamlet Act III Scene II​

 

[Rustyoznail]

Is there any coffee better than a Friday morning coffee? Just knowing that the end of the work week is near, and looking forward to two days of pretending I don't want to be inside watching the rain fall instead of pulling weeds.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Why yes, yes, there is. The Thursday night indulgence in Irish Whiskey when you finished your paid week early and have all weekend to indulge in guilty writing for yourself. There'll be a hot time on the old keyboard from Friday through Sunday night.

Is there any coffee better than a Friday morning coffee? Just knowing that the end of the work week is near, and looking forward to two days of pretending I don't want to be inside watching the rain fall instead of pulling weeds.

 

[AloneTooLong]

just stopping by to share a bit about me:

June13th

Every so often it falls on a Friday; I had my 13th birthday one year on Friday, June 13th. This year I will be completing another trip around the sun on Thursday,June 13th.

In 1980 I got married to the love of my life on Friday, June 13th—not an unlucky day for us; it lasted almost 29 years.

I really don't consider it a day to 'celebrate' any longer; we would be celebrating 44 years of marriage had he not died from cancer in February on Friday 13, 2009. So yes, 13c an be both a lucky and an unlucky number.

 

[Duleigh]

Is there any coffee better than a Friday morning coffee?

Saturday morning coffee by the campfire. The sun just coming up, the forest slowly waking up, the mountains stretching up to the sky... none better

 

[Rustyoznail]

just stopping by to share a bit about me:

June13th

Every so often it falls on a Friday; I had my 13th birthday one year on Friday, June 13th. This year I will be completing another trip around the sun on Thursday,June 13th.

In 1980 I got married to the love of my life on Friday, June 13th—not an unlucky day for us; it lasted almost 29 years.

I really don't consider it a day to 'celebrate' any longer; we would be celebrating 44 years of marriage had he not died from cancer in February on Friday 13, 2009. So yes, 13c an be both a lucky and an unlucky number.

Well, happy birthday ATL. Glad you stopped by.

My dad was born on Friday 13 December. We joke that if there were 13 months in the year, he would have been born then.

 

[ChloeTzang]

The first coffee of Friday is the best.....

happy birthday, ATL

 

[Kumquatqueen]

After getting up and doing chores too early, I happened to be passing the wonderful cafe at 9am, so treated myself to a latte. Great stuff, even caught a bus immediately after.

Tomorrow I have to leave the house at 6am. I call this cruel and unnatural punishment. I hope to be back in bed by 8, though. Wondering what to buy as a breakfast treat.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

I'm watching the downy woodpecker on my hummingbird feeder again this morning. I think she's an addict because she chases off the male downy woodpeckers flying in to see what she's doing.

I love the thoughtfulness of the squirrels planting their sunflower seeds in my container garden. I've got quite a crop of sunflowers sprouting all throughout my herbs and tomato plants.

The teapot is hot and on the back burner for anyone who wants a nice cuppa ...

 

[NotWise]

I'm watching the downy woodpecker on my hummingbird feeder again this morning. I think she's an addict because she chases off the male downy woodpeckers flying in to see what she's doing.

I love the thoughtfulness of the squirrels planting their sunflower seeds in my container garden. I've got quite a crop of sunflowers sprouting all throughout my herbs and tomato plants.

The teapot is hot and on the back burner for anyone who wants a nice cuppa ...

The squirrels could make themselves more useful and plant tomatoes instead.

Dreams, dreams. I used a night-time cold medication for three nights, and didn't use it last night. Maybe that's why the dreams came and wouldn't leave me alone. Sometimes those dreams are good story inspirations, but not last night's. They seemed to be mostly about mundane things going slightly awry.

 

[MillieDynamite]

If you up before the crack of dawn, you need to be writing. But if you are between Dawn's crack and her clit, you need to be licking; sunrise be damned.

Saturday morning coffee by the campfire. The sun just coming up, the forest slowly waking up, the mountains stretching up to the sky... none better

 

[ChloeTzang]

It’s so nice she hasn’t forgotten us ‘little people’ now that she”s successful.

rotflmao. More that work has been so darn busy and I've been doing a bit of OT and writing away on half a dozen things at once - some for LIT and some off - and nothing finished. And spending too much time on Facebook.....until they nuked me and kicked me off LOL - I now have the honor of having been permanently nuked out of Facebook twice. The Zuckerbots got me.....

 

[Duleigh]

rotflmao. More that work has been so darn busy and I've been doing a bit of OT and writing away on half a dozen things at once - some for LIT and some off - and nothing finished. And spending too much time on Facebook.....until they nuked me and kicked me off LOL - I now have the honor of having been permanently nuked out of Facebook twice. The Zuckerbots got me.....

WOW
I have to find out your secret. I've been trying to get myself expelled from Facebook hell so I can tell relatives "I'm not there any more, pretend I'm a person and call me."

 

[ChloeTzang]

WOW
I have to find out your secret. I've been trying to get myself expelled from Facebook hell so I can tell relatives "I'm not there any more, pretend I'm a person and call me."

It's so easy.....just post this image. LOL. You will be zapped before you even submit it. LOL. Mind you, they have also jailed me a gazillion times before, community standards on FB are easy to transgress.

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[ChloeTzang]

And now, Saturday coffee.......

 

[Duleigh]

And now, Saturday coffee.......

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Thank you for your service!

 

[Rustyoznail]

Well, it's heading to midnight here. Felt a bit peckish, so had some sourdough apricot and date toast and washed it down with a hot cup of decaf coffee.

Night all!

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Night, night, Rusty.