Winter Holiday Contest - the support thread

[sirhugs]

there's a healthy attitutude towards marriage?

 

[carsonshepherd]

RF,

Maybe I am insulting Laurel's efforts. That was just the first time I looked in the New list, and there it was, 2nd from the top!



Maybe I should have waited until after the weekend.

It has already received two votes. The first one was a 3.00 and the second one brought the vote down to 2.00.

The story IS kind of silly --- even for a Sci-Fi/Fantasy --- but I didn't think it was THAT bad.

I'm going to bed. Maybe it it will be back up to 3.00 by tomorrow noon.

I loved it Burley. I always vote high on anything clever or inventive, and if it's well-written, it gets my 5.

 

[sack]

Virtual's story

I also loved it, and left a PC which will hopefully get the ball rolling....V.B., you're on a streak!!

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Og,

Morality may not be the key issue. The protag's marital status often plays an important element in the story's tension. For better or worth, many readers will relate differently to a never been married, married, widowed/divorced protag, especially female. Just my humble opinion.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Sabledrake]

Mine's just been submitted. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to participate this time with NaNo and all, but I had an idea and couldn't resist. Look for "Susie's No-Panties Christmas Surprise," coming soon!

Sabledrake

 

[davidwatts]

When we need death certificates for fictional characters we may be reaching a point of don't wanna return.

 

[oggbashan]

When we need death certificates for fictional characters we may be reaching a point of don't wanna return.

If I had said the husband was dead: he'd be dead. Such power we writers have. I hadn't said it. I implied it. I did say that she was 'unattached' so I assumed readers would deduce...

Readers don't always see the clues because they aren't always as obvious as they seem to be to the author.

This time it is my fault for being too obscure, assuming too much. I have been criticised for that before. I'll be more blunt about it next time and make sure that any 'merry widow' is really a widow before getting her involved with a 'merry widower'.

Of course the husband's ghost, or the wife's ghost might make an appearance...

Og

 

[Kassiana]

Got my contest entry done and sent to Laurel today. It, too, is not erotic in nature but I think it's worthwhile. (It actually tackles that other controversial topic in our lives, God.) It's called "Simple Gifts," and I hope people will be kind enough to read and rate it when it's put up!

 

[EmeraldKitten]

I am so close to being done, but can't seem to sit and finish it. lol.
I don't want to write just to finish it, I want to write when I'm in the mood so it doesn't turn to shit.

Someone just kick me in my ass and tell me to wrap it up. LOL.

I haven't even sat and read anyone else's yet. But I'm sure they're great!


~K

 

[sack]

Sabledrake's Entry

I STRONGLY suggest reading Sabledrake's entry Susie's no-panties...... (I'm teasing you by not writing out the entire title!) Very lighthearted and heartwarming, just what the holiday contest needed. This should win, if it doesn't, it's simply a great tale anyway.

Thanks, Sabledrake!

 

[Sabledrake]

Wow, thanks sack!

I'm amazed how fast Laurel & Co. work; I submitted it yesterday and here it is!

Susie's No-Panties Christmas Surprise

I do love starting the holidays off with a bang!

Sabledrake

 

[sack]

You're welcome!

And keep on the lookout for my new one, How To Write a Holiday Contest Story Entry. You notice I didn't title it How to WIN a Holiday Contest....I will leave that to the experts!



Sack

 

[oggbashan]

Bump.

There's still time for more entries.

Og

 

[impressive]

I think Lit has a short circuit -- 'cause the little red H keeps blinking on and off my story.

Hell, I'm just thrilled a non-erotic story is faring THAT well. Surprised the crap out of me, I'll tell ya.

 

[dreampilot79]

Imp

The little red H is bouncing? Damn.... can't seem to make it go on.

No matter... I'll just take Og's worst story title away from him.

Og....

You write too damn well to deserve a worst story award anyway... leave it to the deserving... like me!

 

[impressive]

You write too damn well to deserve a worst story award anyway... leave it to the deserving... like me!

Don't sell yourself short !

 

[oggbashan]

Imp

The little red H is bouncing? Damn.... can't seem to make it go on.

No matter... I'll just take Og's worst story title away from him.

Og....

You write too damn well to deserve a worst story award anyway... leave it to the deserving... like me!

If you have a bouncing H you are well ahead of me, and deservedly so.

It takes years of practice to write well and still piss the readers off.

My current ratings are:

Christmas Fairy Ch.01 - Rated 4.04; Votes 28; Views 4074.
Dinner with Friends - Rated 3.85; Votes 89; Views 23178.
Nursery Santa - Rated 4.32; Votes 57; Views 10157.

The 89 voting for Dinner with Friends can't all be trolls.

Og

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Og,

Dinner With Friends looks oh, so weak. A stumbling, bumbling, hard-to-sink-lower-than entry and a real contender for last place dishonors.

So tell us, Great Og, what's the secret of its disgr-uh-tinction?

Rumple (mired again in mediocrity) Foreskin

 

[cookiejar]

I just submitted my first story, "The Charm Bracelet." I was on a work related trip and at night I wrote this short (and I do mean short) story. It has some basis in fact so it was quite easy to write.


I hope to submit my longer story next week. It is a much longer and a much naughtier one.

 

[U4ea]

*shakes her head* I wrote an entry on the fly. I wasn't going to write one with NaNo and everything. I skimmed through it, checked a few things...then submitted it. It was posted this afternoon and when I went to check the feedback, someone pointed out that I did some serious tense shifts through it. *laughs* I guess it doesn't pay to do more than one thing at a time, huh?

*shakes her head and thumps it on the wall*

Blond moment, I guess...

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

U4ea (great handle),

If you're up to the challenge, knock out a revised, tense-correct version and submit it as an EDITED story (add that to the title). I did that when there were some formatting snags on my entry. Laurel managed to have it up the next day.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[sack]

The Charm Bracelet...

I LOVED Cookie Jar's new story, The Charm Bracelet. It is her masterpiece and required reading on Literotica...period!

Thanks to everyone for your nice comments on my How to Write a Holiday Contest Entry story. I also have a new one, The Little Candle Girl, in Non-Erotic, an update of one of my favorite childhood stories, The Little Match Girl. I imagine it will get few reads and votes in that category, so would appreciate support here if possible. Yes, I was in a maudlin and sentimental mood, you have been warned!


Sack

 

[impressive]

Laurel is da bomb (remover). Some serious bombs removed over night.

 

[Kassiana]

My story "Simple Gifts" is up and ready for viewing for the contest!

 

[dreampilot79]

Imp

I'm not selling myself short. I'm just not taking the contest that seriously.

Besides, last place in the company of such greats as Og is no shame at all.