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The way that you conduct yourself makes you look like a Nigerian Prince trying to steal people's money. Stop with the bold font and colored text. It's super thirsty.

And don't use the name "Larry." Nobody born after the year 1970 would ever be called that.

Write what makes you happy and don't worry about what other people think.

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And an encore for author, host and bon vivant (and friend) extraordinaire, ChrisM:

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Late to this party too! The thread title is happy birtay, which I didn't understand until I realized the "hd" was missing, clearly because you are so high definition yourself. Okay, that was a long and convoluted path to a birthday greeting, but it's been a long and convoluted day. I sincerely hope you have a wonderful you-day.

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Curious that this topic should appear. Usually an indication of a systemic problem. Several years ago I submitted a few stories here. They were under my copyright, of course. They had been published in other forums with outstanding reviews. All had gone through a vetting process. I still get emails from fans to this day which surprises me. The stories I wrote are not stories per se, but experiences from real life, just the way they happened and from my extremely good memory, lol. One, then a second, of these stories was submitted. I immediately ran into an "editor". I did not mind, not at all. Different publishers have different standards, not always consistent, even from one editor to another in the same forum. I worked with the Lush editor exchanging messages and making changes. One of the stories was published although I felt uneasy with the end result. With the second, as the editor made more changes, I realized that she was changing the substance of the story and it was not the same story that embodied my own style and what had made all my stories so popular. In addressing this to the most senior person I found my reasoning falling on deaf ears. At that point I realized, to put it frankly, Lush needed me much more than I needed them. I pulled my story from lush and went my own way. No yelling or screaming, lol. I look at an editor as someone who can help me make my experience/story better. Not change it into something that changes the original intent. I haven't been interested in publishing anything here since then. I see that nothing has really changed.
Every so often I go to the story sections and read one or two. Sorry to say this but the stories seem to have been written by the same person. A result in the editing process? To the aspiring authors out there, if you really want to write something that is "you", I can only advise you to be true to yourself, do not let someone change who you are. Find an editor that will make your own self "better". Not change you into someone your not.
Good luck.

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By the way, how do I make those links...?
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