Quote by trinket
HEY! That's not fair! Announcing the winner even before the competition has started! I think that competitor should be disqualified on the grounds of favouritism.
p.s. ok if you read this, please come take a look at my profile..
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Quote by Dancing_Doll
I don't have a method. I just throw the toilet paper roll on - whether it's over or under is totally up to chance. I'm always surprised that people care one way or another (well, I guess the cat thing is a legit reason).
I'm also a hyper-meticulous - probably a triple or quad wiper. Often I'll finish with a cleansing hygiene wipe too for that sparkling fresh feel.
Quote by Dancing_Doll
My major pet peeve (way more than toilet seats left up) are men who don't replace toilet paper on the roll. I HATE this. Even worse when I don't live there and have to go searching under the sink or asking for toilet paper because it's gone. Keep it up for the guests in your bathrooms, boys... Don't make me use your bathtowel.
Quote by nicola
1) Podcast directories, like podcasts.com, are great places to get free links back to lushstories.com. We submitted our podcast RSS feed to a number of such directories, about 5 years ago. It's a good way to get free traffic.
Those directories, are meant to give full credit to the narrator, ie, a full link back to the page, from which the audio was taken.
Quote by Shylass
Sadly, I thought that would be the case, and I will not leave that unanswered.
I have been vocal in both my dislike of a picture and my extreme happiness in my work even being thought it was worth it. I don't doubt that there is venting being done by folks about "jokingly" wanting to remove said awards. That's fine., do as you please.
But as I have said before, and I will say again, this is NOT personal, and it is NOT people saying the award is crap. People moan about the statues and trophy designs for big award events the world over. Why should Lush be any less important?! They can be grateful and pleased with the recognition, and still not like the marker for it.
Please, moderators, please try to see this from the angles in which this thread was made. It was not started on a mission to diss the moderator team/members, nor was it to belittle what we feel is a huge recognition. It was about something that aesthetically was not pleasing to some eyes.
If the Recommended Read award is given at the whim of whether somebody finds an author's forum posts regarding a colour/form/size of something ungracious or not, or removed because of it, then where does that leave us?
This is not personal or ungracious towards the award or the givers of it. I fully expect the symbol to remain in its design. I would expect nothing less. But it doesn't stop me having my opinion on it. Again, I am extremely grateful and still a bit unsure as to how I was so recognised. But because I gave a negative opinion on something I don't like the look of, should I now stop striving to better my writing?
Should I see the mods as people who give and judge by a person's posts and opinions, rather than their writing? Just as you judge us by our posts regarding a small blue badge, so authors judge mods by their posts regarding how awards are made. I am sad that the moderators feel under personal attack. That is NOT what this is.
I will get used to the blue tick, just as I knew I would have to. I had a vent. It's a blue tick; I didn't like the way it looked; I'll get over it.
But I will not get used to people thinking they are personally under attack and striking out because of it, when they are not. I will not get used to the fact I stated it was an honour to have the award. It isn't about the award. It's about a white tick on a blue box that nobody will think looks odd when it's been there a while.
You react as you wish, and I will sadly draw my own conclusions. This was NOT an "us and them" situation (at least for me). But it feels like it now. And it's a very sad day. I have known both sides of the fence, and this is horrible, because it was never about awards and how they are given (or not, as you have clearly implied). It's about a white tick on a blue box.
Quote by cunnilinguist
My suggestions:
1. Workplace Stories
2. Sci-Fi
3. Humour
(Also, it would be nice if you could have a "Non-English" category as well. Do you think it's possible?)
Quote by BablingBrooke
How long do the stories have to be to be published? I'm not sure I have what it takes to write a long story that also keeps people interested but I would definitely be interested in learning more about the process!
Thanks!
