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CuriousAnnie
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I'll buy a beverage of their choice for both of them and lovely Vanessa and a round for Annie too as it's her birthday!
Evening pint here please, Rumps!
Thanks Curvy I will take a beer to celebrate my birthday.
A subdued one it has to be said as we slip into close down in Australia. I did manage to go out on Saturday, the local wine bar had removed a third of the tables to keep distance between customers. It wasnt full by any means which reflects how people are hunkering down. And yet there are breakouts of collective silliness, Bondi beach was closed Sunday as it got too crowded on Saturday. The places like the wine bar and my favourite coffee shop are turning themselves into takeaway only, and non-essential things will be closed from this Monday evening.
Also thanks for the nice things said about my competition story and congratulations to all those regulars who entered. I loved so many of the stories both inside and outside the top ten. Special congratulations to Vanessa and Tam, I know how much they will love their podium finishes.
Take care everyone
and please please don't use google as your source of health advice. 
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Happy Birthday lovely Annie, you are the most uplifting, inspirational and beautiful person I have ever met ❤️????????
Friends please join me in wishing Annie a Happy Birthday!
Thank you all so much for celebrating my birthday with me.
I am thrilled with your love and support. I managed to get out on Saturday before Sydney's venues started to close. Special thanks to Cat
for organising this I so appreciate it gorgeous. Take care everyone and thanks again 
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Congrats to Vanessa and Ping and Annie, the Rumplators' Top 10 comp stars!
Sorry to hear about your friend, Tonya. Very sad news in difficult times.
Good to catch up on everyone's news and great to hear from you, Martin! Glad you and Ines are safe in Dorset and keeping an eye on your mum and dad. I'm sure Ines is concerned about her family in Paris but is hopefully keeping in touch with them.
Time for my evening pint, please Rumps!
Thanks Curvy, this was a wonderful competition and I love the entries from the Rumplators both in and outside the top ten. Special congrats to Vanessa and to Tam too, I know how much this will mean to them. These competitions are wonderful and brutal, I have entered everyone since the winter one last year and they are the best thing on lush.
I had a lovely weekend, warm and outdoors a lot which was a good compensation for my cancelled birthday trip to New Zealand. We are here in Sydney gradually closing down. I went out Saturday night to a wine bar which had a third of the tables removed to create more space between diners. Nevertheless it was only 2/3 full. The supermarkets are less busy and I even got toilet paper today ... so how much is the postage to Sprite's home town, lol. The state governments just announced shut downs, starting tomorrow and that the first term school holidays will be bought forward to start Tuesday.
Keep safe my friends, and please dont rely on Google as a source of medical advice.
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Well done to the over sixty authors who wrote such fabulous stories. As always, there were so many wonderful stories both within and outside the top ten. Special congratulations to my friends whose writing always inspires me. And to the 43 who commented on my story.
Congratulations to my fellow writers in the top ten, your stories were fabulous, a tribute to our craft. Wow, Tam Vanessa and Voltemand, you nailed it. I know what this means to you and am thrilled for you; so very well done, love your work.
Congratulations to my fellow writers in the top ten, your stories were fabulous, a tribute to our craft. Wow, Tam Vanessa and Voltemand, you nailed it. I know what this means to you and am thrilled for you; so very well done, love your work.
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Happy Birthday to the best bartender in the virtual universe.
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Congrats Rachel you are a gem with all you do and your stunning writing.
But more than that, as Nicola said, you are so incredibly supportive of new writers and, as one who has benefited so much from you comments, messages and forum posts, all I can say is a heartfelt thank you. My most favourite lush memory will always be your comment on Oxford Street which meant so much to me and was the moment I thought I might just belong here as a writer.
As you may have guessed from my comments I am a complete fan-girl when it comes to your writing. Thanks for being a lush superstar
But more than that, as Nicola said, you are so incredibly supportive of new writers and, as one who has benefited so much from you comments, messages and forum posts, all I can say is a heartfelt thank you. My most favourite lush memory will always be your comment on Oxford Street which meant so much to me and was the moment I thought I might just belong here as a writer.
As you may have guessed from my comments I am a complete fan-girl when it comes to your writing. Thanks for being a lush superstar
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i've been printing out Verb's stories and wiping my butt on them...
What you mean like the purr-fect one he co-authored with you?
I guess it is a case of Editor's pick one minute, then kitty litter the next.
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Morning all, or, to be different, good evening as it is Monday evening down under. I know there are more serious matters for people and I wish the best for those that are ill and looking after relatives, but this was an odd weekend for us.
Cancelled two vacations, one to New Zealand which was a surprise for my birthday next Monday. A hike in their beautiful national parks for a few days. The NZ quarantine for 14 days announced on Saturday put paid to that, and then Australia returned serve on Sunday so trans-Tasman travel has 14 day quarantine at either end.
And then there was our trip to Italy, we faced up to the inevitable and started to cancel our booking. It is odd at the moment, there has been a second wave of panic buying at supermarkets and now things like flour are on the rare and endangered list. I last saw toilet paper for sale over 10 days ago. But I and my parents are now stocked up for 14 days in the expectation that there will be restrictions on movement soon. I am an essential worker so that gives me a little more flexibility but also means that I must not be exposed at home to any risk.
There is a sense that this all might be a few days late, but there again there is talk of a 14 week quarantine for older Australians. And yet people continue to be dumb, panic buying toilet paper is one thing but then there was the guy who flew back from Europe and landed in Sydney feeling unwell. He had a Corona test which takes a handful of days to be diagnosed and in the meantime flew to Wellington in New Zealand. And he is that city's first case having exposed those travelling on the plane and God knows who else to exposure and therefore quarantine. Do people not get what is going on, we are trying to take the peak out of the infection cycle to reduce pressure on hospitals and save lives? Already in Italy they are making live and die decisions in hospitals which is what we so want to avoid if we can.
Interestingly for those sports fans, there are NZ teams in the Australian men's rugby league competition and soccer competition. The rugby league team was in Australia for the first week of the competition and haven't gone home to play the first 'home' game of the season given the 14 day quarantine. But the players have voted to return home next weekend which presumably means the team then drops out of the competition. Though there is talk of abandoning the season, though if we are going into lock down some sport on the TV would be a good thing. The NZ soccer team is 3rd on the table and the season is much more advanced, they and the Melbourne team they beat at the weekend are in NZ facing a 14 day quarantine in Australia. But it is clear that the NZ team wants to play their 'home' games in Australia to try and kick on and win the competition. But that means postponing one if not two rounds for them.
Schools are not closed here but the end of the first term is at Easter and I suspect that may be bought forward. If it does that is when the general shutdown will occur I suspect. Anyway keep safe, look out for the older members of the community and those with respiratory health issues. Love to you all, and take care. Looking forward to the competition results, I apologise to any Rump regular whose story I am yet to read, but life is hectic and for the first time in a few competitions I have not read all the stories. I will take one of those tequilas on offer.
Cheers Annie.
Cancelled two vacations, one to New Zealand which was a surprise for my birthday next Monday. A hike in their beautiful national parks for a few days. The NZ quarantine for 14 days announced on Saturday put paid to that, and then Australia returned serve on Sunday so trans-Tasman travel has 14 day quarantine at either end.
And then there was our trip to Italy, we faced up to the inevitable and started to cancel our booking. It is odd at the moment, there has been a second wave of panic buying at supermarkets and now things like flour are on the rare and endangered list. I last saw toilet paper for sale over 10 days ago. But I and my parents are now stocked up for 14 days in the expectation that there will be restrictions on movement soon. I am an essential worker so that gives me a little more flexibility but also means that I must not be exposed at home to any risk.
There is a sense that this all might be a few days late, but there again there is talk of a 14 week quarantine for older Australians. And yet people continue to be dumb, panic buying toilet paper is one thing but then there was the guy who flew back from Europe and landed in Sydney feeling unwell. He had a Corona test which takes a handful of days to be diagnosed and in the meantime flew to Wellington in New Zealand. And he is that city's first case having exposed those travelling on the plane and God knows who else to exposure and therefore quarantine. Do people not get what is going on, we are trying to take the peak out of the infection cycle to reduce pressure on hospitals and save lives? Already in Italy they are making live and die decisions in hospitals which is what we so want to avoid if we can.
Interestingly for those sports fans, there are NZ teams in the Australian men's rugby league competition and soccer competition. The rugby league team was in Australia for the first week of the competition and haven't gone home to play the first 'home' game of the season given the 14 day quarantine. But the players have voted to return home next weekend which presumably means the team then drops out of the competition. Though there is talk of abandoning the season, though if we are going into lock down some sport on the TV would be a good thing. The NZ soccer team is 3rd on the table and the season is much more advanced, they and the Melbourne team they beat at the weekend are in NZ facing a 14 day quarantine in Australia. But it is clear that the NZ team wants to play their 'home' games in Australia to try and kick on and win the competition. But that means postponing one if not two rounds for them.
Schools are not closed here but the end of the first term is at Easter and I suspect that may be bought forward. If it does that is when the general shutdown will occur I suspect. Anyway keep safe, look out for the older members of the community and those with respiratory health issues. Love to you all, and take care. Looking forward to the competition results, I apologise to any Rump regular whose story I am yet to read, but life is hectic and for the first time in a few competitions I have not read all the stories. I will take one of those tequilas on offer.
Cheers Annie.
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There is a degree of panic breaking our over Coronavirus, supermarkets have been denuded of toilet paper and there have even been fights!!! But there again the first hospital team got quarantined yesterday in Sydney. A fate that I might yet experience. But the mortality of this so far is those with weakened immune systems and all Australian deaths have been the elderly. The drama for me is our trip to Italy which is booked and paid for, will it happen is a very open question.
Anyway, I have been reading my way through the stories focusing on those who have commented on mine and now diversifying into other friends. Absolutely loving the stories from my bar friends. And thank you for those who have read and commented on my story, love the ecosensual love. It is rare for me to select someone out, but I loved Tonya's story, there is nothing like reading a story set where you have been and I loved her take on Northern Queensland, a fabulous snorkelling destination. Do read Alya if you haven't, so different and so good. I will try to get more read but unlike the last couple of competitions there is no way I will read them all before closing day.
Anyway, I have been reading my way through the stories focusing on those who have commented on mine and now diversifying into other friends. Absolutely loving the stories from my bar friends. And thank you for those who have read and commented on my story, love the ecosensual love. It is rare for me to select someone out, but I loved Tonya's story, there is nothing like reading a story set where you have been and I loved her take on Northern Queensland, a fabulous snorkelling destination. Do read Alya if you haven't, so different and so good. I will try to get more read but unlike the last couple of competitions there is no way I will read them all before closing day.
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Any last calls for alcohol, y'all?
Yes please, I will take a beer on this warm Sunday afternoon. I so hope the 1st of March means the humidity is behind us, but fortunately a wet February as helped enormously with the fires.
Well I did finally get my competition story done, link below, first time I have gone so far over the word count, 6,500 which meant a lot of editing. The downside of taking so long is that I have so many other entries to read over the next few days. But I am so looking forward to catching up with the other stories on my reading list both competition and non-competition.
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Evening all, hope all is good in other parts of the world.
I have not been online as much as usual, life gets in the way. Jeff glad your cardiologist gave you a clean bill of health, to be honest my best advice to anyone over 40 is a heart checkup, preventative medicine at its best. Oh and for you guys over 40, stay off the ladder, there are so many ladder falls in ED.
Remarkable day in Sydney, serious rain which in the state has halved the number of active fires from about 80 to about 40. And added 4 percent to dam levels. More rain expected over the weekend so, despite the localised flooding, this is such good news.
In my usual style I am working on five stories simultaneously. Interestingly I was so convinced that the next competition would be Valentine's Day related that I mapped out and started one. On the back burner now, and I have got a Nature story idea, not a monster story but one I am enjoying as I start writing. I have, however, fallen totally behind in my reading and I apologise to those here that I have not yet got around to your stories. I will.
Have a great weekend everyone. Congrats to the Chiefs
I have not been online as much as usual, life gets in the way. Jeff glad your cardiologist gave you a clean bill of health, to be honest my best advice to anyone over 40 is a heart checkup, preventative medicine at its best. Oh and for you guys over 40, stay off the ladder, there are so many ladder falls in ED.
Remarkable day in Sydney, serious rain which in the state has halved the number of active fires from about 80 to about 40. And added 4 percent to dam levels. More rain expected over the weekend so, despite the localised flooding, this is such good news.
In my usual style I am working on five stories simultaneously. Interestingly I was so convinced that the next competition would be Valentine's Day related that I mapped out and started one. On the back burner now, and I have got a Nature story idea, not a monster story but one I am enjoying as I start writing. I have, however, fallen totally behind in my reading and I apologise to those here that I have not yet got around to your stories. I will.
Have a great weekend everyone. Congrats to the Chiefs
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It is just a stunning piece of writing Tam, so evocative as an ode to the attraction of subversive courtship. So well done and I love that you are on a roll with your writing.
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Well done Tonya that is indeed awesome and so well deserved. Congratulations.
I am HeraTeleia and Verbal always saddened when writers leave (irrespective of the cause) and their work goes with them. It, of course, and without mentioning names, though maybe more than Susie will remember who I mean, happened (in late 2018) to me with a prolific author, the only person before PalindromeRedux late last year with whom I collaborated. And as I was always too lazy to do the final edit all the stories were published in her name and so were lost. She had to go, there is no debate there, but I do regret that some of my best comic writing was caught up in that decision.
Talking of comic writing I was saddened by the death of Monty Python star Terry Jones. It is interesting how inter generational Monty Python is, and, like Cat, I grew up knowing the films and some of the famous lines thanks to my father. I wrote in my fetish competition story that the madam of the BDSM establishment said, when she opened the door to a well appointed dungeon, " ... Nowdays no-one expects the Spanish Inquisition," which was a tribute to the famous (well certainly to my father) Monty Python sketch of that name.
I know drop bears i.e. falling koalas are an Australian joke aimed at the tourists so you can imagine how I read falling Iguanas. But I see Brooke and Fuzzy I should not have laughed you are serious, who knew!!
For those wondering what it is like for me down under, well hot and sweaty ... I was referring to the weather of course what else could I possibly have meant.
After rain which controlled but not extinguished the fires over the last weekend we have hit this Thursday 41 degrees C in Sydney (105 F for those who count differently) which with humidity is less than pleasant. Fire risks differ around New South Wales but are severe around Sydney and extreme around Canberra. As always we should be grateful to those fighting the fires particularly the large number of volunteers.
Cheers all. I will take a coffee and hope you all have a safe and enjoyable Thursday.
I am HeraTeleia and Verbal always saddened when writers leave (irrespective of the cause) and their work goes with them. It, of course, and without mentioning names, though maybe more than Susie will remember who I mean, happened (in late 2018) to me with a prolific author, the only person before PalindromeRedux late last year with whom I collaborated. And as I was always too lazy to do the final edit all the stories were published in her name and so were lost. She had to go, there is no debate there, but I do regret that some of my best comic writing was caught up in that decision.
Talking of comic writing I was saddened by the death of Monty Python star Terry Jones. It is interesting how inter generational Monty Python is, and, like Cat, I grew up knowing the films and some of the famous lines thanks to my father. I wrote in my fetish competition story that the madam of the BDSM establishment said, when she opened the door to a well appointed dungeon, " ... Nowdays no-one expects the Spanish Inquisition," which was a tribute to the famous (well certainly to my father) Monty Python sketch of that name.
I know drop bears i.e. falling koalas are an Australian joke aimed at the tourists so you can imagine how I read falling Iguanas. But I see Brooke and Fuzzy I should not have laughed you are serious, who knew!!
For those wondering what it is like for me down under, well hot and sweaty ... I was referring to the weather of course what else could I possibly have meant.
After rain which controlled but not extinguished the fires over the last weekend we have hit this Thursday 41 degrees C in Sydney (105 F for those who count differently) which with humidity is less than pleasant. Fire risks differ around New South Wales but are severe around Sydney and extreme around Canberra. As always we should be grateful to those fighting the fires particularly the large number of volunteers.
Cheers all. I will take a coffee and hope you all have a safe and enjoyable Thursday.
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This is really insightful. Thank you all!
Welcome to Lush, just bumped into your profile as I read this post. Loved the avatar and the idea behind what you are doing, the profile being a character in your stories. Enjoy.
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Congratulations to all the authors who entered, just fabulous to see the newer and more established writers. Managed to read all the stories and there were, are there always are, some brilliant stories outside the top 10.
Thanks to Nicola and the organising and judging team, you, as always, do a fabulous job. This was a totally fun competition and I loved being part of it. A personal vote of thanks to those that commented so warmly on my story. I was thrilled with your comments.
Congratulations to those who made top 10, all seriously good stories. Special congrats to Fuzzy, Katherine, and Liz for their well deserved podium finishes.
Thanks to Nicola and the organising and judging team, you, as always, do a fabulous job. This was a totally fun competition and I loved being part of it. A personal vote of thanks to those that commented so warmly on my story. I was thrilled with your comments.
Congratulations to those who made top 10, all seriously good stories. Special congrats to Fuzzy, Katherine, and Liz for their well deserved podium finishes.
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One difference from elsewhere I suspect is that in Australia English is the only compulsory subject all the way through school. So in effect all those in schooling till they are eighteen effectively are A-level trained in English (though we do five or six not three subjects in our final two years.) But the focus is both interpretation of text and essay writing, so while some grammar is picked up it is definitely second to interpretation.
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Yes I have sometimes had a song or movie that has sparked an idea, and less frequently thought of a song as I was writing. But I don't really think all that hard about musical links though most of my stories have them.
My first competition story from last year's Winter competition was titled, 'Great Southern Land – Finding Freedom On A Prisoner’s Island,' and as the story was set in Australia it was in part a tribute to the Icehouse song of the same name which ran in my head the entire time I wrote the story.
The same was true for 'My Unexpected Pas De Deux,' where I had the Divinyls "I Touch Myself" on play in my mind.
Some music comes into my mind as I am writing, Springsteen's Born to Run was perfect for including in my latest story Ice and Icing. As was the movie about Queen which I had seen while writing and so changed the second half of my Notorious competition entry Ned Kelly into a comic tribute to Queen. And sometimes the link is an afterthought, the title 'That Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady?' based on the Helen Reddy song was the last thing I thought of and did before hitting submit.
Conversely Hannah (PalindromeRedux) and my story "Butch Cassidy and the Vegemite Kid," began with the title and we strove to include as many references to that movie (and Breakfast at Tiffany's) as we could, including the song 'Raindrops keep falling on my head"
My first competition story from last year's Winter competition was titled, 'Great Southern Land – Finding Freedom On A Prisoner’s Island,' and as the story was set in Australia it was in part a tribute to the Icehouse song of the same name which ran in my head the entire time I wrote the story.
The same was true for 'My Unexpected Pas De Deux,' where I had the Divinyls "I Touch Myself" on play in my mind.
Some music comes into my mind as I am writing, Springsteen's Born to Run was perfect for including in my latest story Ice and Icing. As was the movie about Queen which I had seen while writing and so changed the second half of my Notorious competition entry Ned Kelly into a comic tribute to Queen. And sometimes the link is an afterthought, the title 'That Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady?' based on the Helen Reddy song was the last thing I thought of and did before hitting submit.
Conversely Hannah (PalindromeRedux) and my story "Butch Cassidy and the Vegemite Kid," began with the title and we strove to include as many references to that movie (and Breakfast at Tiffany's) as we could, including the song 'Raindrops keep falling on my head"
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No. All I see are things I could have written differently. It’s not a turn on
Ha, this is so me. So even with ideas that arouse me when I think of them and prompt me to start writing, the arousal doesn't last when I get into the mechanics of writing and re-writing and re-writing again. As for proof-reading it must be the least sexy thing on the planet. And as for reading after publication all I can think of is what I could do differently which as you say is so not a turn on.
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I had to check when I saw this post Megan.
On my last story, the winter competition one, the comments break about 30 women and 25 men. Which is kind of what I expected from my past stories, more women commenting that men. And while I haven't done the analysis, I think the average age of the men would be higher that the women commenting. What I love most of all about the comments is that 80 percent of them are from writers whose work I have read.
On my last story, the winter competition one, the comments break about 30 women and 25 men. Which is kind of what I expected from my past stories, more women commenting that men. And while I haven't done the analysis, I think the average age of the men would be higher that the women commenting. What I love most of all about the comments is that 80 percent of them are from writers whose work I have read.
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Morning all, well Thursday down under has started with what we have been needing most, rain!!!!!
Melbourne and rural Victoria yesterday, and Sydney and New South Wales today. Patchy at first but a significant drenching expected over the next five days. But we have been cautioned, “That is enough to slow down large fires, perhaps to even extinguish some smaller fires but probably not enough to put out the larger fires though.” And the risk of flash flooding has increased with the fire damage to the vegetation.
Congratulations on all the baby news. All makes me a little clucky.
And a big hug Vanessa, I am going through the same scenario with the last of a pair of cats I got when I was young. I visit her at my parents and leave convinced that is the last time I will see her. She is 17 and struggling with her mind and body.
I am slowly making inroads with my reading list after reading all the competition stories. Not helped by Brooke of course who has produced 10 stories in the last four weeks, including two today. Eight left to go Brooke and I must have 20-30 others on my list.
And last and certainly not least,
to the wonderful Curvygalore. I will take a coffee this lunchtime.
Melbourne and rural Victoria yesterday, and Sydney and New South Wales today. Patchy at first but a significant drenching expected over the next five days. But we have been cautioned, “That is enough to slow down large fires, perhaps to even extinguish some smaller fires but probably not enough to put out the larger fires though.” And the risk of flash flooding has increased with the fire damage to the vegetation.
Congratulations on all the baby news. All makes me a little clucky.
And a big hug Vanessa, I am going through the same scenario with the last of a pair of cats I got when I was young. I visit her at my parents and leave convinced that is the last time I will see her. She is 17 and struggling with her mind and body.
I am slowly making inroads with my reading list after reading all the competition stories. Not helped by Brooke of course who has produced 10 stories in the last four weeks, including two today. Eight left to go Brooke and I must have 20-30 others on my list.
And last and certainly not least,
to the wonderful Curvygalore. I will take a coffee this lunchtime.