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I can’t write anything long right now, but I have an idea for a micro to publish around the peak of the Harvest Moon on Oct 6th. Here’s my cover, title. It’s a happy lil romantic scribble—NOT. 😈

Looks like you’re thinking about Halloween already. Well trick-or-treat. 🎃

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Congratulations, good sir. No mean feat.

Thank you. When I returned, I wasn’t sure if I would be able to do it again but it seems I’m picking up where I left off. This is a great community and I’m happy to be a part of it.

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Well done, Milik. It's hard enough to do without also maintaining the quality levels like you do, so even more impressive ❤️

Thank you. I'm touched that you and others have found my work worthy. As I have a severe case of dyslexia, it was very difficult to just finish a story and my early work shows it. Sometimes I get sloppy when I’m just commenting and I’ll come back later and it just makes me wince to see what I’ve written. 😳

Fortunately, I’ve got Grammarly now and that helps a lot with the stupid mistakes my brain makes. Thank God for technology. I never thought I would be able to use it. Lol.

Truly though, I'm honored. And writing here has allowed me to improve far more than I ever guessed possible.

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Wow! That is great! I’ve been coding all day and my eyes are blurring and fingers numb, so I feel ya.

Yeah, but that’s real work. I’m just doing this for fun.

Final score: 2,827,766

But that includes all my collaborations so it’s about 150 stories

23 famous stories, 2 more at over 19K and four legendary

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Since your calculator is out… add up mine too, please… 😎😜

As soon as I'm done hypnotizing myself

I’m probably gonna land somewhere around 2.7 million but I have three more pages to do. I have to take a break. My eyes are starting to blur. 😳

Not bad for 140 stories

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Congratulations Milik!! Brilliant achievement.

Thank you! I really appreciate your saying so

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As far as I've been told, it didn't make it into Lush2. It was a nice thing to know, even if you flirt about in the low thousands instead of the millions.

I suspected as much

I pretty much scoured all the controls before I posted here I couldn’t find a thing

Well, I wish to know, so I guess I’m going to pull up my calculator and grind it out the hard way

Thank you very kindly

I already have my millionaires badge and have earned that quite some time ago.

My question is, is there a place on the site now that list the total views a writer has earned on their stories?

Lush version 1 had that function, but I cannot find it on version 2

The answer may be as simple as just a no and that’s fine but before I pull a calculator and go through 140 stories, I would like to know if there’s a way I can find it on the site

Thank you

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Ooooo clever title! I have heard of Dorian Gray, but googled, and didn’t know about the book. I am going to get it and skim and see how it ended. I’m swamped at work, but made notes on my idea else I’ll forget by tomorrow. :)

we are all looking forward to it

Lol, give Jane my best, or rather, your best

Another sleepless night. Between my recurring insomnia and my beagle freaking out all night because some critters or coyetes were making noises I could not even hear, there was little chance to sleep.

Ah well. Today the Rams play the Colts so I hope they can get back in the winning column. Until then time to fire up Bertha. I have a lovely lady who needs another cup.

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This is a wonderful idea, Kimmi, and I do not doubt that you will knock it out of the park. 😊😘

I had a family day yesterday. Then, in the late afternoon, I logged on to LS with the intent of catching up on the obsession competition stories. I have now managed to read, like and comment on all but three of them!

However, in amongst the wonderful achievements of Milik winning his Ominion badge, I realised that I managed to win one of my own—Forum Guru. 😳 It made me realise that I am spending too long in Rumpies, chatting! 🙄🤣

So today, only writing for me, and then family time late this afternoon. When you open, a strong coffee for me, Lion/Bear, and then a cup of your finest Yorkshire tea every hour. Thank you. 😊

have a great day and good luck with your writing

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I want the Kitty badge

And I actually have a story idea with sex in it. I know, I’m surprised too.

I have the cover, title, and ending. 🙄 The gist is a woman buys an old house the antique mirrors hanging in every room. When she first looks in one, she sees herself in a better light. Her lips look fuller. Hair shinier, styled. Then a man appears behind her in one reflection. Kisses her neck. She sees another man in another mirror behind her reflection. More happens. Her desires grow with each man in each mirror as new sexual kinks are revealed. She doesn’t realize her real self is fading as her reflection grows bolder and brighter, playing with men, losing all inhibitions. The ending is eerie.

I hope I can actually write it.

I love that idea! I hope you write it

And if you don’t, I’m stealing your idea 🤣🤣

Edit that would make a great contest idea

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The satisfaction you feel I can certainly understand and envy. It's just all that hetero stuff that has to be dealt with. Gives me the night terrors.

You know, I get that. Of course the things I find difficult are different than yours, and likey my aversion is not as severe, or as a majority of the genres needed

I grant that.

Omnium requires the writer to delve into things intimately that can disturb us. It's understandable why you would choose not to pursue it.

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Congratulations on this outstanding achievement. I couldn't even daydream of doing such a thing.

It took me years and I can't promise Id set it as a goal if I were starting again, but that is what makes it so satisfying to attain

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Don't be embarrassed! It is me, Verbal. I changed my name for reasons not entirely clear to me, several years later. At any rate, good to see you again. Congrats on the Omnium!

I can't remember shit about anything either.

Hey Fuzzy! Nice to see you as well. Hey Kimmie, hey, James.

A coffee please, with a medicinal gummie dissolving lazily at the bottom of the cup.

Hey Ensorceled/Verbal

Welcome back! gummies, as requested.

Milik, congratulations on the Ominous Badge. Or is it Omnibus?

I get confused sometimes.

Whatever it is, it's way more than I have – and they didn't even need to move the goalposts for me!

Kat, well done on your rehab of your beachfront. It looks amazing!

When's the beach party to celebrate!

You that movie when they said ‘We don't need no stinking badges!’

Yeah, that wasn't me. I need all the stinking badges I can get!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙄

Thank you Mr Bear

Wow. Kim, I am touched. Thank you and all who have already sent their congratulations

Edit. I can’t believe there’s only been 17 people on the site who achieved that

Then again, I can honestly say this was the hardest thing I’ve done here. There’s such diversity in the categories available that sometimes it’s really hard to find a creative way to get there.

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Learning from Sprite... 😊😈

Has anyone mentioned that "Prolific Writer" actually sounds way cooler than "Omnium Badge" holder? 🤣🤣🤣

nope, I like the more mysterious omnium phrase

That’s not gonna work on me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Congratulations Milik.. it's an achievement. There's always something to aim for... just bask in the glory for now... and now I'm off to read your story. I remember how kind Simplicity was the few times we spoke when I was a newbie writer. Congratulations again. S x

thank you so much for the congratulations and thank you for reading my story. I really appreciate it.

David just informed me it's official. I have my badge so THATS DONE!

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Jen was complaining about me not doing anything around here anymore. thinking she's already regretting it.

somebody should tell her to be careful what she wishes for🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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sorrry, just announced a new category https://www.lushstories.com/forum/site-announcements-feedback/new-category-announcement you're still one story short.

I have to admit you had me scared there for a minute

😎🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Sorry, ominonicromiumcon badgers, but yeah, got a new one on its way. Micro-micro. Stories will need to be exactly 1.5 words long. should be up sometime in October.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I KNEW IT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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I want to be the first to congratulate you on winning the Omnium Badge, even if it has yet to appear on your profile. 😊

As you know, I, too, have been slowly working towards gaining this badge. However, as I close in, I wonder what goals are left for me to achieve once I get there.

One suggestion I have made in the past is to have a black, then a silver and then a gold Omnium badge. To win the silver, the author would have to write 2 stories in each genre; for the gold, three. 🙄😊

However, I guess this is currently not the site's top priority.

Black, silver and gold? Oh, my god…

Ahh well. I’m not even going to consider it. My plan right now is to just write stories without thinking of what category they might fit in. At least I’m writing at a pace that is probably 4 times faster than I used to. If ever I get there it will be because my creatively did it on its own.

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Peeking in for some tea and a nibble. I slept poorly, as I have all week. But the noisy vacation renters above me are currently packing to go home and my traveling hubby comes home today! In the meantime some caffeine should help this bit of a nagging headache that is brewing.

Yay for Polar Bears!

I understand how it feels to have a poor night sleep these days. I usually sleep quite well, but I started a keto diet about a month and a half ago and it’s been giving me night after night of restlessness.

I don’t know how much longer I’ll be able to keep at it. I at least have silencer on my house. I couldn’t imagine these days. Would it be like to have noisy neighbors? I feel for you on that one.

With my latest story, I’m celebrating the achievement of earning my omnium badge. I now have a story in every category.

This is also the last story I shared rating credits with my wife, Simplicity

Love is a Battlefield is the story of a volatile couple who loves and fights with equal ferocity.

https://www.lushstories.com/profile/Milik_the_Red

Good morning all. Today is kind of a special one for me. My latest story is the last one Simplicity and I wrote together. And, it’s also the last I needed to complete my Omnium quest. It kind of leaves me with a feeling that I’ve hit a signpost, that one road just ended and now I’m moving on in a different direction

Love is a Battlefield is on the front page but I warn you, this is not my usual fare. It’s contentions, combative and intense.

Much as we were

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How come no one told me there is a David Foster Wallace admirer writing at Lush these days?

Excellent story: https://www.lushstories.com/stories/straight-sex/infinite-minutiae

I hope everyone is well. Nice doggos, Milik. My apologies for not being around lately. I do have an idea for an erotic story, so maybe a comp will present itself that forces me to write it.

In the meantime, I'll be in a back booth with the paper and a coffee.

I'll admit I don't recognize your handle but after looking at your work I'm going to assume I knew you as Verbal. and you better because I’m going to be extremely embarrassed if you’re not.

But thank you about the pups and it’s really good to see you again.

and if I have seen it and forgot, I’m just going to claim that I have CRS

Because I can’t remember shit about anything🤣🤣 it’s

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A year ago tonight, the storm surge from Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on my beach, destroying most of the property grounds of the condo where I live. In the 31 years I have owned my condo, there has never been a hurricane as destructive as this one. A while ago, I promised Kimmie and Bear that I would share photos. I thought I'd share what it looked like in the aftermath, and what it looks like a year later, after so much time, money, and effort have gone into rebuilding. It's not done yet. But the contractors have been working hard, and it looks like Santa might bring me a new garage for Christmas!

that is absolutely gorgeous. What a change.

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Milk the Red. Apologies. I honestly was not referring to you. I was meaning in general. I hear a lot of things about publishing times and other complaints. You are NOT one of those and I know you do not harangue anybody. The quotation was meant to be humorous and I’ve caused offence 😞

Thank you for this and for you reaching out. You were defending the team and that was both Noble and proper to do.

And my apologies to anybody who thought I was being less than polite. And I appreciate Techgoddes for explain explaining some things.