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I accidently went into "ghost" mode and I see the ghost icon in the top left of my screen. But how do I get out of it?

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The lesson for all should be to, "BACK THE FUCKING THING UP" to something besides main memory. I mostly use an IPad now (love this fricking thing for it's convenience) but I'm getting the high end IBM pad. The options for file save are an order of magnitude better. It's a real pain in a very soft spot on this.

I've looked at scrivener but I prefer Word, another reason to go back to IBM. On the IPad I use Textilus. It's in the APP store and it's free to start. The purchased version has a couple enhancements but it basically works under any IOS system. I never liked Macs because of the case sensitivity. That started because of file name lengths but that problem went away 20 years ago and it's still there. You can write a book in the file name now. Well, almost.

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that means they also have worked on my story which was published a couple of months ago, but now it got rejected seven times, and I asked 'WHY?'

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Yeah it was explained. They didn't like the title. I read some of his stuff. He is okay. I wouldn't call great but that's just me. Apparently to you he is a great writer and that's all that matters. Keep reading and enjoying his stories. I have message in my box. And they are not the same person. The that declined a story because of the title was female.. I just found it ood that he would decline my story to the site yet want to read more of my stories.

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I had a story declined because the person that read it didn't like the title. I'm not bsing you. I had one Editors not give me any reason for why the story was declined. But said they liked the story and would like to read other stories of mine. And his name-o was B-u-z-z. I in so many words told Buzz he would not be able to write like me no matter how of my stories he read. I've had some some odd experiences with trying to post things. I told my dad about that and he urged me to stop giving away stories for free. I took his advice.

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Yeah I know. Its called transion. I do it so well. Not something easily done. Normally I would have written as such:
She just stood there and looked at it; her lips water at the sight of this plump and tasty looking thing, her eyes widens in anticipation."
It is a technique I made up. I called it the transitional sentence. But people don't like it when I use ";" on this site.
So what you are telling me is either way I am going to get criticized so I might as well use the ;

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She just stood there and looked at it. Her lips water at the sight of this plump and tasty looking thing. Her eyes widens in anticipation. The weird feeling in her stomach reminds her why she is here. She's had this feeling before,many times, but never like this. I mean it's just so big; she can't help but want it, so she grabs it and puts it in her mouth. The flavor runs down her throat and she can't help but think: man, that's one tasty drum-stick.
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See how I used the word stood? Just comes down to how you use it.

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Begats?

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Yea, Im changing up my pattern. (the guy who chased me down freaked me out a bit honestly ("I know you work out a lot. I see you running here all the time" what?!) Plus I always carry a(well maintained) knife in a sheath in my bra.

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Clare at it as revenge for you eating her Mars bar

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Sorry, I am a nerd engineer and this is what I did for 35 years. I designed weapons systems then became a digital simulation expert. I never did believe in analog.

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Hang on...

If you are REALLY a supernatural being, and if you have wings, (unless they are on a panty-liner) I'm guessing that you ARE, I don't think you should be allowed enter. It's unfair. Like if I was a real vampire...

xx Steph

Nicola: "It's nearly Dawn, Steve..."

Me: "I know, I'm leaving..."

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For the record, I don't appreciate the insinuation that I am lying.

1. Simply Sweets email is NOT in my email box.
2. My story was NOT showing while I was logged off EXCEPT on my page and in the MILF category.
3. The time stamps on my story show that you could see the story from my page or the MILF category BUT NOT from the main page.
4. Wow, I wonder if that happened to you, how you'd like that result.

Thanks for the comment about the highest number of views but my POINT was, where did my story go??

Everyone who publishes here has the opportunity for the maximum number of views by way of the first page. I feel VERY slighted ..... I don't know what happened - and I don't like that it even happened. No one should have this happen with a re-verification .... goodness. It's just not fair when we all would like our stories to reach maximum viewers .... and quite frankly, regardless of the amount of view the story has from my page / the MILF category, it would have been viewable by MANY more.

sigh

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Thank you Liz for whatever you did when you checked.

Let me assure you, my story was not on the front page after re-submitting it. I just checked my emails now (to verify the time I received the second approval) and .... the email from "Simply Sweet" is no longer in my inbox. Wonder why??

I resubmitted my story after removing the word "Of" in the first paragraph. It took about 2 hours to get the re-verification email from Simply Sweet. When I checked my page, it was showing, but it was not on the main page of Lush. I thought it would take a bit, but ..... when I checked 3 hours later it still was not showing. Approximately 5 hours after my last checking, it was not on the front page or on page two, yet it showed on my page and in the MILF category of stories.

So where was my ghost story for approximately 8 hours???

I signed in shortly before submitting the OP here, and the story showed up. I logged off, and it was NOT there.

You may think my story was showing, but I can tell you, it was not. I do not think it is anywhere FAIR that my story was a ghost for 8 hours and then when you did your magic it is now on the second page.

Every other writer/author here would complain that this is wrong.

Also, as I stated in my OP ... because I could not see my story logged off, I didn't know where it was. When I logged on, because I have a few categories "blocked" .... what I saw was my story between "Michelle's sexual awakening" by RobertL and "Alone he stands" by LittleRed.

Honestly .... this is not right. Every story gets it shot at being on the front page for X amount of hours. Mine, did not get the full value of being on the first page.

Based on what I saw yesterday, my story should have been on page on until pretty close to the time I posted my OP.

I am NOT happy with this.

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I submitted my story "The Secretary and The Student" on May 11 around 5pm. I did a small edit and it was resubmitted. No problem with that.

First thing, when I am not logged on, my story is not showing on page 2. It should be between "Michelle's sexual awakening" by RobertL and "Alone he stands" by LittleRed .... when I log on, it is there. What is going on with this???

Secondly, two comments on my story have been "undefined" .... what is that???

Anyone else finding that their story is not showing on the pages when logged off?

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Just had a weird one. I changed the email address on my account last week. Most of my Lush notifications (PM notices, forgot password messages, etc.) are going to the new address. However, this morning a thread watch notification went to the old address. Are there other places where an email address is stored besides the one in Personal Details or was this just a fluke? (PS. I'm putting a watch on this thread so we'll see where notices from it go).

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Lilith vs Ursula

Does this title catch your attention? It's for the new competition and a good title is eluding me.

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I have this story which was published under a category which no longer exist on Lush, I edited it and changed it title and contents but forgot to edit the tags. I have submitted it and now I can't edit the tags. What should I do before moderators find my story violating some new terms and conditions?
Can I just go to 'My Stories' and delete it and then resubmit again?