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Rayne, your pappa and I share a liking for Don Williams. On my profile pages is my personal favorite, '
good Old Boys Like Me'
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Quote by KimmiBeGood
Big hugs to all you sweet people. I know some have already been through it with elderly parents. Hugs back to you! You all uplift me in tremendous ways!!![]()
I had a spot of good news. "Tribal Love" is one of my fav series I have written here. Last fall I removed smut, cut it down some, retitled it, and submitted in to a Short Story Anthology contest. I found out today I placed third. Twelve were picked for publication. The book should be out late summer. The publisher is a casting agent I know of because he cast my son as a featured extra in a Hallmark special in 2019. He writes screenplays and also publishes. I get his newsletter and found out about the contest. I have no idea how many entered ... the contest ran last summer thru Dec 1st. I had forgotten about it until I got my notification today. Made me feel good about my writing. They said they will edit some, but not change my voice, storyline. I entered under my real name.
Anyways, and Mom is responding better today too. I guess just goes to show you can be down but something good can always happen in the next instant.
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Quote by KimmiBeGood
Hi Rumpies!
Just poppin in to vent. Everything keeps hitting hard. I had 2 good days then got more upsetting news this afternoon. Mom has suddenly taken a worse turn. The Memory Care staff thinks she may be at the end. Hardest thing ever for me to watch. Today she won't get out of bed or respond. Hoping she's somehow better tmrw.
Anyways, a hot cocoa please to help me sleep. Hope you all are fairing better in this thing called life. Sorry for the sad face. I am trying to find joy and be grateful for things, just hard lately. I know these things are part of life. I have always been sensitive. Trying to regroup ... Lush is a good distraction for me![]()


Quote by PeachesAndDiesel
As you probably know, the Lush UI works a bit different for men and women. But unless you have created a male avatar. you won't know that any measurements involving 'inches' or even a number followed by " automatically has 2 added to it. Even if the number is written out like "six inches", it's changed on the fly to "eight inches". Simple enough trick but it fools a lot of folk!
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Thanks, Rayne! I appreciate the pat on the back! I used to think writing in every category was beyond my scope. Then I realized without even trying I had stories in 28 categories. So, I figured, why not? (Actually, I think it was Kimmi who said, why not? And then told me that I should go for it!). I hit Prolific Writer by December (80% of the categories), and finally made Omnium yesterday. (and yes, you can touch my badge).
I know all about having days when you write not a word. I had three weeks' worth of those in January. Since then, I've been writing pretty much every day. It helps that I am a night owl.
Of course, I won't have a lot of time to write during the first two weeks of April, so I've been fitting in as much as I can now. (My middle kid is getting married). But maybe I will be able to put a dent in my reading queue during that time!
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To be honest I really don’t know. As a lady who is not really a writer I believed I was writing my stories for ladies. As it turned out, most of the comments I receive are from men. I don’t understand why as I never use rude words. I really thought men liked lots of rude words. Shows how wrong I was to prejudge the lovely men of Lush.
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Rayne, I think you have it precisely backwards. Rachel is … sweet (I guess), and is definitely sexy (I've got a not-very-secret crush on her), but I really don't think you need to worry about me picking on her. Quite the other way around. She is the kick-ass enforcer around these parts, and I have ZERO doubt she could kick mine. (Which is why I won't fight fair against her…dropping a piano on her is really only going to slow her down…and it might make her mad as well!)
Now, as for Michelle…well, that's a story. First, she's a witch, and I don't mean that in a derogatory sense. She really is a witch. Second she is hardly what I would call sweet. Amazingly strong, forceful, accomplished, helpful, supportive; all of that, but sweet? I don't think so.
Oh, and she's a Domina who likes little girls like you. A LOT! So, don't say I didn't warn you…
And she's also a very close friend whom I love and adore, so, much as I like you, Rayne, cross her and you cross me. Just sayin'…
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Wet_n_willing she wrote: James, don't pick on Rachel. She seems very sweet (and kinda sexy) to me.
Me, I read all that in a major 'Say what?' mode and now feel compelled to dispense the following bits of bartenderly wisdom:
James, remember that most of the bar's clientele dabble in writing FICTION.
Rayne, since you are new to fiction, let me bring to your attention something called, 'suspension of disbelief'.
And now it's back to some recreational drinking. Anybody want something, like maybe a double or triple?
glasses8
Quote by RumpleForeskin
In my most humble opinion, if you want to become a better writer there are a select few stories at Lush wich you should read, then reread and try to figure out the mechanical, craft-of-writing aspects behind the great read.
I've just finished another one and strongly urge all Rumplators to give it a read. After that, it's your call.
'Deceit' by Laura may contain 'only' one sex scene, but the entire story oozes a sexual ambiance that reminded me of Tennessee Williams' 'Streetcar Named Desire'.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/taboo/-deceit-.aspx
Check it out and let other Rumplators know if you think it's worthy of a, Rumplations Recommended Read (RRR)."
I'll drink to that. So what about the rest of you literary low-lifes?