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Wilful
Over 90 days ago
Straight Cis Male, 49
0 miles · Sydney
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Devil's Advocate
Juno, with an absolute fuckin' passion!
Oh, look at me. I'm all thoughtful and moody and enjoy puzzles, with my anoying folk music.
Granted, I was trying to assemble some poorly drilled flat-pack furniture at the time, which may have clouded my judgement. But still, I stand by my earlier hate-filled ramblings.
Oh, look at me. I'm all thoughtful and moody and enjoy puzzles, with my anoying folk music.
Granted, I was trying to assemble some poorly drilled flat-pack furniture at the time, which may have clouded my judgement. But still, I stand by my earlier hate-filled ramblings.
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My wife's right into the series. She can't get enough. I just got her the box set of books for her birthday next month. If any of you know her, keep it to yourselves.
It's taken me a bit more time to get into it. So many of the characters are just so awful. But I love Daenerys. In our house it's known only as "The Dragon Queen and 55 Minutes of Bullshit"
Although the dwarf's starting to grow on me. And that Stark girl he had to marry doesn't shit me too much.
Mmm...Dragon Queen...
It's taken me a bit more time to get into it. So many of the characters are just so awful. But I love Daenerys. In our house it's known only as "The Dragon Queen and 55 Minutes of Bullshit"
Although the dwarf's starting to grow on me. And that Stark girl he had to marry doesn't shit me too much.
Mmm...Dragon Queen...
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I'm with Dancing_Doll, I thought the first two were great.
The third was okay, but they never should have gone off formula. It wasn't until the closing scene until I was hooked back in. That's where they should have started.
It's a bit like American Pie. The first two had the same structure and were brilliant. The third went off road and suffered for it. Although, I loved the pubes on the wedding cake! Sorry, went a bit off topic there myself.
The third was okay, but they never should have gone off formula. It wasn't until the closing scene until I was hooked back in. That's where they should have started.
It's a bit like American Pie. The first two had the same structure and were brilliant. The third went off road and suffered for it. Although, I loved the pubes on the wedding cake! Sorry, went a bit off topic there myself.
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I got a fairly anonymous email the other day in response to one of my stories on another site, asking if I would be interested in a ghost writing opportunity.
I did a quick search of ghost writing scams online, and most of the warnings seem to be directed at those looking for ghost writers, and ending up with inexperienced writers to write their story. Although others mentioned dodgy agents trying to get content for free, and not paying the writers.
Half a dozen short stories on an erotica site or two certainly doesn't make me qualified to take on such a project. Although, I have to admit that I wouldn't mind having a shot for shits and giggles. But having said that, I'm definitely not going to be a party to someone paying a small fortune to have the likes of me penning their story.
Has anyone else received a similar invitation? And what are your thoughts on this sort of thing?
I did a quick search of ghost writing scams online, and most of the warnings seem to be directed at those looking for ghost writers, and ending up with inexperienced writers to write their story. Although others mentioned dodgy agents trying to get content for free, and not paying the writers.
Half a dozen short stories on an erotica site or two certainly doesn't make me qualified to take on such a project. Although, I have to admit that I wouldn't mind having a shot for shits and giggles. But having said that, I'm definitely not going to be a party to someone paying a small fortune to have the likes of me penning their story.
Has anyone else received a similar invitation? And what are your thoughts on this sort of thing?
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I don't know exactly what it's called, but my old dance instructor wore Valentino V, and I could smell it on my clothes for days afterwards. Oh my... But to be fair, that was probably more her than the scent.
I'm ashamed to say that Sarah Jessica Parker's Lovely is the next closest to arousing my interest. My wife and I must have spent a couple of hours sniffing every perfume in the shop before we finally settled on it. Even now, everything still smells like custard.
And for me, I'm an Armani man.
I'm ashamed to say that Sarah Jessica Parker's Lovely is the next closest to arousing my interest. My wife and I must have spent a couple of hours sniffing every perfume in the shop before we finally settled on it. Even now, everything still smells like custard.
And for me, I'm an Armani man.
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I'm happy to have a look, if you like. But I'm far from a pro.
Copy and paste your story into the body of a message and zap it through. Plain text only. Please do not send any attachments or pictures, hyperlinks etc.
And let me know what you want me to focus on - structure, grammar etc.
Copy and paste your story into the body of a message and zap it through. Plain text only. Please do not send any attachments or pictures, hyperlinks etc.
And let me know what you want me to focus on - structure, grammar etc.
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The "Last Post" call (2nd Post) is used in British Army camps to signal the end of day when the duty officer returns from the tour of the camp and quarters. The "First Post" call marks the start of the inspection. The names are derived from the practice of inspecting all the sentry posts around such a camp at the end of the day, and playing a call at each of them.
In addition to its normal garrison use, the Last Post call had another function at the close of a day of battle. It signalled to those who were still out and wounded or separated that the fighting was done, and to follow the sound of the call to find safety and rest. Its use in Remembrance Day ceremonies in Commonwealth nations has two generally unexpressed purposes: The first is an implied summoning of the spirits of the Fallen to the cenotaph, the second is to symbolically end the day, so that the period of silence before the Rouse is blown becomes in effect a ritualized night vigil.
This custom dates from at least the 17th century, and originated with British troops stationed in The Netherlands, where it drew on an older Dutch custom, called taptoe, from which comes the term Tattoo as in Military tattoo, and also the term Taps.
Have a listen for yourself:
Last Post Youtube
In addition to its normal garrison use, the Last Post call had another function at the close of a day of battle. It signalled to those who were still out and wounded or separated that the fighting was done, and to follow the sound of the call to find safety and rest. Its use in Remembrance Day ceremonies in Commonwealth nations has two generally unexpressed purposes: The first is an implied summoning of the spirits of the Fallen to the cenotaph, the second is to symbolically end the day, so that the period of silence before the Rouse is blown becomes in effect a ritualized night vigil.
This custom dates from at least the 17th century, and originated with British troops stationed in The Netherlands, where it drew on an older Dutch custom, called taptoe, from which comes the term Tattoo as in Military tattoo, and also the term Taps.
Have a listen for yourself:
Last Post Youtube
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I think that's good advice, Rumple. If you can't outdo Dancing_Doll's Hard Candy, please spare the rest of us.
I think the success of her attempt is in the way she keeps it to the "I" and "you" characters. She lets us inside the mind of her first person, but limits her description of the second person to only what her "I" character can observe.
DamonX did the same with Wedding Day, although not quite as seamlessly. Reading both stories, told from different perspectives, I found that I was able to put myself in the place of Doll's "you", like she was telling her story to me, and Damon's "I", like I was reliving it.
Unlike the brief and already tortured example Metilda posted. Don't tell me how to feel, man!
I think the success of her attempt is in the way she keeps it to the "I" and "you" characters. She lets us inside the mind of her first person, but limits her description of the second person to only what her "I" character can observe.
DamonX did the same with Wedding Day, although not quite as seamlessly. Reading both stories, told from different perspectives, I found that I was able to put myself in the place of Doll's "you", like she was telling her story to me, and Damon's "I", like I was reliving it.
Unlike the brief and already tortured example Metilda posted. Don't tell me how to feel, man!