My younger sister killed herself back in 1986. There isn't a day that goes by that I wonder if I'd had been a better brother to her that she'd be alive today. Our whole family accepted the fact she was a lesbian and didn't really care as long as she was happy. Somewhere between my getting out of the Navy in 1979, getting married, moving away and having children she got caught up in a nasty relationship, involved with drugs and lost herself. Maybe....just maybe if I had been closer to her and talked with her more she might be alive today.
Pleased with my marathon training progress.
A male Wood Duck idling swimming across our pond.
Miss Congeniality
Slim Pickens
Not a bad thing to be doing or thinking about.
I like comments on my stories good, bad or indifferent. I always reply back and answers questions or explain things. I try and comment on the stories I've read. I may not comment right away but I will comment.
What azure blue actually looks like.
Just wondering what categories have been added because of this thread.
Good morning, afternoon, evening Barbielicious. I hope life is treating you well.
Retired Operating Engineer
Swim, run, bike, walk, row, weights.
I loved it once a long time ago. Then it changed. People sitting behind desks started telling me how to do my job when they had no clue what I actually did. The commute changed in the evening so that I was stuck in my car for up to 90 minutes for a 40 minute commute. I checked my bank accounts, talked to my wife and after 18 years of that job I retired. I was hoping to do 20. I'm much happier now, less income but much happier.
It took a bit but I figured it out.
I'm sure there are lots of studies about this somewhere online. I have read that if you masturbate to porn a lot it can slow you down since you're thinking porn instead of the person you're with.
Hopefully, Lush will get back to normal soon as far as approving stories. Then I'll see how Lush readers feel about my writings. Trying to keep each chapter interesting and also have sex in it can be frustrating and fun at the same time.
This gives me something to think about when my stories just sit there. I'll remember why I write to begin with when something isn't as well received as I thought it might be. Just because I think it's great doesn't mean anyone else will. Thanks!
Are they putting you in that outfit or taking you out?
I'm writing more and more with some sort of change for my lead character. It's usually life changing for the good for them. So........Happy.
Sometimes I think about it, sometimes not. I don't believe most readers take the time to discover what a character's name means.
Anna,
I wish I knew the answer to that. I used version 4.1.1 on the Mac with Yosemite and 4.1.2 on the PC with windows 10. They both screwed up.
That sucks because I came to this conclusion after trying Open Office on my PC (windows 10) and Macbook. I used different fonts and the results were always the same. The various moderators who reviewed my stories couldn't figure it out either. Next time I'll post a disclaimer. "your results may or may not be the same as mine".
Thanks for the input.
I've submitted stories using Open Office and have been rejected three times due to spaces in my dialog at the beginning of the line.
The reason is that Open Office puts a space between the quotation mark and the first letter when starting a line in dialog. I found that using my Macbook and the word processor there that problem didn't occur.
So, if you get rejected for that reason......Open Office is the problem.
I'm at the end of chapter three of a story and at that point I'm changing the perspective form one "first person" to a different "first person" and then back again. I was just wondering if this transition works without confusing the reader. Here is the initial transition and the return:
Start:
By the time we got back to the house Lisa had left. We all sat down for lunch. That's when Maggie decided to tell us a little story about what happened after we went to bed.
“I waited until you and Jolene were asleep or at least your door was closed. Then I went to Lisa's room. She was topless and feeling no pain. Dressed only in her panties getting ready for bed. She was about to go brush her teeth when I slipping though the partially open door.”
Return:
"I took the card and told her thank you once more. We hugged again and I headed off to bed."
Jolene and I sat there silently as Maggie finished her story taking it all in.
Thoughts or questions greatly appreciated.
Juvenile Western Scrub Jay I took one sunny afternoon. I like taking photos of birds.
