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Skin on skin
Quickening breaths
Flashes of lightning
Thunder roars
Orgasmic release
Quickening breaths
Flashes of lightning
Thunder roars
Orgasmic release
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Summer days and nights
Humid and ephemeral
Sensuality blooms
In the heat
Humid and ephemeral
Sensuality blooms
In the heat
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Yogi Berra was a master of the quotable quote. Here are a few:
“It’s like deja vu all over again.”
“The future ain’t what it use to be.”
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
“Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.”
“It ain’t over till it’s over.”
“It’s like deja vu all over again.”
“The future ain’t what it use to be.”
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
“Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.”
“It ain’t over till it’s over.”
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Congratulations to Liz, Billy, and Lupus. Kudos to those who placed in the top ten. The stories were all incredibly good and interestingly different from each other. Difficult to choose among them and rank them. This only goes to show that even with a less conventional theme the writers on Lush have extraordinary talent. Well done all of you.
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I begin with an idea, usually one that includes some images of both the characters and the situation. I have been told that description is my strong suit so I try to translate these images as I write. Memories of people and places I have been, things I have done, feed my imagination and my writing.
I tend to work it all out in my head before writing a word. The story usually comes to life in big bites. I rarely write anything out of sequence to add in later unless I am particularly inspired with a scene, image or dialogue and am afraid that I will forget the details if I don't write it immediately. I do a lot of writing in my work, so I tend to write quickly. I leave the story when I have run out of words at that sitting and continue again later or the next day.
Words are very important to me. I agonize finding the ones that will express exactly what I want to communicate as I write. There are nuances between words that will cause me to choose one over another and I may edit as I go. I leave the finished story alone for a day before doing a thorough edit, looking for repetition, errors or anything that I think I can improve. I spend quite a while doing this. Once the story is as polished as I can get it, I submit it.
I tend to work it all out in my head before writing a word. The story usually comes to life in big bites. I rarely write anything out of sequence to add in later unless I am particularly inspired with a scene, image or dialogue and am afraid that I will forget the details if I don't write it immediately. I do a lot of writing in my work, so I tend to write quickly. I leave the story when I have run out of words at that sitting and continue again later or the next day.
Words are very important to me. I agonize finding the ones that will express exactly what I want to communicate as I write. There are nuances between words that will cause me to choose one over another and I may edit as I go. I leave the finished story alone for a day before doing a thorough edit, looking for repetition, errors or anything that I think I can improve. I spend quite a while doing this. Once the story is as polished as I can get it, I submit it.
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Could there be a way to turn off the music that some people have on their profiles? It is sometimes inconvenient or inappropriate for that to be heard when on the site.
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Quote by DanielleX
Ummmm... what?
I meant that I hate when people say with regards to instead of with regard to.
Another one is coronate. A king gets crowned not coronated at a coronation.
Similarly a commentator comments on a subject. They do not commentate.
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You send regards to someone if you want to say hello. But it is with/in regard to (singular) when you mean about, not regards as many people say.
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Sorry, you will have to find a way to convey his racism without using that word. We do not allow any racist, homophobic, or other such slurs in stories.
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I am pretty descriptive in my writing. I would suggest that you find ways to work the details of your characters' looks into your narrative. The list of attributes that reads like a description to the police of a missing person with added sexy bits is not the way to do it. For instance, you can say that a female character is tall and redheaded and later say that a male character looked into her green eyes as he spoke to her. You can leave the description of her body to a later point in the story if and when she gets undressed. Feeding the reader the information slowly allows them to build up the picture as they read. Bra sizes and penis lengths are not necessary. Leave room for something to be imagined by the reader.
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Although site rules specify that submissions be in English, we have allowed some foreign language phrases in stories. These are usually translated immediately in brackets, unless it is something like bonjour in French which most people know means hello. You have created a story with much more than a phrase or two in Italian. You have actually stated your choices. You can either rewrite it to be in English only or translate the Italian. You could cut the amount of Italian so that translation would not hinder the telling of your story.
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Granted.
However, this one has never heard of Berkshire Hathaway. Yours lives in Biloxi, Mississippi.
However, this one has never heard of Berkshire Hathaway. Yours lives in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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Everything passes, everything changes. If it's good, enjoy it while it lasts. If not, it will not last forever and the good will come.
So, all we can wish for is the wisdom and courage to deal with both.
So, all we can wish for is the wisdom and courage to deal with both.
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Congratulations to all of you. There were so many great entries that winning has to be doubly sweet.
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It is after 5 PM eastern time right now. This is the first time the site has been stable for any length of time since early yesterday.
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Please remember when you choose an image for your story that it is posted on the public part of the site. This being the case, no hardcore images including genitalia are permitted.
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It is almost the end of the day on the east coast, late evening in Europe, and tomorrow in Oz. Does anyone know when Lelo will announce the winners in the competition?
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I, too, like Alan Furst. Another writer whose books are about same period is David Downing.
I like reading mysteries, but not the usual ones. Henning Mankel is wonderful. There is also a series by Donna Leon about an Italian detective in Venice, Inspector Brunetti. Her books are wonderful because they combine his cynicism about Italian politics and bureaucracy with wonderful descriptions of life in Venice, and of course all of the wonderful meals he has. The stories are complicated and never tied up neatly at the end. There are always moral ambiguities to think about.
I like reading mysteries, but not the usual ones. Henning Mankel is wonderful. There is also a series by Donna Leon about an Italian detective in Venice, Inspector Brunetti. Her books are wonderful because they combine his cynicism about Italian politics and bureaucracy with wonderful descriptions of life in Venice, and of course all of the wonderful meals he has. The stories are complicated and never tied up neatly at the end. There are always moral ambiguities to think about.
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I am a senior story moderator on this site. Publishing stories here is a privilege, not a right. The owner and the moderating team have made an effort over the last two years to raise the level of literacy of the stories published here. We have provided many writing resources and advice with every story rejection as to what to do and how to do it. Along with that, writers have learned and improved their skills. Part of that process is putting in time to edit and perfect their stories. Moderators are here to help you do that, not do it for you.
If you are unwilling to learn and improve, I suggest you take your stories to another site where they will be posted without requiring further work from you. Of course, that would display your problems with written English in public, but with that audience, it may not matter.
I am aware of your communication with the moderators who have tried to help you. If you put that time and effort into improving your stories, they might be published by now.
If you are unwilling to learn and improve, I suggest you take your stories to another site where they will be posted without requiring further work from you. Of course, that would display your problems with written English in public, but with that audience, it may not matter.
I am aware of your communication with the moderators who have tried to help you. If you put that time and effort into improving your stories, they might be published by now.
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I think that it can help you convey the mood of the story. It can give the reader some context as they read your story and provide a starting point for their imagination.