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That's what he said to me 🤪

rolling my eyes at both of you now

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Congrats to the winners. I was really impressed with the storylines. Shout out to all who entered, always a challenge writing for a Comp.🍺

Jen is hot.

please stop flirting with my girlfriend or i will be forced to hurt you.

well, fuck. i was sure that the best i'd do would the bottom of the contender's list... wow. shout out to ShyThespian for writing a story that so deserved 1st place and to Katie the writer - always love seeing new names on the podium. a lot of great stories in the top 10 too who should be really proud of themselves. and again, well, fuck.

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Not that I have an interest in this, but what time are competition winners usually announced on awards day? 🤣

whenever Jen hauls her lazy ass out of bed. i do my best to get her up, but she's stubborn.

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it was an accident! sheesh.

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I doubt we can underestimate what you are capable of...

i am sweetness and light as you well know. 😇

currently in the works: new ketchup chapter, new alice chapter, and new Vandermeer chapter. also thinking of writing a stand-alone story. just cause.

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This is a cry for help more than a "What am I working on."

I've got partly done continuations of the MILF story and a few others, which is not unusual for me. I tend to have more than one project on the go and flip between them as inspiration and a scene idea develop in my head during the day. I have a new story, based on a TV program, underway too.

BUT. . .

Here is my problem, my writing mojo has unexpectedly gone on strike without notice and try and I might I just can't seem to kick start it again. I've tried re-reading my and other stories and just generally browsing around and chatting to a few online friends - without wanting to bore or bother them.

I have also tried to just sit and force myself to add a couple of hundred words to a scene, but it feels and reads as very dull and forced.

Normally I can daydream and "see" a scene - sometimes a whole story will come into focus and I have trouble remembering it all and jotting it down when I get a chance in private. Lately, it is as if I've gone from full HD and colour to a grainy B&W imagination and struggle to develop ideas.

If anyone has a cure or advice to get back to writing I would be very grateful

when this happens to me, i just put the writing aside for a while and work on one of my other hobbies. eventually you'll feel the desire to write again, but forcing it never works - warning - this is why there's a huge gap of time between chapters in some of my series

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The more stories I read in the Comp the more I realize y'all have criminal minds. You've all thought about this before, haven't you? 🤣

Some great stories so far and I'm just getting started. Really compelling plots and plenty of sexual sizzle!

thought about it? some of us have actually done it. not saying who.

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I still remember your Anti-Valentine competition-winning entry, Rachel. It was one of the cleverest stories I have ever read here.

i still hate valentine's day, btw.

power is out again. raccoons have formed a gang and have built catapults and a battering ram to assault casa de sprite. oh, and Kate was eaten by a bear. please send help.

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I live to be fangirled over.

you are such a slut.

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Edgar Rice Burroughs. Best known for Tarzan and John Carter of Mars but had a lost world called Pellucidar or something like that.

don't forget the land that time forgot & the people that time forgot which also had n*zis in it.

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Who is ERB? (I know I'll be embarrassed.) All this dinosaur talk got me thinking about being a kid. I was into dinosaurs too but by far my number one thing was NASA and space missions. I still have a bunch of NASA stuff from Apollo missions including a wire photo of the Apollo 11 first moon landing.

I can't remember when I read HG Wells but that was the first time travel story i remember. You should definitely do a lost world and/or time travel story! With dinosaurs. and i just learned about dinos and non-dinos i never heard of. Lush is very educational.

I 'acquired' 3 dinosaurs once kind of by accident...long story...😇

edgar rice burroughs. And since you tossed in Wells, how about JVerne too.

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. I have a longstanding plan to write either a lost world or time travel story involving dinos but it's kind of languishing right now.

do it. i would love that. kind of like ACDoyle or ERB?

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Holy Hell, Rachel! I'm so glad you and Kate are okay. HUGS!

I tried to take a walk this morning, but the wind was whipping, and 63 F felt WAY colder. We went from hotter than normal to colder than normal. I'm ready for some normal temperatures, Mr. Weatherman, please, and thank you!

Sadly, I think my pickleball days are over. I guess we shall see when my arm and shoulder are fully healed (if that ever happens). My oldest daughter reminded me that I am ambidextrous and should retrain myself to play left-handed. I'm contemplating that plan.

Found out last night that they MIGHT be able to clear the pool of debris and get it running by the end of January instead of March as we were originally told. I have my fingers crossed because my brother will return for his three-month stay, and we depend on swimming as his only real source of exercise. And, although we are allowed to use the pool two doors down, their pool is elevated and requires steps (which he can't do) or taking the elevator...and theirs is currently broken, thanks to Helene.

Hope all y'all have a great end to your week!

we made fireplace s'mores last night and as of 4am this morning we have power. just in time for the next storm to hit sometime today. hoping for a quick clean up for you, Kat, as well as a full recovery.

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Oh my! Rach, all I can say is … I'm glad you and Kate are okay.

And yes, BC is getting hit just as hard. The cyclonic bomb has hit more or less the entire Wet Coast.

I'll ship some Jameson's out by Polar Bear Express. That should alleviate some of the pain at least.

As for moving to Canada … I've had three requests from Lushies to occupy our Pool House. So far, I have offers to become our Pool Girl, Lady Jay has an offer for a Ladies Maid, and I've been … let's just say I've been offered and leave it at that.

But the process of moving here ain't simple, and if you're over 50 it can be more than slightly sticky.

Meanwhile, let's get caffeine started. And I'll leave bottles of bourbon and Jameson's on the counter for those who need some extra bracing. Plus some whipped cream and sugar if folks want to make Irish (or American) coffees for themselves.

You fill the position for fluffer yet?

the bottom picture is near us...

we lost our fence. went by Ilse's place this evening to check on it - she and her husband are vacationing. back porch and the hot tub are demolished. several broken windows. our power is still out. thankfully we have an actual wood burning fireplace and Kate picked up stuff for s'mores, so we're making do. another storm due to hit early this morning. fingers crossed.

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Yep. My friend on the island says her trailer park got pretty messed up. Sounds like it was worse down your way though. Take care.

yeah, this is a pretty typical scene up here right now...

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People think Canada's weather is bad? We just get a bit of snow and a few chilly days. Hoping the best for y'all. I'll have and recommend hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps, its quite medicinal.

Vancouver got hit too, so yeah, Canada weather is bad.

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Writing again?

I let slip yesterday you are the ONLY person here I have ever collaborated with.

Scarred you for life, yeah?😜

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Writing again? :)

I let slip yesterday you are the ONLY person here I have ever collaborated with.

How did it go. Btw? Too busy battering down the hatches to take a peek in the room.

Please send clean underwear. That is all.

9 times out of 10 i refer to myself as well as other women, as girls. using women, ladies, or females just sounds a little formal to me.

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Madness

We're all doomed.

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We need a scale on the site that shows how drunk the mods are. That way we can submit our worst, most rule-breaking, stories when they are totally tanked and unlikely to notice. 🥴

When I'm smashed I usually just go in and delete all submissions.

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You need to decide what side you are on. Immigration or not. On one hand you are saying that everyone deserves charity and we should allow illegal border crossings for those desperate for a better life (though not everyone has that agenda) or, applaud the government for sending people back because that figure or 775k, sounded like a flex.

And then you need to ask yourself (yourselves), why the need to ramp it up? I'll tell you why. They had a shit load of people here they could chose from, so they picked the low hanging fruit to send a message to us that they are getting tough on immigration because there was an election looming and they knew their open border policy would give swing voters a reason to vote for Trump. But then I have to ask, why are people so upset about Trump sending people back when Biden is already doing it? Well, not Biden himself. Last video I saw he was having trouble navigating the sand hills on some beach.

Actually, I don't need to do anything. I voted, and I have a clean conscience about my vote. simple as that.

fyi, the mod team took a vote and decided that all story modding should be done while drunk. just giving you all a heads up in case shit goes sideways.

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Ha! You adore me because I talk back.

adore is not quite the right word. try something else that starts with an A

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Hey all. I haven't been around lately at all. My apologies. Even more rudely, I am here to promote something.

I'm doing a Meet a Writer thing here next week, with the ebullient Molly D! When: November 20th, 12 AM GMT (7 PM EST & November 21st 10 AM AEST) Where: The Lush Chatrooms (There will be a "Meet the Author's Event Room" accessible from the Lounge). We'll talk about writing, share a few stories, chill together. Show up and ask me an embarrassing question! I'll answer!

I'll buy a round for the house since I'm here.

i'd love to, but seriously, 4PM my time on a weekday? some of us have jobs, buddy.