RRs are handed out to stories that deserve them. period. i have handed them out to friends as well as to people i've never spoken with before. a little history - the RR was developed in order to showcase some writers who are excellent and haven't gotten the exposure that some of those more outgoing have gotten - we keep that in mind. for every "friend or fellow mod" that i've given an RR to (and i think that Dancing Doll's were well earned, as were Jaymal's, quite honestly) i've made it a point to give one to someone whom i admire and have never even spoken to. That's why you'll see RRs on people like TamLin or Feather Watt or Metilda or Alexanrda A - excellent writers who are either new to the site or have flown under the radar here.
yes, when it was first introduced, a lot of us made it a point to honor some of the older writers who deserved them in the past - now, though, it's more a matter of reading a new story and being so wowed that you want to do more than just leave a comment - btw, if i give something an RR - i always leave a vote and comment. that's fairly common practice among the mods when they are able.
so, to answer your underlying question, OMKN - no, they are not based on favoritism - feel free to compare my friends list to the RR list if you have the time. you'll find my friends woefully under-represented. and please, in the future, if you have an accusation to make, be direct. i'm not fond of insinuations.
girls with colorful hair, blues, green, pinks, purples... mm... just so fun and sexy and creative!
how NOT to deal with a rejected story: verbally assault the mod who rejected it either in public or in private. apparently that is a new, and very disturbing, trend here.
once, i took 3 loads to the dump - this was before i bought my pickup, obviously - now i can haul a lot more and can usually get it all with one load.
just a note:
we are member just like everyone else who have taken on the responsibility of making sure that the stories on this site are quality stories. this is for the benefit of both readers and writers. hey, you don't always have to agree with us, but if you approach us with the same respect we show you, like Annie said, we will usually be open minded about figuring out a solution - at the very least, we will explain the issue.
that all said, too often people DO throw tantrums and blow things out of proportion which doesn't help anybody. seriously, if you don't like a mod's decision, talk to them like an adult - this IS an adult site. don't go bad mouthing them or voting down their stories. really, it's not helping your case. trust me, i try really hard to keep our writers happy to the point of bending over backwards for some of them when i can. we've had for too many nasty responses lately to content or technical issues this week - if you're getting a story back, it's for a good reason, people, not just cause some power hungry mod has nothing better to do - you DO realize that every time we reject a story, it's doubling our work load, right? because it means we have to mod it a second (or third, fourth, sometimes fifth time!)!
thank you
Pandora. your story is now published. I took the time to make numerous corrections - hopefully this is a learning experience for you - i sent you a msg with advice - heed it. the next one is all on you. compare what i did with what you gave me to work with. please. if you want to be a good writer, the onus is on you to work at improving your craft rather than letting someone else fix it for you.
thank you.
sprite
senior story mod
lush stories.
you know, it's like getting a tattoo - if you want it, you want it. seen some very lovely breast jobs, honestly, and some kind of suspect ones. most of the time, you can't really tell, tho, that someone's had them done.
as much as i hate to admit it, i fart. not constantly, but it happens. burp too. Kate does it as well. the human body is a wonderful thing. now, if someone was constantly gassy, it would become an issue, mostly because that's usually a result of bad eating habits - fixable eating habits and seriously, it would become annoying after a bit, specially it they're smelly farts!
as for peeing, really, if i'm intimate enough to have sex with someone, i'm intimated enough to pee in front of them on occasion, or be peed in front of (shut up everyone who knows about my watersport fetish). pooping tho, nope - that's a private matter - don't want to see it or be seen. as for skid marks, yeah, i'm with doll on that one - i mean, come on, wipe, people!
speaking of facebook, how come we don't have the opportunity to play Candy Crush Saga here? (waves good bye second before Nicola deletes my account)
