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11-29-2012, 08:36 PM
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Really Really Experienced
Oo_Bugsy is offline
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New Author
Hello there everybody, I'm Bugsy and I am a 'wanna-be' author!
I've been having a browse around and have already found ALOT of useful information aimed at amateur authors.
I appreciate any help, support and/or guidance you lovely people may offer.
Thank you!
Bugsy 
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11-29-2012, 09:05 PM
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Really Experienced
Euphony is offline
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Originally Posted by Oo_Bugsy
Hello there everybody, I'm Bugsy and I am a 'wanna-be' author!
I've been having a browse around and have already found ALOT of useful information aimed at amateur authors.
I appreciate any help, support and/or guidance you lovely people may offer.
Thank you!
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Welcome 
First bit of advice, write
then share
Learn from your comments and strive to improve.
Rinse repeat
Also
Alot means nothing because it is not a word in the English language and therefore should not to be used.
Not busting your chops, its just a mistake I made for years.
Allot - to allocate, distribute, etc
A lot - many, plenty of something
Sometimes people get critical due to grammar. Try your best to roll with it and improve.
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eu·pho·ny
a pleasing or sweet sound; especially : the acoustic effect produced by words so formed or combined as to please the ear.
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11-29-2012, 09:26 PM
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Good little witch.
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A welcome  for the little newbie from the good little witch.
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"When did I go from the good little witch to the not good enough for you little witch?"
"If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my thoughts could tell."
"A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes just a few carefully chosen words can inspire thousands of pictures."
"My! People come and go so quickly here!"
“Technically, a witch is always a lady, except when circumstances dictate otherwise.”
"A from a good witch brings a week of good luck!"
My stories
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11-29-2012, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by glynndah
A welcome for the little newbie from the good little witch. |
Thank you 
Bugsy
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11-29-2012, 10:19 PM
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Wutchu talkin bout Willis
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Welcome to the pistachio Ranch, Bugsy, where the unusual is usual, the bizarre is normal, the sexually perverted is commonplace, morality is relative (usually a crazy aunt who sings hymns to herself), kinky is amusing, gender confusion is routine, underage sex is forbidden but overage sex is and a good time is had by all.
Don't feed the trolls, stay behind the yellow line, submit nude photos of yourself when you reach 100 posts and never pick up the soap no matter how politely you're asked to do so.
Above all, have fun.
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Never be led astray into the paths of virtue.
Artists are misunderstood. Not by people, but by themselves.
Life is but active anguish in a context of flux.
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"Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company." Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens)
"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." Ambrose Bierce
"When my ugly ol' car won't climb the hill, I'll write a suicide note on a hundred dollar bill." 'Heavy Fuel' Dire Straits
"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun ..." 'Only the Good Die Young' Billy Joel
TE's stories: http://www.literotica.com/stories/me...ge=submissions
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11-29-2012, 10:34 PM
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Honourable Slut
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Hullo! I started writing on-line about a year ago and have had the best fun, met some fascinating people and read a lot of amazing stuff as well as being able to share my writing and get great feedback.
I recently started a blogpost where I'm collecting writing about writing, you might find some helpful info there too. Give me some feedback if you think there are ways I can develop it.
http://feministeroticawriters.blogspot.co.uk/
xxx
(PS How do you do that cool icon in the message thing?)
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11-29-2012, 11:42 PM
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Dirty Old Man
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Originally Posted by Oo_Bugsy
Hello there everybody, I'm Bugsy and I am a 'wanna-be' author!
I've been having a browse around and have already found ALOT of useful information aimed at amateur authors.
I appreciate any help, support and/or guidance you lovely people may offer.
Thank you!
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Welcome to the madhouse. Prepare your flame and troll proof underwear carefully and never, I mean never, post in Loving Wives until you have very thick skin. There is an AH library as a sticky at the top of the main page her in the AH. some very good information there. There are quite a few How-To's on writing in the How_To section of the stories list.
Above all, do not be afraid of asking questions. Most people here are very good about answering them.
And last but not least, Tread the General Board at your own risk and alwasy wear a hazmat suit.
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Originally Posted by NaokoSmith
Hullo! I started writing on-line about a year ago and have had the best fun, met some fascinating people and read a lot of amazing stuff as well as being able to share my writing and get great feedback.
I recently started a blogpost where I'm collecting writing about writing, you might find some helpful info there too. Give me some feedback if you think there are ways I can develop it.
http://feministeroticawriters.blogspot.co.uk/
xxx
(PS How do you do that cool icon in the message thing?) |
Check out the post above for more good places to find writterly information. And welcome aboard if I have said so before.
Oh yes, I almost forgot. You will find the smilies to the right side of the posting box and there is a (More) for you guessed it, more smilies.
If you use the quick reply at the bottom of the page I don't think you have the smilie option.
Last edited by TxRad : 11-29-2012 at 11:45 PM.
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11-30-2012, 12:15 AM
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Literotica Tofu
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Euphony
Welcome
First bit of advice, write
then share
Learn from your comments and strive to improve.
Rinse repeat
Also
Alot means nothing because it is not a word in the English language and therefore should not to be used.
Not busting your chops, its just a mistake I made for years.
Allot - to allocate, distribute, etc
A lot - many, plenty of something
Sometimes people get critical due to grammar. Try your best to roll with it and improve. |
The American Heritage Book of English Usage states that “alot is still considered an error in print” but notes that standard words have formed by fusion of the article with a noun, such as another and awhile, and suggests the possibility that alot may like them eventually enter standard usage.
The Cambridge Guide to English Usage also compares alot to awhile. It states alot to be “still regarded as nonstandard” and notes 50 appearances in the British National Corpus, “almost entirely from three sources: e-mail, TV autocue data, and TV newscripts.” It suggests that some usages of alot in typewritten use are to be considered merely typos of the standard a lot though its appearance in handwriting and typescript is “more significant, as the shadow of things to come.”
I say go ahead and use "alot" whenever you like Bugsy. It might not officially exist now, but it will one day.
And welcome to Lit.
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And so, may Evil beware and may Good dress warmly and eat plenty of fresh vegetables
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You sir, are a meaniehead. ~ Vella
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11-30-2012, 01:15 AM
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Literotica Guru
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Welcome! From another wanna-be author.
Write what you love and never fear to share it. You just might be pleasantly surprised in how readers react.
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11-30-2012, 01:44 AM
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Really Experienced
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Originally Posted by Harry Leg
I say go ahead and use "alot" whenever you like Bugsy. It might not officially exist now, but it will one day. |
I really hope you don't apply that logic to stoplights.
"It may be red now but very soon it will be green. I shall proceed."
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11-30-2012, 02:23 AM
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Literotica Tofu
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Originally Posted by Euphony
I really hope you don't apply that logic to stoplights.
"It may be red now but very soon it will be green. I shall proceed." |
Well, I do slow down for red lights
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And so, may Evil beware and may Good dress warmly and eat plenty of fresh vegetables
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You sir, are a meaniehead. ~ Vella
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11-30-2012, 02:23 AM
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No Gentleman
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I use "alot as a vernacular word, in dialogue. And as far as I'm concerned posting here is dialogue. So, I use alot once in a while...
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I really hope you don't apply that logic to stoplights.
"It may be red now but very soon it will be green. I shall proceed." |
"Red means stop. Green means go. Yellow means go very fast."
Jeff Bridges, I think? In the movie "Starman." He was just a baby! |
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11-30-2012, 04:38 AM
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Really Really Experienced
Oo_Bugsy is offline
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Some very interesting replies here
Never use "alot" again: Check
Now for another question thats been bugging me for a while.
Author Name/Username?
Is there anything to picking an Author name? I only ask because I'd like to be known as something a tad more sophisticated than Bugsy.
(Assuming I start writing stories I'd likely start a new account)
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11-30-2012, 04:48 AM
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walking the Earth
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oo_Bugsy
Some very interesting replies here
Never use "alot" again: Check
Now for another question thats been bugging me for a while.
Author Name/Username?
Is there anything to picking an Author name? I only ask because I'd like to be known as something a tad more sophisticated than Bugsy.
(Assuming I start writing stories I'd likely start a new account) |
name of your first pet combined with your mother's maiden name.
... or is that the pornstar name thing?
and what's wrong with bugsy? there are some strange ones out there as it is, bugsy is in no way inappropriate.
beware Loving Wives, it can get scary in there ... but fun too. |
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11-30-2012, 05:01 AM
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Really Really Experienced
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Originally Posted by geronimo_appleby
name of your first pet combined with your mother's maiden name.
... or is that the pornstar name thing?
and what's wrong with bugsy? there are some strange ones out there as it is, bugsy is in no way inappropriate.
beware Loving Wives, it can get scary in there ... but fun too. |
Perhaps you're right. I should stick with what I know :P
As for loving wives, after watching my parents go through a divorce I tend to stay away from wives as a general rule.
If I don't venture into 'No Man's Land' I wont lose what is precious to me!
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11-30-2012, 10:27 AM
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walking the Earth
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Originally Posted by Oo_Bugsy
Perhaps you're right. I should stick with what I know :P
As for loving wives, after watching my parents go through a divorce I tend to stay away from wives as a general rule.
If I don't venture into 'No Man's Land' I wont lose what is precious to me!
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11-30-2012, 05:04 PM
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Honourable Slut
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Originally Posted by Oo_Bugsy
Is there anything to picking an Author name? I only ask because I'd like to be known as something a tad more sophisticated than Bugsy.
(Assuming I start writing stories I'd likely start a new account)
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I use the same name as I do when I publish elsewhere on the net, including for work I charge for and when I work on my blogs. You may want to consider using a more 'ordinary' name to help create an identity associated with work you are writing elsewhere.
Bunny Malone?
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