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[michchick98]

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[sarahhh]

You take a simple comment about your covers not being good enough for mainstream publishing

I didn't do the cover for a mainstream publisher, I did it for ScouriesWorld, specifically for a classic tail of sucking and fucking, knocked-up style, by Literotica's favorite nobility.

Hey, the Duke of Quim is happy with it, so go fuck yourself, since nobody else will.

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[sr71plt]

Here’s a question for LITEROTICANS: Should a story that’s never been completed be pulled from the site? A story that has left the readers hanging (and pissed off).

Ideally, yes. If a next chapter doesn't post within a couple of weeks, I'd like to see it pulled. But then I don't think it's much of a story if it rambles on forever with the author posting segments before finishing the entire thing. I certainly wouldn't want to read that story.

I know it's the same form as a TV Soap Opera--but I was in one of those for a while--and never did take it as serious art.

Do we as authors have a responsibility to finish our stories in a timely manner?

No. Unless you can point to a posted rule to that effect.

Or should the QUEEN take the responsibility to delete them?

No, unless you can point to some acceptance of such responsibilities by the Web site editors. I don't see how they have time to push the posting button on your stories let alone going around and tightening up the archives.

 

[Darkniciad]

Now who's "stealing ideas"

I already addressed this, in a way that's actually workable and doesn't require thousands of man hours.

You -- as usual -- are endulging your necessity to validate your own inflated opinion of yourself by pretending to express the will of "the readers" or championing the "good of the site".

All you're doing is finding new and more delusional ways to ignore your own inadequacies by denigrating everybody else.

 

[scouries]

QUOTE d.b. Now who's "stealing ideas" I already addressed this, in a way that's actually workable and doesn't require thousands of man hours. You -- as usual -- are endulging your necessity to validate your own inflated opinion of yourself by pretending to express the will of "the readers" or championing the "good of the site". All you're doing is finding new and more delusional ways to ignore your own inadequacies by denigrating everybody else.

I must have missed it when you addressed it. And it would be hard to call it “stealing ideas” if I post comments that were made publicly by others. I’m simply highlighting for forum readers some of the thoughts of our readers just in case they’ve missed them.

Nor do I suggest a solution (which apparently you did) nor am I sure where I stand on the question. Most of LITEROTICA’S authors are professed amateurs (of course my ROYALTY earnings preclude me from claiming that status) and hence can’t be expected to be held accountable.

“Denigrating everybody else”? C’mon d.b. you don’t need these bullshit comments! Grow up.

I have some stories up at the end of which I promised a second chapter/sequel – promises I so far haven’t kept in spite of my good intentions. I don’t feel bad about my stories that were complete and the sequel was going to be another complete story. But I do feel bad about the two or so that weren’t completed – those I’m in the process of deciding whether I’ll finish them or take them down.

I simply happened on the story I highlighted (actually the story was reported to Gabby by someone who noticed that it had 100+ comments and she mentioned it to me). It’s certainly not the only example of an author leaving the reader hanging but the tone and number of the comments suggests that it’s been one of the most noted cases of it.


I’m james r scouries and I’m a 100,000 view THREADMASTER…

[size=+2]Dolphins think Illinois sucks…[/size]

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[Darkniciad]

I must have missed it when you addressed it. And it would be hard to call it “stealing ideas”

That's because of something else I point out frequently: Your reading comprehension ability is so minimal as to be non existent. I addressed this issue in the same post for which you accused me of stealing your ideas.

That's because when I look at a problem, I look at it from a realistic position that addresses all the connected issues, and try to come up with a solution that encompasses the whole of the problem in a manner that might actually be within the ability of the site owners to enact.

You, on the other hand, beat tiny pieces of the problem to death, offering nothing except loud, nasally whining, jabs at other writers who had twice as much skill and talent when they were in grammar school as you'll ever have, and a healthy dose of your delusional sense of self-worth, all cloaked in your fictional role as champion of the little people and greatest writer to ever pick up a pen

Then, when the going gets tough, you roll out the inflate-an-alt to play interference for the reality jabbing at you, while you stick your fingers in your ears and repeatedly chant your fictional life story until you believe it again.

 

[scouries]

QUOTE d.b. Your reading comprehension ability is so minimal as to be non existent. I addressed this issue in the same post for which you accused me of stealing your ideas.

That's because when I look at a problem, I look at it from a realistic position that addresses all the connected issues, and try to come up with a solution that encompasses the whole of the problem in a manner that might actually be within the ability of the site owners to enact….

Then, when the going gets tough, you roll out the inflate-an-alt to play interference for the reality jabbing at you, while you stick your fingers in your ears and repeatedly chant your fictional life story until you believe it again

Jesus, clearly somebody had a bad weekend! You’ve got to learn to relax over the weekend. And hey, do you have to take out all your hostility on yours truly?

You are right though – we do look at problems differently. I see the big picture and identify the main problems. You on the other hand take the problems my type of person identifies and then sets about fixing them.

I’m the policy maker – you’re the bureaucrat.
I’m the scientist – you’re the engineer.
I’m the police chief – you’re the shift sergeant.
I’m the plant manager – you’re the night foreman.

Both valuable in their own way. We both have our places in the grand scheme of things. We need each other. Which is fortunate.

BTW I wonder if you could shed light on a little problem I’ve encountered.

I tried to submit a story the other day with a title that comprised 42 letters and/or spaces in it. For some reason the submission thing wouldn’t take that many. I tried three times and kept getting rejected. So finally I had to change the title on the fly (which wasn’t a good idea). It seemed to take a maximum of only 35 or so.

Anyway it seemed strange but I said what the hell and went on to something else.

Then this a.m. I read two things that brought the question back to mind.

One, mr harddaysknight mentioned in answering one of his comments that he too had changed his title at the last second to fit it in. Like I had to I thought as I nodded my head.

But then I noticed a story on today’s NEW STORY page called, “Teresa Scalia: Spying Comes with Consequences” and it seems to have forty something letters/spaces. And what about “The Adventures of Nikki Nipples Nicastro Ch. 03” which also debuted today and it has some 47 letters/spaces.

Which seems to have way more letters/spaces than I was allowed. WTF?

Are lesbians allowed more letters? Is there a secret switch I missed?

I wonder if you (or any other interested reader/expert) could clarify this conundrum for me.


I’m james r scouries and I’m a 100,000 view THREADMASTER…

[size=+2]Dolphins have some policy ideas too…[/size]

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[sr71plt]

I’m the policy maker – you’re the bureaucrat.
I’m the scientist – you’re the engineer.
I’m the police chief – you’re the shift sergeant.
I’m the plant manager – you’re the night foreman.

You the blowhard - Darkniciad a real person

Darkniciad needed? Yes. You? Not so much.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Anybody got any advantages for the MAINSTREAM publisher to counter this rather substantial disadvantage?

Volume.

Are you deaf? Or, er... blind?

The mainstream publisher has more cash to outlay for marketing, a bigger presence (just being on Amazon doesn't sell books, sweetheart) and a larger audience than a self-published author on their own.

Self-published printing is not where the money is at in erotica. Ebooks are. If you want to make money in PRINT, go to a mainstream publisher. Samhain is a good one for erotica. Cleis is another. Ellora's Cave used to have the honor, but they're slipping.

If you're not talking about erotica, then find an agent. Or try the slush pile.

 

[sarahhh]

I know it's the same form as a TV Soap Opera--but I was in one of those for a while

The very first soap opera most likely. You know, "Bend Over for the Soap."

Hey, you better update the back of your book covers with the new info. You know, add it to the part about you being a male model, film actor, pilot, spy, and diplomat.

 

[sarahhh]

Volume.

Are you deaf? Or, er... blind?

If you're not talking about erotica, then find an agent.

So educate me then, Queen eXcessica.

Start with erotica. What defines whether a book is erotica or not? Are all the books your eXcessica empire publishes erotica?

Your submissions consultant and author of a book on publishing, Ace, is too busy working on his updated bio for the back of his books to be of much help to me lately.

 

[sr71plt]

The very first soap opera most likely. You know, "Bend Over for the Soap."

Hey, you better update the back of your book covers with the new info. You know, add it to the part about you being a male model, film actor, pilot, spy, and diplomat.

Nope, it was one of the first soap operas, but not that one.

Oh, by the way, there are questions you haven't answered:

What's your claimed new book on? When will it be finished? Who is your publisher? Do you dare put it up against other books by people around here on comparison lists?

 

[scouries]

[size=+3]GOOD NEWS!!!![/size]

I’m not going anywhere after all!

Listen I’ve always been happy here. The company is good and I’m making enough to put gas in my yacht.

But then I started hearing from the competition. But I wasn’t budging for a few bucks more. Not me! I’m a loyal sorta guy and the QUEEN’S always tried to do her best for me. Kind of.

But then I heard about all these RETENTION BONUSES everyone’s paying. WTF? Some clown at AIG or Chase or eXcessica who doesn’t know anything is getting a couple of million bucks so he won’t quit and go somewhere else (where the hell is he gonna go anyway – he’s some loser who’s taken his company to the brink of bankruptcy).

Anyway my accountant Jacqui asked me the other day if I was due a RETENTION BONUS and I had to tell her no. The little sweetie didn’t say anything but the look in her eyes said it pretty clearly, “what’s wrong with him, how come he doesn’t rate a bonus”.

Which got me thinking.

So I called the QUEEN ! Went right to the top.

Anyway, to make a long story short I now have a RETENTION BONUS. And President Obama has okayed it.

So I’m not going anywhere… just wanted to let you all know…

I’m james r scouries and I’m a 100,000 view THREADMASTER…

[size=+2]Dolphins would like some bonuses…[/size]

p.s. and I’ve been promised a title…

 

[sr71plt]

I’m not going anywhere after all!

You've only now noticed? Several of us have been trying to point that out to you for some time.

 

[jomar]

Mr. Scouries, sir. How on earth can your post count be so low? Are there problems in your post counting department?

 

[TxRad]

Mr. Scouries, sir. How on earth can your post count be so low? Are there problems in your post counting department?

If ya add all his alts together you get about 2800 posts

 

[TxRad]

So educate me then, Queen eXcessica.

Start with erotica. What defines whether a book is erotica or not? Are all the books your eXcessica empire publishes erotica?

Your submissions consultant and author of a book on publishing, Ace, is too busy working on his updated bio for the back of his books to be of much help to me lately.

More silly questions that you'll pretend mean something and that you won't understand all with more barbs that mean nothing also. Same old shit, different day.

 

[scouries]

QUOTE jo jo Mr. Scouries, sir. How on earth can your post count be so low? Are there problems in your post counting department?

Well I could mention the old adage about quality and quantity...

…Or point out that the true giants who post here (such as [size=+2]sarahhh [/size] and [size=+2]freddie [/size] for example), the people who continue to produce the great stories for this site, invariably have fewer posts than the posers like… well, you know who I mean.

But I won’t.

Instead I’ll simply point out that I’m a leader… an idea man … an inspirer...a teacher. I toss out my pearls of wisdom hoping that the lesser lights of AHland (no, I won’t list them either – there’s not enough space) will take them and run with them. Learn from me.

BTW, do you happen to know the answer to the “how many letters/spaces are allowed in a title” question?


As I said above I’ve been promised a title…

But only if I get a story written for the bloody EARTH DAY CONTEST, a contest I’d originally planned to skip. MANU really fucked that one up last year.

But what the hell, for a ROYAL TITLE...

…So I sat down this afternoon and started to write a story… fortunately we’ve been subject to almost gale force winds the last two days so I definitely wasn’t going out on the yacht anyway. I think its going to be a wonderful story. A sorta GROUP SEX, EROTIC COUPLINGS, ROMANCE that features TOYS and INCEST. And with some EXHIBITIONISM thrown in. As well as a MATURE angle.

I’m james r scouries and I’m a 100,000 view THREADMASTER…

[size=+2]Dolphins would like titles too…[/size]

 

[sr71plt]

I think my Christmas book this year will be the first nonerotica book from eXcessica--if eXcessica accepts it.

I'd do it in the mainstream, but the stories have already appeared on Web sites under the habu name, so I can't risk the connection being made.

 

[Darkniciad]

Most likely, the long titles are put in manually by the moderators, based upon a request in the moderator's notes. I looked at one of those noted, and it has a very short description line, allowing both the title and description to fit in one line.

As to the rest, I know that truth and reality are scary things for you, but you need to have it dropped on your head every once in a while.

 

[bsergi1]

[size=+3]GOOD NEWS!!!![/size]

I’m not going anywhere after all!

Listen I’ve always been happy here. The company is good and I’m making enough to put gas in my yacht.

But then I started hearing from the competition. But I wasn’t budging for a few bucks more. Not me! I’m a loyal sorta guy and the QUEEN’S always tried to do her best for me. Kind of.

But then I heard about all these RETENTION BONUSES everyone’s paying. WTF? Some clown at AIG or Chase or eXcessica who doesn’t know anything is getting a couple of million bucks so he won’t quit and go somewhere else (where the hell is he gonna go anyway – he’s some loser who’s taken his company to the brink of bankruptcy).

Anyway my accountant Jacqui asked me the other day if I was due a RETENTION BONUS and I had to tell her no. The little sweetie didn’t say anything but the look in her eyes said it pretty clearly, “what’s wrong with him, how come he doesn’t rate a bonus”.

Which got me thinking.

So I called the QUEEN ! Went right to the top.

Anyway, to make a long story short I now have a RETENTION BONUS. And President Obama has okayed it.

So I’m not going anywhere… just wanted to let you all know…

I’m james r scouries and I’m a 100,000 view THREADMASTER…

[size=+2]Dolphins would like some bonuses…[/size]

p.s. and I’ve been promised a title…

I am pleased with your announcement!

 

[jomar]

QUOTE jo jo Mr. Scouries, sir. How on earth can your post count be so low? Are there problems in your post counting department?

Well I could mention the old adage about quality and quantity...

…Or point out that the true giants who post here (such as [size=+2]sarahhh [/size] and [size=+2]freddie [/size] for example), the people who continue to produce the great stories for this site, invariably have fewer posts than the posers like… well, you know who I mean.

But I won’t.

Instead I’ll simply point out that I’m a leader… an idea man … an inspirer...a teacher. I toss out my pearls of wisdom hoping that the lesser lights of AHland (no, I won’t list them either – there’s not enough space) will take them and run with them. Learn from me.

BTW, do you happen to know the answer to the “how many letters/spaces are allowed in a title” question?


As I said above I’ve been promised a title…

But only if I get a story written for the bloody EARTH DAY CONTEST, a contest I’d originally planned to skip. MANU really fucked that one up last year.

But what the hell, for a ROYAL TITLE...

…So I sat down this afternoon and started to write a story… fortunately we’ve been subject to almost gale force winds the last two days so I definitely wasn’t going out on the yacht anyway. I think its going to be a wonderful story. A sorta GROUP SEX, EROTIC COUPLINGS, ROMANCE that features TOYS and INCEST. And with some EXHIBITIONISM thrown in. As well as a MATURE angle.

I’m james r scouries and I’m a 100,000 view THREADMASTER…

[size=+2]Dolphins would like titles too…[/size]

Thank you sir. You've cleared up the issue for me. I now see that while your post count is low, your word count is quite high. Much obliged.

If ya add all his alts together you get about 2800 posts

At least!

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

I am pleased with your announcement!

Uhm, bsergi, I preferred your previous avatar. This one scares me a little. It begs the question, because of your middle eastern sounding name, are you a terrorist? Because if you are, I have a list of people that I'd like you to, uhm, befriend.

 

[bsergi1]

Uhm, bsergi, I preferred your previous avatar. This one scares me a little. It begs the question, because of your middle eastern sounding name, are you a terrorist? Because if you are, I have a list of people that I'd like you to, uhm, befriend.

BFW, the Queen of Hearts was pissed off recently and this is what she looks like when she's pissed off. I can see you are easily scared. Perhaps you are the sissy they talk about on this website.

Does your list of names begin with someone who might be involved in flight patterns around the Eastern seaboard, or perhaps a Naval base in the center of your country?

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

BFW, the Queen of Hearts was pissed off recently and this is what she looks like when she's pissed off. I can see you are easily scared. Perhaps you are the sissy they talk about on this website.

Does your list of names begin with someone who might be involved in flight patterns around the Eastern seaboard, or perhaps a Naval base in the center of your country?

Gees, if you look this bad when you are pissed, I can't imagine what you look like when you have your period. Bring back the other avatar. You'll win more friends by having the perverts imagine that you really look like that instead of like this.

Besides, you're scaring my dog and he's not easily scared.

"Go lie down, Polo. It's okay. Get in your bed. Done with dog. She's not real. She's just a cartoon."