I think I can, I think I can...

[PorscheLynn]

The thread title is taken from "The Little Engine That Could" if you're wondering.

Having gone almost all the way through the process of my first story (all that's left is to have it approved for publication) it's finally occured to me to keep a text file with all the encouragement and advice that I get. This way when I'm feeling a bit down on my own writing, or at a loss, I can just read through the file for advice. Kind of an erotica writer's bible.

Just thought I'd share the idea. Do what you will with it... use it, ridicule it, praise it, whatever.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Here's my advice:

"Grin and bear it. Life might be hard work, but it sure beats the alternative."

Now translate that into writing!

 

[oggbashan]

I have a file called "How To" which includes similar things including sexual grammar.

Og

 

[PorscheLynn]

Thanks Svenska; good advice in life and in writing.

Og... "sexual grammar"?

 

[Green_Gem]

PorscheLynn, Good luck with the first submission. Remember you've taken the first big step, and it will keep getting easier.

My advice: Believe in yourself, and enjoy the ride!

Thought I'd share this little quote too:

"Writing is a lot like sex. At first you do it because you like it. Then you find yourself doing it for a few close friends and people you like. But if you're any good at all...you end up doing it for money."



Green_Gem

 

[cloudy]

Good luck Porche!

My first story was finally made public yesterday, so I know exactly how you feel!

I've already gotten several very encouraging comments, everyone has been quite wonderful - especially everyone here at the AH (thanks, y'all!)

Cloudy

 

[oggbashan]

Sexual grammar

Alt.sex.stories Grammar


Celestial Grammar 1.3
(Updated Aug. 12, 1996)
by Celeste
A reader sent me the following passage, which reminded me that maybe I should repost my Celestial Grammar:
"Seatmates May Share Their Deepest Secrets Or Their Bologna," The Wall Street Journal, 9 Aug 1996, p. A4, col. 5:
The close confines [on airlines] sometimes bring on unwanted advances or other bizarre behavior. Robert Cross, chairman of an aviation revenue-management firm, recalls that on a flight from Dallas to Atlanta, he was seated next to a woman who was feverishly scribbling in a notebook. As the flight was about to
land, she asked Mr. Cross if he wouldn't mind proofreading her work. On the page were two paragraphs of what he delicately describes as "pornography."
"I was flabbergasted," he says. So he did the only thing he could think to do.
"I just critiqued it from a grammatical standpoint: This is a run-on sentence, you ended this with a preposition."
I do not believe that grammar is more important than ideas. However, as a reviewer for Celestial Reviews on alt.sex.stories, I have read many stories in which the grammar stood in the way of what the author was trying to say. In many cases there were a few simple errors that the authors could have easily avoided.
These mistakes annoy most readers (not just myself); and by avoiding them you can improve the chances that your readers will understand your story.
Although these guidelines are written with a.s.s. in mind, they are equally applicable to high school and college term papers and to numerous other practical situations. You may quote these rules in high school and college term papers, as long as you follow the correct format. I dare you!
The following topics are covered here:
Apostrophes
Verb tense
Run-on sentences
Sentence fragments
Commas
Semicolons
Some frequently misused words
These additional topics are covered in Advanced Celestial Grammar, which is
posted separately:
Restrictive phrases and clauses.
Dangling and misplaced modifiers.
Relative and interrogative pronouns.
1. Apostrophes
Don't make a noun plural by adding apostrophe s ('s). This rule applies to all
nouns - including proper nouns.
(The plural of Smith is Smiths, not Smith's.)
The purpose of an apostrophe with a noun is to show possession.
Example: "Sue's pussy" means the pussy that belongs to Sue (at least until she gives it to someone else).
Some confusion arises when you use plurals with apostrophes. For example, the
"Smiths' orgy" refers to the orgy held by Mr. and Mrs. Smith. In this case, write the plural (with the s) and just add the apostrophe (without another s).
It can get more complicated than this, but we don't want to write a grammar book here.
2. Verb Tense.
Stick with one tense, unless you have a reason to change.
Bad: "I was walking down the street one day. I see a girl who was wearing no bra or panties."
Better: "I was walking down the street one day. I saw a girl who was wearing no bra or panties."
There are cases when it does make sense to change verb tenses. Just do so on purpose.
3. Run-On Sentences.
When you are finished with a sentence, use a period and begin a new sentence.
Sometimes this becomes complicated, because many sentences contain more than one idea (like this one.) The easiest way to deal with this is to read the sentence and see if it expresses a coherent thought. If you are uncertain, turn it into two or more separate sentences.
4. Sentence Fragments.
Make sure every sentence contains a full thought that makes sense.
Bad: "He kept fucking her. Until she begged him to stop.
Better: "He kept fucking her until she begged him to stop.
Actually, it's sometimes OK to have an incomplete sentence (like the one marked "bad" above); but you should only do that on purpose. And for a good reason. Like emphasis. Like this. But it gets distracting if you do this too often. Like this. Improper fragments seem to occur most often when the writer has a long
sentence that concludes with a subordinate clause. The writer often incorrectly puts the last thought into a separate sentence, like this:
Bad: "While she continued to drive him crazy by fondling his balls with her free hand, she began to suck on his cock. Until he came in a wild explosion of excitement."
In this example there should be a comma after cock, and a lowercase "until."
(One Freudian theory is that women make this mistake more often then men - because they think something bad will happen if they skip a period.)
5. Commas.
A comma tells the reader to pause within a sentence. Don't overuse commas. But don't underuse them either. In general, if the sentence is confusing because the reader may run words together, you should add a comma. Both of the commas in my
previous sentence were necessary for this reason. Many writers would add a comma in the previous sentence to make it "necessary, for this reason"; but that would be a mistake. "For this reason" is closely related to the rest of the sentence.
The best way to deal with commas is to read each sentence to yourself, and to check and see whether additional commas would make the sentence easier to read, and to eliminate commas that make things drag needlessly. (Omitting the commas
in my preceding sentence would make it hard to figure out what I was trying to say.) There are many more rules for commas, some of which I'll discuss later; but the preceding commonsense rule works pretty well.
6. Semicolons.
The semicolon can be viewed as a combination of a super-comma and a half-period.
(That's why it's a period written above a comma.) That is, it can serve as a half-period by joining two sentences into one (as in the first two rules below); and it can serve as a super-comma by replacing a comma in situations where a comma itself won't quite do the job (as in Rules 3 and 4). Here are specific rules:
Use a semicolon to join two clauses when these two clauses are not joined by a coordinating conjunction. (When they are joined by a coordinating conjunction, use a comma - except in the case of Rule 4 below.) The coordinating conjunctions are "and," "but", "or," and "for."
The following are all correct - at least grammatically, although the order may be reversed socially:
I licked her pussy. Then she sucked my cock.
I licked her pussy, and then she sucked my cock.
I licked her pussy; then she sucked my cock.
In the actual context of a story, the sentences would convey a slightly different meaning. For example, the third sentence suggests that the two activities were more intimately connected than the first (because the author put the two ideas in a single sentence).
Use a semicolon to join two clauses when these two clauses are joined by a conjunctive adverb. (When they are joined by "and" plus a conjunctive adverb, use a comma - except in the case of Rule 3 below.) Conjunctive adverbs include words like "therefore," "however," "thus," and "furthermore." {Note: If you have trouble recognizing conjunctive adverbs, you can ignore this rule and simply apply Rule 1; you will almost always be correct anyway.}
Example:
I licked her pussy; therefore she sucked my cock.
Even when main clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction, use a semicolon (instead of a comma) to join them if the clauses are very long and complex or if they contain commas. This rule is the one about which readers have been giving me grief. I'm simply going to state one more time that this
is the rule as it is currently taught in high school and college courses and as it is applied by most major publishers throughout the United States. Some people would say that the semicolon followed by a coordinating conjunction is redundant. It would be better, they say, to just drop the conjunction and use the semicolon alone, since that serves the purpose more efficiently. If you're really hung up on Occam's razor, fine; do it that way. These same writers would probably never begin a sentence with a coordinating conjunction; that rule is no longer taught, and good writers often begin sentences with "and."
My point is that the semicolon alone is correct; but so is the semicolon followed by a coordinating conjunction when one or the other of the clauses contains internal punctuation or is long and complex (like this one).
Examples:
Occam's Razor is the principle, first formally stated by William of Occam, that the most efficient way is always the best way; but Occam never had sex with me.
"While she continued to drive him crazy by fondling his balls with her free hand, she began to suck on his cock, until he came in a wild explosion of excitement; and then he began to turn his own attention to her clitoris, which he had neglected until then."
Using a comma instead of a semicolon in these example would be confusing, because each half of the sentence already contains commas. In the second example, a good author might instead just insert a period and omit the "and," especially if she is concerned about skipping a period.
Use a semicolon to separate items in a series if these items are long or contain commas. Examples:
"In one evening Sharon had sex with Sue; her dog, Ralph; the night watchman, Bill; and Ray, her ex-husband."
Using commas instead of the semicolons would result in a confusing sentence, where we might think Sharon had an
even more active night:
"In one evening Sharon had sex with Sue, her dog, Ralph, the night watchman, Bill, and Ray, her ex-husband."}
"So far this week Bob has sodomized the Bobsie twins, Rachel and Randy; fucked Millie, Alice, Patrice, and Carolyn in the hayloft; had oral sex with Jane, Janet, Julio, and Billie Joe; and watched his sister have nearly simultaneous sex with seven guys from the local gym.
{Try reading this sentence with commas in the place of the semicolons - and then remember that there are still four days left in the week!}
I myself still think writers do not need all four of these rules. For over twenty years I have survived quite well using a semicolon when a comma won't quite do the job and when I don't really want the full stop indicated by a period. Even if you or your teacher insists on knowing and using the four rules stated earlier, the logic stated in the preceding sentence will make it
easier to remember and apply these more specific rules.
7. Some Frequently Misused Words
CHOOSE/CHOSE.
Choose is the present tense. It rhymes with snooze. Chose is the past tense. It rhymes with hoes.
ITS/IT'S.
It's means "it is." Its means "belonging to it." (This is a little bit
illogical, because normally an apostrophe shows possession. But not with it.)
Its' doesn't exist.
LOSE/LOOSE.
People lose things (including their virginity and their tempers). When things are not tight, they're loose (which rhymes with goose).
THERE, THEIR, THEY'RE.
Use their to mean "of them."
Example: "I could see their pussies through the hole in the wall."
Use there to mean "over there" or "in that place" and in the expression "there is."
Example: "When I got there, she was already undressed."
Example: "There are lots of good stories on a.s.s."
Use they're to mean "they are."
Example: "They're going to be surprised at how good her pussy tastes."
Combined Example of All Three: "They're going to fuck their brains out when they get there."
TO/TWO/TOO.
Two is the number of persons most frequently present in a meaningful sexual encounter. Too means "also," as in "I'd like to fuck you too." too also means "excessively," as in "Sometimes I masturbate too often at the grocery story."
To is a preposition, which means it comes at the beginning of a prepositional phrase, as in "We went to the store" or before a verb, as in "I want to fuck you."
USE/USED.
People get used to doing things. Likewise, Johnny used to fuck Janie. Use is a present tense, as in the song, "Use me, abuse me...."
LIE/LAY.
Lie means to recline. (It is an intransitive verb - it cannot take a direct object.) Its past tense is lay, and its perfect tense is lain. Of course, a serious source of confusion is that lay (in addition to being a word in its own right) is also the past tense of lie.
lie also means to state a falsehood. This is a completely different word that has a separate dictionary entry. Its past tense is lied and its perfect tense is has lied. (This meaning is easily understood and usually causes no confusion. Its main relevance with regard to sex is its use in poignant country western songs: "She was sound asleep in our double bed/And I let her lie.") lay means to put something (or someone) down. (It is a transitive verb.) The past tense is laid. The perfect tense is has laid. The three most common problems with lie/lay are: (1) using lie when you mean lay (and vice versa), (2) Using laid (instead of lay) as a past tense of lie, and (3) using
laid (instead of lain) as the perfect tense of lie.
INCORRECT
We continued to lay in bed after our orgasms.
CORRECT:
We continued to lie in bed after our orgasms.
INCORRECT
I had been watching her lay in bed for nearly an hour before she woke up.
CORRECT:
I had been watching her lie in bed for nearly an hour before she woke up.
INCORRECT
She told me to lie the dildo on the night stand.
CORRECT:
She told me to lay the dildo on the night stand.
INCORRECT
After lying the dildo on the night stand, I fucked her brains out.
CORRECT:
After laying the dildo on the night stand, I fucked her brains out.
CORRECT:
After laying her in the hay loft, I went inside and laid her sister too.
(This is grammatically correct, but it may constitute a social faux pas.)
INCORRECT
I should have lain the key to the handcuffs out of her reach before I left the room.
CORRECT:
I should have laid the key to the handcuffs out of her reach before I left the room.



Advanced Celestial Grammar 1.1
(Updated Aug. 12, 1996)
by Celeste
Believe it or not, there is at least one college instructor in the United States who uses my grammar notes with his class. He says it's the best way he's ever found to make grammar interesting. Since it's back-to-school time, I figured
this wouold be a good time to repost my Advanced Celestial Grammar.
My Grammar Notes are incomplete. The basics are in Celestial Grammar 1.3, which I am posting at the same time that I post these Advanced Notes.
While the examples are often silly, I assure you that the rules and concepts expressed herein are almost always correct. You can pass important tests by knowing, understanding, and applying these rules.
The following concepts are currently covered in Advanced Celestial Grammar:
Restrictive phrases and clauses.
Dangling and misplaced modifiers.
Relative and interrogative pronouns.
1. Restrictive Phrases and Clauses.
A restrictive phrase or clause is one that is so essential to the meaning of the sentence (or clause) that it cannot be omitted without substantially changing the meaning of the sentence (or clause). Restrictive phrases and clauses are NOT set off by commas. In general, when we say these phrases and clauses orally, we do not pause when we speak them. On the other hand, non-restrictive phrases or clauses are not considered by the writer to be essential to the meaning of the sentence - they just add additional information. Non-restrictive information is
set off by commas. For example,
"My girlfriend who likes oral sex was with me at the movie."
If the writer punctuates the sentence in this way, he is suggesting that the information conveyed by "who likes oral sex" is essential. The most likely explanation is that he has more than one girlfriend, and the one who was with him at the movie was the one who likes oral sex. The same words would have a
different meaning if they were punctuated like this:
"My girlfriend, who likes oral sex, was with me at the movie."
This would mean that he has one girl girlfriend (who likes oral sex and was with him at the movie). By putting the words "who likes oral sex" within commas the author is saying that they are non-restrictive - that is, they don't change the meaning of the sentence; they just add some additional meaning.
{Here's why grammarians use the word restrictive to describe this use of commas.
In the first example, the guy has many girlfriends, and "who likes oral sex" restricts the reference to a subset - in this case to just one of them. In the second example, the guy has only one girlfriend, and so "who likes oral sex" does not restrict the reference to a subset.}
I recently read the following comment in the disclaimer at the beginning of a story:
"This is my first story, written from a woman's point of view."
I think the author meant to leave out the comma. Without the comma, the sentence would suggest that the author had written other stories, but none of these was written from a woman's point of view. With the comma, it means that this is the
first story he ever wrote (or published), and this first story is written from a woman's point of view.
Technically, the same logic should be applied even to single words:
"The woman enjoyed having sex with her dog Ralph."
Without a comma between "dog" and "Ralph," this sentence technically suggests that the woman had more than one dog, but her enjoyment was restricted to Ralph.
However, lots of good writers ignore this nuance - especially if the number of dogs would be clear from the context or if nobody would care anyway. Another good reason to omit the comma with a non-restrictive word or phrase occurs when the comma would add (rather than remove) confusion. For example,
"In one evening Sharon had sex with Sue, her dog, Ralph, the night watchman, Bill, and Ray, her ex-husband."
In this example, it's not obvious whether Ralph is the dog, the night watchman, or a separate person. It would be more obvious that Sue had fucked only four animate beings if the sentence were punctuated like this:
"In one evening Sharon had sex with Sue, her dog Ralph, the night watchman Bill, and Ray, her ex-husband."
Of course, a better solution would be for Sharon to become celibate - or at least monogamous.
2. Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers.
A misplaced modifier is a phrase that is supposed to modify one word but is placed in the sentence in such a way that it appears to modify the wrong word. A dangling modifier is a specific type of misplaced modifier. It just dangles (hangs there), usually at the beginning of the sentence or clause. In the following example, it logically sounds like the guy is sucking his own cock:
Having sucked my cock vigorously, I spread her legs and began to mount her.
The ambiguity is removed if the sentence is written like this:
Having sucked my cock vigorously, she spread her legs and invited me to mount her.
Here's a dangling modifier I found in a story I was reviewing:
After thoroughly sucking the toes of both her feet, she sat down, placed her stockinged feet on either side of my still erect cock and began to masturbate me with the soles of her stockinged feet!
What this sentence literally says is that the woman sucked her own toes before she masturbated the guy's cock. What the author meant to say was this:
After I had thoroughly sucked the toes of both her feet, she sat down, placed her stockinged feet on either side of my still erect cock and began to masturbate me with the soles of her stockinged feet!
Actually, either activity might be fun to watch; but the author should be clear.

Even single words can be misplaced and cause confusion. What does the following sentence mean?
I only made love to Bob that weekend.
Literally, this means I only made love to Bob (and did nothing else with Bob or anyone else) that weekend.
However, the author probably meant I made love only to Bob that weekend. (I didn't make love to Tom, Dick, or Harry that weekend.)
Or the author might have meant
I made love to Bob only during that weekend. (I didn't make love to him prior to or after that weekend.)
Even very good writers occasionally use misplaced or dangling modifiers. One of my students recently found a dangling modifier in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. (I understand this is what the advertisements mean when they say that the Demi Moore version is an "adaptation" of the original - the producers
cleaned up the dangling modifiers.) More to the point, here is part of a sentence written by one of the best authors on a.s.s.:
"...we enjoyed our platonic relationship and the chance to talk about our dates and relationships with a sympathetic member of the opposite sex."
What this author meant to say was this:
"...we enjoyed our platonic relationship and the chance to talk with a sympathetic member of the opposite sex about our dates and relationships."
The most famous example, of course, is the sentence taken from the SAT:
"He could only masturbate after the test was over."
That must have been a rough test! What the sentence literally says was that after the test was over all the poor guy could do was jerk off. The correct answer put only before after, suggesting that he simply had to wait till the test was over to do his more important solitary work. Actually, if you're familiar with the SAT, you'll probably agree that the original sentence is perfectly plausible.
In many cases the ambiguity is cleared up by the context. But if you have time to revise your work, why not make it easy on your readers by putting the modifier (in this case only in a place where it is clear what it modifies - in this case, right before the word or phrase to which it refers)?
Here's your final exam on misplaced modifiers. Can you see why a person might say "Ouch!" while reading this passage from an actual a.s.s. story?
Kathy helped me up from my chair and removed my shirt. Cara bent down and untied and removed my shoes. Jennifer unbuttoned my pants and let them drop to the floor exposing a hard-on through my boxers, which Karen quickly removed.
Just to be cautious, the author should have considered putting the final clause in a separate sentence: "Karen quickly removed the boxers." As it is, the reader might think Karen removed the hard-on. Snip!
3. Relative and Interrogative Pronouns: WHO and WHOM (also WHOEVER and WHOMEVER)
Technically, who and whom are either relative or interrogative pronouns. That doesn't matter for now. The rules for using relative and interrogative pronouns are identical.
The main rule is that the way the word is used in its clause determines the form to use. In general, if it's a subject (nominative case) use WHO (or WHOEVER). If
it's an object of a verb or of a preposition (objective case), use WHOM (or WHOMEVER).
If you are uncertain how to apply this rule, you can do it by ear. Simply replace WHO by HE (or SHE) and WHOM by HIM (or HER), and see if the sentence sounds right.
That is the man WHOM I plan to seduce tonight. (WHOM is the object of seduce.
I plan to seduce HIM tonight. "I plan to seduce he tonight" sounds absurd.)
That is the woman WHO will seduce me tonight. (WHO is the subject of will seduce. SHE will seduce me tonight. HER will seduce me tonight sounds absurd.)

WHOM do you plan to seduce tonight? (Just answer the question: I plan to seduce HIM (not HE) tonight.)
WHO will seduce you tonight? (Just answer the question: SHE (not HER) will me tonight.)
In America, correct grammar is often viewed with suspicion. Therefore, some people use WHO almost all the time, especially when it occurs at the beginning of a sentence. Therefore, intelligent people may say the following, even though
they know each sentence is incorrect:
WHO did you fuck last night? (This should be "WHOM did you fuck last night?"
If you say it correctly, the person to whom you are speaking will know you're either an English teacher or a narc.)
WHO do you want to sleep with tonight? (This should be "With WHOM do you want to sleep tonight?" However, guys to whom this would be said would suspect that they were in for an expensive and perhaps boring evening with a girl who would
say this correctly. It's just not cool.)
My impression is that in written speech, almost anyone can feel comfortable using the proper word. I guess maybe the ordinary person thinks if you have time to revise, then it's OK to use WHOM.
Sometimes confusion arises from the fact that WHO/WHOM appears to be part of a different clause. However, as long as you put the word in the right clause and follow the preceding guidelines, you will not make mistakes. Here are some more
difficult examples:
I know WHO will seduce me tonight. (Some people think that WHO is the object of "know." This is not accurate. WHO is the subject of "seduce." The whole clause "who will seduce me tonight" is the object of "know." You can solve the problem by inserting HE/HIM. HE will seduce me.)
I know WHOM I plan to seduce tonight. (Some people think that WHOM is the object of "know." This is not accurate. WHOM is the object of "seduce." The whole clause "whom I plan to seduce tonight" is the object of "know." You can solve the problem by inserting HE/HIM. I plan to seduce HIM.)
The issue is sometimes more difficult with WHOEVER. This is because many people who can distinguish WHO and WHOM by ear get confused by the longer word.
I'd like to have sex again with WHOEVER seduced me last night. (Many people incorrectly say WHOMEVER, because they think the word is the object of the preposition "with." This is incorrect; it is the subject of "seduced." Again, you can solve the problem by inserting HE/HIM. HE seduced me last night.)
I'd like to have sex again with WHOMEVER I seduced last night. (Many people correctly say WHOMEVER, but they do this because they think the word is the object of the preposition "with." This is incorrect; it is the object of "seduced." Again, you can solve the problem by inserting HE/HIM. I seduced HIM last night.)
That's all there is to it.

 

[minsue]

ROFL! That'll learn ya to ask Og a question!

I'll be keeping that myself, Og. And while I'm here, please ask Jeanne: What's up with the giantess and the dwarf? Where's the next chapter, darn it!

Lynne, you'll know you've made it, and I've no doubt you will, when you have people harrassing you for the next chapter as if they have some sort of right to it.

 

[flawed_ethics]

Right now my e-mail saves my feedback, I've got all mine backed up to when I first joined Lit. I probably should make a more accessible copy though. Especially concerning tips of the trade.

Congrats Porsche!

 

[oggbashan]

I'll be keeping that myself, Og. And while I'm here, please ask Jeanne: What's up with the giantess and the dwarf? Where's the next chapter, darn it!

Jeanne says 'Thank you, Minsue'.

Jeanne's still getting over the shock of 'her' public outing on April 1. She has written two stories. One 'Merlin and Nimue' is getting pasted (but not as badly as my latest 'Trapped') and her next, submitted but not yet posted, 'Burghers' is likely to meet the same fate.

However, both will be eclipsed by my Earth Day 'stinker' called 'Ancient Liberties' which is written to come last. No sex. No violence. And it is intended for the 'Romance' category instead of non-erotic which is where it should be. The category alone should guarantee a nice crop of 1s.

Jeanne is working on the plot of the giantess and the dwarf. Rumours that 'she has lost the plot' are being strenously denied.

Og.

This is from Jeanne:

 

[minsue]

Jeanne is working on the plot of the giantess and the dwarf. Rumours that 'she has lost the plot' are being strenously denied.

Og.

This is from Jeanne:

Who spreads such ugly lies?!? Give me names and I'll defend her honor!

 

[oggbashan]

Jeanne has just submitted Part 03 of Pantomime Dwarf and has gone to have a long lie down.

She has been busy. That part was written in 24 hours.

Her new piece 'Burghers' is also submitted.

Og

 

[minsue]

http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/party/551.gif

 

[jeanne_d_artois]

Thank you, Minsue, for the reminder.

I must tell Og to shut up so that I can write but you know what he's like - he goes on, and on, and on...

Back to part 04. I mustn't disappoint my readers.

Jeanne

 

[PorscheLynn]

Awww, I feel like part of the gang now... I've been threadjacked!

 

[Guest]

Awww, I feel like part of the gang now... I've been threadjacked!

And, it wasn't me or Lew. Bloody hell!

Lou

P.S. Congrats.

 

[jeanne_d_artois]

Do what you will with it... use it, ridicule it, praise it, whatever.

What do you expect? You asked for it.

Jeanne

 

[jeanne_d_artois]

On with the motley...

...or continuing the hijack.

Pantomime Dwarf Pt. 04 has just been submitted. Pt. 03 isn't posted yet.

Og is sulking. His 'Ancient Liberties' seems to be liked and he was trying for that coveted last place.

Back to the script. Pt. 05 has yet to be written and Og has a host of stories awaiting completion, including Brobdingnag. I think he's avoiding that one because writing like Jonathan Swift can be addictive.

Happy Easter.

Jeanne