The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 09

[Duleigh]

Banging away at Alan Scarlett Best Two out of Three and looked down at the bottom of my word processor and saw this



It looked so cool I had to share it. I wonder how many pages it would take for 1111111 words.

 

[NotWise]

This is the last hurrah for the amaryllis.



This is the second coming for all three varieties. The red-and-white flowers in the middle should be good for at least another week. The tall flower stalk has a few more days to go, but the pink one is probably done tomorrow.

It's been a good run. The dining room has been bright and colorful for a month.

 

[YmaOHyd]

I always let my characters lead me through the story. I firmly demand that they somehow end up where I want them to end up. They tend to fight and drag their feet. Alan Scarlett Best Two Out of Three was planned for 85k words. We just blew past 110k and finally veered into the ending (another 5k words to go?). I let them piddle around, especially in dialogue. They may have a word in the creative process, but they have no say at all in the editing process.

I feel like I've discovered an unanticipated happy ending. So of course while I ponder (and I have two more chapters to write before I get to that point anyway) I've started a new thing, about pirates in the Mediterranean during the Seven Years War.

 

[_Lynn_]

I'm sure I missed a few things, but I'm glad to see HP again. Life, appointments, and more appointments, can be extremely tiring.

 

[Belegon]

...and I have. somehow, led myself into confusion and frustration again. How do I do this so often? I think I have taste for the lovely flowers that are hiding bees beneath their blooms. This wouldn't be so bad, were I not allergic to bee stings.

It's not actually about bees, of course. I am less than three months out of a doomed relationship, and I have found a lovely woman... who is at a crossroads and is plying me with just enough slack in the rope to hang myself... unless, of course, she decides it would be better for me to tie her.

And so, I must be patient and hope the decision that is in suspense favors me. I seem to have an addiction or a curse, I am not sure which, but it is all tied to romantic tension. Watch, my new lady will decide in my favor the same day my wife decides she has erred and invites me back into her home and bed. It would be consistent with these last thirty years. Feast or famine, but with a daily roll of the dice to see which rules.

At least it keeps me familiar with drama.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

It's that time again so I've got a fresh pot of coffee brewing and the teapot is hot. Pastries are on the counter and I hope everyone has a great day!

I'll pop in later to make sure @Duleigh hasn't hidden the coffee pot again and give the dragon in the basement another hunk of coal.

 

[Belegon]

so far, the current drama seems to be favoring me. hope it continues. Coffee in my travel mug please, Urologist appt. in half an hour. Happy writing, my friends!!!! Be productive!

 

[_Lynn_]

The tattoo View attachment 2505593

 

[NotWise]

Nice tat.

Here we have a front rolling through. The wind is disassembling the roof and siding of the grocery story next to my office and there's a dust storm in progress. It's the worst I've seen in a while, so I'm sitting at my desk with a mask on. It's giving me a headache, and I'm hoping the debris from the building doesn't hit my truck.

 

[Duleigh]

The tattoo View attachment 2505593

Pretty! What does it say?

 

[NotWise]

Had a conference call this afternoon with the boss's window, his daughter and their book keeper. It all about file and project dispositions, etc.

I haven't talked to their daughter since she was about 5 years old. Now she's accomplished, well-known and influential. At least twice in the conversations she stopped me and said "You sound just like my dad."

Comes from working together for forty years, I guess, but I've been feeling very odd every since that conversation.

 

[_Lynn_]

Pretty! What does it say?

It's Kanji for determination. I used to cut and when I struggled to stop, I decided to put a tattoo there knowing I wouldn't want to mess it up. Determination, the willpower to go on, helped me get through that time.

 

[Belegon]

well , my online drama turned out in my favor... I'm quite happy about that, as I am already quite fond of her and we haven't even met in what my friend and former AH denizen Nirvana use to call Meat Space. At her urging, we have decided to formalize our relationship. She stated "I am hers and she is mine."
As I said, I am pleased about it... but perhaps feeling a little bit, well, out of line. We have a good deal in common and we have exchanged more than 300 messages in the last few days... but Holy Ashley Madison, Batman! I now have a new girlfriend. One who I have not deceived in any way or manner. She knows about my situation with my soon to be ex-wife, she knows about my cancer, she even knows that I have struggled a bit with ED in the not so distant past... Though its difficult to give her a true read on that, seeing as my wife cut me off more than four years ago. I do wonder how my children are going to react... as I now have a 27 year old girlfriend... so that's why I feel a bit out of line. I mean, I'm not upset. She is lovely, in body and spirit. I just wonder if I am doing something wrong. She WAS actively seeking an "older man." My son is likely to be the first one to freak out about it, since he'll be the first to meet her. At least she's not younger than either of my children. But she is the same age as he is. And I'm not trying to brag. We have similar tastes in food, music, movies and books. We live close to each other. There are plenty of reasons this can work. At the very least, we will be friends and companions. The hours we have spent chatting have proven that.

Of course, this is West Virginia. It might be wise for me to bring my 9mm when I first meet her parents. No use tempting her father to bolt for the shotgun.

 

[Duleigh]

It's Kanji for determination. I used to cut and when I struggled to stop, I decided to put a tattoo there knowing I wouldn't want to mess it up. Determination, the willpower to go on, helped me get through that time.

I love that - quitting something dangerous and addictive by determination and willpower is incredible! I know the struggle, believe me. It's the sure way to quit and make it stay!

 

[Candy_Kane54]

@_Lynn_ - You go girl!

There's a fresh pot of coffee and the teapot is hot. There are some donuts, some with sprinkles on them, on the counter.

It's going to start raining tonight and might even turn into snow overnight so it will be interesting to wake up tomorrow morning.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Yay, Lynn!

 

[JGittes]

I've been consolidating boxes and boxes of stuff I've accumulated over the years and found a box of Cuban cigars. I think I got them in Turkey, but I'm not sure. I'm exhausted and think I'll step out on the veranda, kick back with my feet resting on the balustered rail, and find out if these stogies are still any good.

 

[Duleigh]

I don't know if Laurel is going to take this down but I just got some BIG NEWS!

My story Andi's Dream - A Blizzard in Buffalo has been nominated for a Clitoride Award. The Clitorides are like the Oscars for Erotic stories and they've been around longer than Literotica. The Clitorides were started in 1999 by Maria Gonzales (God I loved her work, so sweet and sexy!) so this will be the 25th award. Maria is no longer writing, but her creation lives on.

If you can, please swing by https://clitoridesawards.org/ and give me a vote, it's been nominated for Best Romantic Story. 

Just the nomination is a big honor to me, I took a screen shot just to save the honor of the nomination

 

[_Lynn_]

I love that - quitting something dangerous and addictive by determination and willpower is incredible! I know the struggle, believe me. It's the sure way to quit and make it stay!

Thanks. I planned the wording first but added the scroll once I was at the shop. She free handed it. A year later I was gifted the quill pen with the feather. Last year I had the flowers added to give it more color and size. I'm thinking about adding a hummingbird by them if she thinks it will look right.

 

[MillieDynamite]

And @Duleigh, I'm utterly ignored, over yonder, for the third year in a row!

 

[Duleigh]

And @Duleigh, I'm utterly ignored, over yonder, for the third year in a row!

I'm sorry! I didn't expect it either. My publisher puts my stories there to drum up sales and I occasionally do a blog entry there but I probably spend more time over at A03 with my 5 stories there.

Laurel should have authors blogs here.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I guess you could do a blog as a thread here—or we all could, for that matter. My publisher has an account at SOL but posts our stories there (Mary and Mine) through our accounts. I guess I should tell him to put us in an awards hunt sometime, but we don't score that well there. In fact, I don't know how anyone has good scores there with the convoluted way that votes are tallied.

I'm sorry! I didn't expect it either. My publisher puts my stories there to drum up sales and I occasionally do a blog entry there but I probably spend more time over at A03 with my 5 stories there.

Laurel should have authors blogs here.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

It's morning here on this side of the globe so it's time for some fresh coffee. There's a pot brewing and the teapot is hot. There are various pastries on the counter for those with a sweet tooth.

The bad weather here sort of fizzled out but it is going to get cold again and we could get some snow flurries later today. I am really looking forward to winter ending here.

 

[Duleigh]

 

[Rustyoznail]

Too late for coffee, but I might pinch an apricot danish.