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Veridian Etoile God Member Offline Posts: 14993 Location: Writing La La Land Joined: Apr 11^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #125 - Jun 14^th, 2014 at 4:46pm
	Cat just scared the dickens out of me by rubbing her head against my bare foot (I'm wearing flip flops)... Gee whiz!!!

	We creative types have to create in order to feel ALIVE... That's why I write. Without my writing, I would not be living, only existing. ~Me~ Music is essential to life. ~Me~ I'm sunny natured with a side of EVIL...
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #126 - Jun 14^th, 2014 at 6:06pm
	"Rubbing with head" is much better than "grabbing with claws." Trust me on that one! Currently working on a "Monster and UnDead" table for both the larp and the Reader's Guide and deciding how many such things I want running around. Of course, these are only those things that have been positively identified. Who knows what lurks in the unexplored regions....� I'm also thinking of adding another humanoid species which was hinted at in the novels but not developed. If I do add them, they'll need "something" that makes them unique and I haven't decided what that should be.
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Veridian Etoile God Member Offline Posts: 14993 Location: Writing La La Land Joined: Apr 11^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #127 - Jun 14^th, 2014 at 6:32pm
	Flabby has done that too, and it HURTS. Her claws are like needles! THUD

	We creative types have to create in order to feel ALIVE... That's why I write. Without my writing, I would not be living, only existing. ~Me~ Music is essential to life. ~Me~ I'm sunny natured with a side of EVIL...
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #128 - Jun 14^th, 2014 at 7:14pm
	Yep. What's really "fun" is when you're sound asleep and a cat jumps on the bed with his/her claws out and lands on your bare legs. The whole family gets woke up when that happens...... Post #60,006 for the site.
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #129 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 2:12am
	Spirit just went down the stairs while quoting Yoda...


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Veridian Etoile God Member Offline Posts: 14993 Location: Writing La La Land Joined: Apr 11^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #130 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 2:40am
	Now that's cool she's doing that. I love Yoda, and he was one of my favorites out of the SW universe. I'm up late, drank too much half caff again. OH WELL! I'm going to dig out Ten and see about getting the first part of Chapter 5 cleaned up. The way it's written isn't great, and I'd rather change it around a little bit. My mom's online and boy she's liking a lot of stuff in FB that I've shared over the last few days.... AWESOME! OH! And the guys released a new song on YouTube this evening... Boy it isn't hard to tell Iron Maiden is one of their biggest influences.... The new song "Ready for the Bite" sounds a LOT like Maiden's mid-80s stuff! It rocks!

	We creative types have to create in order to feel ALIVE... That's why I write. Without my writing, I would not be living, only existing. ~Me~ Music is essential to life. ~Me~ I'm sunny natured with a side of EVIL...
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #131 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 2:52am
	I've still got Book 4 on the desktop and I'm working on it in between tidying up the kitchen and getting dinner started. Skywise is working tonight so dinner will be late. Again. sigh


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Veridian Etoile God Member Offline Posts: 14993 Location: Writing La La Land Joined: Apr 11^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #132 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 3:01am
	Hubby worked 10-5 today and he and the little guy went to bed three hours ago. I stayed up to watch Orphan Black, and decided to keep going for another hour or two. May as well be useful and work a bit while I have a chance. Thinking about changing the start of Chapter 5 to a dream sequence... With warnings plastered all over it when it goes out the betas......... Yup, it's something probably only Bestie could read without wondering what the heck I was smoking!

	We creative types have to create in order to feel ALIVE... That's why I write. Without my writing, I would not be living, only existing. ~Me~ Music is essential to life. ~Me~ I'm sunny natured with a side of EVIL...
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #133 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 3:14am
	In that case, a head's up is probably wise. I'm sitting here figuring out when certain things happen. Once the lid blows off things will be moving fast 'cause Our Heroine is on a tear and out for blood!


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Veridian Etoile God Member Offline Posts: 14993 Location: Writing La La Land Joined: Apr 11^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #134 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 3:21am
	Doing mine in separate file, that way if I mess it up or don't like it, I can leave it "as is" in the main file. Yeah, it'll be plastered with warnings.... And then some. Wait, the gang in my closed writing forum wouldn't wonder what I was smoking. Some of them have done even more "creative" than what I've been putting in this one and "Away To Me"...................

	We creative types have to create in order to feel ALIVE... That's why I write. Without my writing, I would not be living, only existing. ~Me~ Music is essential to life. ~Me~ I'm sunny natured with a side of EVIL...
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #135 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 3:38am
	I suspect that I'm too "plain vanilla" to write romance novels. Maybe too much to even READ them!


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Veridian Etoile God Member Offline Posts: 14993 Location: Writing La La Land Joined: Apr 11^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #136 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 3:53am
	Believe it or not, some of the gang I hang out with over there write stuff that's within your tolerance, Penth. Some don't even include "over 18" stuff at all, or arrange it so it's "behind closed doors" in their books. Where I am trying to push boundaries - not that there's much left to push these days - I'm adding a lot of stuff I didn't have in the original versions of the Legacies books. I think there is one full "over 18" scene you can read in "Away to Me"... I don't put in a lot of "over 18" stuff as a rule unless it moves the story forward. It's about storyline, not about the characters "going at it" for a hundred or more pages.

	We creative types have to create in order to feel ALIVE... That's why I write. Without my writing, I would not be living, only existing. ~Me~ Music is essential to life. ~Me~ I'm sunny natured with a side of EVIL...
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #137 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 4:03am
	Yeah. Without "plot" it is pornography and while it may pay well depending on how it is marketed, the audience is limited. One of the books I got yesterday is a "writing course". I've read the first two chapters and I'll be starting on the third chapter and the exercises tomorrow or Monday at the latest. Even just the first two chapters has helped me with some of the "mental stuff" that writers struggle with.
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Veridian Etoile God Member Offline Posts: 14993 Location: Writing La La Land Joined: Apr 11^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #138 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 4:29am
	Anything like that is classed as "erotica" these days... It's not for everyone, but there is a market for it. The difference is that although there is a lot of sex happening, it's not always a "happy ever after" or "happy for now" thing at the end, so it's not classed as romance. There's a bigger market for it than you think. I thought the same thing until I started hanging out in the two writing forums a lot, and I was shocked at the amount of people who both read it and write erotica. I'm in the romance genre, contemporary/modern day subgenre, because I have "happy ever after" or "happy for now" endings and it's more about the characters falling in love amongst other themes. I think Ten is the first one I've tried to write in a long time that didn't have the sub-focus of family outside of the romance bit. The other books have that theme in them, including "Away to Me". Weird.

	We creative types have to create in order to feel ALIVE... That's why I write. Without my writing, I would not be living, only existing. ~Me~ Music is essential to life. ~Me~ I'm sunny natured with a side of EVIL...
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #139 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 4:44am
	"Family" is important and it shows up in my books too. Yeah, sexually explicit material is no longer considered "sleazy" although if Walmart shrinkwraps it so you can't read it in the store, then I'm of the opinion that it needs to be in the back room of an "adult" bookstore.


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #140 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 5:15am
	Okay, the hand is cramping and the fingers are getting tingly. Time to head out. Everyone sleep well and be safe.


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Veridian Etoile God Member Offline Posts: 14993 Location: Writing La La Land Joined: Apr 11^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #141 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 1:47pm
	Penthesilea wrote on Jun 15^th, 2014 at 4:44am: "Family" is important and it shows up in my books too. Yeah, sexually explicit material is no longer considered "sleazy" although if Walmart shrinkwraps it so you can't read it in the store, then I'm of the opinion that it needs to be in the back room of an "adult" bookstore. I agree that if WalMart or another distributor has to shrink wrap it, it's not exactly the best thing to have in a spot like that. I remember. I'm going to remember more once you finish Book four and I'm wearing my editor's hat instead of the author one for a change! LOL I'm trying to change things up with Ten - in more ways than one - and not focusing on family as one of the themes is part of that. I'm also pushing my own boundaries with this one in a lot of stuff, so it's more of an experiment to see how well I write it, and practice for writing it at the moment. We'll see how well the overall story comes out once it's finished and later on, edited by you and the rest of the betas, Penth. I don't know if this one will ever see the light of day, but at least it's giving me some well needed experience and I need that more than anything right now! LOL

	We creative types have to create in order to feel ALIVE... That's why I write. Without my writing, I would not be living, only existing. ~Me~ Music is essential to life. ~Me~ I'm sunny natured with a side of EVIL...
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #142 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 3:07pm
	Morning! Yeah, Write and learn. Skywise is getting ready to cut the grass. Our lawn looks like a hay field and I really need tea...


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Veridian Etoile God Member Offline Posts: 14993 Location: Writing La La Land Joined: Apr 11^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #143 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 3:13pm
	I could write a book about the stuff I've learned in the last six months or so... Just saying!

	We creative types have to create in order to feel ALIVE... That's why I write. Without my writing, I would not be living, only existing. ~Me~ Music is essential to life. ~Me~ I'm sunny natured with a side of EVIL...
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #144 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 3:39pm
	Just what you need! Another book to write! LOL
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #145 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 5:10pm
	I've given up trying to write for the moment. Friday the 13th/Mercury Retrograde have decided to show up a couple of days late....


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Veridian Etoile God Member Offline Posts: 14993 Location: Writing La La Land Joined: Apr 11^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #146 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 5:54pm
	I'll take a dose of music please.. Heavy metal, and make that a double! Not hard to tell my BILs' band was influenced by Iron Maiden... I'm listening to their latest single and boy, it is HEAVY on the Maiden influence! It's good, even if it's not something I was expecting from them! LOL

	We creative types have to create in order to feel ALIVE... That's why I write. Without my writing, I would not be living, only existing. ~Me~ Music is essential to life. ~Me~ I'm sunny natured with a side of EVIL...
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #147 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 6:26pm
	I may pull out the Two Steps from Hell album. I managed to get one problem solved but I still have another and a mild headache thanks to a neighbor to boot.


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Veridian Etoile God Member Offline Posts: 14993 Location: Writing La La Land Joined: Apr 11^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #148 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 6:35pm
	I"m listening to a mix of metal, rock and alternative right now, from WGD to Creed and even hair bands like Stryper.

	We creative types have to create in order to feel ALIVE... That's why I write. Without my writing, I would not be living, only existing. ~Me~ Music is essential to life. ~Me~ I'm sunny natured with a side of EVIL...
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: What�s Happenin�? XLI: Posts of Future Past! Reply #149 - Jun 15^th, 2014 at 6:56pm
	Two Steps from Hell does "trailer music" which runs from about a minute and a half to four and a half minutes for each track. The album I have is Invincible and the tone is "epic". That is to say: KICK BUTT! TAKE NAMES! NO QUARTER! NO SURRENDER! Which puts me in the proper mood to write battle scenes.


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