InvidiaRed

Happy Boxing Day!

That moment you realize you’re describing a dental cleaning...

Reminder please take mental health seriously this holiday season <3 Its been one crazy year and 2021 is around the corner <3

Happiest of birthdays to my dearest Pooh, @BronxWench .     Love you, my favourite dragon, and I hope the day will be full of joy and great food, and hilarity, and no more snow  

Another entry into the Holiday Canon.
Winter Blessing is up

Another entry into the Holiday Canon.
Winter Blessing is up

Writer question.
Has anyone gotten a little anxious about chapter length? Is it too long or not long enough?
How do you know when its the perfect length?

Writer question.
Has anyone gotten a little anxious about chapter length? Is it too long or not long enough?
How do you know when its the perfect length?

My first officially published book has gone live for the peeps who preordered and I’m freaking the fuck out 

Because I think we need wondrous things in our lives, I decided to donate to help purchase JRR Tolkien’s home to help create a Tolkien Centre:
https://www.projectnorthmoor.org/
I don’t know if anything will come of it, but I feel like I should do some little thing for all the joy he’s given me for all these years. 

It’s done! 50,000 words. Whew.
NaNoWriMo is over. Let PornoWriMo begin!

Latest Addition to the Holiday Canon <3
http://original.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600109721

Muggletum Finivi update

It’s been a hell of a year, right?
I hope everyone has come through it okay… so far…
And, well… I just thought I should warn you all, I’m planning to be around a bit more.

Wishing @DemonGoddess a very Happy Birthday, from one cranky old thing to another!       

The level of rage when you’re writing in the zone and some fricking idiot on their phone smashes into a transformer and takes out the  power of three blocks is just
Now the powers out and the groove is gone.

The level of rage when you’re writing in the zone and some fricking idiot on their phone smashes into a transformer and takes out the  power of three blocks is just
Now the powers out and the groove is gone.

The level of rage when you’re writing in the zone and some fricking idiot on their phone smashes into a transformer and takes out the  power of three blocks is just
Now the powers out and the groove is gone.

Amazing! <3

Doctors advise that any participants of No Nut November who reach the stage where “50 Shades of Grey” becomes arousing should seek release immediately.

Well, that took a few weeks longer than it should have, huh?
The final chapter of The Woman in the Statue will be up Monday.  That’s not an “I swear it’ll be done by then, PLEASE BELIEVE ME!” kind of thing; it’s done, but I’ve given JayDee an advance copy of every chapter thus far, and I wasn’t about to break tradition for the finale.  They’ll have time to read it, and I’ll work on polishing it before posting it on Monday.
Be forewarned, this is the longest chapter I’ve written for this story by far, a little over 20,000 words.
So, what’s next?  Well, before anything else, I have some reviews to respond to, and a few stories I need to catch up on in terms of reviews.  @Thundercloud should know to expect a review of the grand finale of G.S.P., and I’ll try to catch up on @Tcr’s Last Full Measure, as well as @InvidiaRed’s Rationis.
After that...well, I missed the Halloween party this year, but I’ll be back next year, and of course I have a story planned for this year’s holiday party, which is likely to be my next writing project.

Writing Advice from my former professors
largely paraphrased
If a point can be delivered with a pinprick, avoid substituting a sledgehammer unless the situation really calls for a sledgehammer. In that case, illustrate the fallout from said sledgehammer. There are good writers, and there are popular writers; rarely are the two the same, but overtime, they may become viewed as the same. CoughcoughSHAKESPEAREcough. If your narration has to include “somehow,” you’ve probably got a plothole. Get a shovel and fill the damned thing. Books aren’t gardens – take it easy on the flowery prose or your readers may start sneezing. Hook them in the first sentence or you’ll have to fight to reel them in; land them in the first paragraph, or all you’ll have is a fish story. Know your audience and choose your vocabulary accordingly; learned middle age Brits may know what it means to dandle a baby but teenagers will assume you’re a sex offender. Dickinson never said anyways. Austen never used the word orbs. Orwell didn’t write bugged eyes. If you’re going to emulate someone, pick someone who knows what they’re doing, not a teenager who just discovered twilight and writes in emojis. Mark Twain. You either love him or you hate him, and if you love him, chances are, you also kinda hate him a little bit. Avoid the monologue – your characters need to breathe! They need to process things! They aren’t standing alone on a stage bitching at a bleached human skull, let them be interrupted! Adverbs. Know when they contribute to the story, and slaughter them when they don’t. It’s okay to gate-keep parts of speech. Sheep is already plural, you bloat-brained mindless self-important turnips. Pluralizing plural words will earn you a failing grade and a sound brain-dusting. Keep a hard copy of common references handy while writing, especially a decent dictionary. It takes a minute to flip through pages; checking online leads you to Facebook which leads you to Twitter, then your favorite blog, then five or six click-bait articles, then next thing you know, it’s one and your assignment was due at midnight. English is bullshit. Next question. We’re taught that Paragraphs need to be 4-6 sentences, but guess what? Paragraphs aren’t prescriptions. Sometimes they need to be smaller. Sometimes, larger. Always, they’re prescribed for one speaker at a time except in extenuating circumstances. Start a new one for each new condition and each new patient, or you’ll never break down the text walls. You can’t apply the same rules and fixes to every single situation. Learn what to apply and when, otherwise you’ll just confuse yourself. Vary your fucking sentence structure and length, you filthy rotten philistines. Don’t line the entire page with rows of naked uncut spaghetti noodles and olives and expect the reader to call it delicious! Syntax! Variety! Don’t leave your readers lost and hungry! Do! Your! Fecking! Research! You! Lazy! Impudent! Brats! Don’t write about high wind warnings on planets with no atmosphere or gravity or you’ll look like an out of this world idiot.