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hah, anyways, yeah, I did come to like Jean-Claude. I think you're overattributing his fem-ness. I more pictured a slutty 17th century French Aristocrat. I mean, if you pay attention to the actual descriptors, he's still fairly built. what he wears would just be considered effeminate by today's standards, not anything attributable to his personality or character or actual demeanor. well, I may be interpreting my own shift too, but basically for me it was a surprise to realize I ended the series with the thought that he was actually pretty cool. but maybe he's just cool in comparison to everyone else's glaring incompetence. haha, ah well.
He has a point regarding clothing & Jean Claude. He is a rather strong character and male, he just hasn't quite updated his wardrobe from when he was living LOL!
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All very valid arguements! Us women do crazy rationalization stuff when it comes to men... Personally, I'd say that I don't understand it, but I did waffle for about a month and a half with an old ex who cheated on me. We broke up, I took him back, we broke up, I took him back but after the month and a half, I did finally end it totally. Sometimes you just need time to come to the realization that its not healthy.
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Very little squicks me, really. I don't see a problem with folk of advanced years getting it on.
ROFL - I'd hope it doesn't bother you since you just had Prof McGonagall in a scene
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Can you please provide more specifics? Such as the type, size, etc of the graphic you are trying to upload along with error messages you receive etc. Screenshots are always helpful!
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I completely agree. I'd send one myself but I doubt I'd be taken seriously if I sent him 600 characters of swear words.
See? This is why prostitutes get a better rep than writers...
Oh I know it! And this isn't the first time he's used that line! Shame on him!
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So I'm watching a movie I had recorded off TNT Saturday and an ad for James Patterson's newest book. I've always enjoyed his Alex Cross series to I actually watched it instead of fast forwarding only to hear the following words from his mouth: "Buy this book or I'll have to kill off Alex Cross. Its very good by the way..."
*head thunks* Really Mr. Patterson? You are a New York Times Bestselling author! Do you really need to sales whore to sell books???
So with out further ado, here is the letter I wrote to conform to the 600 character count. Feel free to use it for your own letter!
Mr. Patterson,
I saw the commercial today for your new book & I am very disappointed in you! You, a NYT Bestseller, resorted to the lowest of behaviors – “If you don’t buy my book I’ll kill off the main character.” I lost respect for you after seeing that. It doesn’t matter if you meant it in jest, that type of behavior is unacceptable from a published author like yourself. It’s not accepted on major amateur fiction sites, so why should it be acceptable for you? Shame, shame, shame. I’m going to have to truly consider if I want to even bother reading any more of your books.
Sincerely,
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Updates from Apollo
TOS Review: Review Demands
Welcome to Apollo's study where this week we will have a discussion regarding one of the biggest complaints we have from users, review demands!
What is a review demand you ask? Most commonly a review demand is considered holding a story hostage until you get a certain number of reviews, but it is not always that obvious. It can be more subtle than that, along the lines of: 'If I get reviews, I might write another chapter or a sequel' or 'Reviews keep me writing.' You may be planning to continue despite reviews, but it can be can be interpreted that you won't.
Now I know that reviews are the lifeblood of any author and extremely important, but is a review really worth much if it's coerced? Consider it this way: At the end of a novel there is a cliffhanger or the author leaves it wide open to a sequel, but there is a note after the last sentence saying "If you want me to write another book, then I have to sell 1 million copies of this one first." or "If you want more in this series, become a fan on my Facebook page and leave me a wall post telling me why you like the book. If people don't like me on Facebook then I'm not going to write anymore." It wouldn't be very professional, now would it?
Not that we are all professional writers here at AFF, but we should always strive for a level of professionalism in our behavior.
There isn't much else to say on this topic, but a simple rule of thumb that you should keep in mind when asking for reviews: If what you say in regards to reviews in anyway shape or form implies that they are needed for you to write more, then it needs to be re-worded.
AFF 2011 Calendar Contest - Voting Time!
Well we extended the topic, looking for more entries, and boy did we get them! We have 20 amazing entries for the 2011 AFF Calendar!! Now all that we need is a little help from everyone else - We need you to vote on them and tell us what you want to see on the Calendar! Head on over to our Poll topic to see the entries and vote. Voting is open to both forum members and guests, do please! Tell us what you think before it closes November 30, 2010!
Dribs, Drabs and Doggy Tales!
Thank you to everyone who responded to our latest prompt, "Cornucopia" We have 8 responses so far this week! Don't forget that the topic doesn't close until 11:59pm tonight, so there is still time to get in an entry. For everyone that has participated, we will be sending you the badge for this week that you can display where you so choose! If you've read the entries, please don't forget to review the story and let the Author know you liked it! As a reminder, the next topic is now posted, please visit this forum and starting Sunday 8am you can post your new entries!
Funding Status
Information to exact status is always found on the donations page. Currently, the site has $204.78 stored in PayPal. November's hosting costs have been paid and we are well covered for December! We do always appreciate donations though! Please see the donation page for further information on how.
Tech Updates from DemonGoddess
Clean up Update
The following top levels have been created, or will be shortly:
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In books subdomain - Twilight
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In cartoon subdomain - Kim Possible (coming soon)
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In comics subdomain - DC 'Verse Comics, DC 'Verse Cartoons, DC 'Verse Movies
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In xmen subdomain - Marvel 'Verse Comics, Marvel 'Verse Cartoons, Marvel 'Verse Movies
To help facilitate story moving, here is what can be done. This is something requires a member assist.
Email to technicalsupport@adult-fanfiction.org, subject Cleanup req
Where a subcategory does not yet exist (this applies to the DC and Marvel top levels), start with the category req for it.
Then, link to the story you need moved to the new top levels. Re-add the story to the category if it already exists, if not, I will email you when it's created, and then add it then. DO NOT delete the old story. I need that for some of the data, which I will then add to the new upload. After I'm done with that, moving any attached reviews, and adding the story rating that was pre-existing, I will delete the old story. Alternatively, this can all be posted in the category requests forum. Once I've finished with any data migration needed done for that request, expect to see the topic closed. I would also ask where there are stories in process of migration already (such as Angel in the tv subdomain), that those users do this as well.
If everyone who's affected by this can help and follow the instructions above it will make the process go a lot faster as it means I only need to move reviews and rates, and change the dates to reflect the original add date, also create subcats where needed. None of which takes all that long. If I have to move each story, it can take hours depending on how many chapters I have to move etc. So your help is greatly appreciated!!
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In books subdomain - Twilight
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Basically - what we are asking is that you try it using the link above instead of your shortcut... if you are always using the shortcut when it doesn't work then your shortcut is the issue.
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So do you only experience issues when you use the link on your shortcut?
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That's fine - Looking at the link, you're going to a story. What if you just go to the actual cat itself? It may be that your attempting to access a story that is no longer there.
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LOL - It can't be a twilight flashback... this was written 1st!
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Can you screenshot it when it's not working and post it?
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The time is here! The entries for the 2011 Calendar Contest have been reviewed to ensure they meet requirements and here they are for your perusal and voting!
Voting is open to all members of the forums as well as guests, though there are different steps for each. Voting closes 11:59 EST, Nov 30, 2010.
If you are a forum member:
Please review the pictures here
Come back to this thread and select from the poll above your Top 12 choices.
If you are a guest:
Review the pictures here
Then come back to this thread and in a reply to the post, rank your Top 12 choices.
Please note that only guests should respond in the thread. Any forum member responses will be removed from the thread to keep everything in order.
If you are a staff member, please refrain from voting.
Thank you to all of the artists who submitted work!
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These forums were created to help people find works with in AFF primarily, but we do understand that they can be found elsewhere. Your original post came off like you were looking for it on FF again, not just in general, thanks for the clarification.
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LOL - I looooove those!
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LOL - I love stuff like that!
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We played a practical joke just because you weren't around... sorta like moving furniture on the blind person....
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Quite frankly, this has gone on long enough.
The site policies have been explained. I'm sorry you don't like them, but I look horrible in orange and broke, so they aren't changing any time in the future.
You have your answers in regards to the story, therefore this topic is closed.
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To answer your points one by one:
Actually in order for any account to be deleted or altered as yours was, we ensure that we have solid proof. However I am not going to disclose the process that we take as that would make it easy for remaining minors to cheat the system and avoid detection.
As for something else to stop minor's from posting? Short of requiring a credit card to access the site (and they could steal a parents) we have done everything we can. There are multiple pages were age must be verified, it's clearly stated in our TOS, we have a RTA (restricted to adult) tag, and meta data embedded in the site so that adult filters block it out.
Yes, your stories were deleted after you turned 18, however that is because they were posted while you were under 18. If we had caught you while you were underage, you would have been deleted outright with no warning or email. Since we found the account after, instead of deleting the account we remove any content that was posted before your 18th birthday as legally/technically they were posted by a minor.
The site is not rated NC-17 so your point is invalid. The site is rated adult and in the US, adult means 18 years old.
While I'm glad you respect the site's policies now, as you did not respect the site's policies by waiting until you were 18 years old to sign up and post, we are under no obligation to contact you prior to editing your account or deleting the account entirely. Quite frankly, we were being gracious by allowing the account to stay at all since you had put the site in a possible legal situation by being here underage.
Yes, I am an author and I understand that having your work available is important, however that is also why I have it backed up in numerous places so that I never have to worry about loosing it.
The rating of your stories have nothing to do with deletion - Your age at the time of posting them does/did.
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As for how we can tell, I'll just say that we have our ways of figuring these things out and are very rarely wrong.
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We can still look into it if you like. We did have a database crash so it's possible if the account is there the stories are floating in the DB just looking to get reattached. If you email the support email listed on the contact page with the information DemonGoddess asked for we can check.
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I'll toss in the ones I shared last night in shoutbox:
Boy Toy
Sugar Dick/lips
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Tradition prompt:
Pittwitch - Thank you! Considering that the only reason it got written was cause of you goading me in Shoutbox... I appreciate the positive review!
Asexual Biped: If I'd gone drabble I would have indicated his doubtfulness, hopefully it got through!!!
A little advice please
in Personal Notes
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To add in...
Pay attention to the head, that's gotta lot of nerves. There is a little patch on the underside of the head called the frenulum that has a good amount of nerve endings that you can point your tongue and play with. But be gentle with it. Keep in mind when using you tongue that the underside has more nerve endings than the top, mostly concentrated to the immediate left and right of the direct center.
Also, if you use the hand with it, go in opposite directions, ie hand down while mouth goes up, or twist slightly while working him with your mouth.
Another sexy trick to turn the guy on, kneel to his side and play with yourself with one hand so he can see. That'll add to your pleasure while giving and add to his arousal.
Bored has the right idea that the biggest part is showing that you like it. A guy I gave one to once said I gave him the best bj he'd ever had and when I asked what made it that, he said it was the look in my eyes when I looked up at him with so much need/want, like the most important thing in the world was his dick in my mouth.