BronxWench

I quit a bit over five years ago, but in moments of extreme stress, I have been known to smoke a cigarette. 

I quit a bit over five years ago, but in moments of extreme stress, I have been known to smoke a cigarette. 

Thanks Yes, she’s feeling better now. Gallstone attacks come on sudden, and go away just as quick. But they’re getting more frequent, and it’s hard on the liver. It’ll be cholecystectomy, sooner rather than later. :/
Ugh… I used to like smoking. These days, it just seriously annoys me. Somehow, I’m going to have to stop. Soon.

Sounds like a lovely trip! lol I’m a smoker, too. Gotta pick your places Sea is a good choice.
Hope your mom feels better.

@JayDee @BronxWench Thank you so much for the info! Sorry I asked in the wrong place But thank you for your very informative answers.

Just got back, so a bit late, but so sorry…
 

Reputation is based on the number of likes your posts get. I think the titles do level up, but I’m an archive geek and not really always up on forum stuff.

Ah!  Thank you! I’d always seen it attributed to the ever-delightful Terry Pratchett, but I’ll fix this at once, since I like to give proper credit, especially for so accurate an observation. 

IKR? They can only sun on rocks and eat crickets for so long!

Well, sex is recreational too, so what else is a lizard to do when they have nothing else to do?

Read an essay about lesbian lizards. Some species that no longer had males and could still reproduce didn’t need to have sex anymore but did anyway or something. 

Rank – you can change this to what you want under settings edit profile – it’s called something like “user title.”  There used to be a minimum post requirement to change it long ago, (and at one point there was a “shop” item to change other users userpics/status which hooboy led to drama.) but I don’t know if that’s still in force so change it to what you want. I have mine as “Hello World.” At one point if not changed it would “level up” at various post levels but I don’t know if that’s still a setting on the forum or if it now just sticks on Virgin until manually changed in profile.
Reputation – I think this is mostly based on the number of likes you have received on your posts. There may be other factors. 
Dragon prints – as stated, these are story hits.
There is a subforum for forum questions which you might get quicker answers in. The thing with multiple status updates in a short time is that it floods the feed!

Penguins. There are gay penguins.

Me too; I’ve got a ridiculous amount of notebooks full of stories, but across all fan sites, I only have 4 specific stories of my own posted yet. I have a collaborative work in progress as well.
Ahh Tolkien. Nice. Love Middle Earth, fascinating. Though my writing centers on anime lol
I admire when authors keep characters IC, but I’m known for writing them OOC (at least I make sure they have a reason )
I agree- I make sure I’m not unintentionally pulling off other stories. If there’s something I wanna pull, I always ask author.
Hehehe I have gotten creative with my erotic scenes. I write yaoi/slash and finally found me a bisexual guy that I can ask about m/m relations.
Don’t worry, secrets are safe except it’s written on your update
Hmm, that does sound like an issue. Sorry I don’t have much help for that I’m not much of a suspense writer, and though I love LotR I haven’t read any fics for that fandom.
But I sincerely hope you either think of a way, or find someone who can help.

@SesshomaruFreak  I agree!  I have quite a few ‘side stories’ building up for later work.  My muse sounds like an angry beehive between my ears!
I do so much love reading through the published stories!! But I find myself going back to the Tolkien  Gateway Society to make sure that I’m staying within the correct parameters for canon characters as well as the ones I create and not unintentionally pulling from another story that I’ve read on here.
Granted, there are only so many ways to describe an erotic scene but I’m trying to be cautious there too!  I’ve been in a number of the situations I am describing and going on personal experience there (wow big secret out there, oh well) (Laughs)
Honestly, I think the biggest problem at the moment is figuring out how to create and develop the suspense without dragging the story out too much.

Good advice here. It’s been my experience that trying to force a story can result in crap lol
Definitely take the muse(s)/plot bunnies to another story, new or another WIP of yours, or take a break from writing to read fics. Sometimes, reading good fics from the fandom I’m working on can get my creative juices flowing. Going through reviews you’ve gotten for your story can help, too.
As someone who’s run into So. Many. Walls. I wholeheartedly wish you the best of luck, and hope you’re able to progress soon

Try starting a new, totally unrelated story.  The novelty of the new one may shake loose the creative bottlenecks for the one you're struggling with.

OMG!  It’s been years ago but I remember watching a documentary on the Discovery Channel about the different species of animals that can be homosexual.  I can’t remember all of them, but there were I would say about 7-8 different ones.

We miss you! But I know you have to do what you have to do...

Pretty much.  Of many varieties

Damn! Real life needs to chill the hell out and go smooth for everybody for a while. Shitstorm siesta? 

I have never finished a Nano. Every time I try, something happens. My duaghter was born, parenting, no time, other things, Andy dying. Hopefully this month I’ll  nail it.

Oh God, you are so brave! Good luck! 

Uh...it’s still in my head.