GeorgeGlass

I am pleased to say that my laptop is working properly again, not least because of the substantial efforts of a nice fellow at the Knowledge Bar at Micro Center. Also, a surprise announcement: Earlier, I wrote that once again, I would not be writing a Christmas story this year because I had no good ideas for one. Then, a few days ago, such an idea struck. So if I can finish it in time, and if they do some kind of holiday story jam here on AFF, I’ll post “A Visit From Shota Claus” there (although as the title implies, it will have Minor1 content, so a fair number of folk won’t read it). Otherwise, I’ll post it on its own in the Originals section. SWP1: Some answers to your questions: The next chapter of “Little Rose” is about two-thirds written, but right now I’m trying to spend the majority of my writing time on “A Visit From Shota Claus” in the hope of getting it done in the next week or so. Once I’m done with that, “Little Rose” will be back on my priority list, along with my various other in-progress multi-chapter stories. Christmas prep is going well. We don’t have a full-size tree this one, but we have a cute little fake one that looks very festive and that we put in the front window so people can see the lights at night. How is yours? I appreciate your enthusiasm for this idea, but I just have too many other ideas that I’m excited about to pursue that one at this point. And my excitement is renewed now that I don’t have to do everything on my phone.

Hello, all. I haven’t been posting much lately because my laptop has been on the fritz; the power supply isn’t working right, which is slowing the whole thing down. (Makes me extra-glad I wasn't trying to do NaNoWriMo this year.) Hopefully, the new adapter I ordered will fix the problem. News: Chapter 3 of “The More, the Merrier” is now in beta. (I had to finish it on my phone.) It is huge – 8000+ words – so the beta could take a while. BTW, my friend who lost his father and grandfather is the beta on that story. He asked for a distraction, so I hurried up and finished the chapter to provide him one. SWP1: Of the movies you mentioned, the one I’m most interested in is Aquaman. Although if it gets terrible reviews, I'll probably just wait and watch it the next time my cable provider has a free-premium-channels weekend (which is how I watched Batman vs. Superman and Justice League). I’m iffier about Bumblebee because the recent Transformers movies haven’t been great, but focusing on one character might make for a better movie, so I’m keeping an open mind. Last night, I watched Murder on the Orient Express (the new one with Kenneth Branagh), and now I wish I had seen it on the big screen. Lots of magnificent vistas. The story is good, too (I guess you can't go too far wrong with Agatha Christie), and the movie is chock-full of good actors.

Autocorrect. If you can’t win ‘em all, why do people keep trying?

Re: "F**k Perfect" Thanks! This one was based on a Tumblr post I read from a woman who put a bunch of hers and her daughters' undies in the dryer right before the burly Russian dryer repairman showed up. I just took that and ran with it.

Re: "Caitlyn's Punishment" Thank you! "Wrong," "yummy," and "well written" were the exact things I was going for.

Re: "The Happiest Place" From Jomahawk2694 on November 23, 2018 I had originally planned for this story to be a one-shot, but it could be fun to do an anthology of stories set in the Happiest Place universe. I shall consider this.

Re: "Little Rose" From FlutteringWings on November 22, 2018 What a beautiful father/daughter relationship. They are lucky to have each other. I can't wait for Rose to experience even more fun stuff with her daddy. The dirtier the better. Definitely eager for daddy to pop her cherry. Can't believe he hasn't yet. Looking forward to the next update. Hopefully soon. Thanks for sharing this yummy story! Thank you! More "Little Rose" is on the way, where we'll discover more about our precocious little girl's desires.

A friend of mine has lost both his father and his grandfather in a tragic accident. In the hope of providing him a distraction, I put the pedal to the metal and finished chapter 4 of “Little Rose” this afternoon. SWP1, chapter 3 of “The More, the Merrier” is probably the next thing I’ll finish. However, my laptop is on the fritz (needs a new battery that I have to have shipped to me and then installed by a technician), so I may not be able to post it until next week. Also, I will probably continue my trend of not contributing to this year’s holiday story jam. All the Christmas-story ideas I have are weepy things involving dying children, and I’m not doin’ that.

Haven’t had much to report recently, but today I posted a new one-shot story titled, “The Happiest Place.” It’s a shameless parody of the Walt Disney company, set in an alternate world with very different rules about what is considered appropriate content for children. Getting pretty close to finished with a couple of chapters, but I’m not entirely sure what will be ready next. Oh, and for some Lori/Lana fun, I recommend “Sweet Dreams, Lana Loud” by @Evil Fairy. It’s all about sibling affection taking an erotic turn, which is I thing I’m fond of, and Evil Fairy writes well.

I never have good ideas for Christmas stories. I’ve written exactly one, and only because it was the third part of a holiday-themed trilogy. But should inspiration happen to strike, I’ll participate.

Well, I’ve been making progress on a lot of things, but not enough progress on any one thing to actually finish it. Most recently, there’s been action on the next chapters of “The More, the Merrier” and “Little Rose.” Chapter 3 of TMTM is up to 8000 words and it’s STILL not finished. Also, a new story has joined The List. With the working title of “Twist My Arm,” it’s a Loud House story in which Bobby and Ronnie Anne return to Royal Woods for 4 weeks during the summer and go on a series of double dates with Lori and Lincoln at a retro drive-in theater. Lori wants to get seriously physical with Bobby but knows that Bobby won’t approve if the kids are in the car – unless, Lori reasons (okay, “reasons” in air quotes), Lincoln and Ronnie Anne are doing the same thing in the back seat. So she starts pressuring Lincoln to go farther with Ronnie Anne on every date. Of course, I really need to get some of my in-progress stories done before I start posting new stuff, so it might be a while before this sees daylight. SWP1, my favorite horror movie is the original Scream. I like it because it turns a lot of tropes from the horror genre on their heads and because it’s a mystery as well as horror. In the days leading up to Halloween, though, the wife and I watched the new The Haunting of Hill House series on Netflix, which was very good.

Thanks! What's Halloween if you can't visit horrific death on the deserving? Thanks again!

Who was the third girl?

Thanks! I figured if there were going to be satyrs, then the story ought to have a Greek (or at least Greek-esque) setting. Glad you liked the ending.

I've already decided what to write for next year. Working title: "Day of the Deadly."

FYI, I’m un-abandoning this story idea. It occurred to me that this story would work even better if Bobby and Ronnie Anne came back to Royal Woods for a few weeks during the summer. That would put a limit on Lori’s time with Bobby and increase her desperation to make (out) the most of it.

From BronxWench on October 22, 2018 High praise, coming from you. Thank you! Gracias. She’s a clever girl, and she’s learned to play her cards close to the vest. Thank YOU for such a nice review.

Thanks! Part of the reason for making “Apprentice” the title was to get the reader wondering how the title relates to the story – until the title gets paid off at the end. I don’t know where that idea came from, but once I had it, I couldn’t let go of it.

Thank you! I guess Sofi did turn out to be a dark Cinderella. BTW, Acantha and Kacia are Greek names that mean “prickly” and “thorny,” respectively, whereas “Sofi” means “wise.”

Oh, she did indeed. As Sofi implies in her conversation with the witch, Sofi deliberately made her bug-repelling ointment to repel changelings, too, and she deliberately made a perfume that attracts them.

No problem at all. I'm always happy for your comments. Egad! *dives under sofa* I mean, thank you. I figured if Pacifica can develop an interest in Dipper, then anything's possible. Besides, it's not like Dipper is unattractive or unmannerly -- he's just kind of a nerd. Blame Frozen and other movies where it turns out that romantic love is no more important than other kinds of love. I just like that message (as you saw in “Star’s Crossed Lovers,” too). He remembered Nat on some level, just not consciously. And thanks for another nice review!

Re: "A Sweet Little Girl Like You" Thank you! For me, part of the fun of writing is being able to tell a lot of different kinds of stories. Thank you again. Wow. I am glad to be in the company of any of those people. Lots of stuff in the works, as usual -- chapter 2 of Wishful included!

“Apprentice,” my story for the 2018 AFF Halloween Party, is now posted. You can find it and the other entries here. The List of Twenty is now down to 16, possibly for the first time in years. I’m trying to focus more on finishing my in-progress stuff before beginning any new stuff, even though I have a long list of stories waiting to be started.