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Fie, George! Shirley Jackson was a superb writer of horror fiction. There's also Sarah Langan, and Tanith Lee writes horror as well. And what about Chelsea Quinn Yarbro?

I'm not sure, beyond people making the requests I've written for them, it may be random for me!

Curiosity may kill the witch on this one, but I wonder: what inspires you?

Grammar: a lost art.

Grammar: a lost art.

I keep flashing back to a lovely tattoo on a nice, young deckhand. Alas, time escapes me for the story to go with it.

I keep flashing back to a lovely tattoo on a nice, young deckhand. Alas, time escapes me for the story to go with it.

Everything. I see a person, or someone makes a gesture, and it sets off a story in my head. The light from my terrace at the end of the day, the hawks setting up housekeeping down the street, or just the color of someone's dress. I have no end of inspiration. I just need to wait for it to gel into a story, and then hide somewhere and write an outline.

Grammar: a lost art.

The only reason the archive administrators here at AFF hide stories is for TOS violations. Once the author brings the posting into compliance and notifies the proper staff members, it will not be hidden anymore.

::grins:: A WIP is a Work In Progress.
I actually used my NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writer's Month) freebie to print a vanity copy of the first 40 chapters. Book 1 of the story, as it were. 130,842 words. Now I just have to finish the godsbedamned thing before next June so I can print up Book 2 as my little vanity prize. There's something incredibly fun about holding an actual book with your name on the spine.

For grammar, sentence structure, subject-verb agreement, word usage, etc., by all means, YES, a general composition course will help. As far as creativity, that cannot be taught, only encouraged. Go forth and write - like Bronx said. Although she knows how I feel about that 2,000 words a day deal -- I don't have enough time for 200 words most of the days.

If you can find the first chapter via the author's page, there is a clickable marked "Next Chapter" at the bottom of each chapter. It's right next to the "Review" clickable, which is also very nice to use, to let the author know what you thought.

Deeply, and for a very, very long time.

I already left. This is a spambot.
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But you're our Witch, love!

And it's still FAR kinder than what an editor will give you.

While I normally would consider this a sort of baiting post, I'd like to take the time to address this.
First of all, I want to point out that this site is run and maintained by volunteers. None of us, including our owner and administrators, make one cent from what we do. Revenue generated by our advertising banners, and from the generous donations of those users who wish to help goes into paying the hosting costs for the site, and to pay for the code upgrades necessary to keep things moving smoothly. So, right from the start, the people working to maintain this site do it because we love AFF and what it stands for.
Having said that, we have a clearly written, plain English Terms of Service and Content Guidelines. We make the rules and expectations very clear. Since this is an adult site, we expect that our members, being adults, can read and comprehend those rules. They are few and quite simple. In the event that a member might not understand a rule, we have forums where they can ask us, and we are always happy to explain what we mean by a given rule. The rules are necessary so that the site can continue to exist. We are required to comply with the laws of our domicile, and it is the site's owner and administrators who stand to face the consequences if we don't enforce our rules. Jail time, fines, and lifetime registration as a sex offender are all potential consequences. I would strongly suggest that it is morally repugnant to expect anyone to face those consequences because another person doesn't want to observe clearly stated rules.
I will assure you that we do document infractions, and the methods are in keeping with the nature of the infraction. Given that we are human, it is inevitable that we will make a mistake from time to time. There is no absolute guarantee of infallibility promised, nor is that even remotely possible. If you believe we have warned you, or taken other action that was not correct, you would be better served by emailing us with facts to refute our conclusions.
To address moral standards, by what benchmark do you judge? How do you determine whether you are a more moral person than I, for example? You don't know me, and I don't know you. Therefore, that entire line of reasoning is specious and childish. If you question whether or not any staff member can behave badly with no consequences, we do have oversight at all levels. It is simply impossible for any moderator to apply warnings incorrectly without that error being caught. Moderators are supervised by the administrators, who are long-term staff members, who have written the rules and guidelines, and who insist that those rules and guidelines be implied impartially.
In short, you posture nicely, but you lack sufficient training in logic, or in classical rhetoric and grammar to make this debate sustainable.

Part of the problem as well is that people tend to stick to their fandoms of choice, both as readers and as authors looking for reviews. As a moderator, I have to read across the entire archive, in fandoms I might never otherwise go to on my own. I've found some wonderful things this way, and I'd encourage others to explore.
I will say, though, that even my boundless enthusiasm can take a hit when I'll read outside my areas of interest, leave reviews, and then hear an author I've reviewed remark that they don't read [insert fandom/genre of your choice here]. I write het, slash, and sometimes even SFW as the mood takes me. If you're going to ignore what I've written because you don't like het, or slash, or SFW because you can't muster the imagination to fap to it, then don't complain when you don't get reviews. I write a lot more original lately than fandom, so I won't even mess with treasured ships. Really, it makes me unlikely to continue to review those authors in what little free time I have.
Pay it up, people. For every review you get, leave two. In turn, those authors should go out and leave two more reviews each. In no time, we could have a lively community of engaged readers and authors, chatting happily in the forums about the reviews left in the archive. And we don't even charge a membership fee. Imagine that.

Make sure you let us know if that goes to a publisher. We love it when one of our authors is published!

Guess I'll be cheeky and promo my Original story,
http://original.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600102787

I'm curius - y'all do understand that we aren't affiliated in any way with FFN?

I'm curius - y'all do understand that we aren't affiliated in any way with FFN?

What annoys me is people deciding to go on a gluten-free diet. This annoys me because there is absolutely nothing whatsoever that is even vaguely unhealthy about gluten!

Gluten is a protein that naturally occurs in wheat, oats and barley. Nothing wrong with it at all. Unless you have coeliac disease. This is an autoimmune condition where sufferers are gluten intolerant, to greater or lesser degrees. Coeliac disease suffers have to eliminate gluten from their diet because it can make them very sick, as well as damage their bowel, and even potentially develop cancer.

Coeliac suffers is the reason why gluten-free foods first started, not because gluten is unhealthy. What’s more, Gluten is what makes cakes and bread soft and springy, so to compensate for that, gluten-free foods are often high in fat to improve their texture and make them a bit more palatable.

So if you’re considering whether or not to go on a gluten-free diet just ask yourself one question: “Do I have coeliac disease?” If the answer is no then you have your answer!

I had an old Royal manual myself. I also had a reel to reel tape recorder. And now that I've dated myself thoroughly...