Cruising for an editor? A bit of etiquette... Common sense, above all, should be the watch word. You aren't exactly trying to get a job interview as the CEO of Diamler-Chrysler, so the p's and q's aren't life and death important. You are, however, trying to get a stranger with some knowledge on the subject to look at your story and tell you what they think....
fPlenty of people openly complained on the Public Portal about my first submission, "How to Piss Off an Editor", and in the same breath wrote to me privately; saying they wished they'd had the guts to say what I had and that I was right. They couldn't believe nobody had thought about it previously. So I've decided to be my irreverent self again and write th...
This is my Christmas Gift to all my fellow editors :) In my time as an editor I’ve received stories from people of several continents, male and female. The stories have all been varied and of different lengths (who says size doesn’t matter!!!!!!!), some good, some bad, some totally awful and some absolutely awesome! When I first sat down to do this, all...
Why Every Writer Should Consider Using a Grammar Checker Before a Story Submission That is a question that I pondered on during the writing of my first story before this second submission. Why should I? Do I really need it? Other writers have friends, family, and editors to look over their manuscripts before submission. Will they need to use a Grammar Che...
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CHAPTER 1 Tough-ass attorney Thelma Bush who specialized in defending guys accused of assaulting women was in the city's premiere bar, notorious for its callous indifference at fleecing its patrons. She stared at the guy leaning on his table alone, chin cupped in his hand and staring at her. She mouthed the words, 'Fuck off'. God, she thought, what riff-r...
If you're a writer - aspiring, amateur or professional - you know what I'm talking about. You're hit with this brilliant story idea. You've even come up with an original plot you're all excited about. The first sentences flow out faster than you can type them. But then suddenly you start hearing this voice inside your head. "Why don't you read back what you...
I often re-read stories that I like. My bookshelves groan with the weight of books collected over the last sixty odd years. To re-read the stories from the Literotica web site needs, at the very least, a note of the titles and authors. I lost track of three stories before I started making notes! Furthermore, on holiday at our caravan there is no way of conne...
CHAPTER 1 The chairman of the Our Times Magazines Inc, Benton Mellows, told the English journalist he'd hired at great expense that she was fired as editor of Oh Really Magazine because instead of reviving flagging sales, the sales figures had dropped at an accelerated rate during her six-month tenure. "You can't do this; I'll sue you," she'd screamed. "Y...
CHAPTER 1 Redman Gallagher and wife Drew kept putting off the decision but finally the twins pressed them for the verdict: Who would go on to college. The parents argued, shouted, slammed doors and swore at each other. "You'll be going to college Danny," said his sister. "Dad will wear mom down." "But Blaze that's not fair. You are my academic superior a...