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Or you could always butter up the dude. We could make space in the AD 'images' folder. One caution however... the pictures James posted are a little large... so they make the entire thread's format too wide for the standard 768x1024 resolution meaning people have to use the scroll bar to navigate further down the thread... :)

Same to you, fellah! :p

Hope D & Bubba get it sorted out... I know what it's like having just suffered though two weeks of agony here. :help: Good luck guys.

Hey... Don't you dare attack Wibby for his Fox Paws.... everybody knows he is a cute, rabid racoon!

damn... I am still liking this story. Although I'm not sure that Bam would go for Maxfield and vice versa... and I'm not sure that Tibor really IS 100% straight, the story does already suggest up several possible directions. Although in the first chapter -which almost became a short story in perpetua- I was not sure I was gonna like Tibor. By Chapter 3 I think I do... in fact I even like Max.... er Maxfield. Writing likeable characters or revealing characters slowly to be be likeable goes a long way in my book. Alone By Myself was another example. Started off by thinking Alex was cold and stuck up but ended up liking him as well as the sexy and intriguing Nicky. You went 22 chapters with that one... don't you think ADIP deserves a little longer life?

Sure, go ahead. :)

Rick, you'll have to go register again. It is a pain for all of us but even I had to do it. :alien: dude

Pecman's Gay Writing Tips are in the Essay Pages of the main site... but it probably wouldn't hurt to post again here at the Writers' Workshop. :faroah:

sigh... Tyrel doesn't use an editor but does pretty well for a New Zealander living in Australia... He probably picked it up when visiting the States and mis-transcribed it into Storm Front himself.

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Could you be mis-transcribing from the conversational "I could HAVE done that..." also pronounced "I could've done that..." ???

Naiilo knows I love him! :-D

The suspence doesn't bother me.. it is the SUSPENSE that is killing me... :p

Are you sure you want to say this? :p

Hi Wibby... sorry that is a nick name for you I find hard to discard. I certainly don't know what's going on in your part of the world but I think a lot of us would be disappointed if you stopped writing. I know ADIP has been hard for you to get going to your satisfaction... I remember it as a short story... I still think it has potential and the last two chapters... were definitely moving somewhere good. By sheer coincidence - when I put up the links on the AD home page to sites or pages hosted by our resident authors here less than 24 hours ago, I included the link to your HellBlog as I found stuff there that never made it into a poem or a story you have submitted to AD, but that would be of interest to those polishing their craft as writers. You know that I often get discouraged when things aren't going well - but bailing out hasn't been a serious option for me just as it should't be for you. I'd like to ask you -as a fan and a friend- to stick in there writing and to stay with us here at AwesomeDude. Mike/dude

:o So it was you!

Hang tight, Naiilo... Summer vacation doldrums are upons us. I'm sure somebody will be coming forward soon to volunteer to edit for you. :) P.S. a "formal request" may be a bit strong. Nobody wants to put on a tux this time of year! :p

OK.... all is cool. Frankly, my comments about criticism in this week's News & Views column were prompted by -if not aimed at- Nathan's seemingly critical first post in this thread. While we invite folks to comment on the stories at AD, we aren't just fishing for compliments for our authors, that's for sure. By the time somebody makes it to the pages of AwesomeDude that author has to have either produced a completed story of excellence or have shown exceptional potential in a currently serialized story. Our criteria in a nutshell... sure there are other factors, but that is the bottom line. We used to have a New Writers Series but it has fallen by the wayside a couple of times as it seemed to 'categorize' writers into beginner or advanced, which I felt is a kind of discrimination. As many of our authors came to AwesomeDude that way everyone here more or less accepts the role of being somewhere on that learning curve as a writer. Our group of writers, editors, and englightened readers serve as a nurturing environment for that. But it is not by praise alone that we learn. I well know that from my efforts at becoming a webmaster/designer over the past 16 months or so. Anyway, lots of people are sensitive about their creative endeavors, so lets just all keep that in mind. If we keep it positive by pointing out what we think might have made a story or chapter or passage better instead of 'it sucked because...." it will be much more effective. I also thank Tragic Rabbit for jumping in and doing his job as Moderator of this thread as well as Story Editor for AwesomeDude. He is the perfect example of how someone with exceptional potential can learn and grow in a friendly, encouraging environment like we try to provide at AwesomeDude. Nathan, glad to have you aboard here and I agree with you that The Angel is really good and worth following.

I wouldn't expect an answer for a couple of days... though. When last seen, our esteemed poetry editor, a California Piaute, was aboard his trusted pinto pony in hot pursuit of a Quebec Mohawk across the US-Canadian border! woooooooooo hooooooo :D/

The first chapters of ArchangelMatthew72's novel 'The Angel' have been posted here at AD under his name, Josiah Jacobus-Parker. Josiah, I think Gabe was speaking as Poetry Editor of AD when he asked about submitting... encouraging you to submit poems to the AD site proper for inclusioin in his Poetry Corner section of AwesomeDude. :)

Sean, Poetry is a way of expressing our feelings... I hope you aren't feeling as dark and malancholic as the poem would indicate. Melancholia also seems so different in attitude from your earlier piece in structure and feeling. I wish I could make more constructive comments on poetry in general... I only know how poems affect me or make me feel. Your earlier one "I am what I am I fear no consequence" brought a smile for its 'invincibility' but the black mood of this one evokes somthing else, a kind of concern. I have searched my emotional memory banks for some kind of point in my life where such words might have applied but come up with nothing. In any case, in moving me to feel a new emotion - not necessarily a pleasant one - means that you are expressing yourself successfully as a poet. Looking forward to reading more from you.

I have slept on this, Naillo, and woke up with what should have been considered by the gendarmerie when you reported the crime. This appears to be almost a crime of passion and since the rather expensive tinted windows were what was damaged and since the car was pre-owned when you got it, it could have been the act of anger of the former owner of the car who might have lost it through reposession and who had spent a lot of money on the tinted windows. Spotting it parked in a secluded spot late at night might have been enough - especially if he had been drinking - to spark the malicious vandalism you suffered. You might mention the theory to the police or claims adjuster, but frankly cops seldom follow up on logical solutions to property-damage crimes, preferring to spend their productive time sampling the latest free offerings at the local Dunkin' Donuts. I feel for you buddy... Mike

That really sucks, Naiilo. Too bad you're not a vampire, you could return the favor. :(

Totally ignoring all the meaningful dialogue that has taken place here, I wonder how you got the title for this thread "My Little Rant." I always called mine "Little Dude" or "Dude Jr." Wonder how you came to call yours your "Little Rant" Codey? :p

Not going to bring up the subject of your P.A. Graeme? :p