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Hi Northern Angel. Welcome to the site! We have many different orientations here, so I'm sure you'll fit it, no matter why you joined. As for help with writing, try posting a snippet of your story in the Sneak Peek area for readers to give you input without actually posting a full story. You can use a practice story or write something for one of the writing prompts in the Writer's forum if you don't want to share your story for your brother. You might also benefit from requesting a beta reader in the Editor Forum. They can help with plot ideas, bouncing thoughts, giving you an idea of where your story might be going wrong or if it's on the right track. My other advice would be to just READ. Everyone writes sex a bit differently, depending on the characters, the circumstances, and their writing styles, but you can get a good handle on how the many ways you can write sex into a story.

Welcome to GA Mike! I have a stepdad and a brother with that name, though I still call the brother Michael. habits can't be broken lol, don't blame your mom too much. Happy reading!

My families have used Kodak's galleries actually. You can create albums, password protect them or share through email AND family members can order the pictures themselves. If you are like me, my kiddos have 4 grandma/grandpas, 2 great grandmas and 9 sets of aunts and uncles, plus friends who love you like family... Yeah, it'll save your wallet big time if you consider that route. Plus, say she goes to a grandma's to visit and said grandma takes fifty million pictures of her toes (it will happen) then she can share them with everyone else if you create a 'baby *name here* album' that everyone has the password to upload to. As for everything else. Happy for you that things are finally coming down to the wire. You will be holding your baby girl and bawling your eyes out before you know it. You both will be absolutely great daddies.

Since there has been question on how to create 'original' work, or just to find motivation to write something new, I thought I would post this topic. This was a very interesting exercise on the free online creative writing course I have been exploring. This session is titled, Writing Characters. I'm going to post the exercises here. I know some people say they start a story with a plot idea, some start with a character, some start with the dynamic between two characters. No matter what gives you the idea, without three dimensional characters who you can fully realize to the reader, your story will fall flat. Try one or all these small exercises to get a good picture in your head and then see what happens. Perhaps you will get a new story idea from it. Or, if you don't want to use 'new' characters, pick one you are writing or have written and get to know them a little better. If you are interested in the rest of the course by The Crafty Writer, check it out on her website, HERE Also, check out the poll. If you guys like this I will try to dig up more helpful small workshop ideas to help refine your skills to create characters and plots. Exercise 17: Find some pictures of people. Beautiful people, interesting people, ugly people – it doesn’t matter. Ask yourself who they are. How did they get there? Where are they going next? What is their relationship to one another? How did they first meet? Do they like each other? Do the answers suggest the beginning of a story or a poem? If so, start writing. Exercise 18: Take one of the characters from Exercise 17 or, if you prefer, a character from something you are already writing, and ask yourself what are their best and worst memories. How do these memories affect them now? What would trigger these memories? A song? A smell? A phrase? An object? Now write a short scene in which a memory is triggered. Exercise 19: Ask your character to empty their pockets or their bag onto a table. What comes out? Why does your character have those things with them? Now let your character choose an object and ask them to tell you why it’s important to them. It would be useful to let them speak in first person, that way you can hear their voice. Exercise 20: Take the character you worked on in Exercise 19 and ask yourself what he or she wants. Is this ‘want’ big enough to hang an entire plot off? What might he or she do to achieve their goal? Exercise 21: Now that you’ve determined what your character wants, ask yourself what stands in his or her way. Try to unearth multiple layers of conflict through other characters (easily achieved by giving your protagonist and antagonist opposing goals), external situations outside of their control (a fire, a storm, a traffic jam etc) and an inner conflict stemming from what you discovered about their fears in Exercise 18.

"They are already playing the entrance music, and you decide to tell me that now? Are you crazy?" "It's not like I chose this to happen now!" I whispered hoarsely. "Oh my god, SHUT UP!" the conductor, Mr. Morris, hissed at me. "Tanya, get over here. You're singing Timothy's part." I flushed as she smirked at me. I was actually glad though. I mean, who wants to be a sopranist? My parents and Mr. Morris had been thrilled when my treble voice lowered only slightly in puberty, allowing me t

This isn't Kombat Kids by GhostRyder is it? I've never read it but the story description is vaguely similar. Check it out here, GhostRyder's Stories

Awww, thanks hun! I knew people would think cell phone considering it was a high school teenager as a protagonist but I just had to go fantasy in a twist.

Cop out ending? Would I do that? I'm so glad you liked it, thanks for the review!!

You got the sad part. It's a choice, there is always something left behind but what he faces forward with could be so much better. I was a tad evil leaving it open like that wasn't I? But c'mon... what would you choose?

That was the goal! I wanted you to think, high school story, teenagers, nothing new... then Wham-o! Mer, um, dude story Thanks for the review dear

It was buzzing again; the feeling made me squirm in my desk as my tight pocket held the small round object firmly against me. Aukai hadn’t told me what would happen when he first gave it to me. The first time I found it in my pocket had been the strangest thing; I hadn’t known what to do with it. Now that I knew what it would do; it was exciting. “Mr. O’Connely! Is there a problem?” Ms. Beckett turned her beady eyed stare at me. “Uh, no ma’am. Sorry.” I ducked my head and stared at my desk

Nope, you can't now. Once you are an author you can't change your name. Before you choose a group you have the ability to go into 'edit my profile' and change your name in the settings.

Happy Birthday Fishie!! Many hugs!!

I always loved peach jam. Totally bad for you, too yummy to pass up.

Pricolici by Cia Tucker had been on the road for days, though leaving his home and his 'family' was the hardest thing he'd ever done. When he gives in to a strange urge to enter a bar in a town where no one knows him, he finds that things in his life were never really quite what they seemed. :nuke: :nuke: Spoilers Below!!! :nuke: :nuke:

He fidgeted, waiting in line outside the club. He felt something pulling him, even as he wanted to leave. Wearing a metal chain choker, tight leather pants, and a pair of wrist cuffs, Tucker walked into the club and glanced around. He felt eyes on him but when he scanned the room he didn't see anyone staring. He bit his lip, undecided, and then slowly made his way to the bar. "What can I get for you?" the bartender asked, her eyes feasting on his bare skin. She licked her lips as he gaze linge

Tucker had been on the road for days, looking for something he couldn't name, though leaving his home and his 'family' was the hardest thing he'd ever done. When he gives in to a strange urge to enter a bar in a town where no one knows him, he finds that things in his life were never really quite what they seemed.

Hope you have a lovely day!

I unfortunately experienced the gamut of abusive behavior as a kid and teen. I never went all the way to suicidal because I became insular for many years, spending most of my time alone reading to 'get away'. Then as a pre-teen and teen I turned to drugs and guys, cutting and eating disorders. I felt both out of control and in control with my actions but it was my way of flipping off the world and my family in secret. I made some very stupid mistakes, ones that got me hurt a several times, but I found someone who made me happy and that helped. I finished school early and left home at 17 like KC did. Difference was, I had the best support in my life from him and it helped me overcome the drug use, the cutting and the eating disorders over time. Without him, I probably would have tried it, or gotten killed by the people I was around. The advice to try to surround yourself with those who help your mood and are good friends is valid. Remember something I still repeat to myself when things seem like they are at their worst, 'This too shall pass', because as bad as it seems, nothing lasts forever.

Or... on another practical vein, why need the camera? If you are the one taking the pictures, why do you need them? If you see him cheating with your own eyes, why do you need photos as proof? You could confront him with your knowledge first hand. It's hard to lie when you can say, I saw you! Now, what the other members said about asking your boyfriend about his behaviors that make you think he is cheating is still very valid, no relationship will work without communicating, but I just thought I'd throw that out there as well.

You can find support in droves here usually. No one can tell you what is right for you, that's a decision only you can make. Good luck with whatever choice you make.

Can I say that depends on what I'm doing and who I am doing it with, or is that too naughty?

Well now... stop hating on early marriage. For some, it is right. I got married at 19 after 3 years with my hubby and living together for over a year. We have our 11th wedding anniversary on the 16th. We're happy... most of the time. Sexuality is a huge thing to come between a couple. I'm bi, I told him that before but I really think he discounted it. I had been with girls before him though and decided that it wasn't gender for me, it was the person. The 'emotional connection' you talk about, Malevolent, was what drew me and it just happened to be with a man. You obviously had that connection with your wife at some point, so why has it disappeared? The difficult thing is that you have these thoughts that you aren't happy with your wife, and what if that is because she's not just the wrong person but the wrong gender? Look, I had some weird parental mixes growing up and the biggest thing I took away from that is NOT that you have to stay married for your child to have a good home life, but you have to stay HAPPY. You can't stay with your wife just for your child, it won't work that way and the unhappiness will definitely affect them. Staying married is not always the answer, as sad as it is to have your family break up. As a bi-woman, a mother, and a wife... I urge you to communicate with your wife about all of your thoughts. If you can't do it on your own, look for a couples counselor or see if your counselor will be willing to do some sessions with you both as well as you individually. You both have to come to terms with this issue because for the rest of your life, you will be with your wife even if you aren't WITH her. Understanding how you feel, how she feels, and what you can both do to be happy is important. Fo most of us, we believe you get one shot at 'life'. You deserve to be happy but you have made commitments to other's happiness now as well. Really think about every consequence your actions will have. Talk them over with your wife, with a counselor, with your family. Deciding you can't be with your wife because you want to be with men will probably then face you directly into the situation of 'coming out'. That's a whole 'nother ball of wax as well. Please make sure you don't act on your feelings unil you are sure of them.

Sorry you went through that. I get rebound headaches so I feel your pain. A few ideas... next headache you get, take Excedrin and a cold can of Mt. Dew or Pepsi Max. There isn't any sugar in Max but it has more caffeine that Dew, which has both. That usually would help even my migraines when I was pregnant (on Dr. advice) and I still do it instead of taking migraine meds most of the time. Bananas... if you're not feeling up to baking the next time you need to use up those over ripe bananas try slicing them and spreading them out on some wax paper on cookie sheets. Pop them in the freezer til frozen then throw them in a bag, either loose or just put another sheet on top and fold the paper up neatly and put them in the bag. You can lay out 3 bananas per bag so you have enough measured for a loaf of bread and then just pull them out and thaw when you feel like it. Or, as my kids like to have me do, mix the frozen bananas and any other fruit of choice with some yogurt and juice in the blender and make smoothies, you don't have to add ice because the fruit is frozen.