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I think this article is already in another thread in the Soapbox. Whatever, here's my response to it: I'm glad to hear about evidence of a biological influence in sexual orientation. I'm especially interested in the roles of pheromones (I have weird hobbies). Anyway, what I found most interesting is that not only do we have a male preference, but a gay male preference. Not only is it how we react to the scents, but it's the scents we give offwhihc differ as well from heteros. I guess the divide is wider than I imagined.

Anxiety....building...aaaagh!

Good point about dirty talk. It sounds sooo stupid out of context, so it requires a lot of sexual build up for it to work in the story with making the reader cringe.

I toyed with animating my "R" (which I photoshoped) when I tried to learn Flash. Long story short: I cannot use Flash for my life.

I read a story once which felt the need for some reason to list all the characters and their "stats" at the very beginning of the story. That was irritating for several reasons; A. I came for a story, not the personals section and B. it made the characters so dificult to keep track of. Another tip: cramming all the exposition in the very beginning is a very sure way to bore readers, try peppering it throughout as it becomes relevant. I prefer leaping right into the dialogue or a specific moment.

I visited Com's site for a while and after I typed the URL "comicality.gayauthors.org" a few million times, it occured to me to check what else might be on gayauthors.org.

Opps! I gues I;m starting to forget, it's been so long since a new chapter **ahem**

Happy Birthday, Midwinter!

For me, beginning writing was something I tried a while ago, and like most other things I've made, I hated it and changed it relentlessly over and over, deleted it, made new ones. The more I went through this process, the more I knew what writing a good story was. It was more than just a place to create a fantasy for myself, it was creating a whole other world, with its own heroes and problems. A place where I could still escape to, but at the same time had a substantial plot with which to sustain itself. This was before I became an avid reader of gay stories and learned even more. I got a feel for what was out there, and identified what I wanted to read. I figured there must be others who wanted to read something similar, so I should put one out there as a favor to anynone else who did. I know that's a weird way to start, but it's how I started Underworld. I actually started Underworld several times, sometimes getting pretty far. I loved one of the beginnings I had, back when it was "Dakest Love" and the concept was different, I was thinking of posting it as an aside. Whatever, I like the one I have now. Anyway, what was scariest for me was knowing that my work, my feelings, my best attempt at writing, soemthing I cared about, would be viewable by anyone. Not just anyone, but everyone, people who'd been reading these types of stories for a while and had set a standard for them that I had to live up to. Posting also keeps me progressing with a story, instead of going back and changing the same few pages over and over. Once it's out there, I know "Okay, I can't change that anymore, I can just add on to it" so I go on writing. Underworld was the kind of thing I wanted to see on Nifty and such, and it was sort of, but not exactly. Finally, I got over my laziness and just figured I should quit complaining and write it myself if I want it out there. I mean, that's how the rest started, right?

Yeah, I want to know the backstory of why Bryson apparently hates mimicks so much.

I have weird deja vu where something might actuallly make a dream flash back to me, which is weird.

I have weird deja vu where something might actuallly make a dream flash back to me, which is weird.

Happy Birthday!

Thanks for the thoughts. What I've been trying to do is continue (and change a lot) Living the High Life, which is very different from my current Underworld. I think it would be ulitmately beneficial to try them both at once.

The question is, when was it passed?

I think I know that site. For example, in Wisconsin it's illegal to "worry" a squirrel.

For some reason, I can see Justin getting to the room only to find Comicality waiting for him and Richie dead.

At least this one wasn't more puppies in baskets.

When I signed on today, I was blown away. You did a great job, Myr, thanks.

I'll definitely tell you when I do some more work on Living the High Life, seems like you would enjoy it.

I'd like to thank my Aunt and her constant, random email forwardings.

I used to have recurring dreams. They eventually became an amusing almost sort of passtime for me. I'd rememeber a random dream for no reason, then, months later, have it again. But I'd rememeber it and be able to alter it in small ways. I have the same sequels also, Novelty. Almost always there's something I have to accomplish. Unfortunately I very rarely dream anymore. Last time I did, all I remmeebr is some random person reccomending the new TV series "Revelations" to me. I actually watched it based on the reccomendation.

Allow me to inaugurate this new forum [breaks wine bottle]. Anyway, I'm having a bit of a quandary as to whether or not I should focus all my attention on my current story, Underworld, or to pursue the many other story ideas I've since had that I believe could really run with. I mean, I know a lot of authors here, if not all, maintain more than one story at a time. But that does keeep readers waiting, and would stretch me a bit thin, even if I don't have an epic fan base. However, I have to be in a specific mindset to write any additions to Underworld, and the other stories I have in mind are ones I could write when I'm in lighter spirits. There are many times I just don't add to Underworld because I'm not 'in the Underworld mode'. Of course, I don't have a lot of free writing time lately, so more than one story would put me at a snail's pace. I really want to continue with Living the High Life, for which I have some major long-term ideas, but I would have to dedicate time I might not have. So, in retrospect, ramble aside, I am basically asking for advice and thoughts in general, what do you think about maintaining more than one or two stories at a time and how many, do you think, is the limit?

Call and raise: 1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel. 2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. 3. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle. 4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. 5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. 6. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why. 7. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2". 8. During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch). 9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! (That explains a few mysteries....) 10. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. 11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. 12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 18,979,564,000. 13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver. 14. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before. 15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. 16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered this??) 17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm. 18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." 19. The original name for butterfly was flutterby. 20. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. 21. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so the called themselves Motorola. 22. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet. 23. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand. 24. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. 25. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. 26. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. 27. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson." 28. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing! 29. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher. 30. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries. 31. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. 32. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!

It occurs to me that I've never actually written a full blown sex scene..ever. Oh my God. As opposed to you, I just went right into something with depth, but there has to be one eventually. Great, now I have writer-virgin-anxiety.. I guess. It's back to Nifty for more 'research'