Congratulations to the winners! I really thought Buz was going to take the top prize, but there were so many outstanding entries. For the rest of us, we'll keep plugging away. I find the competitions a great way for people to see our work who might otherwise not check it out, and that's always a good thing.
I have two Famous Stories, one in Cheating and one in Mature. Those are icing on the cake, because I'm amazed every day that people read my stories.
For some odd reason I didn't watch Season 1. It's still on my DVR, but I just haven't gotten around to it. I watched the first episode of Season 2 the night it aired and I am hooked. I am planning to watch the second episode tonight, as I am recording the series. HBO is the gold standard for contemporary drama, and series like these show why.
I'll never forget him in Horror of Dracula, acting alongside another Hammer Films' legend, Peter Cushing. The films from that studio helped redefine the horror film genre and both Lee and Cushing played major roles in this.
Incidentally, Cushing went on and played the commander of the Death Star in the first Star Wars film, a departure from his usual good guy roles in the 60's.
They were both pioneers, together again now in death. Their likes will not be seen again. May they rest in peace and spend eternity reminiscing about the good old days.
The moderators here do a great job and offer advice if your story needs it, but they have an awful lot of work to do (and for free, I might add). They can't be expected to be proofreaders for everyone as well, so we authors should do whatever it takes to make their jobs easier. For me it means checking grammar and punctuation as I write and save segments of my story. Once I have finished it I try to give it three reads to catch any errors that I might have missed. It may seem a bit like overkill, but I feel that it is the least that I can do.
I've never been a fan of this and I've never required voters to do that either.
Now as for me, when I vote on a story I always comment.
Votes are nice and will get you recognized a little more if you get a lot of votes.
Comments are great as well, because they let me know if I've done something my readers like.
Views, however, even without votes or comments, are a very telling statistic as well. I have a story right now with over 29,500 views. That's not too far away from Famous Story status, but it tells me that 29,500 people read all or part of this story. Or maybe they only read a couple lines, but they opened the link and my story appeared on their screen. That's a powerful reinforcement for a writer.
Good for him! I know that he has been writing non-stop for a long time, so he deserves to stop and smell the roses.
I know that this has been kicked around in one form or another for a while now. I think that this was the solution that should make everyone happy. Great job!
First of all, I want to thank those of you who responded to my posts. Your honesty impresses me, really it does.
I don't want anyone to think that I am in any way denigrating the excellent work that the mods do here. I have never had a problem with a mod and I believe that out of 69 stories and poems I have had approved only two came back for any kind of revision. Believe me, that makes me very happy. It tells me that I must be doing something right.
My beef, if you want to call it that, is all about the RRs. I don't like them, even though I received one for a poem I didn't think deserved it. I just don't think that it should be in the hands of one person.
As for sprite, no, I'm not angling for a RR at all. Like I said, I'm not a fan of them. Just getting approved is good enough for me.
Does this have anything to do with the Top Story list consisting of poems and the Top Poems list consisting of stories? It's been this way for a few days and I wondered why.
Congratulations to the top three, the honorable mentions and to everyone else who entered. The top three were examples of some of the best writing I have seen on Lush, regardless of category. We are blessed to be able to read works such as these on a daily basis. It is an honor to be associated with all of you and call ourselves "authors".
Thanks for the mail, Gav. I'm sure you'll have us back and better than ever soon.
I'm basically just seeing avatars. None of the other images are appearing. It took a while for the text of the story I'm working on to show up, but it got there eventually. we just need to be patient.
May I have 236 please? I have a great friend who could use this and I would like to see her receive it.
I think it is a heartfelt plea and is quite beautiful. Thank you for sharing that with us.
Fakin' It--Simon and Garfunkel
I have a similar problem. I have written 52 stories, yet my profile page lists 45. There were 7 stories which I had hidden, so I restored them to visible and yet the count on my profile page still shorts me by 7 stories. I went to the help desk because I qualified for the Author50 badge and asked why my count was different than the profile count. I inquired because I wanted the count to accurately reflect my work and I felt I should get the badge. Well, I got the badge but my profile count is still 7 stories short of what I have done. No explanation was given.
