G'Day

Cliff Face said:

My stepmum advised me to add kinky sex to my novels last time I saw her, because of 50 Shades.

I didn't have the heart to mention the sex scenes in my last book.

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Hilarious!
My mum has just downloaded them to her Kindle! And I worry about what she's been reading in my books!

My stepmum advised me to add kinky sex to my novels last time I saw her, because of 50 Shades.

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Oh my lawd, that book. I fondly remember the time I thought Twilight was bad...
I'm sure worse things have hit shelves in the past, though, we just don't remember them.

And I worry about what she's been reading in my books!

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Is it awkward, having your mum read your books? Because I get terrified just showing her a short story or an excerpt, even if it's totally harmless.

linkonrad said:

Is it awkward, having your mum read your books? Because I get terrified just showing her a short story or an excerpt, even if it's totally harmless.

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I didn't let my mum read anything I'd written for years, and now she has and loves it!
Scarey!

One critical comment I had from an older man who read my first manuscript was - " they had been on the beach all day, how come they didn't have a shower before having sex?"

Um, durr! Have you never been spontaneous in your life before?
If that was the only criticism, then ef ya mate!

Too true!
Although, in his defense... the sand would get everywhere.

I honestly don't think I'd have the guts to show random strangers my manuscript just yet. But it IS the first draft, and they say the first draft is guaranteed to be awful.

February said:

I've always used my own name, maybe I should go by something else. Ohhh, my first book is called Something Else!

Funnily enough Shades Of Grey is by EL James

I'm EA James. Have had a few funny comments from friends about that!

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If you're not yet published, and are writing in the same genre, I'd seriously consider using a different pen name.

Stacia Kane said:

If you're not yet published, and are writing in the same genre, I'd seriously consider using a different pen name.

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I don't go with the first two initials just my first and last name, and although I've mentioned sex here quite a lot so far, my books aren't in the same genre at all.

I have returned! The party can continue!

How's life in the Navy treating you?

I'm trying to wade through my final 3 assignments for this year of Uni... Then an exam. I'll be so glad when it's over!

I only got 60% for a poetry essay. Blech. So long as I pass that poetry class, I don't care anymore.

So far, it's great! Being in boot camp and on base, you get used to being around other sailors and having it just taken for granted that you're serving. But whenever I go off base, people look at me differently, hold open doors for me, give me extra stuff for free, thank me. I feel like a celebrity, lol. Kids stare at me all wide-eyed. It's cute. It's also a reminder of how much responsibility comes with the uniform and the very real fact that I'll soon be deploying to a war zone where people want to actively try to kill me, lol.

Other than that, it's great! Good pay, great benefits, great esprit de corps. I love it and hope to be in for 20 or 30 years.

Glad you're enjoying it. Try to avoid the paparazzi, Miss Celebrity.

Cliff Face said:

Glad you're enjoying it. Try to avoid the paparazzi, Miss Celebrity.

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Especially when I'm drunk. Don't want to perpetuate the stereotype now.

Btw, despite the username, I'm a guy.

You're a guy?

Hmm. That completely blows away my mental image of you...

You'll probably be happy to know, despite my username, I'm not a piece of geography.

Haha, damn. I always pictured you as a giant talking precipice.

But yeah. I probably looked girly before, since I was really skinny. I gained like 25 pounds, mostly muscle though, so not anymore.

Mmm. You don't see too many muscly women around. Or at least I don't - maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?

LOL. Just had a thought. I bet you'll see lots of cliff faces when you're deployed and sailing around the world.

I used to walk along a cliff face by the ocean when I was younger. Only really when I had the flu... The sea air really cleared my gunk out, at least for a few hours.

There were some muscley ass women in my ship at boot camp.

I used the gas chamber to clear out my gunk. It also got rid of my pink eye. Yay!

I wouldn't be game to go in something called a gas chamber... Unless it was laughing gas, but even then, only for a minute or two.

You don't really have a choice. If you don't do it, they give you a refusal to train and kick you out. It wasn't too bad though. Just burned a little and made you cough a lot. I drooled a little when I went outside though lol.

It really does clean your sinuses out really well though.

Fair enough.

I suppose they don't want the flu creeping onto any of their ships.

Well the main reason they do the gas chamber is so you see just how well the gas masks work. You go in with them on and then take them off once they fill the chamber with gas. It's pretty nuts, actually. But everyone gets sick in boot camp and on the ship. You live with 80 other people, and it happens, haha.

Or we could just use a blender to mash all of that into one.

Wouldn't that make it a Slushy type of concoction? Because I'm fine with that.

We had our first day of Summer in SA the other day. It was horrible. It's cooled down again since then, but geez, I hate the hot weather. I need to move to Melbourne or Hobart!