RE: Some guy on eBay is selling 500 words of his book to budding authors

[jenn]

hiya, just gonna jump in here for a sec, amusing thread, keep going. um laser, half the people you keep referring to as guys are in fact ladies, clueless, kookamoor, ice. just a little heads up, there are girls about.

carry on.

 

[Stewart]

I don't want you guys slating my piece of work unless i can slate yours!!!

I've posted stuff in the Writers' Showcase section - you can slate that if you want.

would you want me to just post it as a message on this site? Or is there somewhere else for this?

Again, Writers' Showcase.

 

[Laser-geek-UK]

um laser, half the people you keep referring to as guys are in fact ladies, clueless, kookamoor, ice. just a little heads up, there are girls about.

carry on.

Thank you for making that point, but i generally refer to both sexes as chaps and guys, as i'm incredibly lazy with the terms i use. Apologies if i've upset anyone though.

laser is such a cool name, i may ask my friends at home to start calling me that!

 

[clueless]

I didn't mind the guy bit - my daughter calls everybody guy -, so I thought nothing of it, but "my good man" made me laugh.

Sorry, laser. I looked at those acronyms, but I've never been so desperate to read that part of the newspapers, so I can't help.

 

[Laser-geek-UK]

I've posted stuff in the Writers' Showcase section - you can slate that if you want.

I hear what you're saying, but as i'm not a great writer, the most suitable means of testing/comparing our literature is by writing under the same restrictions.

This is why i propose we do chapter 2. Do you know any of these damn accronyms? Although as clueless pointed out, admitting knowing their meanings could cause mild embarrassment!

 

[Stewart]

OKay, here you go:

• TV - television
• WF - White female
• Ww - no idea
• LTR - long term relationship
• SBCF - single black chubby female, maybe
• SWF - single white female

I think she may be making a few up.

 

[Stewart]

This is why i propose we do chapter 2.

I've already written my chapter 2.

 

[Laser-geek-UK]

Sorry, laser. I looked at those acronyms, but I've never been so desperate to read that part of the newspapers, so I can't help.

I see. Hopefully Stewart can reveal their meanings......we must have faith in our Glaswegian ambassador.

 

[Laser-geek-UK]

I've already written my chapter 2.

You are a clever chap, you had completed the task before i'd even managed to post my reply!!

And you've already done your chapter 2.......damn.......i'll print off chapter 1 from the site before i leave work...... ..............i'm going to have to think for a long time about this one!

 

[Motokid]

B&D = Bondage/Discipline
BBW = Big Beautiful Woman
BDSM = Any subset of B&D, D/s, and SM
BHM = Big Handsome Man
BiF = Bisexual Female
BiM = Bisexual Male
BIMF = Bisexual Married Female
BIMM = Bisexual Married Male
CD = Cross-dresser
CPL = Couple
DBF = Divorced Black Female
DBM = Divorced Black Male
DDF = Drug and Disease Free
Dom = Dominant
D/s = Domination/Submission
DWF = Divorced White Female
DWM = Divorced White Male
F/T = Full Time
FtM = Female to Male Transgendered
GBF = Gay Black Female
GBM = Gay Black Male
GWF = Gay White Female
GWM = Gay White Male
HWP = Height/Weight Proportional
ICQ = ("I seek you") Chat software
IRC = Internet Relay Chat
IRL = In Real Life
ISO = In Search Of
LDR = Long Distance Relationship
LTR = Long Term Relationship
MBA Married But Available
MBF = Married Black Female
MBM = Married Black Male
MJF = Married Jewish Female
MJM = Married Jewish Male
MM = Married Men
MWC Married With Children
MtF = Male to Female Transgendered
MWF = Married White Female
MWM = Married White Male
N/S = Non-Smoker
PF = Professional Female
PM = Professional Male
P/T = Part time
RL = Real life
SAF = Single Asian Female
SAF = Single Asian Male
SALT = Single and Loving It
SBF = Single Black Female
SBM = Single Black Male
SCM = Single Christian Female
SCM = Single Christian Male
SHF = Single Hispanic Female
SHM = Single Hispanic Male
SINK = Single Income No Kids
SITCOM = Single Income Two Children Oppressive Mortgage
SJF Single Jewish Female
SJM Single Jewish Male
SM = Sadism/Masochism
SOH = Sense of Humor
SPARK = Single Parent Raising Kids
Sub = Submissive
SWF = Single White Female
SWM = Single White Male
TDY = Temporarily Divorced Yesterday
TG = Transgender
TS = Transsexual
TV = Transvestite
W/E = Well-endowed


got this list off interweb....use it in good taste.....

no WwWF though....that one might be made up.....nothing on this list about chubby either....??????

 

[Laser-geek-UK]

that will also help a lot, thank you Motokid.

i hope the printed copy doesn't fall out of my pocket on the way home.....it'd be just a tad uncomfortable!! What would the papers be saying about Laser in the morning??

 

[Stewart]

nothing on this list about chubby either.

Er, BBW ...

...interestingly it means fat minger

Others missing from your list are tel/jo meaning "dirty phone calls" and a description for signifying whether the male is circumcised.

 

[Ice]

Er, BBW ...

...interestingly it means fat minger

Chubby doesn't necessarily mean fat minger. It can be (and often is) used as an affectionate term for someone who is rather well built - it has nothing to do with their looks though.

 

[mehastings]

I would post it here. Make up accronyms.

 

[Shade]

So... still no bids. Only three days to go - last time, the first bid was placed with 5 days to go. Could it all be over for the Olympian Pen? What happens if nobody bids this time? Will there be a blank page in the finished book?

 

[Stewart]

Maybe you will need to get someone to publish Peter's address again to bring him out of the woodwork in order to ask him.

 

[dele]

I'm surprised it got as far as it did! Shows how gullible people are.

 

[Laser-geek-UK]

i read american girls chapter a couple of times over the weekend, it may take me a fair while to complete the task that i have agreed to.......i'm finding it very difficult to get into a writer/novellist mentallity......any suggestions???

Do you guys wear sandals??

 

[clueless]

Do you want to be a writer? Read Chekhov's "A Drama". It's only 3 or 4 pages long, but it will give you the first bit of advice every budding author needs.

 

[Laser-geek-UK]

Do you want to be a writer? Read Chekhov's "A Drama". It's only 3 or 4 pages long, but it will give you the first bit of advice every budding author needs.

i found chekhov's "a play"......is the same story???