FAWD v1.0-Update Note-Oct 2/20: October! Tally Ho!
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●●●● FA Writers Directory v 1.0
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●●●● Update Note: Oct 2/20 (Copied from main page)
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●●●● Yes! Yes! October! October! Finally here! Banish that smelly 'ol
●●●● summer! Lovely cool crisp air and toasty wood fires! Tally ho! Charge boldly
●●●● forward into Winter, and... and... ummm...
●●●●
●●●● Oh good Gawd, I'm enthusiastic about *October?* What have I been
●●●● smoking? And how much do I got left. Oh but wait: On the radio, heard
●●●● that song Jai-Ho from Slumdog Millionaire. I've just got tally ho on the
●●●● brain for a while. (Total five-minute earworm, gotta say).
●●●●
●●●● No, for the FAWD tis a dicey season, as the Sun sinks slowly into it's
●●●● underpants and my 1 Kw bank of solar panels is starved of photons,
●●●● yummy yummy photons. Power shortages ahead. For some reason my
●●●● laptop runs on electrons. Ditto the FAWD. Tsk, wotta design flaw. Next time
●●●● I buy German (*Nobody's* gonna know where that joke came from. :- ) )
●●●●
●●●● Alternately, grab my cats and amber rods or what-not, make a ton of
●●●● static electricity (The cats'll purr at the attention.) That'll run my laptop,
●●●● no?. Nooo it wo-on't. Think I'll do better with my trusty propane-fuelled
●●●● generator, vroom vroom ka-putta ka-putta. Awful noisy machine, my life. I
●●●● *hope* it's trusty. We'll know soon, foreclaws crossed.
●●●●
●●●● And mirable dictu, there's FAWD news to dish on, plus mo' comments
●●●● re. October. A few FAWD parts have gotten a bit, well, stale; a wee bit out-
●●●● of-date. Not as bad as the two-month-old cheddar brick in my fridge, but
●●●● Group pages, Map pages, the FAQ/Ruleset, need major reno work. Where's
●●●● my skilsaw? (Nonono, not that kind of reno work, silly. :- ) ).
●●●●
●●●● So: The Map pages, a useful idea to help w. navigation, by way of a
●●●● swathe of images showing info about FAWD list pages. Plus links to take
●●●● you wherever your furry little heart wants to go. On the FAWD, BTW, not to
●●●● Amsterdam and those pretty fur-positive tail-equipped hookers, but I've
●●●● said too much. Anyway: The Map pages, worthy idea, so did 'em up, but...
●●●●
●●●● When the FAWD DB changes [enough], the Map page graphics gotta
●●●● be redone, since they're made from the FAWD DB. Duh. Morphing text into
●●●● a .PNG is a non-trivial hack, but no worries. Graphics-finagling code's been
●●●● done by other [smarter] folks, it's simple to crowbar that in, so now I look
●●●● smarter than I really is, so dere.
●●●●
●●●● Anyway mk. II. Looked at the Map stuff and software, then said wait,
●●●● nuthin' tough here, the regen code works spiffy. Some images may need
●●●● retouch, but most, just plop onto FA and then it's the next dance please.
●●●●
●●●● So did it, it took an hour-ish, so goodie: Now the Map pages are up to
●●●● date. Is there a practical way to keep 'em so? Simple spot 'o software could
●●●● assist, to simply report on changes. Then it's just: End of month, run the
●●●● check, then tweak what'er needs it. We make it look easy.
●●●●
●●●● As for October comments: I know this season, my nemesis, aye, know
●●●● it all too well. Winter's gloomy darkness creeps in on soft 'lil footpaws, as
●●●● the seductive Cold murmurs, 'Oh dear, all that wood burned in that stove?
●●●● But *I* can take care of you. My friend the Snow can help too; hey, a
●●●● threesome. Oooo yes, we can show you a *good* time. <Purrr!>.'
●●●●
●●●● (Imagine with me that Cold is a blindingly irresistibly sexy white deer
●●●● fur--deer are winter critters--with fangs, while Snow is a cute-as-bejesus
●●●● fluffy-huggable bunny fur. Ditto sexy, with large, er, snowbanks. And fangs.
●●●● Might suck with pen or mouse, but I smoke at mental pictures. :- ) )
●●●●
●●●● Mmmm no, sex that puts me frozen on the Coroner's slab falls into the
●●●● Not Gonna Do It, Wouldn't Be Prudent category (Ave, Bush I). And in a
●●●● mere para I create a sinister, potentially lethal [and furrily erotic] metaphor
●●●● for the season? Yes. Whuffo, you ask?
●●●●
●●●● I'm glad you asked, Bunky. Why, the better to nail the point that this
●●●● *can* be a bitchuva difficult, very troublesome, and nicht-fun season, that
●●●● may rise to potentially lethal for some. Ie., the some of us with a whack of
●●●● creative brain cells under our ears (How'd they get in anyway?). Also for
●●●● some of the, ah, mundanes out there with functional brain cells of their
●●●● own. I'll skip making a snide joke about politicians. :- )
●●●●
●●●● Tis a season when yeah, it is getting cold, and soon in Nov the fluffy
●●●● white crap will arrive. With a thud. But worse, the days are getting shorter,
●●●● the Sun weaker and fading, and whether we're all gonna die this time
●●●● becomes a subtle, silent question. Mood dips to black. Diet, sleep, attitude,
●●●● sex, all disrupted in the face of lethargy. And typing creative words all but
●●●● takes a very determined gorilla with a baseball bat, <Smat!>, to the bonce.
●●●●
●●●● Sounding familiar, anybody? Let's not all see the same paws. Not that
●●●● Winter doesn't come with entertainment value, but it's this period of
●●●● *getting* into Winter that can disturb our orbits and droop our tails.
●●●●
●●●● And who speaks of this, y'think? And do I speak from personal
●●●● experience, y'think? (Oh hellya, few times severe). And y'think there is not
●●●● a jeezly mob of creative scribbling folks around here staring down this
●●●● seasonal gun barrel too? To some degree of severe? All together now: Duh.
●●●●
●●●● So this is a FAWD-ish subject/message, what with writing and creative
●●●● words being the raison d'etre. A msg that oughta get out to furry ears, I
●●●● thinks, and I have the keyboard, so ha ha. Simple msg too:
●●●●
●●●● Don't give up. I mean it: Don't. Don't. Give. Up. Just don't freakin'
●●●● give up. And while you're at it, don't f**kin' give up either. (Tempting to
●●●● use the full power expletive for emphasis, but ya get the idea).
●●●●
●●●● Don't @$^%#* give up, in the main because it's all *temporary*.
●●●● Survive to January, suffer through Xmas--can be that way--then the Sun
●●●● starts coming *back*. And yer outta the woods where there are bears, who
●●●● have a fetish for nomming on your mental health, <Growf!>. The Momma
●●●● and Daughter Bear are rilly hawt--well, female bears--and like working
●●●● together, nudge nudge. Nonono; that threesome involves blood loss.
●●●●
●●●● Which is a contrasting metaphor to the Black Dogs of Depression,
●●●● those cheerful yipping puppies, <Arf!>, invoked around now. The light whiff
●●●● of lesbian ursine incest, rowr, is a nice grace note. I do good work. :- )
●●●●
●●●● Don't give up. There's no money in it. And are there ways 'n means to
●●●● cope, to take the edge off? Hellya again. Even effective ways? Hellya
●●●● double-down. Pass on the street-level injectable or snortable ways, please.
●●●● Prob is, when whacked flat, the motivation and creativity to *find* effective
●●●● ways can be a stone bitch. Ya gotta dig deep (Uh-huh; you can barely hold
●●●● the shovel). Ya gotta grind down (Right, you're already ground down). Oh
●●●● suuure, this is all gonna be *so* jeezly easy. Not.
●●●●
●●●● Last ditch: Buy a plane ticket to Amsterdam (Oh, that's easier?) or
●●●● just fantasize about it (Surf the Net for setting info). Bonus: No language
●●●● difficulties. Although between them Helga--ferret fur--and Trinka--Poodle
●●●● fur--spoke six languages. But I've said too much again. My bad. :- )
●●●●
●●●● *Knowing* that this time of year can be trouble: Important thing. You
●●●● can prepare and sight in the guns in advance. Understanding the why of it
●●●● all: Harder. Understanding your track record and what's happened in the
●●●● past: Mega-important. Take notes, make diary, scrawl in crayon on the
●●●● fridge, whatever works.
●●●●
●●●● And *talk* to other people, fer Gawd's sake, if possible. Ask to borrow
●●●● a spare bucket of chocolate ice cream outta their fridge (That'll help). If
●●●● offered cheddar, assess carefully, could be about to achieve intelligence and
●●●● vote Republican. (Or Democrat; the joke works either way. :- ) )
●●●●
●●●● Oh right, and *humour* is a potent weapon, however deployed or
●●●● acquired, since it's probably gonna be a casualty too. Laughter's not the
●●●● best medicine, medicine is the best medicine, but when you stop laughing
●●●● is when you know you're in deep smelly brown stuff. Possibly deep enough
●●●● to consider a mining career. So *work* on humour, fight back with giggles,
●●●● snickers, chortles, and maybe a combined Robin Williams/Steven Wright
●●●● bingefest. Me, I have The Goon Show and Python; look up the Goon Show,
●●●● you'll love it.
●●●●
●●●● Not that Williams might seem appropriate considering... you know, but
●●●● he still retains the King's Crown as the Funniest Dude on--now off-- the
●●●● Planet. Wright, easily the Crown Prince. Do you have a pony? He does. If
●●●● you don't know what I mean you're about to lose a tail laughing. It'll help.
●●●●
●●●● That's it, and that might do, and 's gonna have to do 'cause I'm outta
●●●● room. No cute fantasy polar bear girlfriend today anyway, actually, since
●●●● she went out this morning saying she was going to work on a snow fort;
●●●● polar bears do build some serious dens.
●●●●
●●●● Wait, wut? No snow yet. Prepare the ground before advancing on it,
●●●● she chirped--<Growfed>--and you can't start too early with these things.
●●●● Then sashayed out the door wearing the sexiest 'lil white G-string in the
●●●● inventory.
●●●●
●●●● Which works as entirely well on glorious polar bear tushes as it does
●●●● on over-endowed polar bear fronts. Ask me how I know. :- )
●●●●
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New Work This Week -- Sep 25 to Oct 2
TO NEW POETRY...
5 poems posted from 5 new poets
32 poems posted from 17 existing poets
TO NEW WRITING...
160 stories posted from 79 new writers
1197 stories posted from 541 existing writers
●●●●●●●●●●
The FA Writers Directory v 1.0
●●●●●●●●●●
●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
●●●●
●●●●
●●●● FA Writers Directory v 1.0
●●●●
●●●●
●●●● Update Note: Oct 2/20 (Copied from main page)
●●●●
●●●●
●●●● Yes! Yes! October! October! Finally here! Banish that smelly 'ol
●●●● summer! Lovely cool crisp air and toasty wood fires! Tally ho! Charge boldly
●●●● forward into Winter, and... and... ummm...
●●●●
●●●● Oh good Gawd, I'm enthusiastic about *October?* What have I been
●●●● smoking? And how much do I got left. Oh but wait: On the radio, heard
●●●● that song Jai-Ho from Slumdog Millionaire. I've just got tally ho on the
●●●● brain for a while. (Total five-minute earworm, gotta say).
●●●●
●●●● No, for the FAWD tis a dicey season, as the Sun sinks slowly into it's
●●●● underpants and my 1 Kw bank of solar panels is starved of photons,
●●●● yummy yummy photons. Power shortages ahead. For some reason my
●●●● laptop runs on electrons. Ditto the FAWD. Tsk, wotta design flaw. Next time
●●●● I buy German (*Nobody's* gonna know where that joke came from. :- ) )
●●●●
●●●● Alternately, grab my cats and amber rods or what-not, make a ton of
●●●● static electricity (The cats'll purr at the attention.) That'll run my laptop,
●●●● no?. Nooo it wo-on't. Think I'll do better with my trusty propane-fuelled
●●●● generator, vroom vroom ka-putta ka-putta. Awful noisy machine, my life. I
●●●● *hope* it's trusty. We'll know soon, foreclaws crossed.
●●●●
●●●● And mirable dictu, there's FAWD news to dish on, plus mo' comments
●●●● re. October. A few FAWD parts have gotten a bit, well, stale; a wee bit out-
●●●● of-date. Not as bad as the two-month-old cheddar brick in my fridge, but
●●●● Group pages, Map pages, the FAQ/Ruleset, need major reno work. Where's
●●●● my skilsaw? (Nonono, not that kind of reno work, silly. :- ) ).
●●●●
●●●● So: The Map pages, a useful idea to help w. navigation, by way of a
●●●● swathe of images showing info about FAWD list pages. Plus links to take
●●●● you wherever your furry little heart wants to go. On the FAWD, BTW, not to
●●●● Amsterdam and those pretty fur-positive tail-equipped hookers, but I've
●●●● said too much. Anyway: The Map pages, worthy idea, so did 'em up, but...
●●●●
●●●● When the FAWD DB changes [enough], the Map page graphics gotta
●●●● be redone, since they're made from the FAWD DB. Duh. Morphing text into
●●●● a .PNG is a non-trivial hack, but no worries. Graphics-finagling code's been
●●●● done by other [smarter] folks, it's simple to crowbar that in, so now I look
●●●● smarter than I really is, so dere.
●●●●
●●●● Anyway mk. II. Looked at the Map stuff and software, then said wait,
●●●● nuthin' tough here, the regen code works spiffy. Some images may need
●●●● retouch, but most, just plop onto FA and then it's the next dance please.
●●●●
●●●● So did it, it took an hour-ish, so goodie: Now the Map pages are up to
●●●● date. Is there a practical way to keep 'em so? Simple spot 'o software could
●●●● assist, to simply report on changes. Then it's just: End of month, run the
●●●● check, then tweak what'er needs it. We make it look easy.
●●●●
●●●● As for October comments: I know this season, my nemesis, aye, know
●●●● it all too well. Winter's gloomy darkness creeps in on soft 'lil footpaws, as
●●●● the seductive Cold murmurs, 'Oh dear, all that wood burned in that stove?
●●●● But *I* can take care of you. My friend the Snow can help too; hey, a
●●●● threesome. Oooo yes, we can show you a *good* time. <Purrr!>.'
●●●●
●●●● (Imagine with me that Cold is a blindingly irresistibly sexy white deer
●●●● fur--deer are winter critters--with fangs, while Snow is a cute-as-bejesus
●●●● fluffy-huggable bunny fur. Ditto sexy, with large, er, snowbanks. And fangs.
●●●● Might suck with pen or mouse, but I smoke at mental pictures. :- ) )
●●●●
●●●● Mmmm no, sex that puts me frozen on the Coroner's slab falls into the
●●●● Not Gonna Do It, Wouldn't Be Prudent category (Ave, Bush I). And in a
●●●● mere para I create a sinister, potentially lethal [and furrily erotic] metaphor
●●●● for the season? Yes. Whuffo, you ask?
●●●●
●●●● I'm glad you asked, Bunky. Why, the better to nail the point that this
●●●● *can* be a bitchuva difficult, very troublesome, and nicht-fun season, that
●●●● may rise to potentially lethal for some. Ie., the some of us with a whack of
●●●● creative brain cells under our ears (How'd they get in anyway?). Also for
●●●● some of the, ah, mundanes out there with functional brain cells of their
●●●● own. I'll skip making a snide joke about politicians. :- )
●●●●
●●●● Tis a season when yeah, it is getting cold, and soon in Nov the fluffy
●●●● white crap will arrive. With a thud. But worse, the days are getting shorter,
●●●● the Sun weaker and fading, and whether we're all gonna die this time
●●●● becomes a subtle, silent question. Mood dips to black. Diet, sleep, attitude,
●●●● sex, all disrupted in the face of lethargy. And typing creative words all but
●●●● takes a very determined gorilla with a baseball bat, <Smat!>, to the bonce.
●●●●
●●●● Sounding familiar, anybody? Let's not all see the same paws. Not that
●●●● Winter doesn't come with entertainment value, but it's this period of
●●●● *getting* into Winter that can disturb our orbits and droop our tails.
●●●●
●●●● And who speaks of this, y'think? And do I speak from personal
●●●● experience, y'think? (Oh hellya, few times severe). And y'think there is not
●●●● a jeezly mob of creative scribbling folks around here staring down this
●●●● seasonal gun barrel too? To some degree of severe? All together now: Duh.
●●●●
●●●● So this is a FAWD-ish subject/message, what with writing and creative
●●●● words being the raison d'etre. A msg that oughta get out to furry ears, I
●●●● thinks, and I have the keyboard, so ha ha. Simple msg too:
●●●●
●●●● Don't give up. I mean it: Don't. Don't. Give. Up. Just don't freakin'
●●●● give up. And while you're at it, don't f**kin' give up either. (Tempting to
●●●● use the full power expletive for emphasis, but ya get the idea).
●●●●
●●●● Don't @$^%#* give up, in the main because it's all *temporary*.
●●●● Survive to January, suffer through Xmas--can be that way--then the Sun
●●●● starts coming *back*. And yer outta the woods where there are bears, who
●●●● have a fetish for nomming on your mental health, <Growf!>. The Momma
●●●● and Daughter Bear are rilly hawt--well, female bears--and like working
●●●● together, nudge nudge. Nonono; that threesome involves blood loss.
●●●●
●●●● Which is a contrasting metaphor to the Black Dogs of Depression,
●●●● those cheerful yipping puppies, <Arf!>, invoked around now. The light whiff
●●●● of lesbian ursine incest, rowr, is a nice grace note. I do good work. :- )
●●●●
●●●● Don't give up. There's no money in it. And are there ways 'n means to
●●●● cope, to take the edge off? Hellya again. Even effective ways? Hellya
●●●● double-down. Pass on the street-level injectable or snortable ways, please.
●●●● Prob is, when whacked flat, the motivation and creativity to *find* effective
●●●● ways can be a stone bitch. Ya gotta dig deep (Uh-huh; you can barely hold
●●●● the shovel). Ya gotta grind down (Right, you're already ground down). Oh
●●●● suuure, this is all gonna be *so* jeezly easy. Not.
●●●●
●●●● Last ditch: Buy a plane ticket to Amsterdam (Oh, that's easier?) or
●●●● just fantasize about it (Surf the Net for setting info). Bonus: No language
●●●● difficulties. Although between them Helga--ferret fur--and Trinka--Poodle
●●●● fur--spoke six languages. But I've said too much again. My bad. :- )
●●●●
●●●● *Knowing* that this time of year can be trouble: Important thing. You
●●●● can prepare and sight in the guns in advance. Understanding the why of it
●●●● all: Harder. Understanding your track record and what's happened in the
●●●● past: Mega-important. Take notes, make diary, scrawl in crayon on the
●●●● fridge, whatever works.
●●●●
●●●● And *talk* to other people, fer Gawd's sake, if possible. Ask to borrow
●●●● a spare bucket of chocolate ice cream outta their fridge (That'll help). If
●●●● offered cheddar, assess carefully, could be about to achieve intelligence and
●●●● vote Republican. (Or Democrat; the joke works either way. :- ) )
●●●●
●●●● Oh right, and *humour* is a potent weapon, however deployed or
●●●● acquired, since it's probably gonna be a casualty too. Laughter's not the
●●●● best medicine, medicine is the best medicine, but when you stop laughing
●●●● is when you know you're in deep smelly brown stuff. Possibly deep enough
●●●● to consider a mining career. So *work* on humour, fight back with giggles,
●●●● snickers, chortles, and maybe a combined Robin Williams/Steven Wright
●●●● bingefest. Me, I have The Goon Show and Python; look up the Goon Show,
●●●● you'll love it.
●●●●
●●●● Not that Williams might seem appropriate considering... you know, but
●●●● he still retains the King's Crown as the Funniest Dude on--now off-- the
●●●● Planet. Wright, easily the Crown Prince. Do you have a pony? He does. If
●●●● you don't know what I mean you're about to lose a tail laughing. It'll help.
●●●●
●●●● That's it, and that might do, and 's gonna have to do 'cause I'm outta
●●●● room. No cute fantasy polar bear girlfriend today anyway, actually, since
●●●● she went out this morning saying she was going to work on a snow fort;
●●●● polar bears do build some serious dens.
●●●●
●●●● Wait, wut? No snow yet. Prepare the ground before advancing on it,
●●●● she chirped--<Growfed>--and you can't start too early with these things.
●●●● Then sashayed out the door wearing the sexiest 'lil white G-string in the
●●●● inventory.
●●●●
●●●● Which works as entirely well on glorious polar bear tushes as it does
●●●● on over-endowed polar bear fronts. Ask me how I know. :- )
●●●●
●●●●●●●●●●
New Work This Week -- Sep 25 to Oct 2
TO NEW POETRY...
5 poems posted from 5 new poets
32 poems posted from 17 existing poets
TO NEW WRITING...
160 stories posted from 79 new writers
1197 stories posted from 541 existing writers
●●●●●●●●●●
The FA Writers Directory v 1.0
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