J.M. Reines

Hey J.M., thanks for the add. Your line about adult fiction being a lonely way to write is the truest thing I have read on here all week. I write erotic thrillers, so same boat. How is Lights Out treating you?

Like That

Love me like a wrong turn on a bad road late at night, with no
moon and no town anywhere
and a large hungry animal moving heavily through the brush in
the ditch.
Love me with a blindfold over your eyes and the sound of rusty
water
blurting from the faucet in the kitchen, leaking down through
the floorboards to hot cement. Do it without asking,
without wondering or thinking anything, while the machinery’s
shut down and the watchman’s slumped asleep before his small TV
showing the empty garage, the deserted hallways, while the thieves
slice through
the fence with steel clippers. Love me when you can’t find
a decent restaurant open anywhere, when you’re alone in a glaring
diner
with two nuns arguing in the back booth, when your eggs are
greasy
and your hash browns underdone. Snick the buttons off the front
of my dress
and toss them one by one into the pond where carp lurk just
beneath the surface,
their cold fins waving. Love me on the hood of a truck no one’s
driven
in years, sunk to its fenders in weeds and dead sunflowers;
and in the lilies, your mouth on my white throat, while turtles
drag
their bellies through slick mud, through the footprints of coots and
ducks.
Do it when no one’s looking, when the riots begin and the planes
open up,
when the bus leaps the curb and the driver hits the brakes and the
pedal sinks to the floor,
while someone hurls a plate against the wall and picks up another,
love me like a freezing shot of vodka, like pure agave, love me
when you’re lonely, when we’re both too tired to speak, when you
don’t believe
in anything, listen, there isn’t anything, it doesn’t matter; lie down
with me and close your eyes, the road curves here, I’m cranking up
the radio
and we’re going, we won’t turn back as long as you love me,
as long as you keep on doing it exactly like that.

Kim Addonizio, Tell Me. (BOA Editions Ltd.; First Edition edition, July 1, 2000)

Hey Jessie,

Did not find a way to send you a direct message over there, so sent you an email instead. Would love to talk. Have a lovely day.

You have a friend in group S, B, and R,
Sonya,

she fits the bogus formula, except she's build ing friends.

have you chatted with her
get into a 'chat' with her
if she answers and you have a converstion.
she's legit
if it's part of the scheme,,, she won't answer. it's a bot.

S should have been blocked
The safety that kicks in blocking people from returning once they'be been ejected should have stopped him from coming back

Did somebody over ride that???

I don't understand it but he's part of the extortion scam for writers.
i've seen the internal communications..
has anybody talked to Leslie?

one of you need to step up and become chief mod.

This can't be procrastinated on.

New member S (from Sweden) is one of the bogus members
he tried to join the day before i got bounced

kick that mother fucker ASAP!!!!

i kicked him when i found him,,,

You're no longer mods on the S,B, & R mods group???
well you were just members there,
but if they do it by the 'rules'...
one of you should be voted to lead.
Voted by the other members.

MAKE SURE YOU GET MEMBERSHIP IN THE MODERATOR SUPPORT GROUP!!!

Meet and talk to Leslie so you have her as a 'friend' when you need her (note i'm not saying IF),

when shit happens you will wish she was on speed dial,

She helped me establish this group and she's a lifesaver

Don't lie to her.
Tell her the truth, if she asks,

you have two members with identical avatars

Jolene and Bookbaker..
bookbaker is the one who bitched that she was bullied,, so she set her profile to private.

The only thing she could complain about 'bullying' is the broadcast i made.

is she friends with all the mods?

I just realized that you lost your review when they made me go bye bye,,,

i reposted it,, but you have two profiles for the book, so I pasted it into both of them
JM and J.M,

sorry about that

Replacing the cover pic with the 18 was a good idea

They don't warn,,, they act unilaterally.
i didn't think it was that racy but it's open,,, not like the masthead,
you have to be inside for the masthead.

Thank you for the Friendship 😊

I was in 34 groups

only three meant anything

our two and the moderator help group

they deleted my groups and i immediately changed my pic
they deleted my pics next,,,,
all but barnabus (my cat)

did you get my message???

John wrote: "by the way.
your concept of Alpha and Beta Readers, in addition to ARD readrs

i lost a great writer yesterday, she is erratic, but when her head is on straight, she's awesome.
I tried like hell to..."

An author can't always see what they've written. When you read your own stuff you're actually remembering what you meant to say and not actually seeing the words. You can catch some things, but it's always better to get some fresh eyes on your work. I like suggestions. I may not always agree, but I always consider them.

Aղցela W. wrote: "Thanks for the friend invite"

Always use more friends

Thanks for the friend invite