#sfof

[wildyoungbeauty]

We got a kitten today from #sfof. Her name is Bella. She is care-bears 16th birthday present that we got her early. She is so cute and she is a flyer. #catsofinstagram #salemfriendsoffelines #wildyoungbeauty #cats #kitten #kitties #kittensofinstagram #oregon https://www.instagram.com/p/B12G7U_gJa_/?igshid=xup4fpzdiar5

[redptstrategies]

Having the privilege to serve the people of Nevada & work with such an amazing team of people in the Treasurer's Office is the experience of a lifetime. Walking into this place never gets old... (when it does, my time here is over...) #worklife #work #Nevada #treasurey #SFOF #statecapitol #CarsonProud #carsoncity (at Nevada State Capitol)

[redptstrategies]

Beautiful final morning in the Great State of #Texas! Been a good meeting with #SFOF learned alot about myself and how to be a better team member. (at Cooper Hotel)

[n2theflow]

Newest Foster Kittens Buddy and George. Willow has turned into a. Awesome helper!

[ofcardsandchess]

Sincerest Form of Flattery

So I took a contemporary fiction class first semester of my sophomore year of college and I was basically the coolest class ever.  We read some really great works and discussed them.  Our exams consisted of a written exam and writing a sincerest form of flattery of one of the works we'd read during the exam period.  For those of you who are unaware, a sincerest form of flattery is a composition that it written in the style of another author.  It is your story told with another author's themes and authorial tricks.  It is an exercise in understanding and bettering your own writing by practicing how others convey their ideas.

I've written a SFoF for "The Virgin Suicides" by Jeffrey Eugenides, "The Road" by Cormac McCarthey, and "Homestuck" by Andrew Hussie.  The first two are wonderful books that are artful in the interesting way they choose to tell a story.  The last one is my absolute favorite webcomic on the planet.  Each of these SFoF's has taught me something about characterization, narration, the effectiveness of simplicity, and how to convey effective dialogue.  SFoF is definitely an exercise I recommend to people in order to break out of slumps of writer's block.

[shane-bites]

Stand Firm Or Fall || Keagan

Shane was particularly pleased with the crop of girls Blaine had managed to acquire for their party this time around. Brittany was gorgeous and stubborn, but entirely breakable. Now there was this new redhead girl, whose name Shane had yet to receive, or even ask for. It wasn't of much import, of course. The Latina would just end up using Spanish nicknames for her, as she always did with all humans. Something about the feisty redhead stirred something inside Shane. A certain mischievousness that had her feeling even more dangerous than usual. She craved destruction. She craved pain and pleasure and every electric feeling in between. To say she was riled up from the girl's arrogance was an understatement, and Shane soon found herself pacing as she waited for Blaine's human to deliver the slave to her. The tools she required for the evening had already been retrieved from her toy closet and laid out across her bed. Metal handcuffs (not silver), various sex clamps, a vibrator, and her rookie whip. The girl was a stripper (which undeniably excited the vampire even further), but Shane would still start her off with a fairly light punishment for her misbehavior. The whip she'd chosen would leave welts, but would not break skin. She wasn't ready for this new human to bleed all over her bedroom, after all. Dressed as she normally was when staying in Blaine's home, the Latina walked to and fro clad in nothing but dark lacy underwear and a black satin robe that fell to mid-thigh. As hospitable as the human servant was, he was taking a little too long and the vampire inhaled deeply to keep her patience.

When he finally arrived with her redheaded package, Shane promptly offered Dave a small smile. "Thank you, Dave," the Latina offered her appreciation to the human - a rare occurrence that only happened now because this boy belonged to her grandsire. Shane took the girl's wrist and pulled her further into the bedroom as Dave exited. It wasn't difficult to tug the human along, what with her vampire strength and all. "So, pelliroja," she began, thrusting the girl towards an open area of her bedroom before crossing her arms over her chest. Dark eyes looked the slave up and down, her lips already curving up in a smile. Damn... "I have yet to introduce myself. My name is Shane, but you will refer to me as Mistress, or Mistress Shane. Do you understand?" Without even pausing to let the human answer, the Latina waved her hand in a specific gesture. "Take off your shirt."