Creative Reviews discussion

Please, put only your name and the title of your short story here in this list.

If you don't have the name yet, that is fine too, I just want a better head count of who is submitting stories.

No discussions in here PLEASE - just the names!!

Amy - No Idea on the title yet!

Amy wrote: "Please, put only your name and the title of your short story here in this list.

If you don't have the name yet, that is fine too, I just want a better head count of who is submitting stories.
..."

Hi Amy. Phil Cantrill is submitting a tale titled, unimaginatively, "Christmas Story".

Tentatively "School of the Ages: Goldberry vs. Santa Claus". I am still in an early draft! - Matt Posner

Splitter - "Whimper" or "Whimper: A Dog's Tail"

Your choice.

Splitter

Tricia - tentatively "Gift Wrapped"

Ottilie ~ Tis the Holiday Season

Cambria- I don't have a title yet

Maude - No title as yet.

Brett -- Last Year's Eggnog

J.A. Clement - A Sprig of Holly

Cassie - The Mirror

Catherine Forbes and Paul Woods - The Gateway Incident

Lizzy Ford: "Santa's Ninja Elf"

Lizzy wrote: "Lizzy Ford: "Santa's Ninja Elf""

Now THAT's a corking title!
JAC

That is a GREAT title!!!

Haha curious to what that is about!

You'll have to buy the book! It's freaking good though.;) now no more chatter or Amy will have a cow ! ;)

haha i'm planning on buying the book anyway and ::zips lips::

TBH I think it will at least make a certain amount just if everyone who contributed buys one!
...and their mums and their dads etc etc etc...
JAC

Count me half in because I have a tax return to do and a novel to finish so although I should but it may not happen. That might be a good name for my short, too... I should but it may not happen, I mean.

Cheers

MTM

J.A. wrote: "Lizzy wrote: "Lizzy Ford: "Santa's Ninja Elf""

Now THAT's a corking title!
JAC"

Corking? This is a good thing, right? Haha!

Lizzy wrote: "J.A. wrote: "Lizzy wrote: "Lizzy Ford: "Santa's Ninja Elf""

Now THAT's a corking title!
JAC"

Corking? This is a good thing, right? Haha!"
I'm pretty sure. I'm still learning British slang too;)

heheheh yes it is!
Corking or stonking mean...er.. quite tremendous, but in a sense of full-on. God, that's actually really difficult to define! I have no idea where it comes from but has all the sense of movement, sense of some force (but not excessive) and sense of celebration of a champagne cork zipping across the room!

Any Brits out there think I'm talking nonsense, please do re-define!
(Please!)
JAC

In the US, "corking!" is an old expression.

We replaced it with "groovy", then "gnarly", and now it's....well, I don't know what it is now because I am old :).

IN the NorthEast, they still say things are "wicked _____ " Just insert that second word, whatever it may be. Bad, hot, cold, good. It's an all-encompassing adjective.

Splitter

Yeh I'd say that corking or stonking are polite ways of being able to say f&&&&ng brilliant without needing to use the sweary bit, so um... yes, quite strong.

Cheers

MTM
Few Are Chosen
Warning: contains car chases, futuristic technology and sarcasm
Unlucky Dip Prequel to Few Are Chosen
sadly not free on any Amazons but still free on smashwords.

Gnarly! Phnark! Splitter, that's class. I think we said 'bear' for a while although it meant 'very'. That's the last piece of street I knew.

concur, Gnarly is excellent!! I've heard "Wicked" on its own, and some kids the other day saying "Nang, man! It's da bomb!" which from context I took to mean "Spiffing, chaps, I am quite taken with this artefact"...
heheheh
JAC

Corking is good then. :-) TY for the explanations. Someday, I hope 'crunchy' makes it into someone's vernacular as meaning wicked-corking-cool. 'This book is crunchy good!' There's no love for crunchy ... hahahahahaha!

I have been looking for the etymology of "corking" but have found nothing. I understand things like "shoot your wad" and "going off half cocked" so I am sort of a geek about the origins of words and phrases.

If anyone knows where "corking" came from, it would save me some sleepless time...

Splitter

Lizzy wrote: "Corking is good then. :-) TY for the explanations. Someday, I hope 'crunchy' makes it into someone's vernacular as meaning wicked-corking-cool. 'This book is crunchy good!' There's no love for cr..."

Licking!!!!

Oh no, now licking makes me squirm and cross my legs... perhaps I'm just odd.

Cheers

MTM
Few Are Chosen
Warning: contains car chases, futuristic technology and sarcasm
Unlucky Dip Prequel to Few Are Chosen
sadly not free on Amazon.co.uk or any of the others.

.....................you all are mean to tempt my humor like this..............

Splitter

MTM wrote: "Oh no, now licking makes me squirm and cross my legs... perhaps I'm just odd.

Cheers

MTM
Few Are Chosen
Warning: contains car chases, futuristic technology and sarcasm
[book:Unluck..."


I just...I just have no words.

Brett wrote: "MTM wrote: "Oh no, now licking makes me squirm and cross my legs... perhaps I'm
Warning: contains car chases, futuristic technology and sarcasm
..."

lmao!

C.S. Splitter wrote: ".....................you all are mean to tempt my humor like this..............

Splitter"

Live to make you squirm!
Bet your heads about to explode!

Jokes and snarky comments for me are like sneezes to other people. It feels good when they get out and leave me with a tickling in my head when they don't.

Ah. Ahhhhhh. AHHHHHH!......nothing. Grrrrr.

Splitter

C.S. Splitter wrote: "Jokes and snarky comments for me are like sneezes to other people. It feels good when they get out and leave me with a tickling in my head when they don't.

Ah. Ahhhhhh. AHHHHHH!......nothing. ..."

Epic!

C.S. Splitter wrote: "I have been looking for the etymology of "corking" but have found nothing. I understand things like "shoot your wad" and "going off half cocked" so I am sort of a geek about the origins of words a..."

This is only a guess, Splitter, but I think it was Cockney slang. "Corking" rhymes with "Forking" which is similar to F....

Phil

Now this is a corking thread!

Sorry, I'm not sure I used the word correctly right there, but just wanted to give it a go.

Anyway, it might be worth a shot at trying to bring corking back to the US (the word, of course).

What was the original subject of this thread anyway?

Rich wrote: "Now this is a corking thread!

Sorry, I'm not sure I used the word correctly right there, but just wanted to give it a go.

Anyway, it might be worth a shot at trying to bring corking back to ..."

Christmas anthology thread ,,,,

Rich, I just looked it up in the urban dictionary and it's prob best not to! I've never heard it used to mean that though(and frankly I think that definition was made up by a group of 13 year old boys trying to out-rude each other) as originally it came from slang in the 1870s or thereabouts....just can't find quite where!!
Anyone subscribed to the OED? They're usually good for etymological queries.
JAC

We are supposed to be listing the titles of our stories and thats all!!!! lmao. we can't keep our mouths shut.

Cambria wrote: "We are supposed to be listing the titles of our stories and thats all!!!! lmao. we can't keep our mouths shut."

Blame me, I didnt bust em cause I knew the deadline was over so I enabled them..... Sorry boss.

Cambria wrote: "We are supposed to be listing the titles of our stories and thats all!!!! lmao. we can't keep our mouths shut."

Blame me, I didnt bust em cause I knew the deadline was over so I enabled them..... Sorry boss.

Sorry Jen/Cambria,

I was just joking when I asked what the subject of the thread was. I was getting a kick out of the conversation.

I guess I'm getting off subject again. No more from me on anything other than the anthology.

Which, btw, I guess I never listed my short story title- 'Memories of the Splendid Splinter'.

There, back on point.

Leonard -- "The Accident"

Sorry Jenn - I forgot an 'n' on my previous message. Just another example of how difficult it is to edit my books/short stories. I make way too many mistakes.

Rich wrote: "Sorry Jenn - I forgot an 'n' on my previous message. Just another example of how difficult it is to edit my books/short stories. I make way too many mistakes."

Lol, thanks

Rich wrote: "Sorry Jen/Cambria,

I was just joking when I asked what the subject of the thread was. I was getting a kick out of the conversation.

I guess I'm getting off subject again. No more from me on..."
Thanks for the save guys!