I use Fictionmania to throw out sketches and I have recently been told that as a result I am the largest contributor to that site (by number) knocking our dear Dorothy Colleen off that spot (sorry Dot). But here was the message posted on the board over there:
Posted by vini87874® on 07/03/2020 at 19:17:58
Subject: Mariane Pepers
Message Body:
Ultimamente temos a Mariane tomando conta do fictionmania.
a cada 10 histórias publicadas pelo menos de 3 a 4 são escritas por ela. Sinto falta dos escritos de Sandy Brow e outros autores que escrevem histórias gostosas.Desculpa a critica mas tenho visto uma gama de histórias da Mariane Peppers e os outros escritores não aparecem-
My Portugese is very poor (Spanish better) but I replied:
Eu sou Mariane Pepers? Sinto muito, mas eu escrevo porque porque preciso, não porque quero "tomando conta do fictionmania".
Did I say the right thing?
But more importantly, is Vini right?
Maryanne
How much Peters is too much?
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Right about what?
It's all Greek to me..... lol
You should translate it into broken English!
Loving Hugs Talia
Broken English
"[something] it seems Mariane [Pepers] has taken over Fictionmania ..."
First we take Fictionmania...
One short story a day is hardly taking over.
Comments at FM can occasionally be unfriendly.
And if anyone was going to take over that site
I would rather it was you with your wide variety of
well-crafted psychologically nuanced stories than the person who penned
I TURN INTO MY GRANDMA'S BUTT & GET A DILDO UP ME.
~fangirl hugs, Veronica
Well shit, I guess it really CAN happen here..,
.
Never too much Peters
I have no clue as to what was written in fictionmania (I have enough trouble with English lol) but I will say that I love reading your stories Maryanne.
There can never be too many!
Please keep posting
Thx
My Portuguese is also poor
Here's my stab at translating the original post:
"Lately, we have Mariane taking charge of Fictionmania. For every 10 stories published, at least 3 or 4 are written by her. I miss the writings of Sandy Brow and other authors who write delightful stories. Sorry for the complaint, but I have seen a raft of stories by Mariane Peppers, and other writers are not appearing."
Got to be exaggeration, unless you are writing a LOT more at FM than you are here, or postings there are WAY down. :)
Keep writing, darling. We'll keep reading. :)
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
"Keep writing, darling. We'll keep reading. :)"
Exactly. Keep on posting.
Samantha
To quote Erin
It's not about you.
The problem the person commenting in Portuguese has is not really that you write too many stories but that others aren't posting that many. If your postings keep other from posting then, and only then, you are the problem. There is no evidence of that.
If there are too many of your stories there's an easy solutioin: Don't read them!
Judging from the last seven days that would still leave 46 out of 53 stories. Which means that commenter is not very good at math (13% instead of the >30%-40% claimed).
Further, why post a comment of this kind in Portuguese at a site where >95% of the stories are in English? Maybe the commenter is unhappy about you not writing in Portuguese? And why call you Mariane Pep(p)ers?
to directly answer your question...
I don't know. You don't post too much!!! PERIOD!
So, get to writing, milady! I'll let you know if you start to get close to too much for this cats tastes.
Highly unlikely!!
I really enjoy your tales, and look for them first, before I take my first sip of coffee. Tiggers hate snorting coffee through the nose laughing.
Warm furry hugs!!
Tiggs
I noticed you recently posted
I noticed you recently posted 2 stories at once (The Poet and Top Man). 2 Peters simultaneously is not fine, it's fantastic! More than 3 at the same time seems a little hard to do unless you use your hands ... wait, are we talking about the same thing??
But seriously, your high volume and high quality continue to be a rare blessing for us, and for the whole tg appreciating world. Rock on, sister!
Hugz! - **Sigh**
Sighs are the natural language of the heart.
-Thomas Shadwell
Too much Maryanne?
Maryanne's 337 postings on FM barely exceed Dorothy's 328 and not much more than Melissa Madison's 319 (though hers are so different from each other that I suspect several authors are posting under that name). At least Maryanne's are all well written, as are Dorothy's. Some prolific authors on FM aren't even worth reading, IMHO. Some days have fewer posting than others, but that's hardly the fault of any one author.