Aurora Leigh's "What i Want" begins well, if overweighted with purple prose, and the ending is certainly novel, but the middle left me flat. I expected so much more. The narratrix's "most depraved secrets" were rather run-of-the-mill. But the ending is certainly original.
Disappointments
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I'm disappointed about the relatively few entires in the Valentine's Day contest--not, I hasten to add, about the quality of the entries. The greatest part of the entries are really good work, and were fun to read. The authors really exhibit good work, and I've praised them on the public comment links to their stories, and also in my "Embarras de Richesse" thread here.
I'm missing entries from some really accomplished authors like SA PennLady (although I hear she may have a a story in the works) or LunaEroticaMystica, NT (but I hear LEM,NT, has health issues that may prevent her working on an entry; thoughts and prayers, Luna). It may be that Valentine's Day is a bigger deal in North America than in the UK or the Commonwealth (if that is still a correct term), so the authors from those countries are less likely to invest time and creativity in such stories.
But I wish there were more entries.
I'm missing entries from some really accomplished authors like SA PennLady (although I hear she may have a a story in the works) or LunaEroticaMystica, NT (but I hear LEM,NT, has health issues that may prevent her working on an entry; thoughts and prayers, Luna). It may be that Valentine's Day is a bigger deal in North America than in the UK or the Commonwealth (if that is still a correct term), so the authors from those countries are less likely to invest time and creativity in such stories.
But I wish there were more entries.
dawei
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So if I may piggyback on this thread...
My disappointment is that none of the fine writers here have given me any feedback on my latest story chapter, which I posted on another thread. Oh, well. Making matters worse, as of today, the story still has an unflattering rating of "1" thanks to someone being kind enough to give his or her vote. I guess that happens, but I don't know it that discourages other readers and that's the part I don't like.
My disappointment is that none of the fine writers here have given me any feedback on my latest story chapter, which I posted on another thread. Oh, well. Making matters worse, as of today, the story still has an unflattering rating of "1" thanks to someone being kind enough to give his or her vote. I guess that happens, but I don't know it that discourages other readers and that's the part I don't like.
There's a problem posting Ch whatever to a long-running story; if people haven't been reading from the getgo, they won't go back unless it's truly something spectacular, like Grandmaster dweaver999's fabulous Valerie series, or Serenissima Sydney Blake's "How to Save a Life". If you're not in that league, a stern chase is a long chase, as the sailors say.
I learned my lesson with "A New Birth of Freedom" . I got heavy-duty "delay of the game" penalties, deservedly.
We had a thread within the last month or so (I think on AH) about having the whole series written and ready to post day after day before posting Ch 1. Consensus was you lose readership after about day four or five, IIRC, if you haven't got the next chapter up and running by then. The Internet is the all-time cause of Attention Deficit Disorder.
I learned my lesson with "A New Birth of Freedom" . I got heavy-duty "delay of the game" penalties, deservedly.
We had a thread within the last month or so (I think on AH) about having the whole series written and ready to post day after day before posting Ch 1. Consensus was you lose readership after about day four or five, IIRC, if you haven't got the next chapter up and running by then. The Internet is the all-time cause of Attention Deficit Disorder.
Disappointed At Myself
Missed a block in the first line of SilkStockingsLover's "Valentine's Day Threesome". Obvious inversion of words, too. Fortunately, the commentator who spotted it was charitable and didn't lay a blast on me, or worse, on Silk. Thanks for the bye, Grrrreat.
Missed a block in the first line of SilkStockingsLover's "Valentine's Day Threesome". Obvious inversion of words, too. Fortunately, the commentator who spotted it was charitable and didn't lay a blast on me, or worse, on Silk. Thanks for the bye, Grrrreat.
"Once I thought I made a mistake, but I was wrong". I went back to my filed edits on Silk's story, and found I had made the change to correct the inversion, after all.
However, the author overruled me, as is her right.
I left a PC addressed to Grrrreat stating "Thanks for being polite. In my own defense, when I edited this story back on January 17 or 18, I picked up the inversion of words in the first sentence and corrected it. The author, of course, is always at liberty to reject any of my edits, for any reason or for no reason; and since you agree that the author's version is better, I certainly have no cause to complain."
The author always has the right of way.
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Estragon, did you write 'Travels with Aunt Paula' and 'Pommel Horse' posted on ASSTR? They are very, very good!
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Not always. SWB debuted on 5/27 2010 and did not finish until 10/11 the scores were strong throughout.
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Sorry Estragon if I caused offence. Just thought, as they were well written, they were yours. Haven't visited the forum for long so I am not very sure of the form.
Jane, I took no offense. I just wanted to make it clear that I didn't write those stories.
LC, your story is the exception that proves the rule.
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And I am disappointed that the people who told me that would happen were all correct.
I was disappointed at LaRascasse's story "After the Meeting" in respect of the mechanicals, but the ending left me with a very sour feeling. I felt a good story had been trashed by the ending. I know the author is capable of better. That's what irks me the most, that an author with the ability to do better, doesn't.
Maybe this is becoming a bitch thread (whaddaya mean, "maybe", I can hear some people yelling). But what happens when you get a copy editing job from a writer whose work you like, but whose latest is in a genre you don't like? Suck it up, of course; communicate candidly with the author, and, if the author wants to stay with you, give it the best you've got. I can't particularize, because that would violate my "no badmouthing" rule. And I can't just walk away, because that would violate my "no abandoning the author" rule.
It's just frustration. As I've said more than once, Lit is cheaper than therapy.
It's just frustration. As I've said more than once, Lit is cheaper than therapy.
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What difference does the genre make?
Some are harder for me to work with. As John Lennon said, "It's only me and not my mind that is confusing things."
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I used to feel that way about a couple categories. Then I started to think of them as words, not specific topics. That helped a great deal.
MistressLynn, thanks, that does help. Again quoting an old song, "It's only words, And words are all I have, To take your heart away." The BeeGees.
A Very Serious Accusation
I very much enjoyed, and went back after reading to quibble, a story posted by Marcia RH entitled "Snow Angels"; I'd given it favorable mention on my 'Embarras de Richesse' thread on this BB. But two anonymous public commentators took me aback, when they claimed the story had been lifted from asstr.
Now that's a site I hadn't visited in years. But I went there and ran a quick search, using the site's own search engine. In under two minutes I found a story by the same title, almost word-for-word identical to that posted on Lit, by one Rebeka, dated 01/21/2010.
If MarciaRH is an alt for Rebeka, or vice versa, then no harm done if the author retained the copyright.
If not, then this should not be tolerated.
I recommend that the mods investigate and take appropriate action.
I very much enjoyed, and went back after reading to quibble, a story posted by Marcia RH entitled "Snow Angels"; I'd given it favorable mention on my 'Embarras de Richesse' thread on this BB. But two anonymous public commentators took me aback, when they claimed the story had been lifted from asstr.
Now that's a site I hadn't visited in years. But I went there and ran a quick search, using the site's own search engine. In under two minutes I found a story by the same title, almost word-for-word identical to that posted on Lit, by one Rebeka, dated 01/21/2010.
If MarciaRH is an alt for Rebeka, or vice versa, then no harm done if the author retained the copyright.
If not, then this should not be tolerated.
I recommend that the mods investigate and take appropriate action.
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If you want the website's attention, you have to directly PM them. They rarely read the forum.
And it's good not to jump to conclusions that it's not the same author using alts. I have the same stories on various sites under different alts and occasionally have to return e-mail that that it, indeed, is the same author. I had posted before joining Literotica under another name, for instance, and Literotica wouldn't let me have the name--so there is one reason for the same story under different names right there.
And it's good not to jump to conclusions that it's not the same author using alts. I have the same stories on various sites under different alts and occasionally have to return e-mail that that it, indeed, is the same author. I had posted before joining Literotica under another name, for instance, and Literotica wouldn't let me have the name--so there is one reason for the same story under different names right there.
Which is precisely why I stated that it might be an alt situation. I PM'd the author, to find out what s/he might say. If in fact it is an alt, I will not bother the mods.
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The mods have nothing to do with the story file. If you want to address this with Literotica, you have to PM Laurel.
The forum and story file are separate.
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Good luck with that. To use the word apathy would be a step up to describe the response from the owners these days.
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