Embarras de Richesse

[DG Hear]

DG Hear, MFG, is posting his new series “A Thousand Bucks”. Not the usual for him. But Jerrod is an interesting character.

Storm 62 has the second chapter of his Lost in Space series. A true feel-good.

Thanks Estragon. Story in posted in multiple categories. Comments are a lot of fun to read. Thanks for the boost. Not as many readers this week due to the holidays but a least there is something new for those who are still reading with the extra time on their hands.
With Respect
DG Hear

 

[estragon]

DG Hear, MFG, really hit his stride after the holiday layoff with "A Thousand Bucks". As I said in my public comment to Ch5, it is an honor and a privilege and a pleasure to work with this fine author; and best of all, I get to read the stories first.

Speaking of fine authors, Grandmaster dweaver999 is back with Ch 8 of his "Amber's Enchantment" series. He breaks the conventional rules with his long stretches between posting chapters, but given his skill as an author, he can take as much time as he likes. His fans will wait.

Jemma_Jane posted "Grace Goes to Church". No, I did not call her the M Night Shyamalyan of pornography; I wish I was that clever. But she is clever enough for both of us--read the story, and watch for the curveball at the end. Great finish!

 

[estragon]

Storm62's Space Colony has gone to Part 3- Stella. Good story, good series.

johnnyblue44's Christmas Carole is a good stroker.

And Jemma Jane has another hot tale (pun definitely intended) ready to post.

 

[estragon]

Alex4 has written a good stroker in "The Fuck of My Life". Good writing, and local colour that doesn't become a travelog.

 

[estragon]

GeorgieH's "In the Queue" is definitely on the target. Good watersport story, and those are harder to write than they look. Deserves a higher score than the one s/he got, but fetish readers are persnicketty--not that I fault them for having strong opinions, even when I disagree with them.

DG Hear, MFG, has written a sequel to a series of his. NonE, so it may not get the reader response it deserves. But it ties up the loose ends.

Happy New Year to all!

 

[estragon]

SilkStockingsLover has a hot one in the works. When she throws a party, it's quite a party....

DG Hear, MFG, is working on a Valentine's Day entry. Interesting.

 

[estragon]

GeorgieH has a new London story, "In the Tube", where his/her heroine gets more out of the Tube than one might expect. An Underground success story.

And Storm62 has Maggie and the settler in the Space Colony. A sweet story.

 

[estragon]

SA Penn Lady's Ch 7 of "Rhythm and the Blue Line" is another winner, even without my copy editing.

Georgie H has what could have been a good Nude Day entry in "In The Woods". A hot story.

 

[estragon]

SilkStockingsLover has posted her latest "Best Present Ever" story. Hot as always.

Sethp's "Girl with the Silver Trombone" is hot and worth reading, although it could use a wee copy edit.

GeorgieH's Show House story continues his/her heroine's exhibitionist antics.

And DG Hear, MFG, has his Valentine's Day contest entry in the works. An interesting category and a real sweet story. Watch for it when the contest opens.

 

[estragon]

After a multi-year layoff (no pun intended), Rachlou is back, and "Absolut Hell" shows that she hasn't lost any form in the interim. Very funny, and hot without obvious sex; this is good Romance, if you like the genre, and a good read even if you're lukewarm about it.

 

[estragon]

LynnGKS has Ch 3 of her bedroom dialogues posted, and it's a hoot. The ongoing Gladys Detweiler (now Gladys Alpin) saga is truly funny, and Peggy is a memorable character.

 

[estragon]

Fans of SA Penn Lady have been asking "What was in the box?" with the same fervor that some of us asked, many years ago, "Who shot JR?" (And if you remember who, my condolences--old age has caught up with you, but you can give "Jeopardy" a try; maybe there should be a Senior Circuit "Jeopardy"). Happily, Ch 8 of "Rhythm and the Blue Line", beta-read and copy edited, should be posting shortly, and you will know. My lips are sealed.

A hearty "welcome back" to Grandmistress Lisa Jones, Ch 1 of whose new story will post shortly. The layoff hasn't affected GMLJ's wicked sense of humour, or storytelling skills.

And DG Hear, MFG, has two potential Valentine's Day entries, classic DG Hear feel-goods. OK, so they're really sweet. But so are the great French Sauternes and the German Auslesen. And I'm always glad to have a few bottles of those around.

RedHairedandFriendly has an interesting essay, "A Bit of Red". I'd suggest she consider a book-length version, which the reader can consider as fiction--or not. I was so engrossed I didn't even think to quibble.

 

[estragon]

farfromcd has a new series in the works, "The Cad's Diary", featuring Mr Sherlock Holmes. Purists may cavil, but it's an interesting story, with a hot sex scene as well.

 

[farfromcd]

Thanks for the plug estragon, and thanks for the new word - I had to look 'cavil' up! Rest assured I shall be using that one in the near future.

(The second and concluding part has been submitted so should be along in due course - I hope you like it.)

 

[estragon]

Farfromcd, looking forward to reading it. Conan Doyle's style is so distinctive that it's hard to mimic. Your stories are very good, as you have kept a lot of CD's cadences. BTW, the best parody of CD's style was Rassendyll's "Baker Street Irregular", posted about a year ago, which never got the recognition it deserved.

Meantime, SilkStockingsLover has posted Ch 3 of "Training Teacher", and DG Hear, MFG, is turning out more stories with a Valentine's Day theme.

Waiting for the opening of the contest next week to see who is breaking out of the starting gate.

 

[estragon]

Not a story, but a useful "How To", is Carolus Magnus' "How to Analyze Your Scores", an algebraic analysis of the scoring system on Lit. Carolus shows a method to tease out how many votes a story got in each of the five star categories (always assuming no Hoovering). In Sherlock Holmes' immortal words, it "ascends to such rarefied heights of pure mathematics that it is said that there was no man in the scientific press capable of criticizing it”. But seriously folks, it furnishes a useful tool, and a good argument for remedying the flaws in the present scoring system.

 

[CarlusMagnus]

Not a story, but a useful "How To", is Carolus Magnus' "How to Analyze Your Scores", an algebraic analysis of the scoring system on Lit. Carolus shows a method to tease out how many votes a story got in each of the five star categories (always assuming no Hoovering). In Sherlock Holmes' immortal words, it "ascends to such rarefied heights of pure mathematics that it is said that there was no man in the scientific press capable of criticizing it”. But seriously folks, it furnishes a useful tool, and a good argument for remedying the flaws in the present scoring system.

Thanks for the kind words, E.

I wish it were "a method to tease out how many votes a story got in each of the five star categories". Alas, that isn't possible. The best one can do is to estimate a range for the numbers of votes in each of the five categories.

 

[estragon]

Carolus, at least you've given us a creditable method, for those of us who can handle a calculator, to establish a range. And I do thank you for your efforts. Other than lobbying for a ten-point scoring system (which has its own problems, I admit, but which would be an improvement if not a cure-all), I don't think there's much better accuracy obtainable.

 

[estragon]

After Dark criticized any change to a ten-point scoring system in his comments on Carolus' "How To", I withdraw my suggestion about lobbying for a ten-point system, for the reasons I gave in my public comment to Carolus' essay. Dark, when you're right, you're right. Better the devil you know....

Now the good news. SA PennLady's Ch 8 of "Rhythm and the Blue Line" finally posted after a five-day delay. Now her fans can know what was in the box. Dig in, fans! A great read, even if SA Penn Lady rejected a lot of my edits (as is her perfect right to do). And I found an edit I missed: "You have no idea how many times I had to listen stuff like that in high school and college after something would happen with her family." Which of course should be: "You have no idea how many times I had to listen to stuff like that in high school and college after something would happen with her family." Ten lashes with a wet lasagna noodle to the errant copy editor.

Grandmistress Lisa Jones is back with Ch 1 of "Mistaken Identity", with just a trifle lighter touch of the dark, heady quality of her great series "Gotcha". GMLJ's fans will love this one. And the site editor(s) are comparing this with Ch 7 of LettersFromTatyana's classic "Seven Years After the Motel". Entirely different genre, of course, but two examples of really fine writing and characterization. And both copy edited by your humble and obed't. servant. Enjoy!

 

[estragon]

Ch 2 of "Mistaken Identity" has posted, with Grandmistress Lisa Jones' narrative skill and sexy inventiveness combining to give us, yet again, a really good story; I love the plot twist at the end.

Noira has written a well-crafted "How To", "How to Write a Novel." Wish I had the imagination to follow her advice.

And far fromcd finishes "The Cad's Diary". Doc Watson is in the thick of things again. Might do well as an episode in the BBC Wales Sherlock series starring Ben Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman--but this episode would be X-rated, of course.

 

[estragon]

leorastark's "How to Break the Ice" combines hot sweet sex with two characters you could really like, and adds plenty of local colour (Canadian)--good stuff. I enjoyed quibbling this story.

 

[estragon]

Noira's Ch 2 of her "How To" posted; sturm und drang, but that's the way it goes. Some worthwhile suggestions, even if you're not planning to write a novel.

 

[estragon]

SilkStockingsLover has a hot Valentine's Day tale (pun definitely intended) in the works. It will give her fans everything they've come to expect.

 

[estragon]

Noira has another good essay posting 1/19, about why s/he doesn't diet. Non-erotic, but worth reading for its direct, breezy style.

 

[estragon]

MadeYaLook made me look, and his debut with "Lesbian Best Friend" is worth a look indeed. Good character work, the characters' emotional turmoil is real (sexual identity is a terrible thing to waste) and the ending is a complete feel-good. Oh yes, the sex is hot, too. And I didn't even stop to quibble. I look forward to more from this talented writer.