Pink Orchid: Story Event for Women-Centric Erotica - Official Support Thread

[stickygirl]

I think mine got auto-tagged Pink orchid 2022, but not the 750 word one

 

[JGittes]

Just submitted my combination Valentine's+Pink Orchid story. I think it works quite well for the former, but it might be a stretch for the latter...

I have a second for this event, but right now it'll be toward the end of the month to get it done. I'm trying hard, since I think it's a stronger fit than the first one.

Shit. Dackles are now in the mix for the Valentine's Day event. We're doomed.

 

[BarracudaSwordfish]

I put Pink Orchid in the Admin notes as advised and also tagged it as such.

For good measure, I also prefaced the story with "My entry in the Pink Orchid 2022 event" which was kindly turned into a link to the support page, presumably by Laurel.

Pleased to say it appears in the official list.

 

[PennameWombat]

Shit. Dackles are now in the mix for the Valentine's Day event. We're doomed.

Nah. The Valentine's Day contest is safe from dackel[1] invasion, they're not in the story I just submitted. Hogs are mentioned (considering the title is "Hog in the Ground Day," that was probably inevitable. It should be published with the next batch of stories to go live (tonight, or since I'm Down Under, today.))

The dackels are in the next story I hope to complete for this event, though.

[1] For those wondering, dackel is a German word for dachshund. In Dutch (and also sometimes in German), they're teckels. In Aussie English, they're "sausage dogs" or just "sausages." I'm not kidding, I've met a very few folks here who didn't know the breed name was 'dachshund.' Then again, maybe they heard my (not Aussie) accent and were just having me on .

 

[NotWise]

[1] For those wondering, dackel is a German word for dachshund. In Dutch (and also sometimes in German), they're teckels. In Aussie English, they're "sausage dogs" or just "sausages." I'm not kidding, I've met a very few folks here who didn't know the breed name was 'dachshund.' Then again, maybe they heard my (not Aussie) accent and were just having me on .

Here, they're wiener dogs.

 

[Thefireflies]

[1] For those wondering, dackel is a German word for dachshund. In Dutch (and also sometimes in German), they're teckels. In Aussie English, they're "sausage dogs" or just "sausages." I'm not kidding, I've met a very few folks here who didn't know the breed name was 'dachshund.' Then again, maybe they heard my (not Aussie) accent and were just having me on .

Aussie here, in addition to sausage dogs, a name I think kids mostly call them, I always called them 'dashhounds', though in more recent times I've learnt the pronunciation is something like 'Dacks-hund'.

I try to add a dog to every story, even if it's walking by or barking at someone, but I don't think i've ever written a dachshund into a story. I think it's time...

Oh, and back to Pink Orchids, I just completed my first draft and won't get it out till late in the month.

 

[NotWise]

Oh, and back to Pink Orchids, I just completed my first draft and won't get it out till late in the month.

You still have a ton (tonne?) of time.

I submitted my story last night, and it's scheduled to go live tomorrow (US time). I continued my proud tradition of using cryptic, possibly useless, titles by naming it "No Brand on My Pony."

It's also going to the V'day contest, so the schedule was tighter than if it was just going to the Pink Orchid event.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Aussie here, in addition to sausage dogs, a name I think kids mostly call them, I always called them 'dashhounds', though in more recent times I've learnt the pronunciation is something like 'Dacks-hund'.

I try to add a dog to every story, even if it's walking by or barking at someone, but I don't think i've ever written a dachshund into a story. I think it's time...

Oh, and back to Pink Orchids, I just completed my first draft and won't get it out till late in the month.

Mine is at 30k words and I’d guess the story is about half told.

So, no problem.

 

[Thefireflies]

You still have a ton (tonne?) of time.

Yeah, I know. I paused writing for a month and mentally have been feeling I'm behind the eight ball and have to catch up.

Mine is at 30k words and I’d guess the story is about half told.
So, no problem.

I know what you mean, when you’re 20-30k in and can’t see the natural conclusion happening till way down the track. I'll try and take a leaf out of your book, Melissa, and go forth with no problems!

 

[PennameWombat]

Aussie here, in addition to sausage dogs, a name I think kids mostly call them, I always called them 'dashhounds', though in more recent times I've learnt the pronunciation is something like 'Dacks-hund'.

"Dashhounds" was common in parts of the US too. The "ch", being German, is usually a bit softer than the 'k', like "ch" in 'chemistry.'

I try to add a dog to every story, even if it's walking by or barking at someone, but I don't think i've ever written a dachshund into a story. I think it's time...

Oh, and back to Pink Orchids, I just completed my first draft and won't get it out till late in the month.

I introduced some dachshunds in my story Through the Woods, and I'm doing a direct sequel for Pink Orchid and the doxies will have bigger roles. Since this isn't a contest, a sequel is ok.

Only issue is getting it done in time.

 

[Omenainen]

Thanks for everyone who's posted so far and everyone who's still working on their entry! I'm excited. When I search with "pink orchid" now I find 14 stories in 9 different categories, and I think that's excellent. And it's only the fourth day!

I'll be reading through all of yours.

 

[NotWise]

No Brand on My Pony is live this morning. I'm not surprised that there are no other stories on Lit by that name.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Had to give my apologies for this one; I had a piece half-written but my side job got busy and I won't have the time to finish it. Maybe I'll post it later in the year.

 

[NotWise]

I think it was a mistake to put my story in Romance. Hope isn't the typical Romance heroine; she's independent, not looking for a relationship (although she ends up in one), and she likes sex. The ending is HFN, but it probably doesn't generate so much of the warm-and-fuzzy feeling the Romance readers like.

The story scored 4.8 through the first 90 votes while it was prominent on the New list. It seemed to be pretty popular among the readers. Voting after the first 90 votes has probably come mostly from Romance readers, and it's averaged less that 4.5. As a result, the overall score is gradually dropping, and probably will as long as it keeps getting votes from the Romance readers. Despite that, the comments are pretty positive, and the overflow to my last Romance story is good.

Favorites are very low -- lower than comments or new followers. Votes are high compared to views, but that seems to be the nature of Romance. It's on a good number of lists, so I think the low favorites might have something to do with how the site handles input from the old interface, which doesn't offer reading lists, and the new interface, which does.

 

[Omenainen]

Had to give my apologies for this one; I had a piece half-written but my side job got busy and I won't have the time to finish it. Maybe I'll post it later in the year.

No worries! Thank you for thinking of this. I can well relate to life getting on the way. I was worried for my own for a while there.

I think it was a mistake to put my story in Romance.

I didn't have any illusions that my story would do well in Interracial, but what I didn't anticipate was that it is such a quiet category. There's been 1-2 new stories most days, some days none, and the busiest day had 5 new stories. My story will be on the front page there for ages, too bad there's no one there to read it but that's one more category off my list, and I have no plans on returning there in a hurry.

 

[stickygirl]

I posted a 750 then deleted it, having put it in Romance. It won't go to waste as it was more the start of a new story, not a complete item.


Omenainen - thanks for pointing out Hans sounding masculine, which of course it is out of context. Good point

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Are people using a Tag with Pink Orchid? Pink Orchid or Pink Orchid 2022? I'm assuming capitals in tags don't count?

I have a story, it has a female lead who arranges to get what she wants, who knows what people will think but might as well add it to the list, as my stupidly long story is unlikely to be ready by the end of this month. Maybe it'll end up in the Summer contest as intended for last year...

 

[Lovecraft_lore2]

Are people using a Tag with Pink Orchid? Pink Orchid or Pink Orchid 2022? I'm assuming capitals in tags don't count?

I have a story, it has a female lead who arranges to get what she wants, who knows what people will think but might as well add it to the list, as my stupidly long story is unlikely to be ready by the end of this month. Maybe it'll end up in the Summer contest as intended for last year...

The few tags I looked at were 'Pink Orchid'

 

[NotWise]

I tagged mine "pink orchid." I don't think the search function cares about capitalization, but I could be wrong. Laurel replaced my "romance" tag with "pink orchid 2022," so mine is tagged both "pink orchid" and "pink orchid 2022."

Seems like overkill, but I didn't do it.

 

[YDB95]

Mine doesn't have a Pink Orchid tab, but I identified it in the one-line blurb as my Pink Orchid entry.

 

[Trionyx]

Thanks to Omenainen for putting this event together, for reading my entry and commenting on same.

 

[NotWise]

Thanks to Omenainen for putting this event together, for reading my entry and commenting on same.

I second that.

We're up to sixteen stories tagged "pink orchid," and more like YDB95's that aren't tagged. It'll be interesting to see how many come in after the V Day deadline.

 

[PennameWombat]

I used the "pink orchid" tag and also mentioned it in my forward.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I posted a 750 then deleted it, having put it in Romance. It won't go to waste as it was more the start of a new story, not a complete item.

Ah, that explains why it vanished after I read it. Thought it was some kind of top-secret mission briefing.

 

[JGittes]

I think it was a mistake to put my story in Romance. Hope isn't the typical Romance heroine; she's independent, not looking for a relationship (although she ends up in one), and she likes sex. The ending is HFN, but it probably doesn't generate so much of the warm-and-fuzzy feeling the Romance readers like.

The story scored 4.8 through the first 90 votes while it was prominent on the New list. It seemed to be pretty popular among the readers. Voting after the first 90 votes has probably come mostly from Romance readers, and it's averaged less that 4.5. As a result, the overall score is gradually dropping, and probably will as long as it keeps getting votes from the Romance readers. Despite that, the comments are pretty positive, and the overflow to my last Romance story is good.

Favorites are very low -- lower than comments or new followers. Votes are high compared to views, but that seems to be the nature of Romance. It's on a good number of lists, so I think the low favorites might have something to do with how the site handles input from the old interface, which doesn't offer reading lists, and the new interface, which does.

I know this is the Pink Orchid thread, but I've already mentioned Valentine's Day and sausage dogs, and your story was posted both here and for Valentine's Day contest, so I don't feel too bad.

For some unknown reason, in December 2020 I started reading romance novels. I'm now on the 194th since then (Susan Mallery's fifth Happy Inc novel) and I'd say you didn't post your story in the wrong category but did violate one of the more important rules of romance; once the couple fucks, they don't fuck anyone else. They split up, they have the opportunity and/or desire to screw others, but they don't do it. I think that's the only thing keeping you from winning your second Valentine's Day contest.

It would be a simple fix too. Take the sex scenes from where they happen now and combine them into one sex scene that happens at the end. The final three lines could be exactly the same as now. Yes, you'd have to spackle over the divots, but that would give you the chance to develop Steve into a more 3-D character. You're in a tight spot with first-person POV from the male's perspective, but if Adam and Hope didn't fuck right away you could easily allow her to reveal to Adam how she can't quite let go of Steve. Two of my three divorces included after-divorce sex with my ex-spouse. It happens all the time. It would only take two or three paragraphs during dinner to show it.

Anyway. I loved the story, terrific sense of place with Santa Fe and its surroundings.