My first year

[BryanRichardson]

I just realized that I have been on Literotica for almost a year.

I checked and I signed up on Sept. 25th, 2024.

I had been reading for a while before that, of course, but the 25th will be my “anniversary”.

Considering that I don’t think of myself as a writer, some of my stuff is pretty good. (I didn’t say I’m not a writer, since I clearly am now, but I don’t think of myself as a writer.)

 

[EmilyMiller]

Congratulations

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Happy Anniversary! Here's to many more!

 

[Rob_Royale]

Congrats. Hope you have a long and productive career.

 

[SimonDoom]

You write.

By Literotica standards, that means you are a writer. You are certainly welcome to regard yourself as one.

Congratulations on your first anniversary.

 

[AchtungNight]

I’ve been hanging out here since 1998, a site writer since 2006. 27 & 19 years respectively.

As you are, so I once was. As I am, may you one day be.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Welcome (again)!

 

[Actingup]

Happy Anniversary! I'm getting in the spirit:

Happy anniversary baby
Got you on my mind
I'm so happy for you baby
Now that you've found somebody, new
I see it in your eyes, Lord it's no surprise
What he can do for you

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

Congratulations on one and best wishes for many more!

 

[Timesup]

Happy Anniversary! I'm getting in the spirit:

Happy anniversary baby
Got you on my mind
I'm so happy for you baby
Now that you've found somebody, new
I see it in your eyes, Lord it's no surprise
What he can do for you

Came out when I was in 6th grade. Thanks for the reminder NOT!

 

[CalBishForNow]

Huh. My anniversary is coming up soon too. Cool.

I've done more than I would have expected here based on pure word count. I wouldn't have even dared make any predictions about readers, followers, scores, or things like that.

I'm not sure where things are going next. I have two stories in process and a bunch more ideas I'm interested in. I could keep going along the same lines for a long time, if I wanted to. The problem is, it's getting a little annoying to have this hobby I'm putting so much time into that I can't do anything with IRL or even tell basically anyone about. In five years, if I've hit 100 stories, who would I tell about it other than the people here?

 

[BryanRichardson]

The problem is, it's getting a little annoying to have this hobby I'm putting so much time into that I can't do anything with IRL or even tell basically anyone about. In five years, if I've hit 100 stories, who would I tell about it other than the people here?

Yeah, I know what you mean. I want to talk to people about some of the things I’ve written. I’m proud of some of it. But there are a couple of other stories that maybe nobody I know should read.

Honestly, though, there is nothing terrible in my efforts.

I told the important female in my life that I was writing, but she isn’t interested. She did ask if it was a good release for me, which is supportive, I guess?

But that still leaves me with nobody to talk with.

 

[BryanRichardson]

In case anyone is interested:

https://literotica.com/s/my-first-year-on-literotica

 

[Hubbell1973]

One-year anniversary, Oct 25 to Oct 26.

After a long, long period of lurking and enjoying so many works by so many talented writers on Lit, I took the plunge and put fingers to keyboard. Frankly, I'm shocked, stunned, and amazed!!

The stories seemed to leap from my breast to my brain to my fingers, and now I have an almost uncontrollable need to tell stories for others to read. Forty-one stories in the first year. What?

No one laughed me off the stage. I received zero 1-star bombs. Well, not exactly; readers who hate every word I write have carpet-bombed me with 1-star ratings. I admit that I might have pulled some triggers along the way .... oops.

My first foray into written storytelling sat brooding within me for 30 years. Not a joke. It burst out of me in a gush of twenty-two chapters: INFERNO, Annie's Journey. I self-edited it after writing and sent it on its way. It wasn't crude; well, the beginning might have been, but as I got more involved in telling the tale, the quality improved enough that readers actually enjoyed the experience. Two stories/chapters are ranked in the top 25 (actually 26) of all BDSM stories over the last twelve months. That shocked me. Two others are not far behind.

After rereading the entire story last April, I decided to publish it formally in paperback (two volumes @ 235,000 words) and as ebooks. Soon, Annie will be leaving Lit for the wider world.

Other stories on a wide variety of subjects and categories were written much better. Stories by Hubbell1973

Still, there is so far to go, if even to reach the first step to the pantheon of respected writers. Thank you to all the writers who assisted me along the way (strikesandballs, kelliezgirl).

On to year two.

So many ideas are percolating; four additional stories are waiting for the right time to be published.

 

[WaxPhilosophic]

Seems like just yesterday you were working on your Born to Run challenge story. Look at you now! Way to go!

 

[BryanRichardson]

I just realized that I have been on Literotica for almost a year.

I checked and I signed up on Sept. 25th, 2024.

I had been reading for a while before that, of course, but the 25th will be my “anniversary”.

Considering that I don’t think of myself as a writer, some of my stuff is pretty good. (I didn’t say I’m not a writer, since I clearly am now, but I don’t think of myself as a writer.)

I guess I missed my two year anniversary…

 

[CalBishForNow]

Hey, today is my two-year anniversary! To be exact, the two-year anniversary of my first story being published. Cool.

39 stories so far. Two WIPs set to be completed soon™, and a bunch more ideas I'd like to finish but can't be sure of at this point, and a bunch more false trails I had fun going down but they'll probably never be really finished. The output was faster in the first year, but I feel like it often works that way with a new hobby. The ratings were also higher in the first year, but that's LW vs. non-LW. I think my output in year 2 is more "interesting" in several ways, for lack of a better word, more experimental, trying more categories and contests and thinking harder about what makes them tick.

But then, it's all arbitrary. I was reading stories here for years before I ever logged in or voted, let alone had my own published. I actually created the account two days before that first story was published. And I didn't bother checking out the AH or the forums in general until September 2025, and in some ways that seems even more important, because this is the actual community, right?