New Milestones Thread

[MillieDynamite]

Maybe! Or the huddled masses haven't found you yet.

Romantic smut must have a limited appeal. Too much kink for romance, not enough for the rest

 

[Mastered_again]

Maybe! Or the huddled masses haven't found you yet.

I can only hope. I know I'm asking a lot for Lit readers to commit to lengthy, ongoing stories, especially when it takes a few thousand words before clothes start coming off

 

[StillStunned]

I can only hope. I know I'm asking a lot for Lit readers to commit to lengthy, ongoing stories, especially when it takes a few thousand words before clothes start coming off

One factor is that you've been writing one long series. Many readers won't bother to click on anything that says "Chapter 2", let alone "Chapter 10", if they haven't read Chapter 1.

Writing another, unrelated story will broaden your audience immensely. The readers that like your style will look at your long series, and if they like it they'll keep reading.

Personally, for related stories that are self-contained and don't necessarily form a single story, I try to avoid calling them "chapters". For example, "Flesh for Fantasy", "Flesh for Another Fantasy" and "Flesh for A Third Fantasy". If I ever write another in that series, it will probably be called "Flesh Four Fantasy" or even "Flesh 4 Fantasy".

 

[Mastered_again]

One factor is that you've been writing one long series. Many readers won't bother to click on anything that says "Chapter 2", let alone "Chapter 10", if they haven't read Chapter 1.

Writing another, unrelated story will broaden your audience immensely. The readers that like your style will look at your long series, and if they like it they'll keep reading.

Personally, for related stories that are self-contained and don't necessarily form a single story, I try to avoid calling them "chapters". For example, "Flesh for Fantasy", "Flesh for Another Fantasy" and "Flesh for A Third Fantasy". If I ever write another in that series, it will probably be called "Flesh Four Fantasy" or even "Flesh 4 Fantasy".

I can only quote John Lee Hooker:

I heard poppa tell momma, let that boy boogie-woogie. Cuz it's in him and it's got to come out

What I've written and will continue to pen will be what's rattling around my brain and demanding expression. Whoever comes along for the ride, so be it.

 

[StillStunned]

I can only quote John Lee Hooker:

I heard poppa tell momma, let that boy boogie-woogie. Cuz it's in him and it's got to come out

What I've written and will continue to pen will be what's rattling around my brain and demanding expression. Whoever comes along for the ride, so be it.

And more power to you!

 

[samhasstories]

Personally, for related stories that are self-contained and don't necessarily form a single story, I try to avoid calling them "chapters". For example, "Flesh for Fantasy", "Flesh for Another Fantasy" and "Flesh for A Third Fantasy". If I ever write another in that series, it will probably be called "Flesh Four Fantasy" or even "Flesh 4 Fantasy".

Too bad the ship has sailed already on "2 Flesh 2 Fantasy."

 

[StillStunned]

Too bad the ship has sailed already on "2 Flesh 2 Fantasy."

Perhaps I can do something with "2 Flesh 2 Fantasy Makes 4".

I wonder what Lit's automatic series generator would make of that.

 

[TheLobster]

If I ever write another in that series, it will probably be called "Flesh Four Fantasy" or even "Flesh 4 Fantasy".

And the one after could be the grand finale, and a natural conclusion to all those fleshy themes.

“Fantasy Slaughterhouse Five.”

 

[lovecraft68]

After School Special received its 500th comment last night

 

[MillieDynamite]

Hope springs internal. I have hope of losing my fat ass someday. To that end, I've begun an exercise program. The only problem with that is that exercise is hard fucking work!

I can only hope. I know I'm asking a lot for Lit readers to commit to lengthy, ongoing stories, especially when it takes a few thousand words before clothes start coming off

 

[Mastered_again]

Hope springs internal. I have hope of losing my fat ass someday. To that end, I've begun an exercise program. The only problem with that is that exercise is hard fucking work!

Being closer to 70 than 60, I've come to accept it. My generous posterior that is, not the exercise

 

[THBGato]

Ok, so, again, this won't last long, so I'll advertise brag about it while I can:


I feel kind of weird bumping onehitwanda off the top spot seeing as Thirty was basically inspired by two of her stories. I'm sure it won't be for long, if that's any consolation.

 

[MajorRewrite]

I only wrote 9 stories, and 4 of them have the same rating.

What are the odds of that? 17 thousand votes total on the four of them and all the same result.

It’s, like, freakin’ me out man.

 

[StillStunned]

I only wrote 9 stories, and 4 of them have the same rating.

What are the odds of that? 17 thousand votes total on the four of them and all the same result.

It’s, like, freakin’ me out man.

A while ago I posted a thread that a quarter of my stories - 8 out of 31, I think it was at the time - were all rated 4.55 or 4.56. It's really one of those things that makes you wonder.

 

[Naughtylit81]

With the publication of my newest story I have passed 100K views of my work. This also puts that series firmly in the novella word range making it the longest bit of writing I have ever done.

ETA: I just had my first story go over 35K and my second go over 20K. Feeling a bit special.

 

[litfan10]

With the publication of my newest story I have passed 100K views of my work. This also puts that series firmly in the novella word range making it the longest bit of writing I have ever done.

Congrats!

 

[lovecraft68]

The Model Sister received its 350th comment.

 

[TheLobster]

I lost a follower for the first time

...Well, that's okay. Maybe my Geek Pride entry was just too cerebral for them. No biggie. I still have over 500 left

 

[lovecraft68]

I lost a follower for the first time

...Well, that's okay. Maybe my Geek Pride entry was just too cerebral for them. No biggie. I still have over 500 left

How do you know, do you check the total all the time?

When I first came here we would see the red heart when someone followed us, and a broken heart if they unfollowed. Then the site decided that was "mean" and now you only get a notification if you get a new one.

 

[TheLobster]

How do you know, do you check the total all the time?

When I first came here we would see the red heart when someone followed us, and a broken heart if they unfollowed. Then the site decided that was "mean" and now you only get a notification if you get a new one.

I happened to hard-refresh a pinned tab with the admin panel and noticed the count drop. So it may not have been the first one but it was the first one I noticed.

 

[StillStunned]

Wow, it's been a while since anyone here did any boasting! So I'll go.

I think someone liked my latest story:

 

[nice90sguy]

Looking at the timings, BluOrchid probably had a wank after "Too Early Not to Fuck", so I'm guessing that's the hottest one

 

[StillStunned]

Looking at the timings, BluOrchid probably had a wank after "Too Early Not to Fuck", so I'm guessing that's the hottest one

I like to think they had a little wank after each story, but after "Too Early" they needed to catch their breath for a moment.

 

[TheLobster]

This isn't quite the same as the @StillStunned's biggest fan, since it's clearly someone using the favorite button to bookmark my stories, but it still made me smile:



And yes, that's all of them, other than the 750-word joke vignette that I developed from nice90sguy's writing exercise.

 

[NoTalentHack]

Not that I refresh my works screen obsessively or anything (I do), but I just noticed this today:



My first story to get to 250K views! Not too bad for one only a year and a half old.