Pink Orchid 2024: Story Event for Women-Centric Erotica - Official Support Thread

[Voboy]

Somehow, I don't think this guy is going to enjoy the Pink Orchid event.

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Yeah... he might not be quite the right demographic.

 

[ArdentHemingway]

The Adventures of Ranger Ramona

Will read.

 

[NoTalentHack]

Somehow, I don't think this guy is going to enjoy the Pink Orchid event.

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Keep on raging, little baby man! I’m sure the world won’t change if you’re just mad enough in the comments section, champ.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Will read.

I think that's a fine idea.

 

[Omenainen]

Our latest collaboration came out today! It’s a romance. With zombies. Well, not romance with zombies, but, like… living people…

Anyway, with this story, our combined word count is now higher than last year’s event, and we still have two weeks to post. Good going folks! Keep it up!

 

[oneagainst]

A Place For Us All To Belong went live today for Pink Orchid. Two FMCs with the power to break through the fourth wall and enter any story in the Literverse. This could be a catastrophe, or they might just save the world.

Knowing these two, it's line ball.

 

[ArdentHemingway]

and enter any story in the Literverse

Are you inviting us to have them break into ours? I could do that.

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

I have a 750 word/Pink Orchid story complete and ready to submit on Monday.

 

[SimonDoom]

Still working on mine; still hoping to get it done.

I know I'm never going to get around to reading all, or even a significant chunk, of the stories published for this event, but I'm intrigued, more than with most events, about how different people will interpret the purpose of it. I imagine there will be a significant diversity of treatments of the theme. In the event anyone DOES manage to read a significant portion of the stories it would be interesting to get a wrap up afterward of the different interpretations.

 

[Devinter]

A Place For Us All To Belong went live today for Pink Orchid. Two FMCs with the power to break through the fourth wall and enter any story in the Literverse. This could be a catastrophe, or they might just save the world.

Knowing these two, it's line ball.

"That's enough to maintain interest. Come on, wanna see the rest of the place?"

You magnificent genius. Well played.

 

[LadyLibido]

Wish I had been aware of this, sooner. Uploaded a huge swath of my backlog and 'a story in which a female character has agency and makes sense on her own terms.' describes just about everything I write.
The next installment of my story would qualify by virtue of my main character lol.
But I don't know if that would make it a 'challenge' at that point.

 

[Omenainen]

Wish I had been aware of this, sooner. Uploaded a huge swath of my backlog and 'a story in which a female character has agency and makes sense on her own terms.' describes just about everything I write.
The next installment of my story would qualify by virtue of my main character lol.
But I don't know if that would make it a 'challenge' at that point.

Well, to me the main point is to write female characters that aren’t cardboard cutouts. The more there are those sort of stories, the better, with or without the event. You can include something in next year’s event, if you don’t have anything in the works in time for this one.

 

[Omenainen]

Still working on mine; still hoping to get it done.

I know I'm never going to get around to reading all, or even a significant chunk, of the stories published for this event, but I'm intrigued, more than with most events, about how different people will interpret the purpose of it. I imagine there will be a significant diversity of treatments of the theme. In the event anyone DOES manage to read a significant portion of the stories it would be interesting to get a wrap up afterward of the different interpretations.

I have traditionally read all the entries. I’ll post a summary on how many categories we spanned etc. in this thread when the final list is out.

Yes, there’s been some varying takes on the themes. I’ve donned myself with good examples from previous years so that I can answer if someone asks “can you write a pink orchid from male first person” or “how about females that are non-humans” or “can a loving wives story ever be a pink orchid.” But nobody ever asks

I’m not going to give bad examples. I want this to be a positive event that encourages people to try, even if some of them might sometimes miss the mark.

 

[Devinter]

I want this to be a positive event that encourages people to try, even if some of them might sometimes miss the mark.

Definitely the right approach. Even someone that misses the mark might learn something along the way!

 

[LadyLibido]

Well, to me the main point is to write female characters that aren’t cardboard cutouts. The more there are those sort of stories, the better, with or without the event. You can include something in next year’s event, if you don’t have anything in the works in time for this one.

I've submitted multiple items within the time frame that would qualify because fully developed women characters is at the heart of what I write/care about,

I just didn't know that this specific event was happening at the time I submitted them to add "PINK ORCHID" to the notes to admin. Not sure if I can, after the fact.

 

[oneagainst]

"That's enough to maintain interest. Come on, wanna see the rest of the place?"

You magnificent genius. Well played.

Thank you...!

 

[oneagainst]

Are you inviting us to have them break into ours? I could do that.

Yep. As the story progresses, you'll see what they get up to. The idea is that you tag a story with 'multiplicity' and it's automatically included into the corpus, eg. the Multiplicity as an open world. A couple of authors have already contributed worlds to later chapters. It's a meta exploration of Lit and the reasons we write these things for strangers to read.

 

[Rustyoznail]

I've submitted multiple items within the time frame that would qualify because fully developed women characters is at the heart of what I write/care about,
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I just didn't know that this specific event was happening at the time I submitted them to add "PINK ORCHID" to the notes to admin. Not sure if I can, after the fact.

Could be worth sending Laurel, the site manager, a PM asking to add the correct tag and include them in the event.

 

[Lovecraft_Lore]

I submitted mine. Less space hippies than I wanted, less sex, less space battles, less crime and the crimes are not as detailed. Far more robots and bacon, so that will need to make up for it.

 

[Omenainen]

I submitted mine. Less space hippies than I wanted,

I was disappointed for a moment there…

Far more robots and bacon

…but this sounds promising. Can’t go wrong with robots and bacon!

 

[Omenainen]

Space Hippie Sex Cult! Yay @Lovecraft_Lore! This made my day. Short, but so bizarre that I think it was the perfect length also, loved the tags.

I was a bit worried when I haven’t seen you around, but you’ve just been busy knocking up bitches all around the galaxy, huh?

 

[Lovecraft_Lore]

Space Hippie Sex Cult! Yay @Lovecraft_Lore! This made my day. Short, but so bizarre that I think it was the perfect length also, loved the tags.

I was a bit worried when I haven’t seen you around, but you’ve just been busy knocking up bitches all around the galaxy, huh?

I have not been around as much, but I didn't want to miss this event.

 

[Rustyoznail]

My story is up. https://literotica.com/s/the-ghost-of-benanee

A bit of history, a bit of fiction. Let me know what you think.

Edit - and, obviously, a ghost.

 

[Omenainen]

My story is up. https://literotica.com/s/the-ghost-of-benanee

A bit of history, a bit of fiction. Let me know what you think.

Edit - and, obviously, a ghost.

I didn’t care for the framing story so much, and the characters remained a bit distant to me, I think that’s due to them being introduced in stories I haven’t read. But ooo, once you got on with Clara’s story! Heartbreaking. I also liked the newspaper articles and how they carried the story. You have now successfully informed me of a piece of history I had no idea about, so mission accomplished in some small amount

 

[Rustyoznail]

Thanks Om for your review and setting up the event.

I must admit, the framing was just a carrier for what was the main point - the settlement at Benanee and the people that tried to make a go of it. I wasn't sure how the snippets of actual newspaper articles would be recieved, but people like them as they add authenticity to what could have been seen as total bullshit.