The overlooked and under-appreciated

[AlinaX]

What's your nomination for this thread?

Red and Blue, Intertwined
It's a favourite of mine, written for someone else who loved it too.

 

[Djmac1031]

Mixed feelings. It's interesting, but not immersive and consequently slightly uncomfortable.

Fair enough. I appreciate you reading it, and your feedback.

 

[RejectReality]

A very brief, non-erotic fever dream I wrote more or less in a single sitting.

https://literotica.com/s/ride-no-more

 

[MediocreAuthor]

As long as we're doing overlooked, anyone care for a silly poem?

This is the only work of mine that my spouse unambiguously loves.

When Sex Goes Wrong (But It's Fine)

I need 3 more votes before it can register as Hot or Not.

 

[AlinaX]

A very brief, non-erotic fever dream I wrote more or less in a single sitting.

https://literotica.com/s/ride-no-more

Nicely written.

 

[AlinaX]

As long as we're doing overlooked, anyone care for a silly poem?

This is the only work of mine that my spouse unambiguously loves.

When Sex Goes Wrong (But It's Fine)

I need 3 more votes before it can register as Hot or Not.

There's one for you.

 

[AlinaX]

For me, it's this little piece: Their Summer in France

It's a collaboration with @stickygirl, and includes some of the best lyrical writing from each of us. Because it's a collaboration, it may be a little disjointed, and I'm guessing the Romance readers couldn't quite handle the sex (not their usual vanilla). It's only 2800 words, so it's a quick read.

Poetic and descriptive, but I'm really not a fan of this I/you style.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Poetic and descriptive, but I'm really not a fan of this I/you style.

Thank you, and that's a fair comment - that's why we gave it the framing device of letters found in a suitcase - there are definitely two voices.

 

[Handley_Page]

I've recently discovered MARKELLY.
A damn good writer.

 

[Altissimus]

The Cellist
After the Party

An interesting pair.

I liked the cellist. It built erotic tension in a nice setting with tantalising romantic overtones.

After The Party didn't do it for me. A bit... sudden. Nothing quite so erotic as going from a drunk about to spew to a naked coffee in the time it takes to boil the kettle. Your writing is good, but the effect is lost without a build up.

 

[Cagivagurl]

Instructions on my Ikea bedside cabinet....
I knew they were there for a reason....
Sigh, "If only I had read them."

 

[TheRedChamber]

Read the Cellist. 5'd it. Interesting read. Classical isn't my thing, really. But I appreciated the detail of it.

I enjoyed the music more than the sex.

I would not have been disappointed with the Bach, but absolutely would have been tempted to go for Dvorak and recreate my favourite scene from The Witches of Eastwick.

Alas, I had not seen that and so neither had my couple... There needs to be a list made of random films with sexy cello.

An interesting pair.

I liked the cellist. It built erotic tension in a nice setting with tantalising romantic overtones.

After The Party didn't do it for me. A bit... sudden. Nothing quite so erotic as going from a drunk about to spew to a naked coffee in the time it takes to boil the kettle. Your writing is good, but the effect is lost without a build up.

Thanks to all for the feedback (and to @electricblue66 for the on-story comment).

 

[YDB95]

In terms of how I felt about it vs the reaction it got, City Girl in the Desert is probably the champ. The narrator is probably the most unlikable major character I've ever written, but she was a lot of fun to write - almost every paragraph got me thinking, "What outrageously arrogant thing can I have her say now?" I've been meaning to write a sequel from the point of view of the real heroine of the story, the narrator's best friend, but I haven't yet come up with a suitable topic.

 

[Altissimus]

https://literotica.com/s/the-last-wallace

The Last Wallace is probably the best story I’ve written, but it’s my second least viewed so I nominate it for my “most overlooked”.

It’s basically a Hallmark Christmas romance movie but with a lesbian incest kink.

Made a start. Really enjoying it so far.

 

[Omenainen]

I have two, both overlooked (I guess) because of category choices. I personally like both of these a lot.

Amorous Goods: The Red Leather Boots in Humor and Satire (my first and probably last entry there… it appears nobody reads there)

Into the Deep in SciFi & Fantasy. When this came out, it was way down the category new list, sandwiched between chapter 16 of one series and 18 of another, and I guess nobody just spotted my little story amongst all that.

Both are short, only a bit over 3k words.

I have worse scored ones, but for these two I would’ve wanted more views.

 

[JaxRhapsody]

Ah, well... since you asked; my specific underappreciated and overlooked story is probably all of them.

 

[PennameWombat]

I can never figure out what's up with Maggie and the Sailors. I don't think it's that the title turns people away, after all, it's right in the middle of the pack for average number of Views of my E&V stories. But... it's way, way, way out of sync in not getting votes. The votes it does have are high, on raw rating it's in the top ranks of all of my stories. But no 'H' because of so few votes.

A similar situation is Chasing Robes and Shadows, in N&N. I know the group doesn't get huge traffic, so low views. But opposite to the above, it gets votes and those are almost all high, but low views, low number of votes.

 

[Altissimus]

Ah, well... since you asked; my specific underappreciated and overlooked story is probably all of them.

I can relate

 

[Duleigh]

Last year for the Letters of Love Challenge I wrote My Very Dear Cô Dâu. The premise is a young American GI from a farm in Minnesota is separated from his Cô Dâu (that is the Vietnamese word for "bride" and is pronounced "Coe Djow" he also calls her em yêu which means darling it is the term he uses for her until the day he dies) for the first time since they met in their sophomore year of high school. He finished basic training and was assigned to a base in Germany and it took months to find an apartment for the two of them because there's no housing available for a married couple. Since international phone is so expensive they communicate mostly though MARS (contact me for info) and snail mail. This is a typical letter between the young couple.

This was so hard to write because I've been there, waiting the days and weeks for a letter to arrive, making the strange and difficult to hear MARS call, having been sent overseas too soon is painful and confusing. I based a little bit of this letter on the Sullivan Ballou letter, a communication that is breathtaking in its expression of love between a man and wife.

After posting this ten months ago, people have been injuring themselves trying to distance themselves from this letter, they're ignoring it in droves. And this is part of a 20 story series which has an average rating of 4.85 so it's not poorly written. I'm too overly connected with the characters.

 

[Emilymcplugger]

I'm very proud of my latest story, Pornville.

https://literotica.com/s/pornville

And it's got a very nice rating.

That said, no one really read it. It started strong on day one, then just dropped off the map.

By the second day it was already buried on page three.

I try not to complain about these things; it's the way it works here. I can't FORCE people to read it.

I was just hoping it would find a larger audience.

But oh, well.

I LOVE Pornville, and not just because I may have helped it, but because it’s as solid as fuck an idea I’ve read on here.

The parallels between THE PRISONER and THE GOOD PLACE were/are excellent and the punchline…OH MAN! (Chef’s kiss).

 

[Djmac1031]

I LOVE Pornville, and not just because I may have helped it, but because it’s as solid as fuck an idea I’ve read on here.

The parallels between THE PRISONER and THE GOOD PLACE were/are excellent and the punchline…OH MAN! (Chef’s kiss).

I'm glad you enjoyed it, thank you.

I'd been kicking the idea around for awhile when I stumbled across Hot And Fuzzy.

While they're two totally different ideas, yours certainly sparked mine and helped me decide a direction for it.

 

[LIDiver]

Patting myself on the back which I guess is the definition of pride, but I am very proud of my only story so far.
But what’s more exciting to me is I’m actually finally after a year putting together what happened the morning after.

https://literotica.com/s/torys-emergence

And what I do appreciate would be advice from you distinguished writers since this is the first thing I’ve ever really written.

 

[Djmac1031]

Patting myself on the back which I guess is the definition of pride, but I am very proud of my only story so far.
But what’s more exciting to me is I’m actually finally after a year putting together what happened the morning after.

https://literotica.com/s/torys-emergence

And what I do appreciate would be advice from you distinguished writers since this is the first thing I’ve ever really written.

"You have taken your first step into a larger world."

Congrats. I'll read it over when I get a moment.

 

[LIDiver]

"You have taken your first step into a larger world."

Congrats. I'll read it over when I get a moment.

Hey DJ! I love goofing with you my friend.

 

[AlinaX]

~ starts reading... hmm, I've read this before ~
"I have never previously had thoughts of sharing my wife with anyone," he says, despite having given his wife a free pass, even if half jokingly.
Damn those commas are, distracting.