who in real life knows about your writing here?

[HordHolm]

My wife knows I write here. And elsewhere in non-erotic formats. She tells me she absolutely wants to read my stuff and is hugely supportive. But she never has the time (and to be fair she has a pile of stuff to read tottering on the edge of her desk). It is frustrating, though, when I have to read her stuff to check it for publication...

 

[JaxRhapsody]

I've told many people I write on here. It's not a big deal to me, nothing to be ashamed of. Nobody cares, but they know.

 

[onehitwanda]

My wife knows I write here. And elsewhere in non-erotic formats. She tells me she absolutely wants to read my stuff and is hugely supportive. But she never has the time (and to be fair she has a pile of stuff to read tottering on the edge of her desk). It is frustrating, though, when I have to read her stuff to check it for publication...

Sounds like a situation rife for quid pro quo

 

[KachinaDoll]

My husband and my girlfriend. He reads everything and has a reader account on here. She will only read lesbian stories and has started on a story of her own. My late mother would find it hilarious. I'd love to tell my mother-in-law but she'd spontaneously combust.

 

[NoTalentHack]

Sounds like a situation rife for quid pro quo

Tell me about the glans, Clarice.

 

[onehitwanda]

Tell me about the glans, Clarice.

...

wow.

 

[oneagainst]

Tell me about the glans, Clarice.

Over some fava beans, and a nice chianti...?

 

[NoTalentHack]

...

wow.

I do know how to leave the ladies speechless. *fingerguns*

 

[Deleted member 4038640]

My wife knows I’ve written story's on here.

 

[oneagainst]

I do know how to leave the ladies speechless. *fingerguns*

Is there not an emoji for that? Do we need to call the United Nations Arbiter of Unicode for a ruling?

 

[MediocreAuthor]

Is there not an emoji for that? Do we need to call the United Nations Arbiter of Unicode for a ruling?

[EDIT: Darn it. On my phone, the thumbs are up, finger gun style]

 

[sister jenny]

Nobody.

I tell hubby everything.
Except that I am here and why I am here.

 

[JakobKings]

Nobody.

I tell hubby everything.
Except that I am here and why I am here.

Why are you here?

 

[oneagainst]

[EDIT: Darn it. On my phone, the thumbs are up, finger gun style]

Finger fail...!

 

[nice90sguy]

...the thing people should know about me when they swear me to secrecy is that I don’t have a good memory.
The first thing I forget is that it’s a secret.
The second thing I forget is who told me this secret.
The third and final thing I forget is the secret itself.
So if you tell me something in the strictest secrecy, you’re guaranteeing that eventually everyone in the world will know this secret except me.

-- John SwartWelder

 

[Stimtheone]

I have a friend on discord that knows about it, I have a friend and his girlfriend who are in the process of reading my work and I have advertised it to uber drivers. There's also this guy at the tabletop meetup who would advertise ME as an author for it. And then I'd tell them.

But I have refused to let my family even know a detail of my work. But they do know I write as a hobby. Sometimes I chuckle thinking that someone I know might have read it, thought something good about it and with no idea it was me. Still haven't had some grand scenario of someone telling me about my own damn story.

 

[AchtungNight]

My muse/therapist knows. And she approves. We’re working on another story right now.

 

[oneagainst]

I took the massive step of sending a piece to a friend who lives safely on the other side of the country. It was excruciating, waiting for feedback, but not wanting to ask in case the response wasn't favourable.

Other than that, the only ones who know are the plot bunnies. They've found me. They know where I live.

 

[joy_of_cooking]

I took the massive step of sending a piece to a friend who lives safely on the other side of the country. It was excruciating, waiting for feedback, but not wanting to ask in case the response wasn't favourable.

Sounds terrifying. Perhaps someday I too will be so brave.

 

[Lady2020]

All my writing is in my mind.

 

[oneagainst]

Sounds terrifying. Perhaps someday I too will be so brave.

I started the conversation with, "Do you understand the concept of the Cone of Silence?"

It's a strange and wonderful thing to drop into AH and talk about all this with strangers, but another level of adrenaline to share it with someone who actually knows you. The comment I got back was "Gee, there's a bunch of sex in it. I had to keep reminding myself it was you who wrote those bits," followed immediately by the money shot: "One criticism though, I don't know how she achieves orgasm without clitoral stimulation."

Followed by several seconds of silence on my end of the phone as I processed that.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Me either, dude!

"One criticism though, I don't know how she achieves orgasm without clitoral stimulation."

 

[oneagainst]

Okay, drumroll. I sent a story to a friend I trust IRL to read. First time I actually revealed the fact that I write stuff to anyone.

That backfired.

Apparently, she got to a sad bit and starting sobbing so loudly that her husband asked what she was reading and she had to out me. So, after also gathering up inestimable feedback from @flynn99 on the same, I worked desperately to get ahead of the news and bludgeoned it into a fit state to show my wife. It's on her Kindle now. Fire in the hole.

In case you never hear from me again, it's been an absolute bloody privilege

 

[onehitwanda]

Okay, drumroll. I sent a story to a friend I trust IRL to read. First time I actually revealed the fact that I write stuff to anyone.

https://kmjackson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bad-idea.gif

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Nobody. I have revealed the fact that I write stories to two people, but I did not tell them where I published them.