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To each their own, and the good thing about SOL is there is something for everyone. If you like stories about dinosaurs getting it on, or magic goats, short stories, medium stories, long stories, REALLY long stories, etc.
This site really amazes me sometimes. I find myself increasingly addicted to checking the updates to see what's new. I know there is a whole fantastic archive larger than the scholars of the great library of Alexandria could have fathomed dating back for decades of filth and perversion I could read.
Yet, I am constantly looking for the latest greatest. Mostly because I've identified a few authors like Vulgus, MaryS,Vanessa Evans, Tail Weaver, Mike McGifford etc that turn my screws so I want to see if there is new stuff from them.
Lately, it's been a bit of a drought for old Eddie. No one's fault really - authors write what they want.
I did want to express an opinion on short stories, and It's not intended as a rant or to demean anyone who loves them - just my opinion.
I recently came up with an analogy about short stories
It's like sex with my wife.
She likes how I begin.
However, it ends before she gets anything out of it.
I can't bring myself to write short stories. If I care enough about the characters to write about them - I've got to see it through at least 6 or 7 chapters of about 9-11 pages typed each.
That's probably about 40,000 words, which does sound like a lot but to get a proper start, middle and end I need at least that much to give it a go.
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. I've found a single picture on the Internet sometimes that tells an entire short story inside of the photo.
I've thought about trying my hand at it. Just pick some photo and then start writing and try to keep it under 1,000 words. I just can't seem to do it.
Every time I sit down and do it, I begin to viscerally live the character's experience and I just don't want to stop, or else they were never interesting or real enough to write about.
I've had people recently tell me they don't have the attention span for long stories. I told them I don't write or read a long story in one sit. I just take it in bite size steps - do a little and come back.
it's not much different than 10 episodes on Netflix of your favorite tv show. I watch 1 episode, maybe 2 and then come back and see what happens. Some people binge watch all 10 and that may be what people think they have to do with the long stories.
Just try a chapter, see what happens, maybe you love it, maybe you don't. My goal is to make you want to come back and find out what happens.
I can't do that with a short story.
Anyway, read and write on whatever you like. Please don't take this blog post as a condemnation of your tastes. I am just saying mine which means all of shit.
https://storiesonline.net/s/28240/itty-bitty-titty-committee
Tonight chapter 15 should be published, I plan to have the final chapter 16 published this weekend.
The story *DOES* continue in Itty Bitty Titty Committee 2: What I did over my summer vacation.
Seventeen chapters that advance the story after the family leaves Myrtle Beach as told by Katie's little brother. This is going to be a more domestic discipline oriented story than the first one. They are both stand alone.
I will conclude Tig Ol' Bitties: a Mind Control Story
https://storiesonline.net/s/28124/tig-ol-bitties-a-mind-control
That has 28 chapters in total and I've published about 18 as of this writing.
Then I will post Itty Bitty Titty Committee 2.
I have several stories completed that I will work on editing and publishing. This includes a few interesting ideas:
Mother May I: Is a story about a woman whose kids are bored and want her to play a game with them.
Dare Devil Mom: is also about a very cool mom, she loves doing dares around the house. I think this is one of my best stories.
I recently removed HOA 2: Dolphin Shores. This was a story that was not quite a sequel to HOA: Big Deal at Sunny Manor.
I had started it with the best of intentions to write a story about a family moving to a kink-friendly community in Tampa similar to the one in Sunny Manor but not quite as large. However, at some point I got sick and lost the plot and never went back to finish it. My recent contest produced one volunteer who accepted the challenge of finishing it and hopefully they will.
I have one other project that has been dangling for some time. It's a brilliant story really. I can say that because Mike McGifford actually wrote most of it. He handed it over to me and I added a few chapters. However, I couldn't decide how to give it a proper ending or continue it.
It starts with a woman arriving at her sister's house. The sister is a nudist, and she is also a part time sex-worker. It isn't a very BDSM heavy story, but it does have a little spanking. The story is really about the woman's son adjusting to the fact that the family there is very vanilla, but they accept that mom is a nudist and she is a sex worker.
That's it - brilliant in it's simplicity. A slice of real life kink. They aren't 24/7 master and slave or anything quite so grandiose. They work, go to the grocery store, do all the normal things. They do believe in spanking their two kids, but only for things they did wrong and not for pleasure/amusement.
There was going to be an arc where the teenage daughter got pregnant but I never finished the story.
I have a pretty extensive catalog of stories. If you are enjoying my current stories, I would always suggest looking at my old work too. However, this one in particular I have a request of the readers:
https://storiesonline.net/s/23522/visiting-aunt-scarlet
My request is simple: If you are a fan of my work, read these short six chapters and tell me where you'd like me to take it to end it. A short two or three paragraph summary.
I feel these characters deserve a proper ending to their story and not something tacked on that is abrupt. I hate it when authors do that and I do not like doing it myself.
Once that happens, I won't have any projects sitting out there unfinished. All of my published stories going forward will already be complete before I start editing and posting them to SOL.
I do post exclusively to SOL by the way. I have tried a few other sites. Especially for my fan fiction because I know that doesn't play well here. However, SOL is my home. It's a great site because it makes it super easy for authors to publish.
I won't be able to post new chapters until a little after Wednesday.
It occurred to me that it might be fun to ask readers to pick one of my old stories that they feel deserved an additional chapter.
There are a lot of them where things could happen after the story concluded. Visiting and Scarlett never ended and neither did HOA 2.
The rules are simple.
Send it to me as feedback and I will review it and and may edit or as necessary. Let me know if you want the credit as guest author or if you prefer to remain anonymous because I will respect your privacy.
I'll let the contest run for 30 days and post any results.
Welcome to publish it as fanfiction, including writing about something that happened during the story or with some of the side characters.
As an example, several people seem to really enjoy the story of Dancer. She was featured in two stories of mine the background. Resetting my bitch button is her origin story, and in the original HOA big deal in Sunny Manor, she was also mentioned.
She was never the focus of the story. If you want to submit a fanfiction of your own on this site about her or any of my stories that would be amazing.
If you want to send it to me first, I can definitely give you some feedback or post it up as part of the story as a bonus chapter.
I think it's fun to be creative and I always encourage people to write. It's especially fun if they write stuff I would enjoy reading.
I look forward to any submissions
It's a story about a saucy mom that lets her teenage sons dare her to do naughty things (in public and around the house).
A woman that isn't blackmailed or compelled, she just enjoys a good laugh and she has a naughty daring streak.
It's set in the UK. It has a lot of fun flashing and humiliation.
Very different from many of my stories. I felt I researched it well and was hoping it would gain broader appeal - especially from UK readers who might find it refreshing to see an American try their hand at writing British characters.
Unfortunately, readership was *VERY* low. I am not sure where I went wrong on that one. I was hoping to see more stories in a similar vein.
If you have constructive thoughts after reading, I am happy to hear what I could have done differently.
I'll focus on publishing Itty Bitty Titty, and Tig Ol Bitties.
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