ghostwritten: Blog

Hello readers,

Smaller and less insane blog today. A few things to talk about, so let get into it.

Jane Finds Herself is still chugging along. On my end, I’m putting the pieces together to get towards the end. It’s a strange thing, writing something like this for so long, to know you’re getting close to the end. I want to make sure I conclude things satisfactorily for all of you, at least the best I can do. It might not make all of you happy, I don’t know how that would be possible. I just have to hope it’s good enough that you don’t hate it. So. Much. Pressure.

The big thing I want to write about today is the Science Club series. If you haven’t read it yet, please do. Episode 4 is doing pretty poorly in terms of views. I don’t know about scoring since it hasn’t met that vote threshold yet so I can see. For those of you reading it, what are your thoughts so far?

I think I messed up with the massive break between Episodes 3 and 4; losing all momentum. I knew they’d always lose readers, but this was a lot more than expected. It is unfortunate because I enjoy the complexity of writing all those characters and storylines.

So where does that leave the series going forward, you might be wondering. Am I going to cancel it? Abandon it like I did Ashley’s Education? No. I won’t.

Episode 5 is already being written, and Episode 6 will follow somewhere after that. The plan was always to write at least 6 episodes, so that’s what I’m going to do. I had hoped to do a few more, but it seems there isn’t an appetite for that. The series will conclude with Episode 6, so I hope some of you will stick around till the end.

The plan is to have a 5-week break between episodes, where something else will be posted during that time (more on that in the future). So, Episode 4 will finish, 5 weeks, then Episode 5, break, and then the conclusion with episode 6. Somewhere near the end, I’ll probably write a post-mortem blog on the good and bad of the series, so feel free to let me know what you liked or disliked on the whole endeavor. I’ll try to include comments from readers.

Anyway, that’s my week. Thanks for reading and all the support. Writing is still fun, so I hope reading is fun for you too.

-ghostwritten

Hello readers,

It’s been a little while. I haven’t had much to blog about recently, since I’ve only been posting Jane Finds Herself week after week. I didn’t think there was much more I could say about that other than ‘please look forward to next Saturday’. This week though, there’s a few things I’d like to go over. Let’s get started.

Jane Finds Herself – This story obviously keeps trucking along as we near our way to the eventual conclusion. The original plan to get it done by chapter 40 obviously didn’t happen, but I am targeting a chapter 50 wrap-up. I’ve already started laying the seeds for the end throughout the recent chapters (although I’ve also set some red herrings to keep you guessing).

I’d like to thank everyone who’s supported this story by reading, scoring, and commenting on it. As the story’s gone on, I haven’t responded to the comments like I normally do. Rest assured, I am reading them and I thank all of you who’ve posted one (shout out to Barryanchorman, saintdarthcoder, DevilDare, and aurabesh for the most recent ones).

I’d also like to thank and shout out whoever nominated and voted for ‘Family Reunion’ for the 2025 Clitorides Awards. I didn’t really expect anything for the past year’s work. There was so fun stuff, but there’s also such strong competition out there.

So that’s that. Jane carries on and we can look forward to her adventure every Saturday until she well… finds herself. Thanks for reading…
-ghostwritten

Why are you still here? There’s nothing else… I’m done.

Wait, you want more? Isn’t my one chapter per week good enough for you? Wow, seriously. I’m hurt. When is it enough for you people? Do I have to go back to adding a Wednesday story again? You don’t understand, Jane Finds Herself chapters are like double my normal story length, so they take so much extra time… Ugh, FINE! You win.

Starting this upcoming week, it is the long-delayed return of Science Club, Episode 4 – Steaming Vengeance. What do you mean you haven’t read any of the previous Science Club stories? What are you waiting for, check them out or reread them before the new one drops. That’s too much work? God!

Fine. Thanks to reader hotpass’s suggestion. I’ll be adding a short synopsis with Chapter 1 this Wednesday. As this series is in the style of late 90’s to early 2000’s TV shows, I tried to frame it as a ‘Previously on…’ summary of important things to know for the upcoming Episode. There’s also character descriptions and other key information surrounding the story/series (Now including character last names, which most didn’t have). Hopefully it helps with reading clarity. If there’s something else I should add, let me know in the comments or via message. I will be doing it for each new episodes going forward.

So, there it is. Jane Finds Herself on Saturdays and Science Club Episode 4 on Wednesday. I hope you’re happy now.

You still don’t seem happy….

I don’t have any more news to share! GOD! Stop looking at me like that! Wait? What’s that?

What about the ‘ghostwritten after dark', account? I promised you stories and some activity over there? I don’t remember doing any such thing!

Stop asking! Look. I have nothing new to share on that front….… yet. 😉

Thank you for coming to my psychosis (And thank you for reading!)
-ghostwritten

Hello readers,

Back to back weekly blogs, look at me go. Last week’s blog got me thinking and I realized I didn’t write a New Year’s blog. That’s where I give my thoughts on what I produced last year, and what I hope to achieve this year. So, if you’ll allow me, here’s my not exactly New Year’s blog.

2025 was my first full year of writing, since I only started halfway through the previous one. I think there was a mixed bag of stories, some worked and others probably could have been stronger. I won’t go over each one, since that’s boring and who really has time for that, but I’ll highlight a couple stories I’m proud of and some that might have missed expectations, either mine or yours.

The Good

Snow Angel – I was really happy how this story came together. Each character had their own motivations and goals, which I thought blended nicely. There was a nice mix of story and sex, although some things could have been fleshed out a bit better. It was one of the few times I used a defined real place, and hunted for little details like geography, stores, and restaurant menus.

Science Clubseries (so far) – Kind of a cheat, since it is still active, but the first three episodes have done really well. A big swing in having 9 characters to balance along with a sort of goofy premise (a sex drug). By episode 3, I hope each character is interesting and you can be invested in each of their evolving stories. Still a long way to go with them, and I hope you are in for the ride. My one misstep here though would likely be releasing it as Episodes and not as one singular story. It was a gamble that likely didn't pay off; but I'm committed to finishing the next 3 planned Episodes.

The Bad

Trapped at a Sex Party – I don’t actually think this one is necessarily bad, but mistakes were made along the way. I didn’t give enough time to develop the mystery or build enough tension for Beth and Greg as characters. The title alone likely drew some scorn and turned people off, while others expected more sex and felt cheated. I think you rightly deserved better here. It should have been put under my other account, ‘ghostwritten after dark’. Still though, I liked the concept about an undercover reporter who’ll do anything for a story… Beth may return in future tales. If so, expect this one to move accounts.

Ashley’s Education – Good idea a year too late. I think the writing was good but the story was lacking plot and stakes. I don’t think any of that mattered though, since there wasn’t any appetite for more with this character, at least in the wider community of SOL. That being said, several readers have asked me to finish it… I still might. It’s my only story that I’ve abandoned and I hate that. We’ll see.

The Middling

Sheltered from the Storm – Generally fine, but people hated the ending. Not every story should have a happy ending but maybe I went too far negative with this one. They could have just separated and gone their separate ways, but I decided to dig the knife in a bit to Allison; probably too deep. Lesson learned.

Winter’s Bite: Whiteout – Hahaha, I don’t care how good or bad these do, I’m still going to write more. Currently, my only attempt at fan-fic which I generally avoid, as a rule. Marked improvement over The Hunted, the previous Winter’s Bite story, but maybe these would flow better without sex? Something to think about for the inevitable follow ups. Bonus points to anyone who knows what this nonsense is from.

2026 – The New Year’s Goals

Primary goal is to finish Jane Finds Herself. I didn’t place it in any of the above categories because, well, it isn’t finished. The story’s been fun and it’s done surprisingly well for something that didn’t start out that way, but it eats up a lot of writing bandwidth. Wrapping this thing up in a satisfactory way is my biggest hurdle for the year.

Post Jane – I think Saturdays will likely feature smaller scale tales (5-10 chapters) following the conclusion of Jane Finds Herself. This massive sized story writing stops me from exploring other smaller story ideas, and paired with Science Club left little room for changing things up, which can be refreshing while writing. There is the potential for another grand tale, but it might be elsewhere… see below.

More ‘after dark’ stories – I mentioned last week wanting to have at least 3 5-chapter stories over on the other account by the end of this year. That’s the big goal although there is the potential for just 1 big story too (probably not Jane big… hopefully... maybe?). That account is for harder or weirder stories. I have very different expectations over there than I do for stories on my main account, so I can play a little more with darker themes or content. Balancing timing and release schedules out will be a challenge, as well as managing burn-out possibilities.

That’s pretty much it for what I hope to do for this year. I have personal goals that I’d like to achieve over the course of my time writing here on SOL, but those aren’t year dependent. I do think I achieved one though, which I’ll mention. It was to write one story to people come back to every so often. I know it’s hard to quantify or confirm that fact, but Peeping Tammy has continued to do well long after it’s final chapter release, so I’m counting it.

Thank you to everyone who’s read one of my stories over the past year and a half of posting here. Thank you for the wonderful comments and messages I’ve received, giving support and encouragement… sometimes criticisms and corrections. Thank you to my editor Checkmark50, for fixing the broken mess word salad that I send you; and to Nemo for reviewing my rough drafts and keeping me on the plot.

Thank you all for reading this. Feel free to reach out and let me know your thoughts as always. To a better year!
-ghostwritten

Hello readers,
It’s been a long time since my last blog post, let me explain what’s been going on.

Since my last blog post in December, I sort of checked out from writing. It was a combination of burn-out and internalized stress of trying to write more content and stories than I could actually handle with my available free time. All that just sort of snowballed into a downward spiral of self-defeatism when one of the other projects I was working on failed at what I was intending it to do. What you’ve been reading each week was my pre-written cushion of chapters slowly dwindling away until the final one posted this week (Jane Finds Herself chapter 28).

Now the good news, I’ve not given up and I’ve already completed chapter 29 this week and chapter 30 is going well so far. The current writing plan is to stabilize Jane Finds Herself and build back up a little chapter cushion of a few weeks in advance. It’ll help keep the pressure off writing other stories and characters for the short term. Once things get back into a comfortable groove, the next thing to come out is a new Science Club Episode, I just don’t know when that will be.

I would like to say sorry to those of you hoping and expecting a new story for the ghostwritten after dark account. I promised there would be a new story there for February, but unfortunately that was the one that just fell apart. Tonally, it was too slow and plodding for that account, which is for riskier material. I think those of you interested in that type of content are owed something ‘wild and hot’. I do have a goal this year to have at least 3 5-chapter stories over there over the course of 2026 (or fewer but longer stories).

With all that out of the way, I’d like to address my request for feedback from my last blog post on December 7th, 2025. Thank you to everyone who reached out and offered their thoughts. I hope and believe I replied to each message sent. The main takeaway that was unanimous was that I should keep writing Jane Finds Herself until I see fit to conclude it. Fair enough. The break seems to have helped reinvigorate me and I think I have a clear path towards the conclusion.

I never planned for this story to expand to the point of likely being a 700-page book, but here we are. It’s been an experience, that’s for sure; one I don’t think I am skilled enough have pursued. I hope I can stick the landing for you all and thank you for coming along on this journey with Jane.

Thank you for your patience and time,
-ghostwritten

PS. More feedback is always appreciated, just hit the message or comment button.

Hello readers,

Been a couple of weeks since my last blog, sorry I haven't had the time to post one. Truthfully, the past few weeks I've been struggling to write at all but those things happen; don't worry, this isn't a 'I'm quitting' blog :).

What I am looking for though is some feedback regarding Jane Finds Herself. As long time readers know, I typically post stories in blocks of 5 (5 weeks on and then 5 weeks off with a different story). With Jane of late, since chapter 11, I've decided to let it ride and continue the story week to week. I saw great growth in views and increasing scores each week, and overall, it felt like people were happy with the story. Now though, those views have plummeted and the score drops every week. I'm fine with the ebb and flow of that, those things happen, but I am starting to wonder if Jane Finds Herself has grown too long in the tooth, as they say.

It is miles longer than anything I've ever written before and maybe I'm not skilled enough to write to this length yet. Maybe the scenario has worn out and people don't really care, I don't know. That's what I'm here asking for today. Should I wrap this story up and move on to something else? In the interest of transparency, I admit I finished writing chapter 28 this week, so you know how far ahead I am in writing. The holidays are rough on time for both myself and my editor, so I wanted to really get ahead on things to give us both a break. But yeah, should I push towards an ending quickly or are you still enjoying things?

Main Questions:
1) Are you still enjoying Jane Finds Herself?

If you aren't, where did I lose you?

2) Should I conclude the story or keep going with what was planned?

As for my other current story, Family Reunion, not much to say about it. It is doing ok. Reception to it seems muted, and that's ok. Not everything is going to take off. It'll finish off before Christmas and I hope people like the ending. It is a 'low sex' story, so I know it isn't exactly what people expect from me. I like to try different things and they don't all work out.

Last thing I'd like to ask is, are you getting sick of my writing? That sounds like a weird question, I know, but having been a reader for decades now, I know authors get repetitive and tiring after a while. You know the sentence structure they use, where sex scenes will be, and how they'll play out. It just loses its punch. I wonder if I'm getting there with many of you. If so, I can try to change up my style or something. Try writing something very 'out of pocket' for me. Again, just looking for overall feedback on this type of thing.

If you've made it this far, thank you for reading all this. I would love to hear your thoughts, so reach out via the email button. I'll try to respond when I can.
Have a great week,
-ghostwritten