ghostwritten: Blog

Hello readers,

Another week and another blog, let’s go.

This has been a strange week for me, where I didn’t get as much writing done as I would have liked. Some of that came from personal timing and plans, but another factor came from an unlikely place, the forums here on SOL.

Normally I’m just a lurker, reading little updates and snippets of information on what people like and don’t like, or general sentiments about the site. It can be helpful for ideas and learning from mistakes of others, but typically I don’t participate. One thread though got my attention; it was about the shear amount of ‘dreck’ posting on the site and the prevalence of extreme sex stories. It devolved, as forums generally do, into other topics including there being too many sex stories on the site deleting low-scoring stories.

I won’t bore you too much with the details, check out the thread for yourself if you’re interested. But it did come about that this site wasn’t planned for sex stories, but just a site that allows sex in stories. Laz, the site administrator, confirmed this but noted that sex stories drive traffic, so he allows it, but it isn’t something he particularly enjoys hosting (probably fair due to the issues he’s had this year).

Anyway, I got pretty upset hearing this, as a purveyor of primarily sexually explicit content. I am not a good writer, I know this, so I can’t exactly transition to a ‘no sex’ author (read Teacher’s Pet or the Winter’s Bite stories for proof in low sex stories). I nearly posted a blog about rethinking my presence here on SOL. It wasn’t until late one night that I thought, I follow the rules, why shouldn’t I be able to post here? Heck, most of my content is pretty safe for most sites really (beyond some students being in a High School setting). But yeah, I nearly clocked out since it seemed that my type of writing isn’t exactly wanted around here. I calmed down eventually and got back to work, but I lost a few days there, which sucks.

I am working on the next Episode in the Science Club series, which is going well. Now that Episode 2 – Aftermath is done, what are people’s thoughts on it? It’s been pretty quiet for feedback on this series and would love to know if people are liking it still or if there are things that could be improved.

Next week, there won’t be anything posted on Wednesday unfortunately. This was due to a story failing and then a mad scramble to write something new. That new short story will start the following week and will last for three weeks. It wraps up well enough, but there is room for more if demand is there, but I’ll talk more about that next week.

Saturday, of course (or unfortunately depending on your point of view), has another chapter of Trapped at a Sex Party. This one clearly hasn’t hit well for people, but there’s only a few more weeks to finish before we return to Jane Finds Herself, so come back for that please?

That’s about it, sorry for whining. It shouldn’t always be like that. Enjoy your long weekend if you have it and I’ll write you next week. As always, thanks for reading.
-ghostwritten

Hello readers,

I took a week off from blogging, but it's time to get back at it. Let's go through some things.

The Science Club Series (aka Snowed In and Aftermath) - How's everyone liking it so far? I'm not getting a lot of feedback on these but views on Aftermath have improved somewhat from the first chapter to the newest one. I'm about to start work on Episode Three likely this week, so just want to ask how people are feeling on it. This upcoming week is the final chapter in the episode and I'll make sure to call out that the story will continue in Episode 3 - The Room Drama.

I've had a blast writing these, it is fun to juggle the different characters and come up with subplots and character beats for each of them. Feel free to let me know what you like or dislike about the series. Things you might like to see in the future or maybe things I should avoid. I do have plans up to Episode Five, but is that something people would like to read?

Trapped at the Sex Party - Soooooo... I gather people aren't enjoying this very much. I wanted to try something new and it seems it didn't hit the mark. Not much I can do about it now, I suppose. It is pretty clear people would NOT like more of these characters, so I changed the end note asking for simple feedback on the story. This was probably too difficult of an idea for me to pull off with my limited writing abilities, so I'll try to avoid this in the future. At least you can tell I don't use AI, lol.

What am I working on right now? Just finishing up a short story (3 chapters) that will replace Aftermath when it concludes. There will be a Wednesday where there will be nothing, sadly, but then The Family Reunion will begin. It isn't very long due to it being a replacement for the mess that became of the previous planned story, The Great Camp, so I hope it is acceptable. I'm also working on the next batch of Jane Finds Herself, and that has been shaping up nicely. I look forward to sharing that with all of you September 20th. By chapter 12, it'll be the longest (by word count) story I'll have written with plenty more to come.

That's it for this week, not a very long one I'm afraid. I'm feeling down about Trapped not performing but what can you do. I'll push forward with something new and hopefully better.

Thank you for reading.
-ghostwritten

Hello readers,

We're at the end of another weekend and the temporary end of another story.

Jane Finds Herself - We'll start backwards this week. This was the end of Jane's visit to Riley's and the Sommers family. As she drives home with memories and a special assignment from Riley, I'd like to thank everyone whose been keeping up week after week. The views have only increased which is really nice for a story that almost wasn't continued. The next batch of chapters will see Jane at home and will hopefully help grow her as a character before Riley's visit. I won't go into too many details right now but I'm excited to post the next batch in September.

EP. 2 - Aftermath - Slow start to this one but the newly dubbed Science Club now know they all want to continue the use of The Heat. The next chapter sees Warren and Brittany experimenting with the formula while navigating the bounds of their new relationship. Views aren't great with this one, but that was a risk with this format. I'm not giving up on this series and want to see what happens to things when Episode 3 drops in late September.

What comes next?

As mentioned above, there's a new chapter of Aftermath on Wednesday. On Saturday, there will be a new story Trapped at a Sex Party. This was previously called Undercover, and follows Beth, a young reporter for a struggling newspaper who goes on her first gossip column assignment to what she thinks is a lavish party. When it is revealed to be a sex party, she's trapped with the man who brought her; a man with his own past and demons.

It is a 5-part story. If you all like the world and characters within, I could see it turn into a series but I'll wait to see what you readers think first.

That's pretty much it for now. Some stories I'm working currently (Jane Finds Herself chapters 11-15) are going well but others (The Great Camp) are kind of falling apart. Trying to decide what to do with that last one as I may have to pull it. I won't post anything I don't have confidence in and right now, it just doesn't work. Seeing what I can alter or maybe pivot to something else quickly.

Thanks for reading as always and feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comments or via message.
-ghostwritten

Hello readers,

I’m a little late on the blog this week, sorry about that. Let’s start with the week that was.

This past week – We started on Wednesday with the second episode of the Science Club series, the follow-up to Snowed In, called Aftermath. So far, views are ok, not great. What I feared might happen with this writing format happened, with most of the previous readers dropping off/unaware of the continuation. That kind of sucks because Snowed In did really well and now I kind of regret this style choice.

That being said, I shall carry forward with the plan. Views are still well above my fail line, and it is only the first chapter of a 5-chapter episode. I’ll see how things progress and hope more people return to this series. This will NOT be an Ashley’s Education situation, it WILL continue with Episode 3.

After that, Saturday saw the next chapter of Jane Finds Herself. Response to this story has grown week by week since its return with chapter 6, so that makes me feel good. I’m glad it has found its audience, which means more chapters in the future. Let me know if there’s anything you’d like to see in the future. I will let you know I’ve already started work on the next batch of chapters for this one, but I won’t give hints.

This upcoming week – Wednesday sees chapter 2 of Aftermath, as the students gather in Linda’s classroom for a discussion about what happened at the fair. As things go on, ideas and concerns arise about the use of such a drug. Some want to market it while others want to horde it only for themselves.

On Saturday, the final chapter of Jane Finds Herself for this little story-arc will be released. It is the final night of Jane’s sleepover at Riley’s, what kinds of mischief will the two girls get up to? This is a longer chapter, so buckle up. I won’t go too much into detail on what happens, since chapter 9 just posted a day ago.

After that, Jane Finds Herself will go on hiatus for five weeks, replaced by Undercover, a story I still need a better name for. I like taking breaks from stories, I find it gives me a chance to reset and think about how the next batch of chapters will go. I can gather feedback from readers comments and messages, and tweak or change things if something isn’t working. It also gives me the opportunity to write something new and different, which can be a welcome breather.

And that’s it for this week’s update. Lots of things in the works and I’m happy you chosen to read my weird drivel. Thank you for your support.
-ghostwritten

Hello readers,

I've seen other writers do this, so I thought I'd try it. If you liked Snowed In, the continuation with those characters has started with EP. 2 Aftermath. A lot of people read the first one, so just wanted to shout out the next part of that storyline.

Thank you,

-ghostwritten