ghostwritten: Blog

Hello readers,

Sorry I haven't posted a blog in a while, been busy with various other things. Let's recap since my last posting.

Trapped at a Sex Party finished; not a fan favorite it seems but it was worth a shot to try something new. It probably won't be my last attempt at a mystery-type story but I've learned lessons from it. It did have a few fan though and I'd like to thank those of you that read it, and I appreciate the kind words of support I got in comments and messages. If I did have a question for everyone, should this story stay here on the main account, or should it be moved to the 'ghostwritten after dark' account? That account has been dormant for months, originally planned to be sunset, but plans are in motion to revive it with something new.

Family Reunion is still on-going, with the final chapter posting this upcoming Wednesday. It hasn't scored the best but views have climbed on it, which is nice. It was planned as a short, 3-part story but there is room for more if readers have an appetite to continue. I'll put a note at the end of the story asking for feedback and if readers would like more. Feel free to share your thoughts with me in the comments or direct message.

Jane Finds Herself has returned from hiatus. Chapter 11's first day has been quite good as we start a new journey with Jane as she travels around her city. I am curious to see how people react to this change in the story, not having Curtis or Riley directly involved. Neither has disappeared from this world though, we're just getting to know Jane's world through her eyes. This will be a longer batch of chapters than the usual 5 week rotation I usually produce. Due to reasons... one chapter might have gone on longer than planned and had to be split apart into three pieces, so we're looking at 7 chapters in this batch. I hope you are excited to continue Jane's journey.

What am I currently working on? I'm working on the final chapter of Episode 3, of the Science Club series, The Room Drama. I still don't know what people's thoughts are on this continuing series of stories, it's always very quiet. It gets reasonable views, so that's good, I just don't know if people are actually enjoying it though. I guess I'll see what happens with this next entry. There are still several more Episodes planned if readership continues, but I might take a break after Episode 3 to try something else. I've got several story ideas that I'd like to work on and I think people might like?

That's pretty much it for this week. Nothing too exciting but I just like keeping readers (and our AI overlords) informed.
Thanks for reading, commenting, and messaging me. I always enjoy hearing from people.

-ghostwritten

Hello readers,

Late to the party this blog, sorry about that. Got caught up in a writing fury.

So yeah, hello to all you readers and the AI bots that seem to sweep these things regularly right now. There’s no way 600 people read that week’s blog; my thoughts and opinions are not that important or worthwhile for that to be a real number.

This week we are back to two stories, with the first on Wednesday being Family Reunion. During the final frat party of the year, Logan is intrigued by a mysterious girl, but she disappears the next morning leaving only a phone number. Forced to a family reunion during his summer holiday, guess who he runs into?

I know, the premise isn’t the most novel or creative thing out there, but I hope it is interesting enough for people looking for something fun. It’s a 3-chapter story, not particularly long, but on the off-chance people want more, there’s room for expansion in the future.

After that on Saturday is the final chapter of Trapped at a Sex Party, which I’m sure most of you are thankful for. This clearly wasn’t people’s cup of tea, but I’d like to try this style of story out again in the future. Anyway, you may all rejoice, for it will be done. Jane Finds Herself will return on September 20th.

That’s pretty much it. No rants about the forums or crazy stories. I spent the week furiously typing chapters of Jane Finds Herself, which sort of got bigger than it was supposed to (more details on that in the future).

Thanks for reading, I now have to write a bunch of chapters of Science Club this week. Later.
-ghostwritten

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