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Hello readers,
Well, that marks the end of Sheltered from the Storm. I was curious how the ending would be received, as it wasn’t the usual happy one for the two leads. The idea was the story was about these few days and chance encounter that changed the life of Pete and put him on a different path. I hope I was able to convey that in the final chapter.
Support for this story from beginning to end has been very strong. Thank you to everyone who read, commented, and rated it. I know you all have many options for fun stories here and I’m always happy to make a little blip on the radar amongst some of the giants. My stuff’s not “book-worthy” or anything, it is just usually fun smut; and I’m ok with that.
Writing-wise this week, things are rolling on West Side High. I am really excited to start this one as it’ll be something different to what I’ve written so far. A mix of coming-of-age romance with high school drama, my hope is to have it be an ongoing story for quite a while. I hope that when it comes out in May, you’ll enjoy it.
Besides that, I finished something no one was looking forward to, a new Winter’s Bite story. Yup, I hadn’t forgotten my weird survival story series. It’s fanfic of something but don’t worry, you don’t even need to know the name of what it is fanfic of. This one was started in September, and I only just finished it. It is called Whiteout and should be posted mid-April. I hope all ten of you are excited about it. I joke (kind of) but this is really for an audience of one, me.
On to next week and something people might actually read, first on Wednesday is the final chapter in this second last block of Sister’s Servant. Corey heads over to Tina’s house to try to win back her trust. Can he explain everything that happened yesterday without spilling the beans about Addie? Meanwhile, Addie feels the nagging sting of guilt for what she’s done and wonders if she went too far.
I’m not too sure what people’s thoughts are on Sister’s Servant. Scores have increased over time, but views are pretty consistent, not really growing or shrinking. The final batch of stories to wrap this story up should be around mid-May, I think. It depends on how long the story before that goes which I am just starting up, Snowed In (I’ve written about it before here).
On the weekend, we will see the first chapter of Snow Angel, a similar-ish story to Sheltered from the Storm. This one is about Shane, a man who goes on a ski vacation to Banff, Alberta. While at his hotel, he runs into an annoying man he met at a conference in Las Vegas. He gets roped into hanging out with Reginald and his family, which includes Callie, a high school senior and aspiring writer. This story will run until the end of April, I hope you enjoy it.
That’s it for this week’s blog. Feel free to let me know your thoughts or if you have any suggestions for how I could improve. Thanks for reading!
-ghostwritten
Hello readers,
How's everyone doing this week? Lots of stress and chaos going around so just remember to breathe.
Sheltered from the Storm did amazing this week with large growth in views for the first 24 hours after a chapter drops. The review score has risen as well to over a 7.00, which is a very solid score. Thank you to everyone who's been checking it out and those who've reached out to let me know their thoughts. The final chapter is next week, so I hope you all stick around for the finale.
Sister's Servant keeps on chugging along, although this week took a little dive in views. This is one that I'm passionate about and I know it has its fans, so I'm not concerned at all. We'll get more Addie, Tina, and Corey, in the future until I wrap up their story as I envisioned it. I have a plan and I'm sticking with it. Unfortunately, that isn't always the case as some stories just don't have advocates and they just sort of whither away. Chapter 10 will be out on Wednesday this upcoming week, so keep an eye out for that.
What I've been working on this week, I just (like 10 minutes ago from when I started writing this) finished the final chapter of Snow Angel. I'm looking forward to getting that out to all of you when Sheltered from the Storm ends. It went a little longer than planned but it was a fun write and will run till the end of April.
I also finished the final chapter of A Girl's Guide to Cookie Dough, for the 'ghostwritten after dark' account. I hope it does some justice in wrapping that story up for those that have enjoyed the spicier stuff over there. One big problem I'm finding with my plan of posting once a month over there is it doesn't really build views up well. It also is difficult to keep a common flow of tone and ideas in the writing. I'm looking at a different approach to stories there in the future. I'll have more about what I'm thinking once it's ironed out.
That's pretty much it. This week, I start writing some new stuff that I've very excited about, and lots more stories to share in the future. Thanks for sticking around and reading my gibberish. As always, constructive feedback is always appreciated, positive or negative.
Have fun out there, and stay safe.
-ghostwritten
Hello readers,
There are a few things to chat about so let’s get started.
First off, thank you to everyone who nominated for Peeping Tammy for Best Incest Story for The Clitorides. Please check out all the nominees and vote for your favorite. I think the idea of awards for erotic writing is fun, so I encourage everyone to check their site out and maybe find some new material you may like.
Sheltered from the Storm continues to do well for views/downloads. I’m actually surprised as I thought there would be a large drop in the second week due to people being upset with the tagging last week (referring to putting all tags up in advance instead of week to week). A did have a few people reach out to say they prefer it to be added when the chapter includes it, which I tend to agree with.
With regard to the story itself, it is tracking lower in terms of rating than I hoped. I’m curious about what I’m doing wrong in my writing and what I can do to improve (besides knowing diesel generators don’t use spark plugs). I usually target something in the 7s but aspire to an 8 in the future. I knew this one wouldn’t get to those heights, but still… I’d like to do better.
Sister Servant returned and did pretty well in both metrics. I hope you are excited about the upcoming chapters. There is not too much to say about this one, after 8 chapters you’re likely in or out on it.
This upcoming week, we’ve got new chapters of both stories listed above. I’ll skip the teasers this week as I need to get back to writing and I don’t know if people want to know that stuff. Writing this week has gone well with a direct focus on Snow Angel. I have started framing the next long-form narrative story, working title West Side High, as well as I’ve framed out the snowed-in story (no working title yet) I mentioned a few weeks ago. That one has changed a little bit since then, but I’ll get into it when things get closer to completion.
Thanks to everyone who reached out this past week and to all my readers have a great week,
-ghostwritten
Hello readers,
I posted the start of a new story this weekend, Sheltered from the Storm, and it’s done quite well in terms of views. This will be a 4-chapter story with a firm conclusion. I’m working on characters again, this time focusing on the main character Pete. As always, feedback on how he and the story progresses would be appreciated.
I am trying something new that I see other authors do here and that’s list out all the tags in advance for the completed story. Is that something people prefer or would you rather it get updated as the chapters come out. I can see a case for each, in case you run into something you aren’t into. But at the same time, people might feel tricked starting a story and the thing they clicked for hasn’t happened yet. I feel like that might explain the really low rating the story has so far. Feel free to let me know if you have a preference.
As for what I’m working on, I was pretty sick last week and have fallen behind on my planned release schedule. I was expecting to be a few chapters into the new narrative story (like The Creek and Teacher’s Pet) but haven’t even started framing the narrative out yet. This has put me in a tough spot, since I have nothing else ready after Sheltered from the Storm concludes. So, I’m working on something for the interim called Snow Angel (working title). I had hoped to do the snowed in story I’d mentioned a few blogs ago, but this could be done faster (I haven’t given up on the other idea yet). I’ve finished the first chapter, and I think it will be about 5 in total. I’ll post more about it closer to release.
‘That’s great, but what about now’, I can hear you ask. On the 26th, we’ve got the return of Sister’s Servant. In this chapter, Corey feels the need to make it up to Tina after canceling their date to hook up with Addie. The three of them spend the day at Tina’s swimming then have a BBQ with her parents. Things start to heat up with Corey and Tina while Addie starts to steam in jealousy. This batch of chapters will run for 4 weeks and will be the second last before the story’s conclusion. Thank you to everyone who’s been patiently waiting for it.
After that, on Saturday March 1st, we have the second chapter of Sheltered from the Storm. In this chapter, the dawn breaks on a rainy morning with Pete attempting to fix the generator to give them some hot water to shower. The two bond and sexual tensions rise as the day drags with little to do.
That’s it for this week’s blog. As always, thank you for reading what I write. It has been fun doing this and I hope it’s fun for you too. As a reminder, this is the final week for nominations to the Clitoraides Awards for make those nominations for whomever you like (maybe me for new author *nudge nudge*).
Have a great week,
-ghostwritten
Hello readers,
Well, The Lifeguard is finally done. How did everyone like this serial revival? I hope the ending wasn't too rushed and felt slightly appropriate to get Mark to grow up. I also had the thought of him just going on the run but I liked this way better. Are there any other stories of mine that you'd like to see continuations of? I had a request for more Ashley's Awakening today, which I would like to do. I do want to spread these out though so it doesn't come off as only rehashing old ideas, I'm not Hollywood.
This week has been pretty bad for writing to be honest. Luckily (I guess), it's just the flu and not the weird malaise that hit through November and December. It has thrown off my writing schedule though so I'm not sure how things will shake out. I was expecting to start the new narrative story this week, but I haven't touched it yet. Hell, I haven't been able to finish the final chapter in this batch of Sister's Servant (chapter 11). I'm less worried about that one though; I've got a few pages on it and I know where it's going. Those dates won't change but I'm not sure about after that. I'll figure something out and see what my time-line is like once I feel better.
Enough about all that, what's coming out this week you ask? Well, on the 19th, the next chapter of A Girl's Guide to Cookie Dough will release. In this chapter, it is finally time for Trixie to take Blake in her backdoor. Her sister is just there for moral support but things can change in the heat of the moment. Still working towards the end of this serial and I hope to have it done in either one or two more chapters.
For the weekend, we have a new story about to start. This one is called Sheltered from the Storm. It is the tale of Pete Hackett, who is traveling to his isolated cottage when a storm rolls in. He spots a girl, Allison, on the side of the road and offers her a place to stay to wait out the storm. This is a four chapter story and I've tried to work on the development of Pete as a character. Feel free to let me know if I'm getting closer with this stuff. I still think I need a lot of work to get better but constructive feedback always helps. I know the 'Hitchhiker' story is pretty trite but it did help me get back into a groove. Mainly, I hope you enjoy it and maybe get off if that's what you're trying to do.
Well, that's it for this week. I'm going to go back to bed now and rest up.
Thanks for reading,
-ghostwritten
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