Mat Twassel: Blog

Deciding whether to code my story no sex, minimal sex, some sex, much sex, or stroke gives me pause. I don’t set out to write a story with a particular amount of sex. It just happens. Almost everything I post here is a sex story. Curious about how I’ve coded so far, I did a category search, and I discovered:

No sex – 44
Minimal sex – 163
Some sex – 386
Much sex – 277
Stroke – 124

That totals 994.
My total number of posted stories is 1134. So the other 140 stories much be off the charts sex.

I didn’t enter this year’s Halloween Contest, and my excuse is that reading the stories then affords me greater pleasure.

I did post one Halloween story, though—one of my little ditties. I am eager to read Ashley’s poem. If she’s not too quick I might predict the rhymes. Could she possibly make use of Lapsong Souchong? If not, I’d certainly settle for quim.

As often is the case, my illustration is decidedly bare, going beyond the characters’ limited dress. Lisa here is wearing more than she typically does. But you’d think there would be a box of cereal evident somewhere in that kitchen. Okay, let’s just say Nils and Lisa are expert housekeepers. And you know what they say: clutter rhymes with peanut butter.

For those of you who have been following “Faith’s Journal,” Faith gave birth to Sarah. Two weeks later Leila gave birth to Adam. Both had relatively easy deliveries. Following the birth of her child, Faith discontinued her journal for approximately five years. Now she makes entries sporadically. I expect to post those beginning sometime next month.

The young, lovely, and irrepressible Naomi has appeared so far in twenty of my stories (as well as one by Northman). Thanks to my fellow SoL writer Jon Eugene (author of the entertaining and sexy series A Photographer’s Fantasy), Naomi’s Journal is now available here as an ongoing series, with my illustrations. Look for penname “Naomi.”

Thanks very much to all those who responded to my question about story codes. Of the dozen and a half who responded, almost everyone agreed that the story should be coded “incest” if the incestual act was described in any detail, even if at the end of the story it was revealed that the act may not have actually occurred.

Many also suggested that more information be included in the description. I was thinking of adding a “spoiler” to indicate that the incest might not have actually occurred, but one or two readers recommended against this, and after a lot of consideration, I agree with their conclusion. Inclusion of a spoiler would to some extent damage the story.

So my current logic is:

For readers who seek incest stories, whether the incest actually happened or not likely won’t upset them unduly. If it does, my apologies.

For readers who prefer not to have a story “spoiled,” better to avoid a spoiler in the description.

Original blog post:

I’ve scheduled a story for a couple of weeks from now in which one of the characters tells other characters about something that happened to her. Specifically it’s father-daughter incest. It’s described somewhat graphically. But as it turns out, there is a fairly strong likelihood that character telling the story lied about what happened.

Should this story be coded “Incest”?

I suppose if it is coded that way, some readers who hope to be reading a story about incest will be put off.

But if it’s not coded incest, some readers who hate incest stories might be put off.