I've turned on voting at chapter 5.
I normally wait until chapter 7 to do it. I assume anyone who is nasty enough/perverted enough to keep reading that long will be able to judge the story even though it isn't finished.
If I turn it on chapter 1 or 2 there isn't enough established to really give a fair vote.
I've had some positive feedback from comments and emails. That is really different for me. I almost feel like I am growing as an author much the way the nerdy/shy kid in my story is evolving with the story.
I had someone call him an idiot in feedback. I thought that was funny.
Yep, he is a wet behind the ears, doesn't know everything, nerdy, shy kid.
Just like I was.
When I first met a slutty woman who owned her sexuality and didn't care if I saw her naked I didn't know what to do. I thought she was giving away secrets that she had to keep from boys like me.
I wrote him like that - and I intend to evolve him as he learns more. Just like I evolved.
That takes more than a weekend. Don't expect Jack Ryan the action hero to suddenly know what to do and be the expert in everything. It's a story about real people: Real people don't know what they are doing sometimes. They make mistakes and learn from them - or do not.
These women seem like crazy bitches to him. They may just be. I want the reader to wonder and to evolve with him as they live vicariously through his journey.
While I am on that topic; let me plug my good friend and fellow author Mike McGifford's story:
https://storiesonline.net/s/20945/the-dream-by-mike?ind=1
It is based on characters introduced in the HOA: Big Day at Sunny Manor story. The neighbors only when they were much younger. The wife has a dream about living a BDSM lifestyle and the husband sets about to make it happen.
Real life with kids and jobs and neighbors prevents that dream. This is the story of that journey and the evolution. I've had a hand in shaping it and I can't wait for new chapters. Mike isn't like me - he crafts his chapters carefully. He also writes a lot better than me and makes few mistakes. Don't expect a lot of chapters to come bursting forth.
However, if you are hungry for a story in the style of Vulgus - then this is one of the more clever ones out there.