A New Chapter of Callie's Downfall

I've seen a slight spike in the numbers of people coming to visit this blog, and we've had quite interesting comments in the Speculation Thread, so let me welcome our new readers to this little corner of the porny world. Remember that I purposely do not interact in the Speculation Thread (except possibly to remove abusive comments, which thankfully has not happened yet because you have all been a wonderful bunch of upstanding folks), so if you have a question that you'd like an answer to, or just want to say hi, feel free to drop a comment on any other thread.

Two questions about The Adjusters that came up in the last few weeks I'd like to answer though. Just to make sure we're all on the same page. First, people seem to have the feeling that the story will end soonish. Do not fear. This tale is for the long run. In my head, it's less a single story, and more like a classic serial. Think your favorite monthly comic book. Except without pictures. That's one of the reasons why I'm posting once a month, as opposed to racing to the finish line. It's not going to be in sight for a long while.

(Related: I'm plowing through the trade paperbacks of Fables right now, by Bill Willingham—that's one kick-ass series. I highly recommend it. Almost as good as Neil Gaiman's Sandman.)

Second thing: the ending. Between the people that want the happy ending, and people that do not want the happy ending, there seems to be an irreconcilable clash. Which is very interesting to me. I make no secret that the story has a happy ending, although happiness is always in the eye of the beholder. But before getting there, there will be trials, there will be tribulations, there will be adventures. Yet I think that even those that do not want a happy ending will be satisfied. Because I'm aiming for a satisfying ending, and perhaps more importantly, one that makes sense given where the story is going.

(Related: I've run across the following interesting post by A. C. Crispin on How to Satisfy Your Reader without Being Predictable that is likely relevant to exactly this topic.)

Smut-wise, not much to report.

There's a new chapter for Minty's Callie's Downfall over at Storiesonline. Updates are sadly very infrequent, but the story is still good. I've talked about this story here.

Aside from that, I've mostly be re-reading a couple of stories by Vulgus, especially Brooke Can't Drink. I've talked about that story here (but I'm providing the Storiesonline link here, which holds the whole story, as opposed to the link I gave earlier.) And I'm starting to understand better the rumors that maybe Vulgus is not the bona fide author of those stories. His stories are written in sometimes very distinct styles. Something to investigate there. Maybe he's like TheEditor, that fixture on alt.sex.stories back in the days, who would republish old classics.