Writing Journal: Comments have been trickling in for Charlie and the Convent of Oblivion, and the reception has been a bit tepid. I'm not complaining—not everything I try works, and I wouldn't expect it to. Plus some of it is definitely my fault. I should have made it clearer it's a sequel, for one. For another, upon re-rereading, part (1) does read rather rough. If I were to rewrite it now, I'd figure out a way to start with (2) directly. Ah well. As far as it connects to the Adjusters universe, though, it does seem to suggest that this may be the last Charlie adventure. (I had two other such tales sketched out.) It somehow doesn't fit as well as I hoped it would.
I've neglected this blog for the past few weeks. Life got crazy there with a big deadline last week, and I'm the sort of person that when a deadline approaches and the project is not in good shape, I stop being able to multitask and have to put all my attention on the project or I feel like everything will spin out of control and come crashing down in a fiery spectacular display. But things didn't spin out of control, and life is slowly getting back to normal.
A few stories did manage to catch my attention this week.
Tanked, by The Technician: “A professor finds a very interesting way to defend his research against defunding.” Found this on alt.sex.stories.moderated. (Yeah, I know. Yeah, it still exists. Yeah, once in a while, there's something good there.) Straight up MC story.
Side Bet Bluff, by Statsultan: “Will thought she was bluffing, and it led to a wild week.” Pretty well done, and I like the characters. Good domination/submission interaction, not overdone, but still hot.
Confessions of a Teen Slut, by Gloryholeprincess: “One night of lustful sex with my mom's ex boyfriend.” This one is overdone, but also hot. Not so deep at the character level, but hey, that's not why we read these sometimes.
Life Sentence, by MVPrimetime: “A girl rescued from slavery tells her tale.” That one hit my buttons, at least the day I came across it. It starts very rough, and goes in a weird direction, but it's a pretty good tale. I love the fact that it starts by forcing you to use your imagination, and then filling in the blanks.
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
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