Comments That Make Your Day

[Lifestyle66]

This comment on one of my latest stories "Neverland, Don't Go Back There!" came from my usual nemesis, 26thNC:

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Old Wendy had quite the wild child past to hide. You gotta stay away from those high school and college reunions, especially when alcohol is involved. Past indiscretions are difficult to hide when a lot of your old acquaintances’ tongues are loosened with alcohol. It’s getting hard to talk trash to old Lifestyle66 when he’s posting these unusually, for him, good stories.
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WOW! I might assume he gave me at least a 3 on that story!

 

[SerenaSteeleMonroe]

My newest story has some wonderful comments (and one from someone who just doesn't get it). Here they are, Flirting with the BNWO



A shout out to @MillieDynamite and @Voboy for their support!

 

[gordo12]

A couple of nice comments today:

Transplant:
Just wow!

A marvelous thought-provoking story AND rooted in actual medical research on transplant patients.

I never would have known about this phenomenon otherwise. The author of this story created a plausible premise binding together two random couples impacted by medical technology with the new biological mixing of two people creating a multiple personality in the surviving spouse.

Thanks gordo12 for sharing this tale

April Fool - No Longer

fun story

 

[oneagainst]

I'm in the process of revisiting the early work with an eye to publishing enhanced versions on "proper" publishing platforms. Of all of these, there is only one story that I don't know if I have the fortitude to pass through again, since it cost a lot writing it in the first place: Alena's Game

Then I got this from Anon (J) :

"If I had known that this story series was going to ultimately end up in full-blown enslavement, I would not have begun reading it. And I would have missed some of the best writing on this site."

The entire thing was written in two and a half weeks, with a single editing pass afterwards, and yet it's one of the most reacted-to stories in my catalogue....

 

[Dearelliot]

Very few...I suppose not for everyone...

2 of my favorites:

Really well told and tense. Aunt Marta felt like a haunting from the past that was really effective.

Just utterly fantastic. One of the best I've ever read. I wish I led Elliot's life.

 

[TheLobster]

The main story that I posted for On The Job event isn't getting much traction but that's pretty much surprised, considering it's in the rather slow sci-fi category.

The side piece that I penned in two sittings, however, got quite a few positive comments:



Thanks @BryanRichardson, @Annalovesit , @Izanami9, @unadulterable and @Actingup for reading and commenting!

 

[Zootonius]

Received this an Anonymous comment:

Fantastic Story!
You have a terrific command of the English language and use it well!
Thanks

Knowing how much I need my editor to save me from my grammar, this is amusing. A guess I can turn a good phrase, just don't ask me to spell it correctly.

 

[NoTalentHack]

This morning on Also-Ran:

Great story, and author's composition skills are top notch. Repeating "what I wanted didn't matter" several times, and then ending with "there was a kernel of truth at the center of my resentment, a grain of sand that irritated and irritated until it turned into a great black pearl of seething anger."

A pleasure to read again.

I always really appreciate it when a commenter talks about specific elements they like or don't like. Those are the best feedback.

 

[Publius68]

The end of Alistaire’s story has brought a deluge (for me) of comments–58 in five days! For this story to be number five on total comments in my library after less than a week is just the best.

Within those 58 comments, there are some real happy-makers, like this one:

DistantConstellationabout
Thanks, Publius68. Tragically you did not hit the bar of plausibly ridiculous here. This - made a sort of magnificent sense. It's a bit like those videos where you watch an artist draw a bunch of random curves up on a big canvas, each bold and bright, but doing nothing in particular and then suddenly she spins it 180 degrees and it's an elephant. (Elephant in the room?) Left us with grins on this one.

 

[kitmarlowe]

I've discovered that the readers in Gay Male are lovely. Here's one from my new story Special Collections:

Wow kitmarlowe, you definitely know your way around atmospheric prose! I think you'd do your namesake proud with this beautifully written story. Your excellent descriptions were so spot on that I not only visualized Thomas and David's surroundings but felt I could also actually hear things like the wind, rain an even the creaking of the chaise. The top 5 rating just doesn't do justice to this wonderful story!

 

[Actingup]

I had this from Anonymous on 'Peace on Earth'. The correction particularly made my day because I think I would normally say 'in' myself in Australian English. I've got no idea why I said 'on' and it goes to show that the details matter! We've all been warned and I won't make that mistake again.

"Wonderful story! Couldn't possibly rate it as anything other than a 5. One tiny correction, though, as a New Zealander - Dunedin is always referred to as being IN the South Island, not on (same for every other place in the country, whether they're in the South Island or the North). It's the easiest way for us to work out that writers aren't from here."

 

[kitmarlowe]

@Nynah has once again graves my comments section with a big old boost to my ego:

The vibes are immaculate and your prose is almost too pretty for smut.

 

[oneagainst]

@Nynah has once again graves my comments section with a big old boost to my ego:

"Almost" too pretty. Sounds like she's urging you to lift your game

 

[kitmarlowe]

"Almost" too pretty. Sounds like she's urging you to lift your game

It does, doesn't it

 

[rteny3245]

My first Incest/Taboo story which I wrote as a bit of an experimental toe dip into the genre and also trying to keep a story under 8k words. Boy does I/T garner some views.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Thank you @SuddenlyMaddie...

On Mary Janes:

I think this is my fourth or fifth read through of Mary Jane's and it sends me into an emotional tizzy every time. Joy and sorrow and fear and relief and contentment. Your writing has become a haven for me during my transition when the world seems dark and scary. Honestly, I skim through the sexy bits and latch on to the emotions, but sometimes it's nice to fantasize that someone could want me the way George wants Vicki.



Anyway, thank you for being here and sharing your heart and hard work. I hope you publish an anthology someday. I'd buy it.

 

[onehitwanda]

Inventing a butch cliche pilot avant la lettre and even topping her with a posh lady nobody can possibly fall for, and still moving the story forward with emerging romantic energy. Both our heroines survive but are immediately torn apart and back to patching bullet holes by themselves or at a lonely and desperate princess life. Then an epilogue with a final escape into a life together, feeling how the all mechanical controls in the cockpit are are worked by the other one, how great is that.

I... think it's a compliment? Maybe?

 

[redgarters]

This one, given today on Wake Me Up Inside. It just made me go all mushy.

Your stories touch people. They reach our hearts and minds. They transport us into the place you've created and make the characters - their hopes, their loves, their anguish, their humanity - alive to us. I know of no greater gift an author can share.

As the earlier comments show, this story is a full realization of that gift. I would add one other thought: This story stayed with me like a song you can't get out of your head, demanded re-reading, and most of all made me think. I thought about the importance of allies (or lack thereof) to a young Liv or a young Jenny. I asked myself how often in my life I've actively been that ally, versus how often I silently faded into the crowd. The score is mixed, and make no mistake - silence is complicity whether intended that way or not. Realizing that took time. How is it you said it? "Real life is slow and agonizing."

So thank you for a magnificent story, for stirring me up, and for the link to the Trevor Project in your profile page.

 

[Actingup]

I... think it's a compliment? Maybe?

It does sound like a better version of a Worrals of the WAAF story! Definitely a high compliment.

 

[dmallord]

Some days you tune in to Lit and your head swells... especially after a comment like this one on 'Rescuing a Snow Angel' series:

technofrog2002
I like your writing style. The story flows so smoothly and your details provide fantastic imagery adding to overall realism of the story. 5

 

[gordo12]

Along the subject line of no sex in the story and reader's reactions, comes this one. Usually, it's a "I'm surprised I enjoyed the lack of sex" but this one clearly wanted it:

Homeless

"Great story but I didn't enjoyed it totally. There was no porn, there was too much about laws and no porn. That dissapointed me a little, but the rest of the story was great"

 

[Northstar4695]

An Anonymous commenter went through several of my old stories this week leaving positive comments. They read something they liked apparently and then read several more. I’m over the moon. Thanks for your engagement and support Anonymous! So happy tonight.

 

[Actingup]

An Anonymous commenter went through several of my old stories this week leaving positive comments. They read something they liked apparently and then read several more. I’m over the moon. Thanks for your engagement and support Anonymous! So happy tonight.

I love it when that happens (anonymous or otherwise). Most of my stories are stand-alones, so I know that it takes an effort to chase down a new story rather than just reading the next chapter.

 

[gordo12]

A nice comment on Wheelchair Girl this morning.

"I guess it's one of those "They All Lived Happily Ever After" stories but damn I sure got sucked into it. It's a fave and would be a big 5 if we were doing that. Thanks Gordo ......."

 

[THBGato]

Well this was a lovely one to receive on Forty (my longest single submission at 81,000 words), not least because the reader picked up on one tiny reference (that didn't even mention Trump) and got it completely:

PuggyWishbone 2 days ago
I confess that when I got to the bottom of the first page and saw how many pages there were, I was thrilled. For a story from a writer of your stature, there can never be enough. I am about to re-read the entire corpus again, first to last in proper narrative order, this time mindful of the myriad interconnection between the stories. It will be a lovely week.

P.S.: Ted's Trump prophecy was just a bit on the nose, but it gave me a chuckle.