The Milestone thread...Brag here.

[lovecraft68]

The Return of Molly Minx just received its 100th comment

For a mom son story that's a few years old, that's a low number, but mom isn't in the title, and its a 20+ page story. It placed second in the Nude Day contest that year, but never lit it up numbers wise except for the score.

 

[dmallord]

So many great notes from everyone! Checked my total views yesterday – just crossed over 800,000 views since October 2021. Seems like yesterday when I started. Having fun so far.

 

[MillieDynamite]

As of right now, I have 430,319 total views of my stories in 28 months back on the site.

 

[MediocreAuthor]

357,202 views, and my one year site anniversary is tomorrow.

I honestly have no idea how that stacks up, but that's where I am.

 

[StillStunned]

Today I developed artistic integrity.

My newest story was my first to reach 100 ratings. The first to get 10k views. The first to get more than 11 hearts.

Right now, after almost exactly 12 hours, I'm at 20k views and a 4.56 score from 530 ratings, with 33 hearts and even 5 comments.

This is a short stroker I wrote before breakfast on Saturday morning, start to finish. This isn't the kind of response I'm used to - my most-viewed story before today had a little over 7k views, and none more than about 85 ratings. Clearly, brother-sister incest is the way to go for visibility.

It would be flattering if it didn't feel a bit cheap. The story definitely isn't my best work, although it's clearly not bad.

Tomorrow (I hope) things will return to normal, when my next story goes up. I think all those readers who started following me will quickly unfollow me, and probably drop a few 1s as well.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Clearly, brother-sister incest is the way to go for visibility.
It would be flattering if it didn't feel a bit cheap.

I get what you mean. Look at it this way. All you've done is take a step towards advertising your work. Like putting up a sign or an ad. Daily views have doubled for all my other stories since doing a couple of I/T stories, and my followers increased by a third. I/T wasn't really my thing, but I did them in a way I could enjoy and I have zero regrets. Likely more to come also.

 

[MillieDynamite]

So, do step-siblings count as incest for posting purposes, or fosters?

 

[StillStunned]

I get what you mean. Look at it this way. All you've done is take a step towards advertising your work. Like putting up a sign or an ad. Daily views have doubled for all my other stories since doing a couple of I/T stories, and my followers increased by a third. I/T wasn't really my thing, but I did them in a way I could enjoy and I have zero regrets. Likely more to come also.

No, no regrets. It's why I wrote it in the first place, even though it's exceeded my expectations. But it's made me realise that I'd rather write the stories I want, rather than just pursuing views and ratings.

(Of course I might think differently if this was about money instead of just digital approval.)

 

[NoTalentHack]

So, do step-siblings count as incest for posting purposes, or fosters?

Those tend to not do as well, because it’s not “real” incest. The transgressive nature of blood relations getting it on seems to be a big part of the kink, which is probably why it’s also the category with the highest percentage of breeding/pregnancy stories other than maybe Fetish.

 

[SimonDoom]

357,202 views, and my one year site anniversary is tomorrow.

I honestly have no idea how that stacks up, but that's where I am.

Those are excellent numbers. You have good views, and good scores. There's no way to compare different authors' numbers unless you control for a whole bunch of factors. You've written no stories in the categories of Incest or Loving Wives. In my first year, I wrote multiple incest stories, one of which was especially successful, and it made a huge difference. The numbers for my incest stories are on a completely different scale from those for my other stories.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

Those tend to not do as well, because it’s not “real” incest. The transgressive nature of blood relations getting it on seems to be a big part of the kink, which is probably why it’s also the category with the highest percentage of breeding/pregnancy stories other than maybe Fetish.

I could so write this as half-siblings. Same dad, different mother, or versa-vise, vise-versa, one white one black. One offspring is fully black the other barely noticeable. If I did it for sale, they could be steps on the sales sites without much effort.

 

[MillieDynamite]

So conflicting reports.

Those tend to not do as well, because it’s not “real” incest. The transgressive nature of blood relations getting it on seems to be a big part of the kink, which is probably why it’s also the category with the highest percentage of breeding/pregnancy stories other than maybe Fetish.

I have one that did really well. Dunno why, I thought it would be blasted for being step-siblings and not fully blood relations. It's my most viewed and favorited story.


Cry Little Sister

 

[djrip]

So conflicting reports.

There are lots of step relations in the category, like one of my favorites. Blood relations might do better, but what's more important, writing what you want, or another tenth of a point?

 

[MillieDynamite]

I don't worry about scores, not often and not much, but I don't write for scores. It was just a question of acceptability on my part, not the potential for high scores.

There are lots of step relations in the category, like one of my favorites. Blood relations might do better, but what's more important, writing what you want, or another tenth of a point?

 

[djrip]

I don't worry about scores, not often and not much, but I don't write for scores. It was just a question of acceptability on my part, not the potential for high scores.

I say it's acceptable. Do with that what you will!

 

[MillieDynamite]

It's that full-blown incest creeps me out. I mean, incest was why I ran away from home. Therefore, I have a lot of trouble writing about it.

I say it's acceptable. Do with that what you will!

 

[djrip]

It's that full-blown incest creeps me out. I mean, incest was why I ran away from home. Therefore, I have a lot of trouble writing about it.

Sure. I'm just saying, if you've got a stepcest story to tell, don't worry about it not being full incest. It'll be fine.

 

[StillStunned]

It's that full-blown incest creeps me out. I mean, incest was why I ran away from home. Therefore, I have a lot of trouble writing about it

I won't say you shouldn't write stuff that creeps you out (Love at First Sight gave me some serious doubts about myself as I was writing it). But there are so many stories to write that some things just aren't worth it. Particularly not if you're doing it just because I/T is where they stash all the readers and ratings.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I tried my hand at father-daughter incest, but it wasn't well received. I think because my reluctance to the idea showed through.

I won't say you shouldn't write stuff that creeps you out (Love at First Sight gave me some serious doubts about myself as I was writing it). But there are so many stories to write that some things just aren't worth it. Particularly not if you're doing it just because I/T is where they stash all the readers and ratings.

 

[Rob_Royale]

So, do step-siblings count as incest for posting purposes, or fosters?

I would think it would work as the category is Incest and Taboo. It might not be technically incest, but it certainly could be taboo. But I wouldn't put it there if it fits in another better. I have a stepmother-in-law story in the works that I'll be putting in Ex/Voy. As soon as I figure out the blasted ending that is.

 

[MediocreAuthor]

It's that full-blown incest creeps me out. I mean, incest was why I ran away from home. Therefore, I have a lot of trouble writing about it.

I'm right there with you on that one.

I had a possible buyer ask to commission a blood-relation uncle/niece cheating story, and I don't do either of those things.

I suggested a non-blood-relation non-cheating story about an uncle/niece, who connect after her aunt passes.

He seemed interested, so maybe we'll see it one of these days.

 

[EroticCupcake]

I want to boost my views, but I can't imagine ever writing I/T. Even with step-kin, if my "style" is emotional consequences of sex, I can't imagine an incest story that isn't completely devastating to all parties involved.

Maybe if you had a bio-parent you super hated and you stole their much younger spouse. Maybe that's the only window, because the family is destroyed before you started?

 

[SimonDoom]

I tried my hand at father-daughter incest, but it wasn't well received. I think because my reluctance to the idea showed through.

At Literotica, you must indulge your perversions with unrestrained gusto.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Incest isn't a perversion of mine, it's a revulsion.

At Literotica, you must indulge your perversions with unrestrained gusto.

 

[StillStunned]

My newest story was my first to reach 100 ratings. The first to get 10k views. The first to get more than 11 hearts.

Right now, after almost exactly 12 hours, I'm at 20k views and a 4.56 score from 530 ratings, with 33 hearts and even 5 comments.

Well, this has been a revelation. After 24 hours Too Cold Not to Fuck is at nearly 40k views and 945 ratings. Not only that, but it's attracted another 10k views to my other stories too, so I've gone from 40k total views to more than 90k in the space of a day.

People have even read and rated chapters 3 and 4 of The Rivals, which haven't attracted many readers at all for the past few months. Chapter 4 is inching closer to the 10 ratings needed for a red H!