Bombed!

[NightyKnight]

*****

 

[ttrfanatic]

My apologies to NightyKnight - my original post did not have the word "NOT" in it - I have since corrected it. I hate when my head gets ahead of my fingers. Again - sorry for that! You are an excellent author!

 

[NightyKnight]

*****

 

[ttrfanatic]

Whewwwwww!

 

[NightyKnight]

*****

 

[ttrfanatic]

Well if the storyline is anything like your stories - then yes I am! And whole-heartedly!

 

[patientlee]

From what I've read you should NOT be embarrassed about promoting yourself at all! But it's understandable to ease your way out of the starting gate!

I assumed that was what you meant.

 

[lovecraft68]

Just stick with writing and keep adding stories.

Eventually you build a loyal following and they help with the trolls because they like your work and will usually give you high votes so the bombs don't hurt as much.

But anymouse will always be around no matter what to lend you his support.

For example on my last incest story

blows
09/11/13 By: Anonymous
Incest is gross and so is the author. Really fucking realistic you piece of shit. Give up writing you suck at it. Yeah, a mother and her son fucking. Great literature! NOT! You should be institutionalized for the pathetic crap you write. Fuck off and die you scumbag.

I was pretty impressed. One usually doesn't see that much hatred outside of Loving wives!

 

[mikoli5763]

Welcome,

way to go, and happy writing.

 

[Tyro999]

<3 Thanks, I know, but I just makes me feel like I'm self-promoting, which is king of funny once you consider what I write about (at least so far). - Oh, you can write that stuff but you don't want anybody to know about it, huh? - lol.

Get over it. Posting links to new stories (in the body of the post, some members have their sig display feature turned off] is a rule of thumb in Lit. If you don't, someone will invariably ask for it.

 

[drteetho]

Just stick with writing and keep adding stories.

Eventually you build a loyal following and they help with the trolls because they like your work and will usually give you high votes so the bombs don't hurt as much.

But anymouse will always be around no matter what to lend you his support.

For example on my last incest story

blows
09/11/13 By: Anonymous
Incest is gross and so is the author. Really fucking realistic you piece of shit. Give up writing you suck at it. Yeah, a mother and her son fucking. Great literature! NOT! You should be institutionalized for the pathetic crap you write. Fuck off and die you scumbag.

I was pretty impressed. One usually doesn't see that much hatred outside of Loving wives!

That kind of hate is almost awe-inspiring. THAT'S when you know someone cares!

 

[lovecraft68]

That kind of hate is almost awe-inspiring. THAT'S when you know someone cares!

True, maybe this guy could start writing Hallmark cards!

 

[Bramblethorn]

You're right, I know, but I'm still working my way into this. (Nice girl grows up, gets a PhD, works doing medical research by day, and at night does a Dr. Jekyl/Miss Whore thing and then writes smut she is still too embarrassed about to even let her hubby read any of it.) Me thinks self-promoting my own stuff is a ways off yet - my comfort zone just ain't ready for True Confessions yet!

I feel that. A couple of weeks back, at a family gathering, somebody told my aunt "did you know Bramble's written a novel?" "Really, B? What's it about?" "Um... I'll tell you later."

Also, that gathering was a funeral.

 

[patientlee]

I feel that. A couple of weeks back, at a family gathering, somebody told my aunt "did you know Bramble's written a novel?" "Really, B? What's it about?" "Um... I'll tell you later."

Also, that gathering was a funeral.

Met my husband at a funeral. Actually, we talked for the first time. We had been in school together for years.

 

[CeasarBoobage]

If you don't promote yourself, no one else will.

That is the absolute truth! There are so many stories out there, unless people stumble across them, few people will find your work.

As for the OP's hubby, why not 'accidentally' send him a link to a story like yours and see what he thinks. You never know, he may like it. Maybe he can be your first groupie!

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Just stick with writing and keep adding stories.

Eventually you build a loyal following and they help with the trolls because they like your work and will usually give you high votes so the bombs don't hurt as much.

But anymouse will always be around no matter what to lend you his support.

For example on my last incest story

blows
09/11/13 By: Anonymous
Incest is gross and so is the author. Really fucking realistic you piece of shit. Give up writing you suck at it. Yeah, a mother and her son fucking. Great literature! NOT! You should be institutionalized for the pathetic crap you write. Fuck off and die you scumbag.

I was pretty impressed. One usually doesn't see that much hatred outside of Loving wives!

i was gonna say, that's got traces of LW in it.

 

[StrangeLife]

Met my husband at a funeral.

If the funeral was for his previous wife I'd be a little careful around the house if I were you.

Just saying...

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Thanks, good point. I've been reading on here (Lit) for years but never registered until I had to so I could submit my first story. I choose the Incest/Taboo genre because I read on one thread that they (that group) will read anything and like it, which appears to be true if they like my crap.

On the other hand, I won't let my hubby read any of my stories. I'm afraid of what he might think. Hell, he might divorce me! I can just see how that would go...

"Your Honor, I submit the following exhibits as proof that she is a sex-crazed lunatic and a menace to decent society!"

Hmm, me thinks I see a plot bunny in there...

Prolly use your stories in divorce court to get custody of the kids.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Prolly use your stories in divorce court to get custody of the kids.

and here's the troll now.

 

[NightyKnight]

*****

 

[geronimo_appleby]

You guys are all so sweet! Thank you.

It's a safety thing I guess, and maybe the other gals on here can pipe in some more on this too. I'm starting to get a lot of private feedback emails from readers now that my second story is starting to clear the submission-to-posted hurdle, and they are all positive, in fact maybe too positive?! No one is hitting on me or anything like that, or even flirting innocently, yet there are still those little alarm bells ringing in the back of my head that say, "be careful!"

That could also be because, apparently, many of the readers appear to be under the impression that I'm writing about me and/or my own experiences, which I am not, or at least not to that degree. (Um, dear reader, it is called 'fiction' for a reason...)

It could also be that honestly, I posted that first story as a lark - just to dip my toes in the water and see how it felt - not because I feel I have what it takes to become Ernest Hemingway in a skirt (which I don't BTW) so maybe it is all too much, too soon/too fast. My third story, a sequel to the first one, has already been submitted (pending) so I'll just have to ride it out and see.

Lovecraft - If I ever get an Anon comment like that one, I'll ball my eyes out, shut it down, pull my stories and go hide under a rock somewhere for at least a year! As it is, I feel on the verge of tears just thinking that someone could be so incredibly mean-spirited as to post something like that! I feel so bad for you, >hugs< .

LOL. yeah, sometimes the feedback comes in as though 'cos you write it, you must be doing it.

and yes, you'll probably get overly effusive praise from horny men looking to sneak in the back door, so to speak.

 

[lovecraft68]

Lovecraft - If I ever get an Anon comment like that one, I'll ball my eyes out, shut it down, pull my stories and go hide under a rock somewhere for at least a year! As it is, I feel on the verge of tears just thinking that someone could be so incredibly mean-spirited as to post something like that! I feel so bad for you, >hugs< .

And that would be what they want.

Something like that is so over the top all you should do is laugh at them. That's what I do. For myself, and others-especially Geronimo Appleby the king of troll poking-comments like this are like badges of honor. I laugh at them, never respond to them and never remove them. That shows the trolls that I really don;t care and I think discourages them.

You have a point about overly positive being something you can't take too much stock in either. The "you're the best ever" is not all that constructive either, just flattering. The best comments are the ones in between that say something good, but...

For example I get a lot of "Great story telling and premise, but you may want to try to find a proof reader" So, Hey liked your story, but you need an editor.

But just shrug off the stupid ones and try to learn from the decent ones

 

[lovecraft68]

i was gonna say, that's got traces of LW in it.

I figured they had me mixed up with you

 

[geronimo_appleby]

I figured they had me mixed up with you

no comment.

or as you would say, i plead the fifth, although that has no bearing here.

 

[drteetho]

You guys are all so sweet! Thank you.

It's a safety thing I guess, and maybe the other gals on here can pipe in some more on this too. I'm starting to get a lot of private feedback emails from readers now that my second story is starting to clear the submission-to-posted hurdle, and they are all positive, in fact maybe too positive?! No one is hitting on me or anything like that, or even flirting innocently, yet there are still those little alarm bells ringing in the back of my head that say, "be careful!"

I'm not a girl, but if I may be so bold I'd still like to offer a suggestion. You might want to have the e-mail address you use for private feedback be a secondary or throw-away one, separate from your main one, so if the feedback gets a little too close for comfort you can shut it down or something along those lines.

Good luck!