Comments That Make Your Day

[StillStunned]

I just found a couple of emails in my inbox. Besides some very nice compliments about My Little Sister Sal, the reader wrote this about my newest story, Upstream:

Title:

Fantastic Fantasy

Comments:

I really enjoyed this story! Your writing style flows like the stream in your story. I was captivated by your Lady of the Lake, andI loved your description of her. I will definitely check out your other stuff!

Thanks, ljwright0421! I work hard to make the writing flow, and it's great when a reader appreciates it.

 

[gordo12]

Nice comment on One Night In Dodge City:

Great story.

And a nice comment via email on Buckshot Ranch:

GREAT!!!

Comments:

WHAT A GREAT STORY!!!! Great editing and proofing. Very excellent control of dialog.

Could you take the few months/ year or two to flesh this out into a really good book?? Lots of hard work. I think it took you a few months for this bit. It is the beginning of, maybe a series of books?

Please keep up the good work as you can afford the time.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

From comsmomf, on "Wager".

That was strangely heartwarming: interesting choice to put a realistic character in this complete fantasy of a slave universe. As always, your prose is excellent. Thank you for trying something different.

-Annie

 

[Actingup]

I had some really encouraging comments on my first story, which was for the Summer Lovin' contest not long ago. I had mentioned that it was my first, and people were really kind with lots of comments despite a couple of writing and editing issues with the story (which were gently mentioned - an update is in the queue). I think that makes a huge difference when joining a new community (long time reader, newbie writer). Special thank you to @Iwatchedher:

"Well, what an absolute pearler, I fully concur with Witton’s observation that your lovely tale ticks all the boxes of a classic short story - plus it offers in abundance that indefinable but irresistible special something…charm. And (because this is Literotica), a beautifully managed, understated but immensely rewarding erotic charge. Thank you so much. I might add that like others I was enchanted by your masterly takedown of the bra size brigade. And I might also note that the wonderfully positive and (if this is not too pompous) sophisticated response to your story is an interesting testament to the tastes to be found among Literotica’s readership. Bewdy, mate."

and to @quietlit:
"Great story, especially for your first here. I'm left grinning hours after. Thanks for the local colour, it brought a gentle, thoughtful smile which is appreciated. I look forward to reading more. Go the Devils."

That comment "I'm left grinnng hours after"... that's really special, and totally goes with 'comments that made my day'. And no, @Iwatchedher wasn't being too pompous: that was a really sweet thing to say about Literotica's community, even as everybody slumps down panting, sore and emotional in the sexual and literary mayhem around us.

 

[StillStunned]

I woke up this morning to find a bunch of new comments on Upstream:


@LovesDancing also added this on Rulk the Rat and the Demon Dagger:

Thanks, everyone!

 

[StillStunned]

I woke up this morning to find a bunch of new comments on Upstream:
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@LovesDancing also added this on Rulk the Rat and the Demon Dagger:
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Thanks, everyone!

(Reposting this to tag in the other commenters: @shelleycat1 @Ping8725, and @BigotedeFoca - thanks for your comments!)

@AlexFourways added this:

I agree with LovesDancing, critics are without weight if they are without works to judge them by.
I also agree with the others, a piece of ethereal beauty. The wrist bands are intriguing.
Also, 'getting laid' is very much the point of life and renewal. 5

Thank you!

 

[Rob_Royale]

This one is from my Halloween story, A Fortunate Man. Responses have been generally positive, but this is the first glowing comment.

Aoife_from_Ulster about 12 hours ago
Bravo! I absolutely loved this. Of course, I would have loved a bit more between the sexy sisters but this was a really great story.

 

[THBGato]

Aoife_from_Ulster about 12 hours ago
Bravo! I absolutely loved this. Of course, I would have loved a bit more between the sexy sisters but this was a really great story.

She's a very prolific Lesbian Sex writer, so no surprise that would have been her preference ;-)

 

[Rob_Royale]

She's a very prolific Lesbian Sex writer, so no surprise that would have been her preference ;-)

Glowing comment from an established writer? Even better! That made my day.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

That gave me a nice chuckle.
I was curious as to why he disliked the sexual content and then I checked his favorites and realized that he reads maledom rather than femdom. I guess that's what makes all the difference

 

[Actingup]

I just got this on my newest story, which has a couple of risky elements to it - it deals with a a domestic abuse survivor in a group sex story, written from her first person point of view. So I was a little nervous, and very happy to get this, along with a couple of other positive comments:

"I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and was surprisingly moved to tears with Heather's bravery. Well done."

I'll take 'moved to tears' any day, unless it's somebody talking about the poor quality of my writing.

 

[NoTalentHack]

An extremely kind one from @26thNC on Spoken in Anger:

This author is better by accident than 98% of LW authors are on purpose. He writes Stories, not just long sex scenes. His works don’t always, seldom, in fact, have happy endings. Good guys don’t always win, bitches and bastards who deserve it don’t get properly burned. They’re just great stories that draw you in, elicit emotional reaction, and most of all entertain. NTH belongs in the company of LW OGs such as Laptop Writer, qmhl, DTIverson, George Anderson, and DGHear, and Gerald Allen. You don’t always particularly like the story, but you sure do enjoy reading it. This is one of those great, but not particularly enjoyable stories.

 

[oneagainst]

An extremely kind one from @26thNC on Spoken in Anger:

Taking the win?

 

[Kumquatqueen]

No feedback for a while, so I was particularly happy to receive a long kind email from a new fan. Omitting the personal details, it reads:

I am gratified and unsurprised to read a first foray into the erotic horror genre that is both subtle and true to the essence of the genre and completely bloodless. Unsurprised because I have read several of your other pieces (stories about Ellie and other bio bench beauties) and know your imagination and writing skills are well above the lit norm.
... I’ve been meaning to tell you how much I enjoy reading about work/life balance challenges I can relate to.

The stories referenced are Londoner Calling (non-gory Erotic Horror from a hellbeing's POV) and Homesick Halloween (heterosexual romance).

 

[Fatdog25]

Received this from @Actingup on my Halloween contest entry, "Double Blind":

by Actingup  on 5 hours ago

Thanks for this! I enjoyed the slow build-up - clearly not everybody has the patience for the pay-off, but that’s their problem. You set up the ending well from the fridge scene onwards, and you put a lot of effort into the dancing and social aspects. You’ve also got a plausible way forward for them with the chance to set up as a foursome and keeping the incest angles secret, at least until the two-headed babies start popping out. Again, well done!

Opinions seem split on this story. It was short (by my standards) and I think it attracted a slightly different readership than my longer stories. Some thought it too long and some thought it too short at a little over 12k words.

If you haven't read their Semi-detached, you should.

 

[Actingup]

Received this from @Actingup on my Halloween contest entry, "Double Blind":

by Actingup  on 5 hours ago

Thanks for this! I enjoyed the slow build-up - clearly not everybody has the patience for the pay-off, but that’s their problem. You set up the ending well from the fridge scene onwards, and you put a lot of effort into the dancing and social aspects. You’ve also got a plausible way forward for them with the chance to set up as a foursome and keeping the incest angles secret, at least until the two-headed babies start popping out. Again, well done!

Opinions seem split on this story. It was short (by my standards) and I think it attracted a slightly different readership than my longer stories. Some thought it too long and some thought it too short at a little over 12k words.

If you haven't read their Semi-detached, you should.

cheers for the shout-out, @Fatdog25! I could have elaborated more in my comment, too. A lot of your story was about the effort that the girls went to get things right, teaching the boys the Quadrille, making them practice it again and again, dragging them away from their gaming... it was a really nice way of leading things forward. It was also really respectful to the wider sorority - a lot of these stories would have been about the boys channelling their inner cavemen, but instead they learned the art of conversation as well as dance. Definitely a class above the old 'I can't believe my sister's got tits' story...

 

[tswanabrit]

I've received a couple of nice ones from my latest piece, It's Always Been You, which I really appreciated.

@Demosthenes384bc

Damn - I had tears in my eyes several times. While we all knew most of the storyline you somehow brought it to life in a way that touched our hearts. 4.9*

@Exinf

Loved it a good old soppy love story

@CastAdrift

Well done. Another beautiful story

Then there was this anonymous commenter who just made me laugh.

You Brits sure love to drink. Good story but would've been a whole lot better without all of the alcohol references.

 

[StillStunned]

I gather that some people have an issue with Stacnash, but that was before my time. She left a lengthy comment on Pas de Trois, which I've abbreviated to the highlights:

I’m delighted to have stumbled upon this, what you’ve written is fantastic.
.
What you’ve achieved in a shade over 4,000 words is masterful. From the off, it was clear that your writing was proficient and that you were in full control over what was about to unfold. I loved the opening line and it set the scene in the most wonderful way.

(...)

What you’ve accomplished here is laudable. Every word of it was dripping with heat, sensuality and clear intent. No one should be in any doubt as to your talent, which, in my opinion, is immense. You should be very proud of this and I’m comfortable declaring that this is one of the best stories I’ve ever read here. Well done.
.
92/100 -

She also had some criticisms, of which I disagree with one: my use of "arse".

(And before anyone says, "Stacnash must be StillStunned's mum!", my mother has never said anything this nice about me.)

 

[Actingup]

I gather that some people have an issue with Stacnash, but that was before my time. She left a lengthy comment on Pas de Trois, which I've abbreviated to the highlights:

She also had some criticisms, of which I disagree with one: my use of "arse".

(And before anyone says, "Stacnash must be StillStunned's mum!", my mother has never said anything this nice about me.)

For what it's worth... I've just commented on the story that I agree with her review, which is more than justified in its glowing praise - it's totally a five star piece. Regarding 'arse' - this is just a suggestion, but I think that there's no issue with it being used repeatedly and with a positive meaning (a great piece of arse/ass etc), but maybe some variation of wording would have helped with variations of sculpted bottom, glutes, backside, bum, posterior...?

In terms of Stacnash, I'm still new and have only just learned about her in another thread, but I do see an issue with the way that she clearly hands out ratings as punishment as well as reward - look at the quality of some of the authors in her low-rated lists, some of whom are competition winners: https://www.literotica.com/authors/Stacnash/lists

 

[StillStunned]

For what it's worth... I've just commented on the story that I agree with her review, which is more than justified in its glowing praise - it's totally a five star piece. Regarding 'arse' - this is just a suggestion, but I think that there's no issue with it being used repeatedly and with a positive meaning (a great piece of arse/ass etc), but maybe some variation of wording would have helped with variations of sculpted bottom, glutes, backside, bum, posterior...?

Thanks, I just saw it! And seeing as this thread is the right place, I'll copy it here:

This is superb, as others have said. Perfectly pitched with just enough detail. Thank you for this wonderful mood piece - concise, captivating, and sexy as all hell.

As for the "arse" thing... Apparently I use it 16 times in 4600 words. Perhaps you're right, that's a bit too much repetition. But what can I say? I like arses, and so does the narrator.

 

[Actingup]

But what can I say? I like arses, and so does the narrator.

Case dismissed

 

[Publius68]

I have never heard of Stacnash before today, and she apparently has never bothered with me either. Looking at her lists, I suspect that I am too vanilla for her tastes, given that there is not one EC story in her examples. And given that some of the names on her low-ranked lists are among my must-check-outs, I doubt our tastes mesh at all...

 

[gordo12]

I've never heard of Stacnash before either and I've been around here for almost 25 years. However, he...she? left a comment on 'The Bet ' the other day. I hadn't posted it yet. But according to his/her list I'm a 4 star author and lack the talent to be a 5* It's funny because I have several stories in the 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9 range, including two $$$ contest winners. I'm not sure what it would take to be a 5 star author around here. Lord knows with 34,500 4 & 5 star votes...!

It was a massively long comment so I'll just post the highlights:

This was a really interesting read.

I thought it started well and the tone was quite pleasing, while you never telegraphed any of the twists that lay ahead. It took a little while for you to set the table, but when you introduced the central premise with Ethan and Mallory, I thought that was terrific.

I’ve read so many stories over the years that fit into this genre, but the way you executed Ethan’s phone call to Mallory opened so many doors for you to travel through later on. I didn’t just think it was clever, but as someone who deeply enjoys these partner-swapping stories, the thought of where this could all lead was a tremendous source of heat. It got to me straight away and that’s impressive.

There was also a line later on where you wrote about Mallory absently thinking about her and Ethan’s future children, and her subsequent shock at her lapse in discipline. At that moment, I scribbled down that you should’ve explored her psychological battle a lot more. It’s just me offering one person’s opinion, but if you were to have combined the twist of Ethan calling Mallory with a longer exploration of her thoughts and feelings for the ramifications, with her ending up in bed with him, this could’ve ended up as a special piece of work.

Settling on a rating for this is really difficult because this isn’t the typical story that has standard peaks and valleys. Your highs are spectacular.

While that’s true for this story in isolation, you’ve done more than enough to convince me that you’re not just talented but you’re one of the most interesting writers I’ve discovered. I’d happily read more of your work.

Frankly, from my viewpoint, I take offence to those lists. One person's pain is another's pleasure. I only delete comments when I find them highly offensive. While the comments on the list don't descend to that level, there is a rule here where you don't criticize other authors.

And here's a comment on Homeless: (4.82)
(Not from Stacnash)

Loved it! Good story, well told, emotionally evocative, mostly authentic feel, and not too long. The relationship of the MC couple and Kurt was both distasteful and unrealistic, but not so bad that it negatively impacted the five star rating. Thanks for a great story!

 

[Actingup]

Frankly, from my viewpoint, I take offence to those lists. One person's pain is another's pleasure. I only delete comments when I find them highly offensive. While the comments on the list don't descend to that level, there is a rule here where you don't criticize other authors.

Yep. I talked a little about this on the 'Author Tantrums' thread and also above, but just to expand a bit more- putting a list of highly respected authors together and rating them as 1 star, 2 star, 3 star etc is pretty problematic. Fair criticism is fine and welcome (as above), but that 1-star list is the Literotica equivalent of saying that Pink Floyd or the Beatles are dreary plonkers who will never amount to much. It's just petty and divisive, and it cheapens the value of the genuine criticism.

 

[dmallord]

I haven't been writing for a while, but when I checked in, I noticed a comment on my Johnny Diamond story from Stacnash also. It's uncommon for me to receive comments, and I found it strange that twice on the same day, s/he favored it and left their critique the next day. I read his/her nine paragraphs, which dampened my spirits a bit during my recovery at home after my most recent hospital stay. Here are the last two of them:

"In the end, this piece of work has barely anything going for it. It was a chore to read. This is my opinion and you can do whatever you want with it, but you don’t understand how all of the important ingredients of creative writing synergise together to produce something of quality. Plenty of writers are missing those ingredients, but they at least show an understanding of what they need to do to improve.

"What makes me sad is that those on the platform who’ve acted as your mentors, peers and volunteer editors have led you down the garden path. They wasted your time, just like you wasted mine. I don’t think you’ve got the first clue what you’re doing."

There was a sort of backhanded compliment before this ending that alluded to the fact that I had obviously put a lot of effort into it.