Serafina1210
Literotica Guru
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My first Lit story appeared a year ago today, and I'm minded to celebrate. Writing and posting stories here has been more than a pleasure: it has sustained me through a year of crisis and poor health.
Many writers on this site are more successful than I have been, but I've done fairly well. I've posted thirty-four pieces (not counting six I've pulled), and twenty-one of them have those sought-after red H's. I have three pieces on all-time toplists (I would have four if page one of the BDSM toplist weren't broken) and a good many more on twelve-month toplists. My stories have had over half a million views: though other writers have a much bigger readership, I'm happy with mine.
Nevertheless, I've decided to take an extended break from posting stories on Literotica. Let me count the reasons:
1.) Thirty-four stories in a year? What could I have been thinking? That's more than one every week and a half! It seems obsessive. I've got a demanding job and a life to be getting on with.
2.) Like a lot of authors here, I've been plagued by one or more vote trolls, and the problem (for me anyway) seems to be getting worse rather than better. My last two stories were bombed systematically by a person or persons seemingly determined to keep their scores below 4.5. Eventually the one-votes were swept, but not before the stories had cycled off their hubs into obscurity. I've tried to adopt the philosophical attitude that many here have towards this phenomenon, but I've largely failed. Much of the fun is gone--and where there's no fun, what's the point?
3.) Burn-out. My plots (it seems to me) have become predictable, my sex scenes repetitive, my themes trite. I love writing--but it's time to try a different kind of fiction--and maybe find out if anyone out there is willing to pay for it. While a couple of ideas are incubating, I've got a "respectable" (and royalty-paying) translation project on my desk, screaming to be finished.
There are lots of good souls on the AH, and I thank them for their kindness over the past year, though I believe it'll be a good thing for my sanity not to hang out here for a while. I'm grateful to Laurel and Manu, too, for running such a great site and letting me post stories on it.
To end, here's my own selection of my most notable Lit stories:
Best (as storytelling): Olivia and Owen (Incest/Taboo)
Worst (and most vilified by readers): Bad Husband (Loving Wives)
Happiest (and highest rated by readers): Kitten and the Wolf (BDSM)
Funniest (and rhetorically most over-the-top): Amy Says Yes (Fetish)
Filthiest (and theologically most heterodox--read at your own risk): God and the Cum Dump (Fetish)
Most views (and filthy and funny and vilified): Diary of a Faithful Wife (Loving Wives)
Signing off. Bye, everyone!
Many writers on this site are more successful than I have been, but I've done fairly well. I've posted thirty-four pieces (not counting six I've pulled), and twenty-one of them have those sought-after red H's. I have three pieces on all-time toplists (I would have four if page one of the BDSM toplist weren't broken) and a good many more on twelve-month toplists. My stories have had over half a million views: though other writers have a much bigger readership, I'm happy with mine.
Nevertheless, I've decided to take an extended break from posting stories on Literotica. Let me count the reasons:
1.) Thirty-four stories in a year? What could I have been thinking? That's more than one every week and a half! It seems obsessive. I've got a demanding job and a life to be getting on with.
2.) Like a lot of authors here, I've been plagued by one or more vote trolls, and the problem (for me anyway) seems to be getting worse rather than better. My last two stories were bombed systematically by a person or persons seemingly determined to keep their scores below 4.5. Eventually the one-votes were swept, but not before the stories had cycled off their hubs into obscurity. I've tried to adopt the philosophical attitude that many here have towards this phenomenon, but I've largely failed. Much of the fun is gone--and where there's no fun, what's the point?
3.) Burn-out. My plots (it seems to me) have become predictable, my sex scenes repetitive, my themes trite. I love writing--but it's time to try a different kind of fiction--and maybe find out if anyone out there is willing to pay for it. While a couple of ideas are incubating, I've got a "respectable" (and royalty-paying) translation project on my desk, screaming to be finished.
There are lots of good souls on the AH, and I thank them for their kindness over the past year, though I believe it'll be a good thing for my sanity not to hang out here for a while. I'm grateful to Laurel and Manu, too, for running such a great site and letting me post stories on it.
To end, here's my own selection of my most notable Lit stories:
Best (as storytelling): Olivia and Owen (Incest/Taboo)
Worst (and most vilified by readers): Bad Husband (Loving Wives)
Happiest (and highest rated by readers): Kitten and the Wolf (BDSM)
Funniest (and rhetorically most over-the-top): Amy Says Yes (Fetish)
Filthiest (and theologically most heterodox--read at your own risk): God and the Cum Dump (Fetish)
Most views (and filthy and funny and vilified): Diary of a Faithful Wife (Loving Wives)
Signing off. Bye, everyone!
