New Milestones Thread

[NaughteeDragon]

Finally got my first story to 500 votes. Been watching this for about a week to see if it got there.

 

[Erozetta]

Just had someone read one of my stories and give me a full literary breakdown of every element I put into the story in a way that told me, "She absolutely understood what I wrote."

This story is an anomaly to me. I first posted it here in Loving Wives, where it crashed and burned, as expected. But I've sent it to various other places and given it to people to read elsewhere and every single time people come back with exclamations of having really enjoyed the story.

And each time that happens, I'm a little taken aback, because I never expect it.

So this milestone is a personal one: I didn't insult myself or my story in response, I just accepted the praise. Albeit with the caveat of "I never expect people to actually like this story."

But, still, progress is progress. So here's to maybe hopefully just accepting the praise the next time I get it without needing to qualify my response at all.

 

[THBGato]

Reading milestone - over 2000 comments. Thanks all you wonderful writers for keeping me hooked!

 

[Actingup]

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Reading milestone - over 2000 comments. Thanks all you wonderful writers for keeping me hooked!

You've been thanked for this before, but that's a huge milestone and greatly valued by the authorial community. Thank you again.

 

[SyleusSnow]

Just hit 1800 followers. Yay!

 

[Writer61]

I have been watching Followers tick up for weeks and then, earlier, it fell back from 199 to 198!!!

So, my thanks to the two readers who added me today.

 

[lovecraft68]

 

[SmilingLez]

On my one and only lesbian vignette (Fragments - First Love), I have 17 comments. Pretty cool.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

On my one and only lesbian vignette (Fragments - First Love), I have 17 comments. Pretty cool.

Just a suggestion for posts like this... Fragments - First Love

 

[NaughteeDragon]

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I’d say ‘bragging much?’ but you’ve totally earned that. I say that as one of the 27k.

 

[lovecraft68]

I’d say ‘bragging much?’ but you’ve totally earned that. I say that as one of the 27k.

Hey, I thought I knew you from somewhere!

Seriously, thank you.

 

[BryanRichardson]

By far my most favorited story.

And the most viewed, commented on and voted on. I’m just a little surprised that there have been a steady trickle of favorites over the last several weeks since it not on any lists I’m aware of.

 

[StillStunned]

Earlier today I completed and submitted my first real story (besides a 750-worder) for three and a half months.

That might not seem significant to people who only publish a few stories a year, and it might seem like a weird flex to people who publish every week, but for me it feels like turning a corner. It's like I've rediscovered something that I'd lost all that time.

 

[caleb35]

Hopefully this counts as a milestone, but my 13th story, and 15th work, has just been posted, titled "Familiar".

 

[StrentWriter]

Earlier today I completed and submitted my first real story (besides a 750-worder) for three and a half months.

That might not seem significant to people who only publish a few stories a year, and it might seem like a weird flex to people who publish every week, but for me it feels like turning a corner. It's like I've rediscovered something that I'd lost all that time.

It’s the little wins that matter in writing. I totally get where you’re coming from.

After publishing Peta/Sam last year and thinking I was one and done, I have just entered a stand alone story in that universe for the valentines day contest.

So there’s my milestone - I have written and submitted my second story to Lit. Hopefully published soon.

And that, like you, was leaving it for a bit to then write something new.

 

[THBGato]

Earlier today I completed and submitted my first real story (besides a 750-worder) for three and a half months.

That might not seem significant to people who only publish a few stories a year, and it might seem like a weird flex to people who publish every week, but for me it feels like turning a corner. It's like I've rediscovered something that I'd lost all that time.

Well done!

Been there. Last year I published 170,000 words (8 stories) between Jan and July, then a single 12,000 word story in December. Between July 14th and December 12th I published zero stories. It really knocks your confidence - I hear you. Well done for getting back on the muse.

 

[SimonDoom]

Well done!

Been there. Last year I published 170,000 words (8 stories) between Jan and July, then a single 12,000 word story in December. Between July 14th and December 12th I published zero stories. It really knocks your confidence - I hear you. Well done for getting back on the muse.

I second that. The muse comes and goes. I didn't publish a single story in 2025. It's a new year and I'm shrugging off the old and making plans for the new.

 

[PennyThompson]

500 followers overnight! It's a small milestone compared to some, but a good one! Can I get to 1,000 by the end of 2026? It seems unlikely since my output has slowed compared to last year, but it feels like a good goal to reach for

 

[StrentWriter]

New milestone for me: publishing my second Literotica piece and another story in my continuing universe.

I present to you: Peta & Sam, a short story following on from my novel Peta/Sam and taking part in the Valentine’s Day Contest 2026.

 

[FrancesScott]

I can’t say that I check very often, but I have apparently blown through 100,000 views here. Currently more than 115,000. Thank you to those who have read my short stories.

 

[forgotmyantidepressants]

200 followers!

I don’t have as much time to write as I used to, so this feels pretty good!

 

[MillieDynamite]

Talk about confusing the fuck out of someone. I open New Milestones from my Alerts, and see this.


And I think I stopped before posting a link.
Thanks a fucking Million SShelbyDawn57!

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Talk about confusing the fuck out of someone. I open New Milestones from my Alerts, and see this.

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And I think I stopped before posting a link.
Thanks a fucking Million SShelbyDawn57!

This is why they don't let me write documentation at work.
(I do like recursion, though)