New Milestones Thread

[anthrodisiac]

"u" s are essential, otherwise it's fck off. Just sayin'.

I hadn't thoght abot it that way. Yo make a beatifl point.

 

[SadieGirl06]

Broke the century mark with fucking Kenny this weekend

 

[sirhugs]

My 200th story has been published.
For those familiar with my posts, you know that this milestone has acheived epic proportions for me, as I have struggled with health and demons.
I had real doubts that I would make it but here it is.
The Upside of Insomnia

 

[StillStunned]

My 200th story has been published.
For those familiar with my posts, you know that this milestone has acheived epic proportions for me, as I have struggled with health and demons.
I had real doubts that I would make it but here it is.
The Upside of Insomnia

Congratulations! That's a massive achievement.

 

[Steph_McNeal]

After about a month and a half, my interactive story was awarded the bright red H-label.



This rarely happens for interactive stories, because 1: they generally seem to get far lower ratings than regular stories. And 2: hardly anybody makes them. I think there's about two new interactive stories a month or something. This does give me the opportunity to brag about having the first 'hot' interactive story in about 1,5 years. So...yay.

Now we'll have to see if it lasts. Either way, I'm happy readers appreciate my contribution.

 

[anthrodisiac]

Well, record for days without polar bear attack is now 62 days. Sadly, another body double bit it in the Anti-AI Thread today. A moment of silence.

 

[SyleusSnow]

9 years, 2 months and 4 weeks after posting my first story, I've reached 2000 followers. So that's nice.

 

[Trionyx]

9 years, 2 months and 4 weeks after posting my first story, I've reached 2000 followers. So that's nice.

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2000 followers with only 46 stories is impressive. Congrats.

 

[RoyalAuthor]

Published my first story here in September 2024, and earlier this week I hit 750 followers! Grateful for each and every one. My goal is to get to 1000 before Christmas, so I'll be busy writing. Wish me luck!

 

[sirhugs]

Just stopping by to bump this thread back onto the front page, because it's been good to me.

While I'm here,i will report that my 200th now is officially labelled 'hot" . Being in Novels & Novellas, light readership, but that's ok.

 

[sirhugs]

Published my first story here in September 2024, and earlier this week I hit 750 followers! Grateful for each and every one. My goal is to get to 1000 before Christmas, so I'll be busy writing. Wish me luck!

best of luck!

 

[Bamagan]

It's not really an important number, but it is kind of amusing.

 

[anthrodisiac]

What's the opposite of "nice" when someone gets to 69?

¡eciN

 

[liliput1]

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Nice.

It was a good run. Sad that you have to stop there.

 

[liliput1]

"The ancient texts are frustratingly vague on whether the Milfstones are to be gathered, awakened, or... engaged with. Expeditions continue to report mixed results, though morale appears unusually high."

All we know for sure is that not all of the lost milfstones have been accounted for.

 

[BeechLeaf]

Snap.

Funny, I often get this reaction from people.

 

[anthrodisiac]

Snap.
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Funny, I often get this reaction from people.

¡eciN

 

[StillStunned]

All we know for sure is that not all of the lost milfstones have been accounted for.

I'd forgotten about the milfstones.

It would be a great pick-up line though. "I'm on a quest to find the last of the Lost Milfstones, and you look like you might be one..."

 

[DEFCOM5]

Today I went past the 150 followers marks.

Not a big achievement for the rest of you but incredible important to me!

 

[sirhugs]

Today I went past the 150 followers marks.

Not a big achievement for the rest of you but incredible important to me!

very solid while still in your first year. It takes time for your loyal audience to find you. Keep going.

 

[StillStunned]

Today I went past the 150 followers marks.

Not a big achievement for the rest of you but incredible important to me!

Congratulations! Remember that everyone who has 500 followers, or 1000, or 10,000, had to get to the 150 mark first. And that plenty of writers never make it that far.

 

[DEFCOM5]

very solid while still in your first year. It takes time for your loyal audience to find you. Keep going.

Congratulations! Remember that everyone who has 500 followers, or 1000, or 10,000, had to get to the 150 mark first. And that plenty of writers never make it that far.

Thank you for the words of encouragements. They help me going.

However, I would not call myself a writer but a smut peddler for a distinct audience!

 

[bi_cathy]

I published a 6-chapter series called Strings Attached over the last 6 weeks and hit so many milestones, so I figured I'd bundle them in one message:

1. 139,216. This was the longest thing I've ever written for Literotica or anywhere else. 139K words. I kept saying it's "100K+ words" until I actually put all the chapters in one document and hit the word count button. That was much more than 100K than I intended. The closest thing I'd written before that was half, at 70K. I still don't know how I found that many words.
2. 1500. I hit 1500+ followers total while publishing it. I started around 1480'ish (I think; I didn't write it down) and now up to 1560+, so I also gained around 80 followers in 6 weeks. Nice.
3. 6. This was the first time I made a plan and stuck to it. 6 chapters, 6 weeks, Friday morning, like clockwork. Those who followed told me it felt like a weekly Netflix episode drop. I had comments coming in less than 2 hours after a chapter published, and those chapters were ~20K words or so! I'm so incredibly proud of my commitment because I had my back against the wall at many points and I found a way through. I'd tried to do that with another series a few years ago and failed when it got tough. Not this time.
4. 4.97. Chapter 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 reached 100+ votes with a 4.94-4.97 rating and hit the top spots in the all-time best lists before being dragged down to ~4.8. Chapter 4 was the most resistant, it remained on the top lists at around 4.9+ for nearly two weeks. I still don't understand how it escaped the vote bombing, but I'm thankful to it because I think it brought new followers. At one point, there were 3 chapters at the same time in the top lists, I took a screenshot and tried not to die.
   1. Sidenote: this was the first time I've observed the vote-bombing in realtime on Literotica, and it made me sad over how many excellent stories would have higher scores if it weren't for these instant star-bombs once they reach the top spots. I've been here since 2011, and I remember when excellent stories sat at 4.95-4.97 for months without being dragged down.
5. 2. It took two years and change to write this story. Two is also the number of languages I don't speak that I had to weave into parts of this story.
6. 1. The number of my Literotica stories that my partner has contributed to now (the lyrics in the final chapter + some random brainstorming).
7. And this one isn't a tangible milestone, but it's about how many people influenced the story as it progressed. Beta readers / editors, sure, but also friends, readers, and anonymous comments. I read every word and so many of them made me go "oh, I need to clarify this in the next chapter," or "oh, this gives me an idea," or "ffs, Cathy, you should've included more of this character there," or "I seriously dropped the ball here, I need to fix it." The story wouldn't have been the same without all of that input.

And done. Chapter closed. I'll call this the "Strings Detached" analysis.