Professional writer looking for a male co-writer

[DBom]

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[KeithD]

This is for a cowriter for something to be posted to Literotica, isn't it? If not, it's not appropriate to be asking for help for something being published elsewhere. The work you cite isn't posted to Literotica.

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

God you whinge about a lot, don't you, Keith?

The poor girl has just asked for some help and there you go instantly jumping at shadows once more. I feel I have taken over the mantle of one 'JBJ' except I'm not as smart, as sarcastic, nor as biting. You shall have to be content that I will rush at you with this blunt plastic implement I took from KFC which seemed not to be serving any particular purpose although it was very neatly packaged in clear plastic.

But I have found a purpose for it now.

Much love.

 

[KeithD]

Who, again, is whinging on this thread?

Hope someone can help you with the burr up your ass.

The OP has no works posted to Literotica. This isn't a clearing house for people publishing elsewhere and for profit.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Who, again, is whinging on this thread?

Hope someone can help you with the burr up your ass.

The OP has no works posted to Literotica. This isn't a clearing house for people publishing elsewhere and for profit.

Oh no, but there’s nothing wrong with dropping in an politely asking for a co-writer. After all this is where wannabe writers hang out. Lol. And hey you might even find a cia knowledgeable ex sr71 Pilot here who knows a bit of spycraft and whose hung out in some strange places.....

 

[KeithD]

Oh no, but there’s nothing wrong with dropping in an politely asking for a co-writer. After all this is where wannabe writers hang out. Lol. And hey you might even find a cia knowledgeable ex sr71 Pilot here who knows a bit of spycraft and whose hung out in some strange places.....

The Web site has pretty well established over the years that it isn't here to support writers not contributing here and wanting help publishing only elsewhere. The OP has no contributions here. Literotica isn't in the business of promoting competitor businesses.

But, yes, it occurred to me that I pretty much fit the bill for what the OP is asking for. I'm busy writing my own ideas, though. Since she's already used the Web site to ask, if she PMed me and offered me up front money to help her make money at Amazon on this, I'd consider it. I'm making money at Amazon with just such works. But I'm also posting a whole bunch of them here at Literotica too.

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

Well - and this is addressed to the OP - Demi, you don't want Dr Pieczenik; he's too old school. Lionel, who is around here from time to time is not nor has he ever been an actual operative of anyone. But, if you open up the 'franchise space' a bit (and congratulations on your present status by the way, that is impressive), sooner or later you would be able to have all of these 'A-lister' types as consultants anyway.

I'd back you.

I thing you have the ball right now.

David Neilson has passed, obviously.

And as far as 'physical arts,' so have the twins in the last two years who were around the top end of the 'self defense' instructing component of field operations for the 'civilian' side of things of the main letter agencies.

There was a guy who oversaw some of the old 'waterboarding' stuff but he has totally gone to ground in the 'Bain & Co' backrooms somewhere never to be seen again!

Who even knows who is really who these days but let's just say, I'd have to assume that you and me both would 'agree to comply' with whatever McChrystal says, right... He's out enough in the open so at minimum, him, as 'shared ground.' Now, speaking OF him, you could get him on board, but there again, maybe later on if you 'open the franchise space' a little more. But he's a possibility.

I would 'potentially' work with you but it's like this, if you want to spin things along the Browder angle of things, yeah okay but there WILL be a quid pro quo there because he DOES NOT FIT IN to what McChrystal's people tell me in private. So... ...where exactly do you stand in the whole scheme of things, given, as I say, we 'could' do anything, go any which way as far as the politics is concerned - that's no major problem.

But, given what I have seen thus far, I'd back you in. You could be a winning horse here.

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

And don't forget, these are all fucking big agencies or arms of one of the six/seven services/forces you are talking about here and that one group might not have heard of some other group or people inside all of 'there' is no big surprise to anyone. And that's even regardless of the big data banks and fake records.

I never served any duration with any military, personally - although I was in an enforcement situation in the field with some covert roles alongside the hard muscle operatives, for a long time and that was only because I never could make 'height for weight' during those years here when it was 'a thing.' A few dead bodies however, changed people's minds eventually but by then I'd chucked the whole thing in because it was all fucking too stupid to believe. Been in the reserves of course.

IQ? Threw handfuls of dust over that when it began to glitter too much, and so now, I am 'officially' pretty damn dumb. I don't 'kill people' by the way (I just read over what I wrote! Gulp) - never have, all that happened was I got my way out and others didn't. That's all. Except it was consistently that way.

 

[DBom]

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[Rustyoznail]

LOL> After reading all the comments.

For the record, I am not a gargantuan Venus flytrap trying to catch some key Literotica writers and take them off the market. I am here to spot a talent, share stories, and be part of this community. As you can probably see, I just joined Literotica and I'm still trying to figure out how to submit stories. How to participate in the Online Roleplay. Heck, I don't even know how to put a photo of me on my avatar. So, please be patient with me. I'm really not trying to recruit my own small army of writers...At least not yet))

And someone mentioned about helping me to make money in Amazon. My last novel has been selling pretty good and is currently being translated in other languages, so I think I'm doing pretty good in the profit department.

Well, welcome DBom. Drop by TxRad’s coffee shop for a cup and a chat about nearly anything. Champagne and shoes have been the recent talking points.

Can’t help with your story, but if you ever need a dam built give me a call

The avatar comes with posting 150 (?) times. Might be 100. How to submit stories is a regular theme, along with tags and what category. Personally I save a Word file and upload that. I’ve had no issues with formatting doing weird things across Lit page breaks - which is around 3750 words. Just FYI. That’s another regular question.

Role play forum? Sorry, can’t help. Just have a browse. You should work it out fairly quickly.

Cheers

 

[DBom]

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[BelleCanzuto]

Thanks Russ!

150 posts for a photo? Who has time for that? Literotica needs to wise up and improve their platform. It is very user unfriendly.

Hi DBom-
It's just here on the forums that you have to wait to put the Avatar. You can put a picture on your author control panel once you've submitted a story, and I've seen pictures on user "home pages" too. I'm just not savvy enough to figure out how to do it. If you want to run up your number of posts quickly, there are a couple of ever running games on this forum and others that you can use to bump your numbers. You can hit 150 pretty quickly.

As far as submitting a story, browse through th FAQs linked to the main Literotica page and that'll get you the basics. There's also a sticky thread at the top of this forum with some of the same information and some other hints.

Yeah, the user interface isn't the greatest, but, I dunno, it kind of feels like the house you grew up in where the windows rattle and the floor creaks, but that's all just part of what makes it home. Other people here can give you the stats on readership and exposure. I just like that we're all a bunch of mostly friendly weirdos.

Hope to see you around and I'm looking forward to reading your stuff.
Belle

 

[ElectricBlue]

Thanks Russ!

150 posts for a photo? Who has time for that? Literotica needs to wise up and improve their platform. It is very user unfriendly.

That's part of the charm. Twenty years old and still standing. How many other smut sites can say that?

Don't expect bells and whistles, and you'll be fine. It's all about the words, not the flashing lights.

 

[Rustyoznail]

That's part of the charm. Twenty years old and still standing. How many other smut sites can say that?

Don't expect bells and whistles, and you'll be fine. It's all about the words, not the flashing lights.

I reckon it’s a deliberate ploy by Laurel, the site's owner / manager. If you’re smart enough to figure out the inconsistencies of the site, then you’re good enough to post.

 

[DBom]

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[Handley_Page]

150 posts for a photo? Who has time for that? Literotica needs to wise up and improve their platform. It is very user unfriendly.

I doubt many of the Lit fraternity will agree.
As to being user-unfriendly, the chief guy is called MANU and he seems to do all the necessary programming; but it's an old-established site and has a great many words; not something to tinker with too readily; the idea is to leave the stories alone.

You might find reading the various 'stickies' helpful,

PS. The 'General Board' is not somewhere to venture unaided.
Unless, you understand, you spit Troll.

Welcome to chaos !

 

[ElectricBlue]

So, what I am trying to say here is that certain dynamics must be in place for Literotica to allure good writers. And Literotica is not being dynamic enough to allure the young crowd. And what I see here are a bunch of repetitive stories that fail to shake me like a martini...

So post erotica here and put your money where your mouth is.

EB checks the OP's story file, and as is so often the way when someone rocks up with pronouncements like this...

https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=5125846&page=submissions

Call us when you're ready .

 

[SimonDoom]

I realize that Literotica has its own ecosystem. And to understand an ecosystem, a biologist has to know the climate, rainfall patterns, and other phenomena that nourish the soil and make things grow. To understand Literotica’s ecosystem, you have to understand how one organism interacts with another. How do stories compete and cooperate? What goes on between stories and readers that lead to a 4+ review? But to do all that, one needs time. And none of the top writers have that kind of time. Because publishers nowadays expect their writers to do their own marketing and here we are: writers spending more time to promote their books as opposed to doing what they are good at: writing. Same goes for artists. What a waste...

So, what I am trying to say here is that certain dynamics must be in place for Literotica to allure good writers. And Literotica is not being dynamic enough to allure the young crowd. And what I see here are a bunch of repetitive stories that fail to shake me like a martini...

I have two suggestions.

One is that you are unlikely to get a positive response unless you provide more information that gives authors here a reason to believe that responding might yield something fruitful. Most people here are not professional writers and have day jobs. I checked out your book and profile on Amazon, and your book got good reviews, and you seem to have an interesting background, but an author here probably will want to know more before engaging in a possible partnership. It's a time-consuming thing to do.

Second, you might do some more investigation here and reach out to authors you like. Since you have already published a novel you probably can tell within a few paragraphs whether a story's author is someone you might want to partner with. Start with an author you like, and then search that author's favorites, and so on.

Generalized requests for help are not likely to meet with a positive response because there's not enough reason for the author to believe it will yield something worth the author's time.

 

[DBom]

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[KeithD]

Annnnnd, I'll stick with my #2 post. There's still no statement that the coauthored story is/was for Literotica, and the OP isn't a Literotica author.

 

[DBom]

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[BelleCanzuto]

KeithD... My story just got published

It reads like an ad for a book you've already published. I imagine you plucked a few pages from the middle of the first or second chapter and submitted them whole.

 

[DBom]

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[ElectricBlue]

Authors asked to see a sample of my writing and I provided it. What do I need to do next? I’m planning to write for Literotica, but I want to find the right co-writer. Preferably someone with more time and experience in Literotica..

Collaborative writing is rare here - and generally starts (having done three collabs myself) where writers find they have something in common, usually have a friendship going on behind the scenes, and find a way of writing together.

Without a body of work here, I doubt you'll get many takers - and when you say, "And what I see here are a bunch of repetitive stories that fail to shake me like a martini" you've done yourself no favours, just sayin' .

But hey, egos, we've all got them, some healthier than others; so who knows, you might find someone.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

Authors asked to see a sample of my writing and I provided it. What do I need to do next? I’m planning to write for Literotica, but I want to find the right co-writer. Preferably someone with more time and experience in Literotica..

Well, I'm not male, so I'm not who you're looking for. But here's my advice, for whatever it's worth.

Look at stories in the category you're thinking of submitting to and see who's written things that you like. Like Simon wrote, check out those authors' favorites' lists to give yourself more leads.

Publish a few stories here, that are for here, that are actually erotica and are complete stories. That will give other authors a truer sense of your writing style than the snippet you submitted. Because, it's obvious from the first couple of paragraphs that your submission is not a complete story. It's barely even a scene from a story.

As others have written on this thread, say a little bit more about what you're wanting from a co-author, including why you want one now, after having published on your own. What's different about the story you want to tell that it requires another voice.

Are you looking to develop a partnership, wherein you and the co-author both make money? Do you have a book deal with a publisher that requires a co-author? Or do you just want to see how a collaboration goes, with no eye to making money. The answers will make a difference to who might be interested. But the people who post here are also leery of scams, and leery of having work they've posted here plagarized. So a little more information from you might be helpful.

I'll tell you, speaking only for myself, that reading your posts on this thread, I can't get a read on what you're actually looking for, and I can't get a read on whether you think writing here is even worth your time.

Good luck.