So where are my 146 followers?

[gunhilltrain]

I know that they have other things to do, but I'm sort of bemused that after two days none of them has yet voted on my take on Fifty Shades of Grey (I wouldn't call it a spoof). It's pretty short and I thought it was kind of amusing, maybe even more plausible than whatever E.L. James came up with. The basic idea is that Anastasia finally stands up to Christian and, as she predicted, he mostly folds. (It's told in the first-person from her point of view.) I also moved it to Manhattan; I'm not sure if that is ever used in the originals. Somebody made it a favorite but didn't vote.

https://classic.literotica.com/s/fifty-shades-of-dark-pink

 

[lc69hunter]

Will have to check it out. I have never opened the Celebrity/fan fiction area, as it has never appealed to me.

 

[Paul_Chance]

Your followers may have limits...

Just kidding of course, most likely they'll get to it.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Your followers may have limits...

Just kidding of course, most likely they'll get to it.

I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek myself. It can be hard to predict what's going to happen here. My one transgender story, which I basically just made up without knowing much about the topic, was the most popular story ever. Go figure.

 

[Paul_Chance]

I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek myself. It can be hard to predict what's going to happen here. My one transgender story, which I basically just made up without knowing much about the topic, was the most popular story ever. Go figure.

Yeah, the wonder of Lit never cease to amaze. Just when you think you've figured out which way they're going to jump, they go the opposite!

 

[TheRedChamber]

I was going to say I was one of your followers. Turns out I wasn't but I am now. I did read the story yesterday so if you want specific feedback on it, I'm happy to give it over PM.

But generally, yeah, we all have those stories where people show up to read it, but then just don't respond to it, either positively or negatively. In some ways that's worse than them just saying we suck.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I was going to say I was one of your followers. Turns out I wasn't but I am now. I did read the story yesterday so if you want specific feedback on it, I'm happy to give it over PM.

But generally, yeah, we all have those stories where people show up to read it, but then just don't respond to it, either positively or negatively. In some ways that's worse than them just saying we suck.

Sorry, I've long since lost track of who is following me. (I do have other things to do like going to the laundromat. ) So I wasn't truly expecting more than a small number of people to respond, or whatever. I did have 201 people vote on the transgender story, which surprised me. So, yeah, you can PM me or comment or whatever suits you best.

I can always go to LW for attention. I think I mentioned that 26thNC, a perennial commenter over there, must be referring to the 26th North Carolina regiment in the Civil War. For some reason, that's still a big deal among some people in that state.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

Just read your story, and I really enjoyed it. I also left a comment.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Just read your story, and I really enjoyed it. I also left a comment.

Thank you, I appreciate that!

 

[Euphony]

I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek myself. It can be hard to predict what's going to happen here. My one transgender story, which I basically just made up without knowing much about the topic, was the most popular story ever. Go figure.

I know nothing of the story but there is a quiet need out there for more faithful representations of trans experience in the space (even earnest but coming up short tries get a soft landing nd you'll even snag in a few of the lookie loo fetishizing audience too.

Done well, it's one of the more fascinating sandboxes to play in with all its complexities.

which I basically just made up without knowing much about the topic, was the most popular story ever.

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves by Laura Erickson-Schroth is a good resource when you are ready to further your understanding of the subject. It's imperfect (all resources are) but enough anyone open minded with the want to could translate enough of the complexities of the experience to not fall flat on one's face.

A writer writing what they know would likely best a second-hand try but there is enough need for more quality offerings in the space that more examples wouldn't go amiss.

Also surprisingly helpful is reading on sex and disability. I am NOT suggesting trans is a disability (spears and pitchforks away please) but there is the same negotiation/trust undercurrent in both spaces that is lovely lovely lovely to explore.

I won't argue subjects are identical but there are commonalities in seemingly divergent experiences that are worth researching and give a humanistic feel to writings over many different categories.

Reading disability, gay, lesbian, trans, poly, etc. etc. Lit has made my preferred overarching category work better by tapping into that universality.

A varied diet full of a spectrum of nutrients I say.

Except kale. F kale.

 

[alohadave]

Except kale. F kale.

If it makes you feel better, before the kale craze hit, Pizza Hut was the single largest consumer of kale, and they used it to garnish their salad bars.

 

[Euphony]

If it makes you feel better, before the kale craze hit, Pizza Hut was the single largest consumer of kale, and they used it to garnish their salad bars.

And I thought Papa John's pepperoncini was ridiculous.

Lord almighty the catastrophe that was the forced salad bar at Ruby Tuesdays.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I know nothing of the story but there is a quiet need out there for more faithful representations of trans experience in the space (even earnest but coming up short tries get a soft landing nd you'll even snag in a few of the lookie loo fetishizing audience too.

Done well, it's one of the more fascinating sandboxes to play in with all its complexities.




Trans Bodies, Trans Selves by Laura Erickson-Schroth is a good resource when you are ready to further your understanding of the subject. It's imperfect (all resources are) but enough anyone open minded with the want to could translate enough of the complexities of the experience to not fall flat on one's face.

A writer writing what they know would likely best a second-hand try but there is enough need for more quality offerings in the space that more examples wouldn't go amiss.

Also surprisingly helpful is reading on sex and disability. I am NOT suggesting trans is a disability (spears and pitchforks away please) but there is the same negotiation/trust undercurrent in both spaces that is lovely lovely lovely to explore.

I won't argue subjects are identical but there are commonalities in seemingly divergent experiences that are worth researching and give a humanistic feel to writings over many different categories.

Reading disability, gay, lesbian, trans, poly, etc. etc. Lit has made my preferred overarching category work better by tapping into that universality.

A varied diet full of a spectrum of nutrients I say.

Except kale. F kale.

A little late, I'm afraid. I already submitted another Trans story on another site. Who knows, maybe I'll do yet another one, but I don't have anything in mind yet. The Muse can be hard to predict.

If I remember correctly, I did have a couple of people claiming to be male to female Transgender who said they liked what I had done on Lit. For what it's worth, assuming that they were who they said they were.

 

[Euphony]

... when you are ready to further your understanding of the subject.

A little late, I'm afraid.

 

[gunhilltrain]

What I meant was that I wrote and submitted that second story without doing any further research about transgenderism. Now it may be months, years, or maybe never that I write another such story.