The 2020 Geek Pride Story Event: Official Supportpage

[Blind_Justice]

Too bad we didn't get a front page mention or - as in the years before - a Twitter shoutout. Also, the Geek Pride event list is already gone from the Sci-Fi/Fantasy hub. Not cool.

I'm quite happy with the reactions to my novel. 4.85-ish, despite all the tentacles and futanari on male scene.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Too bad we didn't get a front page mention or - as in the years before - a Twitter shoutout. Also, the Geek Pride event list is already gone from the Sci-Fi/Fantasy hub. Not cool.

I'm quite happy with the reactions to my novel. 4.85-ish, despite all the tentacles and futanari on male scene.

Yes and yes. I’m happy with the reaction to mine, but low views- still, tentacles and first time might put off a few of the normal first time readers.

 

[NotWise]

Yes and yes. I’m happy with the reaction to mine, but low views- still, tentacles and first time might put off a few of the normal first time readers.

I've had Hurricane Twyla up in First Time for two weeks (it's my first First Time), and your heptapod story has more views than Twyla. The scores there aren't very high. Only two stand-alone stories on the hub are rated 4.5+.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Too bad we didn't get a front page mention or - as in the years before - a Twitter shoutout. Also, the Geek Pride event list is already gone from the Sci-Fi/Fantasy hub. Not cool.

The anthology lists rotate through all the hubs, I think. Agree, there should be a Front Page link, like the Covid collection got.

 

[Piscator]

link to 2020 Geek story list

 

[BelleCanzuto]

The anthology lists rotate through all the hubs, I think. Agree, there should be a Front Page link, like the Covid collection got.

I've noticed that only the official contests with prizes get front page mentions. The last few author organized challenges haven't been on the front page. Now that I think about it, I don't think any of the author organized challenges this year have been on the front page.

But I agree. I think that since they're sanctioned by Lit, even though there aren't prizes, they should get a front page mention.

 

[Blind_Justice]

I've noticed that only the official contests with prizes get front page mentions. The last few author organized challenges haven't been on the front page. Now that I think about it, I don't think any of the author organized challenges this year have been on the front page.

But I agree. I think that since they're sanctioned by Lit, even though there aren't prizes, they should get a front page mention.

Especially since we got front page shoutouts the previous years. I have about twice the views than a normal submission, but its nowhere near my previous two Geek Pride stories.

 

[MisterWildCard]

Agreed. Chloe, any chance we can nudge things with the powers that be to get this story list posted to the main page?

 

[yowser]

Congratulations to GP organiser Chloe for at least two mentions in the Awards: Best First Time Story and short listed for Most Influential Writer

Impressive!

 

[gordo12]

Congratulations to GP organiser Chloe for at least two mentions in the Awards: Best First Time Story and short listed for Most Influential Writer

Impressive!

I have little doubt we will see her on the New York Times Bestseller list sooner or later. She's a force of nature

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Let me apologise for not submitting my stories to the event. Both were done and ready to go. For some reason Sunday 24th I wasn't feeling the love and backed off. Still not sure why? I have about 10 stories ready to go and no desire to submit any.

Something is bothering me and I can't quite put my finger on it. Anyway my apologies for backing out at the last minute.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Congratulations to GP organiser Chloe for at least two mentions in the Awards: Best First Time Story and short listed for Most Influential Writer

Impressive!

Ohhhhh thank you

 

[ChloeTzang]

I have little doubt we will see her on the New York Times Bestseller list sooner or later. She's a force of nature

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Let me apologise for not submitting my stories to the event. Both were done and ready to go. For some reason Sunday 24th I wasn't feeling the love and backed off. Still not sure why? I have about 10 stories ready to go and no desire to submit any.

Something is bothering me and I can't quite put my finger on it. Anyway my apologies for backing out at the last minute.

Lol. I wish. And thank you for the vote of confidence

 

[ElectricBlue]

Something is bothering me and I can't quite put my finger on it. Anyway my apologies for backing out at the last minute.

That's not like you to have a crisis of confidence, Gordo. What's going on? You considering shifting categories, and not sure what the world's like outside? Or you been locked inside too long? Mind you, from what I see on the news, that's a safe place to be, these days.

You'll be fine, mate. Dust off a story that's nearly finished, stick an ending on, and submit. Just like going back into the water after being bitten by a shark .

 

[SamScribble]

Oops! Wrong place.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Oops! Wrong place.

Second turn on the right, down the lane, cross the weir using the rickety bridge and it's the fifth cottage along. June is taking her stockings off - you've got plenty of time. No hurry, the kettle's on and the bread has just come from the oven. She's still got flour on her hands .

 

[SamScribble]

Second turn on the right, down the lane, cross the weir using the rickety bridge and it's the fifth cottage along. June is taking her stockings off - you've got plenty of time. No hurry, the kettle's on and the bread has just come from the oven. She's still got flour on her hands .

Well done, EB. Am I that predictable?

 

[MisterWildCard]

**sits up abruptly**

I'm sorry, I heard someone say something "she's taking off her stockings" and I immediately lost all coherent thought.

**dabs at a drop of drool in the corner of his mouth**

 

[gordo12]

That's not like you to have a crisis of confidence, Gordo. What's going on? You considering shifting categories, and not sure what the world's like outside? Or you been locked inside too long? Mind you, from what I see on the news, that's a safe place to be, these days.

You'll be fine, mate. Dust off a story that's nearly finished, stick an ending on, and submit. Just like going back into the water after being bitten by a shark .

Thanks for the kind words EB. It's not confidence. I have several stories ready to go. I will confess I thought my major story would end up in Erotic Horror and when I looked at the category it seemed like 1000 views & 2-3 comments was doing well. I can't be bothered writing or posting for that.

There are things about the site "improvements" bothering me lately, especially the ongoing degradation of the comment function. I don't write for emoticon hearts, I want feedback. I've asked, as usual L&M are not responding. That bothers me. I'm also a little perplexed about the lack of front page coverage for the events now.

But above all, I find myself colouring outside the lines. My scifi went through three endings before it would pass (I hope) Lit standards. I have several other stories that will not pass. I don't feel like censoring them. I'm feeling like my best by date here is passing and it's time to seek a writing environment with more freedom.

Just feeling restless about Lit, or maybe it's just spring fever!

Thanks again for the kind words

 

[ElectricBlue]

But above all, I find myself colouring outside the lines. My scifi went through three endings before it would pass (I hope) Lit standards. I have several other stories that will not pass. I don't feel like censoring them. I'm feeling like my best by date here is passing and it's time to seek a writing environment with more freedom.

Just feeling restless about Lit, or maybe it's just spring fever!

Thanks again for the kind words

You must be going a lot deeper and darker or younger if you reckon it won't fly here.

Or you've become so much an attention whore from your time in LW that you can't bear the thought of the silence you'll get from other categories (where the rest of us live).

It's a bit of a shame when writers who cut their teeth in the artificial worlds of incest and LW stories find the rest of the world disappointing - by not living in those two worlds I think I've got a different view of Lit.

I looked at other platforms (not recently, but when I was first looking for online erotica) and they either struck me as teen oriented (in an innocent mom and pop and apple pie kind of way, so let the kids have their own safe space), or with content from sewers most foul they made me shudder and think of evil.

In any event, you're not going to find the same numbers of bums on seats as you'll find here.

Hope you work through it, mate. Look up and see the tops of trees and the blue sky beyond, don't look at the mud at your feet .

 

[SimonDoom]

Thanks for the kind words EB. It's not confidence. I have several stories ready to go. I will confess I thought my major story would end up in Erotic Horror and when I looked at the category it seemed like 1000 views & 2-3 comments was doing well. I can't be bothered writing or posting for that.

There are things about the site "improvements" bothering me lately, especially the ongoing degradation of the comment function. I don't write for emoticon hearts, I want feedback. I've asked, as usual L&M are not responding. That bothers me. I'm also a little perplexed about the lack of front page coverage for the events now.

But above all, I find myself colouring outside the lines. My scifi went through three endings before it would pass (I hope) Lit standards. I have several other stories that will not pass. I don't feel like censoring them. I'm feeling like my best by date here is passing and it's time to seek a writing environment with more freedom.

Just feeling restless about Lit, or maybe it's just spring fever!

Thanks again for the kind words

I think your feelings are not at all unusual. You're going through these feelings a bit more quickly -- only a bit more than a year after you started writing -- than I did. After an initial period of getting my feet wet and figuring things out, I had a very "successful" year in 2017 here, both in terms of getting views and satisfaction with what I was writing. And then all of a sudden it became a lot harder for me to write.

I think my expectations adjusted to what was happening, and I needed more to be satisfied and to feel like writing more was worthwhile. But those feelings can be a trap, and I'm trying to overcome them. I still struggle with them.

Considering your reference to publishing in Erotic Horror: I published my story Penis Fish in that category about six months ago. It's had almost 18,000 views to date, which is very low compared to my incest stories, and it's not winning any awards, and it only has 9 comments so far, but I had a blast writing it, and I'm kind of proud of how nutty it is, and that's what matters to me. I got much more pleasure from writing it than I did from some other stories I'd written earlier in the year that had far more views and comments.

I think it's important to get pleasure from taking a new path rather than trying to replicate previous success, although it's hard to make yourself do that. And EB is right: whether or not the grass is greener somewhere else, the reads probably are fewer. For all its quirks and flaws this is a good platform for making your stories connect with readers.

 

[gordo12]

You must be going a lot deeper and darker or younger if you reckon it won't fly here.

Or you've become so much an attention whore from your time in LW that you can't bear the thought of the silence you'll get from other categories (where the rest of us live).

It's a bit of a shame when writers who cut their teeth in the artificial worlds of incest and LW stories find the rest of the world disappointing - by not living in those two worlds I think I've got a different view of Lit.

I looked at other platforms (not recently, but when I was first looking for online erotica) and they either struck me as teen oriented (in an innocent mom and pop and apple pie kind of way, so let the kids have their own safe space), or with content from sewers most foul they made me shudder and think of evil.

In any event, you're not going to find the same numbers of bums on seats as you'll find here.

Hope you work through it, mate. Look up and see the tops of trees and the blue sky beyond, don't look at the mud at your feet .

You got it in one. I had a doozy of a way for a guy to die but it would have violated the sex/death rule. I have a story that includes incest starting when she's a child. How do you pick that up here starting at 18. Eliminate the whole back story? It's ludicrous. Those aren't the only ones.

Anyway, not to complain, this is not a rant against Lit. Quite to the contrary I've enjoyed so much of my time & the help so many have given.

But I've seen so many writers leave Lit over the last twenty years. Why? Who knows! I'd be guessing at best. But I suspect many have ended up feeling like I do and made a change. Another freer site? Paid publishing?

I guess I've just hit the pause button while I think all this through.

 

[gordo12]

but I had a blast writing it, and I'm kind of proud of how nutty it is

I hear you. You, Eb & I know just how nutty I can get with never-to-be-seen stories! LOL, I admire your guts on that one.

Did I ever mention an idea for a sequel where the next alien race arrive, slavering for the taste of Penis Fish wrapped up in a blanket of delicious woman? We'll get those beotchs back!

I think your feelings are not at all unusual. You're going through these feelings a bit more quickly -- only a bit more than a year after you started writing -- than I did. After an initial period of getting my feet wet and figuring things out, I had a very "successful" year in 2017 here, both in terms of getting views and satisfaction with what I was writing. And then all of a sudden it became a lot harder for me to write.

I think my expectations adjusted to what was happening, and I needed more to be satisfied and to feel like writing more was worthwhile. But those feelings can be a trap, and I'm trying to overcome them. I still struggle with them.

Considering your reference to publishing in Erotic Horror: I published my story Penis Fish in that category about six months ago. It's had almost 18,000 views to date, which is very low compared to my incest stories, and it's not winning any awards, and it only has 9 comments so far, but I had a blast writing it, and I'm kind of proud of how nutty it is, and that's what matters to me. I got much more pleasure from writing it than I did from some other stories I'd written earlier in the year that had far more views and comments.

I think it's important to get pleasure from taking a new path rather than trying to replicate previous success, although it's hard to make yourself do that. And EB is right: whether or not the grass is greener somewhere else, the reads probably are fewer. For all its quirks and flaws this is a good platform for making your stories connect with readers.

I'm a little surprised at the figures in EH. I saw 6 week old stories with less than 1k views...and few comments.

Anyway thank you two for the support. It's appreciated.

 

[SimonDoom]

Did I ever mention an idea for a sequel where the next alien race arrive, slavering for the taste of Penis Fish wrapped up in a blanket of delicious woman? We'll get those beotchs back!

.

Gordo, I see all kinds of potential for fusing Erotic Horror penis fish with cheating Loving Wives.

The exploding troll heads will be more impressive than in Scanners.

 

[ElectricBlue]

But I've seen so many writers leave Lit over the last twenty years. Why? Who knows! I'd be guessing at best. But I suspect many have ended up feeling like I do and made a change. Another freer site? Paid publishing?

I guess I've just hit the pause button while I think all this through.

There you go. I don't have these angsty type problems coz I enjoy writing my erotic nostalgia all about gorgeous women in long flowing dresses who know what they want in a man and go find him. Or he finds her. My characters get along with each other and just like to fuck. Generally the biggest crisis is whether to drive to the river or the beach, buttons or a zip. I'm Barbara Cartland really, without the hushed pauses and asterisks at the end.

I don't give a toss about huge numbers - why Simon thinks a billion views from penguin eyes brings any kind of satisfaction just confounds me. The novel length story that gave me the most satisfaction writing it has 1800 views of its last chapter - I'd hoped for maybe a thousand, when I published it. The story that means the most to me personally (it's autobiographical) has 6,000 views after five years.

But when I get a comment like this:

Such Exquisite Poetry
by alextasy on 12/15/2019
Your words flow like music--rhythmic, flirtatiously dancing, rising and falling, yet rising a little further each time, reaching toward the sublime, halting climax. With fine, elegant strokes of your pen, you draw us deeper into the lives of your characters until we become a jealous picture on the wall, watching the sensuous, teasing ebb and flow and wishing, oh, god, wishing if only I could jump out of this frame and touch them, be with them, and share such anguished joy.

These stories are such a pleasure to read. I pray they're as much a pleasure to write. Thank you for the gift.

you can see why I write what I do.

I don't know how many comments I've received where readers use the word "gift" - either referencing the gift they think I've got in writing as I do, or the gift I've given them with my stories. Both renderings are wonderful to get.

One way or another I guess you'll figure something out. When you do, drop a line to let us know. Or keep publishing stories here.

Coming soon: "Literotica - the Catharsis Years." A true story by Gordo12. Simon wants to write scripts - get his people to call your people .

 

[LoquiSordidaAdMe]

Better Late than Never

The cyberpunk story I didn't finish in time for Geek Pride Day was just published. It's almost 36k words—the longest thing I've ever written. Since a couple of people on the thread expressed an interest, I thought I'd post a link here. Also, you know, shameless self-promotion.

A Motive with a Universal Adapter

I'm still reading my way through the stories that did make it into the event. Wish I could have been a part of it.