The Wait Weight

[slyc_willie]

Laughing out loud.

Indulge in whichever visual you wish . . . .

Sarahh;

I'm thinking of a 'Puppetry of the Penis' type show for Chicago '08. Think it'll fly?

 

[Guest]

Indulge in whichever visual you wish . . . .

Sarahh;

I'm thinking of a 'Puppetry of the Penis' type show for Chicago '08. Think it'll fly?

I'm thinking putting yourself into the hamburger would hurt like hell, baby.

 

[slyc_willie]

I'm thinking putting yourself into the hamburger would hurt like hell, baby.

Okay, no hamburger, just buns

 

[Guest]

Okay, no hamburger, just buns

Laughing -

Oh, my.

Rum and you are going right to my head!

 

[slyc_willie]

Laughing -

Oh, my.

Rum and you are going right to my head!

Well, I was thinking of moving up after the buns.

You know the best way to drink rum, Sarah?

 

[Guest]

Well, I was thinking of moving up after the buns.

You know the best way to drink rum, Sarah?

Um, no, I don't.

I'm afraid to ask, but - do tell?

 

[slyc_willie]

Um, no, I don't.

I'm afraid to ask, but - do tell?

Let's just say it's a lot like doing body shots . . .

 

[Guest]

Let's just say it's a lot like doing body shots . . .

Ooooh.

Wow.

Yes, I'm certain it will be - I mean would be - wonderful.

Ahem.

 

[slyc_willie]

Ooooh.

Wow.

Yes, I'm certain it will be - I mean would be - wonderful.

Ahem.

Too bad you don't drink tequila . . . otherwise we could be talking about 'swallowing the worm.'

Your rum and my beer . . . damn . . . .

 

[Guest]

Too bad you don't drink tequila . . . otherwise we could be talking about 'swallowing the worm.'

Your rum and my beer . . . damn . . . .

Oh, it's much bigger than a worm.

At least, I've heard.

 

[Lee Chambers]

God, do I have to pack the bags myself?

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Like any good boy scout, I come prepared.

 

[slyc_willie]

God, do I have to pack the bags myself?

http://www.condomdepot.com/content/product/large/wet-orig.jpghttp://www.myspaceantics.com/images/funny/wash-dildos.jpghttp://img.alibaba.com/photo/50324002/Leather__Whips__Paddles___Floggers.jpghttp://www.thornhillusa.com/pic/701whips.jpghttp://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/ishop/images/877/ROPE-9MM-ACC258.jpghttp://img.alibaba.com/photo/50561151/Handcuffs.jpghttp://www.totkat.org/albums/2004-09/booze.jpg

Like any good boy scout, I come prepared.

Well, I'm glad you do, Lee . . .

 

[Seattle Zack]

Which reminds me: what do you think the Lit offices really look like anyhow? I always pictured a cinder-block room in the basement of a school with a big folding-leg table with like 6 old IBM's on it and Laurel and Manu at one end and 4 exhausted geeks at the other with their tongues out and their eyes all red, glasses misted over, scrolling through endless lists of stories...

Or do they have a giant corporate campus in upstate New York with hunky security guards in crisply-pressed uniforms and impressive truncheons?

Probably more like the first.

Interesting you should mention that Doc, I've alway wondered about the Lit business model myself. Obviously, they exist on ad revenues, but have you ever seen an ad?

I mean, I can log in, check my comments, breeze through the forums, chuckle at the inanities, and leave without a single flashing banner containing a purchasing decision being put before me.

My guess is the site traffic is so enormous, and the metrics numbers are so high, they don't need to do any quality improvements. After all, why should they? They still produce content, which is consumed eagerly, and they obviously get enough click-through numbers to pay for their time.

Us whiny forum posters aren't what pays the bills for Lit, it's the jerkoffs that come looking for a stroke story and get distracted by the Russian Wives 4 U ad and make that click.

 

[mikey2much]

This happened to me today

Yes, yet another beef about the waiting time for submitted stories, now ~10-14 days.

I don't care. That's just too damned long. Something has to be done.

Waiting that long for a story to post not only discourages people from writing by deferring their reward, it has an even more pernicious effect that non-authors may not appreciate: it hurts. It's painful. The anxiety and anguish one experiences while waiting for his or her creation to meet the light of day can really be agonizing. And the more time and effort that's gone into the piece of work, the more excruciating the pain is, so long waiting times actually encourage mediocrity in story quality. They encourage the throw-away piece, the "aw-the-hell-with-it" story. They create a kind of frictional drag on the whole quality of the site.

There has to be something we can do. With Litizens standing hand to shoulder, or foot to mouth, or something, ever onward and over backwards, there must be some way we can drive this maltemporal scourge from our shores and return things to the glory days of maybe a one-week wait.

No, seriously. Waiting times of a week shouldn't be out of the question. This hurts. This sucks.

Hi Doc,
Today I posted a story both here at lit and at SOL. The next time I checked my mail I had E-mail comments from readers at SOL. Total time between posting and recieving comments, about 90 minutes. So far no views at lit.

 

[reignophelia]

God, do I have to pack the bags myself?


Like any good boy scout, I come prepared.

Can I ride shotgun?

 

[Sapphire_O]

I used to upload the Word file and now I C&P. It was actually faster in the upload days, but that was like 3 years ago when there wasn't this volume. Back then, a week was a long wait. We complained.

Now I'm writing books, serialized novels. You have people waiting for chapters. I don't want to wear out the strings on my violin here, and the pinchpoint in the process certainly isn't the publishing time, but it's aggravating to feel your audience evaporating while you're waiting for the installment to go up, while you're waiting to see their reaction to a plot move before you can plan your next chapter, while you're waiting to see how 5 weeks of work pays off.

And I admit it: I'm a praise whore. I need those strokes. I'm not one of these people who writes for himself. To me, a story's not done until it's read, and during that wait time I'm still very emotionally involved in that story without being able to do anything with it. It's a very impotent, frustrating feeling, and it eats at me. I can be unpleasant to be around.

Dear Doc:

I'm just writing to say that I really enjoyed your latest post. I found your prose truly moving and have been profoundly changed by the skill of your wordsmithing. I look forward to reading your next forum post soon.

Keep up the good work!!

Your fan,
Sapph

 

[CeriseNoire]

I don't mind the wait too much. So far, every story I submitted had taken exactly 6 days to post. I use the form and put in my own tags, and that seems to work for me.

 

[rgraham666]

Wish I'd been here earlier.

Chicago in 2008? I'm there.

Too drunk and tired to think of anything else to say.

 

[matriarch]

Hey, I'm the goose, and you're the gander . . .

Excuse me........???????????

You're the goose??

I don't think so. The only goose on Lit is currently upstairs dripping wet having just exited the shower.

*blink*

 

[Lee Chambers]

Can I ride shotgun?

Not a problem. You'll just have to hold some of the supplies in your lap.

 

[glynndah]

You could always write for the Flashfic thread. Those stories post right away.