GeorgeGlass

Um, thanks for poking? So that thing about pregnant women having weird cravings is true? I don't think of it as a popularity CONTEST, but I am definitely affected by whether a story is a hit or a flop. I had my first straight-up flop recently (in that reviewers were explicit about not liking it, and the reasons why), which has definitely made me question some of my assumptions about what readers want to see. Because if I didn't care about what readers thought, I wouldn't post my stories online in the first place (or else I'd post them on a site that has no mechanism to allow readers to respond). Very well said.

Two words: casual Friday.

Maybe I'm alone on this, but I don't consider hit counts all that meaningful. All a hit means is that someone clicked on the link and opened the page--it doesn't mean that they read past the first sentence. In fact, if a story has a lot of hits but few ratings or reviews, I tend to guess that it's not that good a story, because a lot of people looked at it and either didn't finish it or weren't sufficiently moved by it to click anything but the Back button.

I feel complimented by your feeling complimented. The truth is--and I'm a bit ashamed to say this--I don't actually read very much. Being an editor in RL, I spend all day reading, so when I get home, I usually just want to watch TV or something (or write, which I guess is different enough from editing that I still enjoy it). And when I do get in the mood to read something, I'm really picky about good grammar, paragraphing, etc; if those are bad, I usually don't get past the first paragraph. In other words, the technical quality of your writing is high, and that was a major factor in my reading your story to the end and reviewing it. The beginning of one, anyway, starring Marco as Patient Zero and Star as The Vector. Which would be great names for a pair of supervillains...but I digress. No, I thought your approach made total sense. Also, I find that no matter how well reasoned my arguments are, I have a very hard time convincing people that they suck. I'm right there with you. I have recently received some education regarding how readers 'round these parts react to a non-erotic ending, if the reviews of my Inside Out story "That Gleam in Her Eye" are anything to go by. In any case, I hope to check out some of your Gravity Falls stuff one of these days.

WARNING: Major spoilers for chapters 10-12 below. Select text to read. Must...not...spoil...next...chapter... There's been a lot of angst between those two since the story began, and I thought it was time they "let it go" in a big way. Of course, now they've got new things to worry about. You're welcome. Because I tend not to write things in order, a lot of chapter 12 was written while I was working on earlier chapters. This is part of why the pace of my posting has been so uneven: Each time I posta chapter, the next chapter may be close to or far from being finished.

Wow. Rarely does one of my stories inspire a real-life story. And hooray for chlorine.

Wow. That's...really something. As the old saying goes, "A massive involuntary physiologic response is the sincerest form of flattery." Seriously, for a porn writer, this is pretty much the ultimate review. So thank you! And I hope the water park had showers.

Thanks! It's not law--just social convention. You couldn't go to jail for failing to satisfy your spouse (or sibling, or child), but people would talk if they knew. Hmm. I do like to write comedy. Thanks for the review.

Re: "Mommy's Home" I'd been wanting to write a story about an abnormally well endowed shota since I read "Hung Shota" by the talented SlutWriter. I don't see Ellie as necessarily the type to want to share her son with every...whatever the female equivalent of "Tom, Dick, and Harry" is. But I could see her sharing him with a few special women (not least her younger sister). And her love for Eric might compel her to--say, on his birthday--find him a woman who can give him sexual experiences she can't manage herself, like deepthroating or anal.

No, that's actually it. (Hence the COMPLETE tag.) It's just teaser, main story, and denouement (a word the spellcheck had to help me with). Thanks! Jomahawk gave me the Triple Dent gum idea. The flavor thing just seemed like an easy way to get those on the giving end of the oral sex to enjoy it. Maybe one day I'll write a sequel, but only if a really good idea hits me. In the meantime, maybe you'd like one of my 57 other stories? (God, I wish I were exaggerating.) Thanks for the reviews!

Re: "Mommy's Home" This story was written as a one-shot, but that's an interesting idea. I'll consider it. Lots of other stuff in the works, though!

I have to confess: Never have I so badly misjudged how readers (here and on the WWOEC forums, where it's also posted) would react to anything in one of my stories as I did with the ending of this one. I expected that people would think it was funny ("Oh, THAT'S where beatnik/goth/emo kids come from!"). It never occurred to me that they would instead be upset about Crazy-Joy's imprisonment. And just to be clear, that was the ending of the story. So my takeaway from this is that "smuttily ever after" is the ending most folks prefer. In any case, I appreciate your honest opinion on this, and thanks for the reviews!

Thank you! Trying to correlated the "inside" action with the "out" action was both fun and challenging. I see Joy as a bit of a control freak. She's used to being the one in charge. And she didn't immediately grasp the idea that having an orgasm means being out of control. You get total credit for that. I don't think I would have thought of it if you hadn't suggested it.

He might. Although it's also entirely possible that he tastes like Red Hots. Where did you think Emo kids come from? No worries; I'm sure one day, Riley will be in a situation where she can no longer contain her Joy.

Thanks! This is the first time I've written true monster sex (in that said monster is not human or humanoid), so I'm glad you liked it.

Then I will tell you, truthfully, that I hope you enjoy finding out. Which you can do any time, because the rest of the story is now posted!

I'll respond to reviews for my Inside Out story "That Gleam in Her Eye" here.

Thank you!

If the point of the tag is to warn off readers who don't want to read about a major character dying (eg, because they just lost someone in their own lives and don't want to read fiction about death at the moment), and if it isn't immediately obvious that the character won't stay dead, I would think you'd want to use the tag. But maybe that's not the purpose of the tag.

That makes total sense. I hadn't thought about the "writing as self-guided therapy" angle. Which is...candy? Or some sort of degenerative bone disease? How did you know what my next story is about? Who blabbed? TELL ME!

A couple of months ago, my boss left, and I moved into her position as manager of my department. The adjustment has been pretty stressful, particularly given that I'm an introvert doing a job formerly held by an extrovert. Even though I have less spare time than ever, I find myself writing more, because escaping into my imaginary worlds helps me with the stress. At least, it FEELS like it helps. But I do wonder whether escapism is really a valid way of dealing with stress in the long term. Will this come back to bite me at some point (like that line from Seinfeld: "Serenity now, insanity later")? I'm not sure. But I suppose it's healthier than at least some of the alternatives, like self-medicating, or picking fights with burly strangers.

I never thought I’d need to do one of these, but… Category Name: Inside Out Section category to be in: Cartoons > +G through L Do you have any stories for it?: The first chapter of one, yes.

Thank you! Is it weird that I find "efficient" particularly flattering? In any case, glad you liked it, and thanks for reviewing.

It's twenty-seven chapters in an eye-hurting plain-text font, so I'm going to have to pass. But thanks for the thought.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this is actually the ONLY chapter. Although I do have an idea for a totally different Star story that will probably become words on the screen at some point. In any case, thanks for the kind words.