CL Mustafic

Nice, KoKoa, usually I blame DA for the threads going off topic but congratulations, this one goes too you!
Anyway, back on topic, I've officially logged 50,207 words as of 1pm today (would have been sooner but didn't actually write anything for three days ) so I'm a wiener na na na boo boo!

Nice, KoKoa, usually I blame DA for the threads going off topic but congratulations, this one goes too you!
Anyway, back on topic, I've officially logged 50,207 words as of 1pm today (would have been sooner but didn't actually write anything for three days ) so I'm a wiener na na na boo boo!

Review Replies for Chapter 20 of The Heart Wants
Thanks once again to all who read, rate and review! You know I love you guys!
Okay so I know you all are waiting for more updates but I have more bad news... I've decided to do Nano this year so I'm going to be focused on that for the month of November. I will be putting my Nano project on Smashwords if anyone's interested in checking it out. I'll provide a link when the time comes.
I also wanted to mention that I have a short story included in AFF's Tales from the Shoutbox so if you're interested in checking it out, here's the link http://original.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600107953&chapter=7 that will take you directly to my story but make sure to check out all the other stories from the amazing authors here on AFF. If you leave me a review I will reply to it in this thread also.
Okay so on to review replies:
Tahn: Yeah I'm sorry, them's the breaks when you become an unofficial beta. Thanks for the encouragement to post it once again.
Lisa: LOL I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go walk about for so long! I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter and you're right Shane needs a time out. Justin's parents surprised me too, I was worried I'd have two boys moping around about their families reactions (three if you count poor Zeb). I'm working on a pill for the withdrawal...
Well that's it for now, thanks again to Tahn and Lisa for the reviews, you know they keep us writers going! Chapter 21 is up now!

25,706 words! I'm halfway there!

So this thread is pretty dead. Not sure if everyone sort of gave up or not but just wanted to pop in and say, I'm about 2100 words away from 50k so WOOT!
Hope everyone that's still working on their NaNo project is doing well.

I don't remember getting a choice of which one I wanted... Oh well as long as I don't get stuck with Aneurysm, I guess I'm fine.

I don't know, Aneurysm still seems a bit weak to me so I think Valentina should hitch her wagon to Yowler because he's probably just posturing and not really as tough as he makes it seem (He's probably in love with Val and just jealous of his brother so he hides it because everything is always about the king *pictures him stomping his foot and screaming Marcia, Marcia, Marcia which makes her giggle uncontrollably*). That way Aneurysm could just give in and admit that he's in love with Isil or Isis or the the elf that henceforth shall be referred to as blondie (not the 70's singer cause that's a girl ) and everyone can live happily ever after. The End.
This post brought to you by low blood sugar and lack of sleep.
*wanders off in search of chocolate and coffee, oh a mochaccino sounds yummy, goes off to look for the hubby to take her for a fru fru coffee drink instead*

But sometimes there is sex, it's just not in the first chapter... I myself have been lambasted for the lack of smut and/or the fact that it takes a few chapters to get to the smut in my stories. I'm sorry but I prefer to advance the plot a bit and give my characters a reason to have sex.
I suggest you look for the PWP tag if you're simply looking for something to fap to and leave those of us that actually like a little plot with our erotica alone to enjoy it.
CL

Should Tahn, BW and I be offended by your stereotyping of those of us that write slash? For your information I wouldn't just be sitting there watching the naked men dance, I'd take a page out of DA's book and join in the cavorting! Oh well maybe that comes later...
Anyway, good chapter and I liked the way you added a bit at the beginning, it didn't feel as rushed as before. It was fun to see some familiar faces pop up in your story. I'm finding that there are still no characters in this story that inspire the kind of hate that Alexsi did... Get too work, you have a villain to create!
CL

Should Tahn, BW and I be offended by your stereotyping of those of us that write slash? For your information I wouldn't just be sitting there watching the naked men dance, I'd take a page out of DA's book and join in the cavorting! Oh well maybe that comes later...
Anyway, good chapter and I liked the way you added a bit at the beginning, it didn't feel as rushed as before. It was fun to see some familiar faces pop up in your story. I'm finding that there are still no characters in this story that inspire the kind of hate that Alexsi did... Get too work, you have a villain to create!
CL

Nano Pen Name: CL Mustafic (original I know) Ready and willing to buddy anyone that's interested.
Novel Title: Calling the Ball
Word Count: 47,921, 12th day I had a good day today, pounded out over 6k words, only 2100 to go!
This is a great idea BronxWench!

Mine is finally up under the right name, now gotta go read and review everyone else's story!

Don't get me wrong, I didn't say I don't care what they think. I like to hear that a story is at least provoking some sort of emotion even if it is hatred for a character or a storyline but I don't let it sway the course of my story. I'm simply saying that I've found that people tend to like a certain type of story and if you dare to go down a different line than they are used to, you can get quite a bit of resistance (or less hits - since that's what this all started off as anyway). If I wanted to I could write a story that follows a formula and would please many of the readers in my genre. That's just not what I've set out to do so therefore I don't. So that's how I see myself as writing to please myself first and if others like it, that's just a boon.
It's nice to hear that your work is appreciated but would I stop if nobody told me they liked what I'd written? No.
CL

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).
I guess I don't see it that way. I've had readers that have been quite vocal about what they didn't like about some of my stories but it didn't change the course of the story I wrote. Hell I got a couple of threats on another site when I started posting a sequel to a story some people sort of liked when it went in a direction they didn't like. Though I do admit that some reader feedback on another story did help to make it better in that I continued for a couple extra chapters to make the ending more complete but it didn't change the story I wanted to write.
If I let the readers dictate what I wrote, all my stories would have one big guy, the dominant alpha male (most likely a werewolf because that's what readers want in the genre I write) and one smaller effeminate guy that the big guy wants but doesn't want him but he gets anyway because of the 'mate bond'. *shudders at the thought of attempting to write that story* I couldn't write a supernatural fic to save my life.
I just think when writers write to appease the readers, they can lose sight of what got them excited about writing the story in the first place. If I looked at hit counts, rates and reviews, I'd have quit posting after my first two stories (I'll smack anyone that tells me I should have taken the hint. ) and then FFH would never have seen the light of day on this site.
Anyway, my advice is to just keep writing what you're compelled to write, post it and even if it's not what you think is a major success (What constitutes success on this site, 1k hits, 10k hits? I've no idea.) if you're happy with what you wrote then you did what you set out to do.
CL

I have to admit when I first started posting, I was obsessed with the hits, rates and of course back then, lack of reviews. The longer I'm here posting the less I care. I still love getting reviews, of course who doesn't, but I'm less ecstatic about it now than in the beginning.
I look at it this way: I wrote the piece already so I've gotten my enjoyment from the project so if posting it can entertain just one other person, I've gone above and beyond what I set out to do. If that one person takes the time to tell me they liked it, well that's just icing on the cake.
I'd rather spend my time writing than obsessing over my stats because in the end they really don't mean anything. This isn't a popularity contest, I think the original poster mentioned something about this site being fair about the updates page not being ruled by popularity, it doesn't hurt me if someone has written something that people love and it gets a million hits. I can encourage the other writers here because their success in no way affects my work. It actually makes me happy to see the few people on here that I've come to call friends, succeed in their writing endeavors.
And that's my $0.25 worth. (My opinion is way more expensive than DP's because I'm a diva )
CL

Congrats JayDee, here's to 100 more

But sometimes there is sex, it's just not in the first chapter... I myself have been lambasted for the lack of smut and/or the fact that it takes a few chapters to get to the smut in my stories. I'm sorry but I prefer to advance the plot a bit and give my characters a reason to have sex.
I suggest you look for the PWP tag if you're simply looking for something to fap to and leave those of us that actually like a little plot with our erotica alone to enjoy it.
CL

But sometimes there is sex, it's just not in the first chapter... I myself have been lambasted for the lack of smut and/or the fact that it takes a few chapters to get to the smut in my stories. I'm sorry but I prefer to advance the plot a bit and give my characters a reason to have sex.
I suggest you look for the PWP tag if you're simply looking for something to fap to and leave those of us that actually like a little plot with our erotica alone to enjoy it.
CL

I will state, as one of the archive moderators, I rarely warn an author if the only tag missing is NoSex, just like I don't warn for a missing M/F tag if the story is in the Het subcategory. It honestly shouldn't matter, and I say that as an author as well as a moderator.
Adult fiction means a great deal more than erotica. It can mean dealing with darker themes: loss, anxiety, depression, and the like. There's no requirement that stories here have sex, and there's not even a requirement that stories contain "adult" content. Many authors come here simply because we are an actively moderated archive, and we respond to our members promptly when there is a question or an issue, such as suspected plagiarism. It makes the authors feel safe, because we care about their stories as much as they do.
There are sites that only permit erotic content. We are not one of them, and I for one am quite proud of that.

What they said... Don't call him a dom just call him what you really want him to be, an abusive bastard and all will be well with the world.

Seriously if people want to gripe about how quickly a FREE story gets updated maybe he should make you wait longer. Talk about ungrateful.
Have fun with your girls Magus you deserve a break.

You got it in one Lisa! And yes I am that old. I think I watched that movie a few hundred times when I was ten. Still love me some curly blonde hair.

Hehe, I'm here to "help" Looks like this one is gonna be a bumpy ride, time to strap on my boots, and get ready to rumble!

I like Melrick's suggestion also but wonder how many people would make the connection...
I've already run through oodles of titles in that vein but was trying for something a little less...um just less I guess LOL
Most of my titles so far sound like bad after school specials like Gay for Pay: How I ended up in the bottom Magus has also come up with some very bad titles along the same lines. My favorite so far is Poking Poopers for Pennies, I'm just not that brave though.
I may go with this and if I do I will make sure to give you credit JayDee!

I like Melrick's suggestion also but wonder how many people would make the connection...
I've already run through oodles of titles in that vein but was trying for something a little less...um just less I guess LOL
Most of my titles so far sound like bad after school specials like Gay for Pay: How I ended up in the bottom Magus has also come up with some very bad titles along the same lines. My favorite so far is Poking Poopers for Pennies, I'm just not that brave though.
I may go with this and if I do I will make sure to give you credit JayDee!