InBrightestDay

Don’t worry about that; it’s definitely not just a you thing. There have been plenty of days I decide I’ll sit down to write, and then just stare at a blank word processor, nervously poking at it with a stick. In my experience, inspiration likes to arrive unannounced. There have been several times when, after nights of writing a few sentences at a time, one night I sit down and just suddenly write over 1,000 words. I think there’s a good chance it will just suddenly happen like that for you. 😄

Sorry about taking a solid five days to reply to this! It’s been a little rough at work, and I’m preparing for a friend’s wedding, which will be happening in April, just a week after my birthday. I’ve never been invited to a wedding like this before, especially as part of the wedding party itself, so I’m pretty excited. 😊 😄 I’m probably going to be alternating between stories over the next little while, writing a bit of Legends (the bounty hunter story), The Lake House, or this third thing, depending on what I’m not getting writer’s block on at any given time. The hint I will give is that what I was working on is the first chapter of a story I’ve wanted to start for literally years now. 🤔 Actually since you mentioned it, I might as well throw The Spider House into that rotation as well, since at least doing the first scene would be really cool, and that’s also one I’ve wanted to write for years now. Anyway, on to the rest of your reply! God, it’s a great bit, and the image is pretty much just like that. I’m glad you didn’t feel forced into writing this. I wanted to make sure that you weren’t writing stuff you didn’t love because you were trying to please me, but specifically about Sarsa healing Dylan’s hands, I definitely understand what it’s like to write yourself into a corner and then have to improvise a solution! I hadn’t thought of the “walking biohazard” angle, but it does make sense. I did like the idea presented in the text itself, that Sarsa knew that if she didn’t pick something, Kizzy was going to get very nerdy with whatever she chose for the binding mark, either the Starfleet logo or some inscription in Klingon or who knows what else. 😄 They do. I blame the animated series The Mighty Nein and Marion Lavorre for my personal reaction, though admittedly she’s a tiefling (so...I don’t know, like 1/16 demon or something), but definitely the example that came to mind first. Sarsa has her own variation on the look here, of course, with the hooves and the black hair, but as you say it is a perennial favorite of people! It is a good line! I hadn’t actually thought of the “sexiness backwash” as you put it still being in effect, but that’s a good point, and as you said, a lot of Dylan’s emotional reaction could also be the normal powerful emotions that come with sex. It could lead to a long-term romance, but the story isn’t spelling that out precisely here. You did a good job explaining it in the story itself, for sure. I had wondered about the shapeshifting, actually, specifically whether it was just a succubus thing or Sarsa could do it too. It does make sense, though, since just hiding wings and other features to blend with humans would necessitate some level of appearance modification ability. 😁 Kizzy’s seriousness works so well for that sort of deadpan comedy. Again, welcome back, and I’ll try not to keep you waiting too long before I have something to share, whatever that may turn out to be!

Not sure who this mystery writer is, but something tells me they enjoyed getting the chance to write that story. Call it a hunch. 😉

I’m sorry it took me a few days to get to this, but I discovered that @GeorgeGlass left a review for Meaningful Gifts! Thank you! 😊 It took me longer than anticipated to write it, even just considering this year, but I’m glad the extra time paid off! Thanks again! This in particular means a lot to me because it was one of the main focuses during the writing process. I don’t want to repeat what I said responding to JayDee too much, but the thing that kind of made this story, at least when it formed in my head, was that it’s the story of a life together. Lexi and Drew are siblings who, partly due to an unpleasant childhood, have been developing into a couple over the course of many years, so all of those little moments of deepening intimacy between them were an integral part of the story for me, and I’m really glad that worked for you. 😄 Yeah, I was trying to sketch out differences over the siblings, and when I wrote in Lexi drinking coffee as the mandatory Folgers Christmas commercial reference, it felt like a perfect opportunity to describe her little brother finding it gross. I’m really happy I finally got to show it to you all. Thanks for the review!

God we all missed you here, JayDee. It really must be said. 😄

I understand. I knew Manta was involved heavily in site-related matters, and you’ve always been around as well, whether you were formally working here or just struggling to survive your job (I’ve been there). My apologies for not also mentioning Bronx and @Melrick Thank you. I don’t know everyone here, and I don’t always talk, but this is also how I feel about this site. thank you for all that you’ve done for the site, and as with all the others, even if I don’t really say too much, please know how grateful I am for all of it. ❤️

I actually wanted to say a bit more here, not just to apologize for speaking up here before seeing if clearing the browsing history would help (I knew it fixed an issue with the age verification button, but arbitrarily assumed this problem was completely different), but also to say something I think goes unsaid a lot. I know @DemonGoddess and folks like @manta2g do a lot of work behind the scenes and may be stretched very thing, since donations can be scarce. I just wanted to say that I appreciate everything you all do, especially when something happens with the site and I’m suddenly anxious about what to do, as happened just now. I’ve never really interacted directly with either of you, but since I know that sysadmin can be a stressful job and can feel very unappreciated, I just wanted you to know that I don’t take you for granted, and that what you do for the site and for the people here means a lot to me.

I also did this just now, so that might have played a part. Sorry for being a bit behind everyone else. 😅

It works now! Thank you! ❤️

Admittedly it would be fun to repost stuff like After Party, Meaningful Gifts and Moonlit Snow after a certain amount of time has passed. 😄 Might be posted sometime in Spring (doesn’t exactly feel like a Spring story, but maybe that wouldn’t matter), assuming I don’t hold onto it until next Halloween.

Hi, everyone! So while I can sign in here on the forums, I’m experiencing a problem with signing in on the main site. I hadn’t logged in for a bit, and the site updated, and today when I typed my email and password in, a box popped up that reads “Please activate your account first. Check your email for the activation link.” The problem being...there is nothing in my inbox. I checked spam, and there’s nothing there either. Has anyone else experienced this problem since the update?

Oh my God this is the funniest dialogue, because it kind of does sound like a goblin name! Also, just a heads-up, I have started reading part 2, but I’m delaying reviewing a bit because I want to get a little work done on something of mine tonight. You will have a review soon, though! 🙂

😄 *Joker voice* I’m an agent of chaos… Actually I swear, most days in Florida are surprisingly normal. It’s just every once in a while...

I liked it in particular because it made it feel like a carnivorous plant or something similar, where once a prey animal is drawn in by the “lure”, it still takes a while for the trap to fully close, like the slow-moving tentacles of a sundew. The sudden drop would have worked too (more of a Venus flytrap vibe there), but I kind of like it better this way. This is a fair question, and it deserves the full answer I couldn’t condense enough for the review. So, this was a solid B, I would say. It was pretty good, but I think it could have been hotter. I wanted to lean especially into the positive, however, because I’ve read enough blowjobs in erotic fiction to know that most people write them in ways I don’t like at all. The standard erotic fic blowjob tends to go a certain way. 1. The motion is kind of frantic, like the woman is trying to win a prize for time (that would have been amusingly appropriate here, but the point stands). I tend to find sexual content more arousing when it starts out more relaxed and then kind of accelerates toward the climax. 2. There’s a sound effect that gets made, and it’s nearly always the exact same sound effect too: “Glurk! Glurk! Glurk!” Suffice it to say I am not aroused by the sound of a choking frog. 3. There’s always an emphasis on the amount of drool/spit coming off the blowjob, and it usually reaches the point where I honestly find it gross rather than hot. I know I’ve read seriously arousing blowjobs in erotic fics before, but they’re shockingly few and far between in my experience. I agree that there is room for you to improve, but I gave a positive mention there because I’ve seen way worse.

Apologies if this is annoying, as you almost certainly guessed this from reading the topic, but just in case, you weren’t aware, @GeorgeGlass, I have posted a review of your holiday story. Again, not trying to be annoying; it’s strictly a just-in-case thing. 😅