I feel obligated, but whether or not I finish is dependent on many factors. I just went through a cycle and just now deleted the stub for another chapter in my ‘Dr Maskulär’ series. I recently read ‘The Other Side of the Leash’ by Noper and was so turned on by it that I felt the need to write. Next thing you know I have started ‘Behold the Cybermensch’ and once into it I realized that all I had was a disorganized idea born of something like post-nut clarity from reading Noper’s story. Well, my story is not going to get written any time soon so I pulled the stub.
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Getting inspired to write as a creative response to reading a story that turns you on (in any number of ways) is a good thing! Even though you were dissatisfied with what you ended up with that time, acting on that impulse of inspiration is 100% legit, and it can lead you to some very deep (and sometimes unexpected) work product. I’ve been surprised more than once by following those impulses (and horned-up reactions); it’s good to keep that channel open IMO. 
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Well, I’d like to put something out there I’ve been noticing as I write. Feedback is something that encourages any writer to continue but not all stories get feedback. The new system does show people giving thumbs up which is encouraging, but encouragement is something that does help. I know I have a few stories that I’ve left behind. I am a bit of an idea chaser in that a new idea runs through my head, I play around with it, and suddenly I’m writing and putting it down because it’s really interesting. I have the structure for all of the stories in my head, but life sometimes gets in the way. I can say that I’m trying to finish up Change of Attire and the thumbs ups and the comments have been encouraging me to finish up. So I would like to see more of the encouragement from the readers as it does help to let authors know there are people who are reading and they are liking what is being posted by myself and other authors.
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Endorsed and affirmed!
I’m curious as to whether authors of legacy stories - stories that have been on the site for years - are still getting notified when we rate categories, leave comments, etc.
I assume that the last known good email on file would get pinged, but over the years so many of those accounts have gone dark…
The author gets notified when a new comment is added, but not for ratings (that would be overkill). But only if they used a valid email when they submitted their story. But especially the oldest stories carry no email address at all. And even if they do, many of those old email addresses are non-functional by now. We get loads of email bounces just because of that.
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Makes me sad but I kinda expected that some old accounts have no or invalid emails. Some of my favorite stories/authors are over a dozen years old. Curious- if an old author does return and wants to add a story or update their email, can they? Or would they need to contact an admin first?
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Sometimes we’re surprised by an author who returned after 10-20 years.
The system blocks existing author names for new stories unless the name has been assigned to the account of the user submitting the story. So sometimes an older author, who just created a new account to post a new story, is stumbling over this check. From time to time, we do get requests to reassign older stories to a new account, which the admin-team will gladly fulfill.
But if a legacy author just uses a new author name for their new stories, we might never know.
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I came back after more than 10 years (You can see an 11-year gap in the publish dates on my first story) and I had long forgotten the burner email account I had set up originally. Someone (I think Corin) linked my new email address to my old account and stories within like 48 hours. It was fast and painless from my perspective. The admins here are very responsive, which we all appreciate.
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I want to do this years from now…vanish and then return under another name…and then go and bitch about all my old stories
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I feel I have an interesting prospective on this so I figure I’ll share this here.
I often do not feel compelled to end my stories and continue in the same world in an episodic structure until I tire of it. For example, my story Barker Boys is perpetually ongoing because I like that world and continue to have fun with it.
The reason I generally don’t feel compelled to come up with a conclusion with an air of finality is that for me this site allows me to explore things I would never actually do. I consider myself a moral person, but I write stories about mind control even though I wouldn’t control somebody’s mind if I had the chance. From that perspective, I feel that for a story to warrant a conclusion and have a reasonable degree of closure there needs to be some kind of punishment for the controllers actions, some kind of undoing of the world structure where the evil is ended and good prevails. I’m sure some people don’t agree and think a story can be conclusive through the controller taking total control, but I guess for me that feels like a poor ending.
The easiest way to accomplish it, would be to give the victim control over the controller, but these stories are wish fulfillment for me and I have no interest in being hypnotized or controlled.
Acknowledging the reality of the actions through foiling them forces me as a reader or writer to remember how screwed up these actions really would be if they were performed in real life. That, to me, ruins the whole thing. These stories are lighthearted, sexually charged, fantasies. They aren’t moral quandaries about free will. They should remain fun, without question, and therefore for me I don’t feel comfortable writing a solid conclusion.
Maybe one day I’ll change my mind and conclude my stories, but for now they’re open ended experiments.
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