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Shorts getting back on track

The “Shorts” section got back on track a little today.

First, I finished the first draft of “Devan: First Taste”.

Second, I finished coding the story comment section for the short stories.  It now properly stores the comments, alerts me via email that a comment has been made, queues it for approval, deletes it if I decide not to keep it, approves it to appear on the page and updates to display the count/comment in the appropriate place.

What’s left to do before launch of the Shorts section:

Have “Devan: First Touch” edited by Roust.

Give “Devan: First Taste” some time to simmer, do my first pass edit, and send it off to Roust for editing.

Finish coding two background utilities that let me manage the listing order of the shorts on the main page and edit existing shorts listings.

Finish the covers for First Touch and First Taste.

( Maybe ) Get “Devan: Deflowered” written, edited, and the cover finished.

The “Maybe” is because I may decide to launch with just the first two stories, if I finish all the coding beforehand.

Once the coding is done, all I have to do is write the story, save it in the proper format, add it to the database via my handy-dandy background utilities, and it will display immediately.

New exclusive shorts could appear at any time — and possibly frequently.  Even when my brain is mush, I may be able to write a hot little encounter between characters you already know.  It will be something that can keep me feeling productive, and spark creativity when I’m feeling blah.

All the routines I need for list order I’ve already figured out and coded for the utility that lets me manage the same thing for series listings on “My Work”.    Ditto for editing existing listings, which I use in multiple places within the background utilities.  So, no breaking new ground there.  It’s just modifying existing code.

I might just be able to get this launched while I’m on vacation this week 🙂

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Like they do on the Discovery Channel

“Documentary: Cougar” is now on Lushstories!

You can check it out right here:  Documentary: Cougar

It’s looking like the biggest part of my stories as Dark aren’t going to go up at Lush.  Reading more closely through the guidelines, it appears that they pretty much require sex in every chapter of a story, and anything violent is taboo, whether it’s related to the sex or not.

So, for instance, Merchant Princess won’t work on multiple levels.  Odds are that the first chapter would get rejected for lack of consent during the scene where Alicia has to sacrifice her dignity for a chance to escape her captors — even though she’s never actually touched.

The second chapter has no sex, and she has to kill one of her kidnappers when he finds her and threatens to do the same.

So on and so forth.

A few such as Genie Valentine, King Thakkorias, Queen Alicia, etc. are within guidelines, but the best stories that have actual story are just too much for Lush’s sensibilities, it seems.

Not going to change the tales to meet their guidelines, so those stories just won’t post there.  It’s much the way that “Sister’s Shadow” is a Storiesonline exclusive — and will remain so — because it would likely get rejected by Lush for violence and non-consent.  I couldn’t post it at Lit because I felt Danica had to be 16 in that story, which didn’t meet their guidelines.

Going to try to get some writing done on Lowborn today.

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Stocking Stuffer at Lush

“Mom’s Stocking Stuffer” is now up at Lush.

Check it out right here:  Mom’s Stocking Stuffer

Wasn’t able to finish His Christmas Wish, and there’s no chance of it making it out on Lit now, so I’ll probably file it away to finish next year.  My work hours are up by 25-50%, and it’s taking me a while to adjust.

Musing the next Magic of the Wood, but as far as writing, I’m working on SOTM and Lowborn when I have time and enough presence of mind to write.

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Time to take off the mask

I’m sure that more than a few of you have already figured it out, but my third pen name I’ve mentioned over the last few years is RejectReality.  I’m going to keep the website separate from this one, but otherwise bring the pen name “into the fold”.

The idea was to see how well I could do without name recognition, and that experiment has proven a grand success.

If you hadn’t figured it out yet, you can go to the Reject Reality site and check out the list of stories you might not have read.  Stand warned that your image filters don’t carry over there.  The pics are there, so be prepared for that.  The stories are heavy on stroke.  They’re sex-filled romps, with the occasional bit of romance or sweetness here and there.

I’ll also be posting some of my stories as Les and Dark on Lushstories now under the RejectReality name.  They don’t allow multiple pen names there, so that’s the way it’s got to go, since I signed up there to post as RR.

The first one just went live for the holiday season — although it won’t officially post until tomorrow.

You can read Grandfather Yule on Lushstories now.  “Finding Karen” is also in the queue, and will most likely post on the 18th.  Both of these have undergone some minor edits, but it’s all commas and bits of word choice.  No real change from the original versions available on Lit or SOL.

I’ll be posting all my existing Christmas-themed stories in all three pen names there over the next several days, leading up to Christmas.

I’m still working on the Laresa Christmas story as well.  Work has just been a pain, and the young one hasn’t been much better.   I’m right on top of hitting the sex and the ending.  Just a matter of finding the time and the energy to write it.

More Dark and Les stories will post to Lush as time goes on.  Some such as Barren Harvest, Danica, and Ebon Genesis are absolutely too dark for their guidelines, so those won’t post.  Word is that they’re extremely strict on violence and mental torment, so who knows if even stuff like Merchant Princess will meet their criteria.

If nothing else, the Magic of the Wood series will probably go up.  Odds are that Steward and Daughter will both get new edits.  Steward may even be expanded a little, while Daughter will probably get spiced up some.  If I do that, I’ll upload the new edits on SOL and Lit as well.

That’s enough for now.  Do come support “me” as RR on Lushstories.

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Didn’t make the contest, but…

Didn’t make it in time for the contest, but I’m continuing His Christmas Wish to release as a regular story.  The pressure of the deadline on top of my increased hours at work and my car being a pain in the ass requiring service on the days I had scheduled off was just making it too difficult.

Without that deadline looming over me, I can relax a bit more on my days off and work on it.

Naturally, I’m also working on SOTM and Lowborn when I’m awake enough.  As always, apologies for the delays.  Not much I can do.  My muse and my energy are beyond my control.

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