Some of my longtime fans may have noticed that my most recent story, Not Thinking Ahead (https://www.furaffinity.net/view/49299881/), was extremely short by my usual standards. This was not an accident, I didn't lose the other 3/4ths of the story down the back of the sofa or anything, I am just experimenting with returning to shortform content (sub 10k characters) as a way of reducing my workload and increasing my volume while also giving you guys more content to enjoy. Currently, I take a very "scattershot" approach with a very wide variety of niche content, which I feel isn't a great fit for my production model as I only put out (AT BEST!) 2 stories a month, usually just 1 (AT BEST!) which means a lot of the times, if someone doesn't like one of my stories, they are SoL for a long time before they get another chance to maybe enjoy my content. The advantage of producing more stories of shorter length is that I feel it is potentially a better fit for how diverse my content is as it means if you don't like a piece of my content, you won't have to wait so long for your next chance to enjoy it. Plus, the shorter stories will allow for more experimentation, as it won't be decided by populist voters or random commissions/trades/requests, so if you're interested in niche content this is also a win for you.


So please, don't be alarmed. I am just trying something new. I'm not going to halt longform production (baring yet another depression induced meltdown) or cutting down all my content. I just want to see if people enjoy shorter stories or if they only want to see big long meaty exploits to gorge themselves on.


And who knows? Depending on how the short stories are received, I may turn them into bite sized episodic pieces released between major projects, or expand them into full stories if/when they gain enough popularity or requests. Or maybe write a bunch of shorties as like "pilots" for a full story, and at set points throughout the year I will chose one of the pilots that got the most traction or that I personally feel has the most potential and expand that pilot into a full story.


Dunno yet. Just seeing how things play out. The experiment is in its infancy, and I require more data. So let me know what you think of me producing more shorties, or how you felt about my inaugural piece, Not Thinking Ahead and whether or not you feel like it needs any expansion or works well enough as a shorty!