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2 years ago
It's pretty much gotten to a point where I've realized I probably will not be releasing stuff in any kind of chronological order because the stuff that has my attention and the stuff that's related to the overall timeline are not really a good match.
Fair warning, there is probably going to be a MASSIVE dump of content coming up. Not all of it is going to be sexy. There will be content warnings.
For the record, you can expect more of Jim and Bateau. And on one hand, I feel like that sequel provides some essential context for the story that I'm working on now, but the one I'm working on now got so big as one that I intended to release as 2 stories now is a story, an interquel, the second story in 3 parts, and 2 sequels. And on one hand, this is literally the most natural progression I've ever written about a relationship forming over the course of months without the main characters ever boning, but on the other, I feel like I just can't stop writing it, where the Jim and Bateau sequel just has so many gaps in it right now that I have no ideas or drive to fill that I wonder if it's not just better to wait on it, because it will happen, and I want it to happen, but not every story needs to be told in order.
So I guess I'll be compromising and using the linking thingy to put certain bits in chronological order for the current "main" timeline and just otherwise noting when things happen by year in the comments.
EDIT: The response to last night's dump was... certainly not what I expected or was hoping for, but it's all out there. I had had reservations about releasing "Exotic Pet Shop - The Gray Room: Pain" at all, but that's gotten more attention all at once than I think anything I've written in years, while the rest has received a tepid response. So I guess that sets the bar for the rest. There will not be more like "Pain." I'll just live with the tepid response, but it's certainly made it seem like less of a priority to get any of the rest of it out there. I'd had visions of smashing through a bunch of it by Halloween, because of my loose tradition of having a Halloween story, but I might just release that without linking it until the rest catches up and not worry too hard about any of it. NGL, it's a bit of a gut punch. I always approached this stuff as a story first where sex happened to occur. This isn't going to stop me; it's just dented my enthusiasm a bit for now. The rest will still come out and maybe someone will find and appreciate it. All it takes is one to make it worthwhile.
EDIT2: Given a few days since the last update, I'm over it. Being very honest, I enjoy writing for the sake of it and disappointment has never stopped me before. I think that honestly maybe I was a little ungrateful, and certainly less than gracious, given the trickle of interest I've had with literal years of not providing any new material. If I had a bit more of myself to give, I might have amassed a following, but for many years, I simply didn't. Logically, what I thought were content warnings were actually tags for interested parties. Tags are something I need to get better at. So just by the sheer number of them, that became discoverable, even if it's not anything I want to focus on. More of the story will trickle in, including the bits I know everyone is actually here for. Maybe someone will see it and give everything a read. It certainly spells out a lot of context that informs the rest of this world.
Fair warning, there is probably going to be a MASSIVE dump of content coming up. Not all of it is going to be sexy. There will be content warnings.
For the record, you can expect more of Jim and Bateau. And on one hand, I feel like that sequel provides some essential context for the story that I'm working on now, but the one I'm working on now got so big as one that I intended to release as 2 stories now is a story, an interquel, the second story in 3 parts, and 2 sequels. And on one hand, this is literally the most natural progression I've ever written about a relationship forming over the course of months without the main characters ever boning, but on the other, I feel like I just can't stop writing it, where the Jim and Bateau sequel just has so many gaps in it right now that I have no ideas or drive to fill that I wonder if it's not just better to wait on it, because it will happen, and I want it to happen, but not every story needs to be told in order.
So I guess I'll be compromising and using the linking thingy to put certain bits in chronological order for the current "main" timeline and just otherwise noting when things happen by year in the comments.
EDIT: The response to last night's dump was... certainly not what I expected or was hoping for, but it's all out there. I had had reservations about releasing "Exotic Pet Shop - The Gray Room: Pain" at all, but that's gotten more attention all at once than I think anything I've written in years, while the rest has received a tepid response. So I guess that sets the bar for the rest. There will not be more like "Pain." I'll just live with the tepid response, but it's certainly made it seem like less of a priority to get any of the rest of it out there. I'd had visions of smashing through a bunch of it by Halloween, because of my loose tradition of having a Halloween story, but I might just release that without linking it until the rest catches up and not worry too hard about any of it. NGL, it's a bit of a gut punch. I always approached this stuff as a story first where sex happened to occur. This isn't going to stop me; it's just dented my enthusiasm a bit for now. The rest will still come out and maybe someone will find and appreciate it. All it takes is one to make it worthwhile.
EDIT2: Given a few days since the last update, I'm over it. Being very honest, I enjoy writing for the sake of it and disappointment has never stopped me before. I think that honestly maybe I was a little ungrateful, and certainly less than gracious, given the trickle of interest I've had with literal years of not providing any new material. If I had a bit more of myself to give, I might have amassed a following, but for many years, I simply didn't. Logically, what I thought were content warnings were actually tags for interested parties. Tags are something I need to get better at. So just by the sheer number of them, that became discoverable, even if it's not anything I want to focus on. More of the story will trickle in, including the bits I know everyone is actually here for. Maybe someone will see it and give everything a read. It certainly spells out a lot of context that informs the rest of this world.
