Story Week In Review (and Sustaining Select Stories)
a year ago
Well... my original plan last week was to post a story each day from Sunday to Saturday, and I was aiming for 50 pages. In the end, I got 10 stories posted, 68 pages, and 36,082 words. I feel accomplished.
Many readers have indicated that they have a story or two that they'd love to see continued. In honor of it being July, and my productivity continues, I would like to make that happen! So... here's the plan:
Listed here are the 10 stories I uploaded last week. Readers may select up to 5 options (and yes, you may vote for a story more than once if you really want to). The stories with the most votes between FA and SF MIGHT get additional chapters-- I'll be throwing the final vote over to my patrons on Patreon, but your guys' votes matter to! Just like last time, if a story is selected, its length will be based on overall votes. Also, just so you know, at least 1 story I posted last week is getting some fan art done of it-- I'm tickled pink. Fan art will automatically count as extra votes. VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!
A) A Life Forever Changed - A human male in his late teens has been exiled from his village and encounters a dragon in the wilderness. The dragon tests him, and allows him to stay the night in his lair. (FOUR VOTES)
b) The Horse Next Door - Tyler returns from college for the summer and ends up hanging out with his 40-something divorced stallion neighbor, only to find out that there may be a mutual attraction. (ONE VOTE)
c) Off the Deep End - Alex, a human admin aboard a space station has a run in with a covert operative kangaroo who is looking for something. He offers to help, not realizing that he may end up in danger. (TWELVE VOTES)
d) Hello Again - Keith ends up getting a call from an old friend from high school; Wes the Coyote comes by for a visit, giving them both some nostalgia... and someone has a confession to make... (FOUR VOTES)
e) His First Employee - Nigel is a senior in high school, and he has a crush on Ron, his bodyguard, a professional-but-attentive Wolf in his early 40s. Things come to a head when Ron finds Nigel's sketchbook. (TWO VOTE)
f) Redemption - Hrof, a powerful grizzly, is the head of one of the three great gangs in town but, after he's beaten and left for dead, he is healed by an enigmatic human woman... but that's just for starters... (ONE VOTE)
g) Rock and a Hard Place - Kelly, a female human college student is blackmailed by a corrupt detective to serve as an informant on a red panda mob boss... things do not go as planned.
h) Not Exactly a Pledge - Caleb, a nerdy Human student is forced to move into a frat house with his high school friend, an outgoing jock of a Lion named Kelvin-- hilarity (and suggestive comments) ensues (SEVEN VOTES)
i) EXIOS - Sebastian, a freelance space pilot explores an abandoned research facility and finds one of the experiments, a genetically modified organism has survived. He attempts to help it, at possible self-risk. (FIVE VOTES)
j) The Universal Language - John, a Human tourist gets separated from his tour group and he ends up meeting Hugo, a native Jaguar. They don't understand one another... so what now? (FOUR VOTES)
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!
Many readers have indicated that they have a story or two that they'd love to see continued. In honor of it being July, and my productivity continues, I would like to make that happen! So... here's the plan:
Listed here are the 10 stories I uploaded last week. Readers may select up to 5 options (and yes, you may vote for a story more than once if you really want to). The stories with the most votes between FA and SF MIGHT get additional chapters-- I'll be throwing the final vote over to my patrons on Patreon, but your guys' votes matter to! Just like last time, if a story is selected, its length will be based on overall votes. Also, just so you know, at least 1 story I posted last week is getting some fan art done of it-- I'm tickled pink. Fan art will automatically count as extra votes. VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!
A) A Life Forever Changed - A human male in his late teens has been exiled from his village and encounters a dragon in the wilderness. The dragon tests him, and allows him to stay the night in his lair. (FOUR VOTES)
b) The Horse Next Door - Tyler returns from college for the summer and ends up hanging out with his 40-something divorced stallion neighbor, only to find out that there may be a mutual attraction. (ONE VOTE)
c) Off the Deep End - Alex, a human admin aboard a space station has a run in with a covert operative kangaroo who is looking for something. He offers to help, not realizing that he may end up in danger. (TWELVE VOTES)
d) Hello Again - Keith ends up getting a call from an old friend from high school; Wes the Coyote comes by for a visit, giving them both some nostalgia... and someone has a confession to make... (FOUR VOTES)
e) His First Employee - Nigel is a senior in high school, and he has a crush on Ron, his bodyguard, a professional-but-attentive Wolf in his early 40s. Things come to a head when Ron finds Nigel's sketchbook. (TWO VOTE)
f) Redemption - Hrof, a powerful grizzly, is the head of one of the three great gangs in town but, after he's beaten and left for dead, he is healed by an enigmatic human woman... but that's just for starters... (ONE VOTE)
h) Not Exactly a Pledge - Caleb, a nerdy Human student is forced to move into a frat house with his high school friend, an outgoing jock of a Lion named Kelvin-- hilarity (and suggestive comments) ensues (SEVEN VOTES)
i) EXIOS - Sebastian, a freelance space pilot explores an abandoned research facility and finds one of the experiments, a genetically modified organism has survived. He attempts to help it, at possible self-risk. (FIVE VOTES)
j) The Universal Language - John, a Human tourist gets separated from his tour group and he ends up meeting Hugo, a native Jaguar. They don't understand one another... so what now? (FOUR VOTES)
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!
B) C) H) I) & J)
The ones I think have the most potential for something new.
There were a lot of good options.
3 vote for A
1 for C
1 for H
C) Off the Deep End
D) Hello Again (2 votes)
I) EXIOS
J) Universal Language
Redemption and A Life Forever Changed are still very enticing options, but my votes are still better used here I believe. Hello Again was pretty cute is also one that deserves more readers.