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How I came to write furry stories.
17 years ago
General
I'm a writer by profession, which means I'm either crazy brave or just crazy, depending on what time of the month it is and how far shy I am of paying my rent.
So when I took on a new paying customer, I did it with the knowledge that I'd be asked to write something I never had written anything like before. Well, ladies and gentlemen, that's part of the fun, the other part being the paycheck.
When he asked me for a furry story, though, I was taken aback a little. I'd seen furry avatars in Second Life, and that encompassed the sum total of my experience with the phenomenon. On the other hand, the fun of being a writer for hire is two-fold: The customer tells you what they want, and what they don't tell you, you fill in whole cloth from your own imagination. If you're a good writer, and your customer is a good reader, they way you fill in those blanks surprises and pleases both of you.
I started writing furry stories because I got paid to. I keep writing them because the stories themselves turned out to be more fun than the pay. It really is that simple.
So what do I do with stories? Anything you want. Literally. There's no theme or subject matter I WON'T turn into great fiction for you, if the price is right, and it usually is. $150 (in American dollars, if you please) gets you a minimum of 10 single spaced pages, and usually closer to 20, plus all rights to the work. Redistribute it as your own, if you like; after all, it came from your idea. Or mine, if you simply asked me to surprise you -- or a melding of both. Either way, once you pay for it, it's yours to do with as you please. Your $150 also gets you up to five major rewrites -- after all, a satisfied customer is a repeat customer, so for both our sakes, I'm not done until you're happy.
I've posted two samples here -- I think that should be sufficient. When you've read them and decided to ask me to do one for you, my email address is legion.live@me.com, and my PayPal account is attached to that address, too.
Read, enjoy, and get in touch with me. See you soon.
Your pal, Daniel Kirk
So when I took on a new paying customer, I did it with the knowledge that I'd be asked to write something I never had written anything like before. Well, ladies and gentlemen, that's part of the fun, the other part being the paycheck.
When he asked me for a furry story, though, I was taken aback a little. I'd seen furry avatars in Second Life, and that encompassed the sum total of my experience with the phenomenon. On the other hand, the fun of being a writer for hire is two-fold: The customer tells you what they want, and what they don't tell you, you fill in whole cloth from your own imagination. If you're a good writer, and your customer is a good reader, they way you fill in those blanks surprises and pleases both of you.
I started writing furry stories because I got paid to. I keep writing them because the stories themselves turned out to be more fun than the pay. It really is that simple.
So what do I do with stories? Anything you want. Literally. There's no theme or subject matter I WON'T turn into great fiction for you, if the price is right, and it usually is. $150 (in American dollars, if you please) gets you a minimum of 10 single spaced pages, and usually closer to 20, plus all rights to the work. Redistribute it as your own, if you like; after all, it came from your idea. Or mine, if you simply asked me to surprise you -- or a melding of both. Either way, once you pay for it, it's yours to do with as you please. Your $150 also gets you up to five major rewrites -- after all, a satisfied customer is a repeat customer, so for both our sakes, I'm not done until you're happy.
I've posted two samples here -- I think that should be sufficient. When you've read them and decided to ask me to do one for you, my email address is legion.live@me.com, and my PayPal account is attached to that address, too.
Read, enjoy, and get in touch with me. See you soon.
Your pal, Daniel Kirk
