
Do you remember the things that made you happy as a child, and all the little joys that make life worth living? Jack Hersham doesn’t. But a chance encounter at a strange toy store is about to change his life…
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The Epilogue is upon us. Will our story have a happy ending?
And with that, Little Joys is done and posted. It’s been a heck of an experience writing and editing it, and I’ve learned a lot from it, and I’m finally glad to have it done. Thank you all for reading along, and I hope you’ll enjoy my other past and future works.
Now that we’re at the end, I think it’s time for a little backstory for this thing. As some of you know, about two months ago I kicked off a writing regimen, starting at a thousand words a day and eventually building up to a minimum of two thousand words a day (about three pages as I format stuff). This was the first thing that I wrote as a part of that regimen. Originally, it was just supposed to be a five or so page short story based on a dream that I had. Well, it certainly grew in the telling: the final project was fifty-one pages long and just about 35,000 words. Just under-length for a novel, but still not bad. It took about four weeks or so of writing and editing spread out over the last two months in-between other projects. The original rough draft was finished only a week or so before Baby’s First Book Club went up, so that gives you a decent idea of how long I’ve been working on this thing.
Thank you all for reading, and commenting, and favoriting, and even sharing if you did so. I hope you all enjoyed this project, and I hope you enjoy my upcoming stuff.
What’s next…
So, what’s up next for me in terms of other projects? I’m hoping to open commissions soon, and I’ve got a bunch more short stories in the lineup as well, including one that should go up in the next few days. For long term projects, I have another proper baby/diaperfur novella-length project in mind, currently titled Confessions, as well as a (non-babyfur) Ratchet & Clank fanfic I’ve been making notes on currently called Slings and Arrows. Oh, and of course, I’m working on my actual books as well, so we’ll see what happens with those. So, there’s a lot coming up at some point in the future.
And now that this project is finished, if anyone would still like a properly formatted digital version of this story, either my fifteen dollar Patreon donation tier or a straight five dollar donation to me will get you access to several versions for your viewing please. You don’t have to, and as promised the whole story is now up for free for those who wants it, but if you’d consider donating or supporting me, it will make it easier for me to continue writing stuff like Little Joys and my other projects.
My Patreon
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The Epilogue is upon us. Will our story have a happy ending?
And with that, Little Joys is done and posted. It’s been a heck of an experience writing and editing it, and I’ve learned a lot from it, and I’m finally glad to have it done. Thank you all for reading along, and I hope you’ll enjoy my other past and future works.
Now that we’re at the end, I think it’s time for a little backstory for this thing. As some of you know, about two months ago I kicked off a writing regimen, starting at a thousand words a day and eventually building up to a minimum of two thousand words a day (about three pages as I format stuff). This was the first thing that I wrote as a part of that regimen. Originally, it was just supposed to be a five or so page short story based on a dream that I had. Well, it certainly grew in the telling: the final project was fifty-one pages long and just about 35,000 words. Just under-length for a novel, but still not bad. It took about four weeks or so of writing and editing spread out over the last two months in-between other projects. The original rough draft was finished only a week or so before Baby’s First Book Club went up, so that gives you a decent idea of how long I’ve been working on this thing.
Thank you all for reading, and commenting, and favoriting, and even sharing if you did so. I hope you all enjoyed this project, and I hope you enjoy my upcoming stuff.
What’s next…
So, what’s up next for me in terms of other projects? I’m hoping to open commissions soon, and I’ve got a bunch more short stories in the lineup as well, including one that should go up in the next few days. For long term projects, I have another proper baby/diaperfur novella-length project in mind, currently titled Confessions, as well as a (non-babyfur) Ratchet & Clank fanfic I’ve been making notes on currently called Slings and Arrows. Oh, and of course, I’m working on my actual books as well, so we’ll see what happens with those. So, there’s a lot coming up at some point in the future.
And now that this project is finished, if anyone would still like a properly formatted digital version of this story, either my fifteen dollar Patreon donation tier or a straight five dollar donation to me will get you access to several versions for your viewing please. You don’t have to, and as promised the whole story is now up for free for those who wants it, but if you’d consider donating or supporting me, it will make it easier for me to continue writing stuff like Little Joys and my other projects.
My Patreon
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At this point, I have no plans to. On the other hand, I said the same thing about Baby's First Book Club, and I currently have ideas for two potential followups. So, we shall have to see what happens.
The problem with a story like this is that it was intended as a one-shot, and so it's hard to continue the story without sabotaging this one in someway, or just repeating what already happened. Compare a sequel like Dead Space 3 that badly damaged that franchise, as compared to one like Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando that expanded on the original and made something new and lasting.
And at the same time, honestly this is one of the best endings for me: the story's concluded and everyone's got the ending they deserved, there's enough of a hint as to what happens next for people to form their own conclusions, and someone WANTS the story to continue. That's really the best combination for a writer or storyteller. :)
The problem with a story like this is that it was intended as a one-shot, and so it's hard to continue the story without sabotaging this one in someway, or just repeating what already happened. Compare a sequel like Dead Space 3 that badly damaged that franchise, as compared to one like Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando that expanded on the original and made something new and lasting.
And at the same time, honestly this is one of the best endings for me: the story's concluded and everyone's got the ending they deserved, there's enough of a hint as to what happens next for people to form their own conclusions, and someone WANTS the story to continue. That's really the best combination for a writer or storyteller. :)
Ten years later and just, coming to this story now. I am almost certain I started it oh so many moons ago but time and life be what they are and get in the way. This though? This is so worth it. This is beautiful and comforting and soothing and just, gosh,,
I've read this just now on my way to a furcon here in Aussieland and I am beyond words so happy, comforted and I honestly got really regressed. It was such a soothing way to spend my flight and trip to the hotel and this epilogue was the most perfect meshing and step into the joys and peace and comfort that it means to take a regressed space into your daily life with you. This was soothing is what it was, it was soothing. I wish there was more long form regression stories out there like it! You're phenomenal for this work, Jay, and it means the universe to read something so lovely. Thank you so so much
I've read this just now on my way to a furcon here in Aussieland and I am beyond words so happy, comforted and I honestly got really regressed. It was such a soothing way to spend my flight and trip to the hotel and this epilogue was the most perfect meshing and step into the joys and peace and comfort that it means to take a regressed space into your daily life with you. This was soothing is what it was, it was soothing. I wish there was more long form regression stories out there like it! You're phenomenal for this work, Jay, and it means the universe to read something so lovely. Thank you so so much
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