Building Worlds

 

I’ve spent the past couple of days editing and working on a polished version of my novella “The Collapsing Tunnel”. I also know that I have subscribers who enjoy my smutty and erotic stories. So I am torn in ways I hadn’t anticipated.

I want to write a smutty pick-up story, but when I do the descriptions leave the modern world and switch to either the fantasy or sci-fi worlds I’ve been working on. The simple answer is “write another sci-fi sex story” or “write some descriptive dwarf on goblin porn”. As many of my readers know, I try to write a variety of styles and genres. But when I also want to write stories that the readers want too. My “Random Encounter” stories always have higher reader rates than my “Couple’s Tales” and are always double or triple the readership of my genre stories.

I could just stop creating erotica. But I feel like that’s ignoring the couple hundred of readers out there who enjoy my work. Realistically am I changing the world with my smutty little stories? No. Writing consensual stories about loving couples or adults who ‘hook up’ are just a tiny segment of the wider erotica and smut community.

In point in time where AI programs are generating smut faster, cheaper, and as detailed as what I create, do I need to still be here? Probably not. But I enjoy it. I enjoy the community. I enjoy the engagement of readers and other writers. This has never been about money. Yes, I’d love to earn a bit for the stories I’ve written. I have over 150 posts on the various platforms and have earned enough for a 12 pack of soda.

But I don’t want to disappoint the readers either. I don’t want to produce slop just to make a schedule. I’ve worked too hard the past couple of years to make interesting and unique stories in a landscape filled “cuckold tales”, “stepping out stories” and “true confessions”, to just quit.

Yes, changes in my personal life have changed a few things and the schedule I had, which was dictated by being a care-giver has been modified. So I’m faced with the broader question that I really want to hear answers from you - my readers, What do you want me to write?

I look forward to your comments (I might have to find the Mishikwe word for “throbbing cock” or the Durask word for “wet cunt”. Mmmm Goblin grunts and dwarf moans and vice versa).  

Holiday Ideas - Book Ad

 With the Holidays on the way, here are a few gift Ideas:

The Collected Erotic Stories and Tales of Oli Trollgora (Erotic Short Story Collection Book 1) Kindle Edition

https://www.amazon.com/Erotic-Short-Stories-Tales-Collection-ebook/dp/B0CDXQ5B97/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SVJ6PNLTEDOO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-NiQY6803RnsiJNcza4yJZxhWHaOjdOBGAMMH4m5Im0.zghi7GK2MT0PixgROxyekJ9eMkobFP_jLK2Bsc_wy-g&dib_tag=se&keywords=oli+trollgora&qid=1733269389&sprefix=%2Caps%2C53&sr=8-1

Available for $0.99 on Kindle (Digital version) or $5.00 Paperback.

Or 

The Collected Erotic Stories and Tales of Oli Trollgora Volume 2 (Erotic Short Story Collection) Kindle Edition

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CQMQ155B ef_=dbs_p_pwh_rwt_anx_cl_1&storeType=ebooks

Also Available for $0.99 on Kindle (Digital version) or $5.00 Paperback.

Or 

The Collected Erotic Stories and Tales of Oli Trollgora Volume 3 (Erotic Short Story Collection)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CWSH4NXN?ref_=dbs_p_pwh_rwt_anx_cl_2&storeType=ebooks

This one is $0.99 on Kindle or $5.50 paperback.

 

Or of course 

The Collected Erotic Stories and Tales of Oli Trollgora Volume 4 (Erotic Short Story Collection)

https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Erotic-Stories-Trollgora-Collection-ebook/dp/B0D8GJ1XNL/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3TUT1KGMNC3V4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.A3xxaUhyahhTrqVRRK2Zh3ODLBnVD5XnbJ-tex0J0FNtwVTgdValJ40sDUi6s3QQ.-VPWMMP9_OBGln3uQNd7mcrxHg3G8QDPEqoWsMuINxk&dib_tag=se&keywords=Oli+Trollgora&qid=1733270114&s=digital-text&sprefix=oli+trollgora%2Cdigital-text%2C57&sr=1-2

This one is also $0.99 on Kindle or $5.50 paperback.

Amazon can even sell the whole series as a set.

If you really enjoy my stories, you might want to buy my books. On Blogspot I don't make any money from my posts.  

All my attempt to monetize on this platform, haven't worked because my material is too explicit.  If you enjoy that, then you will want to have your own copies of my stories to keep.

Thank you 

Slowing Down the Pace - Blog Post

After a couple of months of posting stories daily, I need to slow down. I knew that would happen, because when I posted on OF, the same thing happened. I tried to post daily, but I have a mundane job, and writing creative stories, even “smut” takes time.

If I had been more thoughtful, I would have started off weekly, and only added more posts per week when I thought it was needed. On OF, to fill the week, I would re-post stories Saturday through Thursday and post new stories every Friday. That gave me enough time to create new tales, edit, and make any needed changes before posting.

If I didn’t have a full time job, I would write more stories, but like many of you, working a 40-week at a job, caring for family members, and taking care of other responsibilities, cuts in to writing time.

As I said, if I had truly been thoughtful about it, back in June when I posted my first stories on the site, I would have set up a schedule similar to what I did on OF, and posted every Friday.

Going forward, I think that the every Friday, might work best for me again. Lessons that I have to keep learning, even though they are lessons that I tell my co-workers all the time:

1. Set a realistic schedule: Having a schedule is good, and useful, but setting a schedule that you can’t meet in reality, creates stress. Don’t put unnecessary stress on yourself.
2. Remind yourself why you are doing it: Unlike my mundane job, which I need so I can pay my bills and care for my family, writing and posting is a creative outlet for my ideas and thoughts. Making money from it is nice, and in the current economy, helpful. But that isn’t the goal. The goal is to write and share ideas, or in the case of my smutty stories, fantasies.
3. Be flexible to change: More than once, I had a draft version of a story that I wanted to post, but I knew it wasn’t ready, so I quickly posted a different one. When working on a longer story or story-line, it is okay to meet your deadline of weekly new posts with a different short story. I did that more than a few times on OF, where a I had a detailed story that needed more time to be finished without being rushed, so instead would quickly write a “couple’s tale”, or take an existing story and gender swap the characters, which would give it a different tone. That allowed me to then go back and finish the more detailed story.

Bottom line, this is supposed to be fun and at times relaxing. If it is no longer fun, then I’ll stop. I enjoy it, I enjoy the comments and ideas from other creators. (I have some ideas for AAA Detective agency, because of readers comments.) So, instead of Daily posts, look for Weekly Tales. 

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