I'm no longer receiving emails to alert me if someone's commented, or sent me a PM. Not a big deal, but thought I'd toss it out there.

You should read some stories and see how other authors do it. I myself tend to have a lot of story before getting to the sex, and rarely have complaints. Many people seem to like to get to know the characters, and then when they get intimate, it's that much more satisfying (ahem). This is not to say that a short story can't also have "development," or even a stroke story. You just need to figure out what details are important to the story, and the characters, and drop them in at the right time.

Is it a No No for a male author to write a first person as if he is a female?

Is it a turn off or doesn't it matter?

I like making females my main character, what am i supposed to do?

Why would it be? I post on a few sites, and many authors write in first person and the narrator is the opposite sex. If the story is well-written, it shouldn't matter who wrote it.

I pondered everything as I drove out to King's Bay the following morning. Did I really want to stay in California, or was I just overwhelmed with my current freedom, and Callie? Was I just caught up in the novelty in being somewhere different? I kept coming back to the fact that I wasn't sure what I had to return to. I could find a job out here, and Callie was here. Callie . . . I...

Added 07 Sep 2012 | Category Love Stories | Votes 9 | Avg Score 4.78 | Views 605 | 3 Comments

After that weekend, I went to King's Bay whenever I could. June somehow turned into July without me noticing. I spent as much or more time at Callie's place than I did at Manny's. Manny invited me to various parties and barbeques and get-togethers, but I always begged off. I wanted to be with Callie as much as possible. One day I came down with some kind of virus that made me as sick as...

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We swam. We surfed, we rested on the beach and we swam some more. I'd never seen anyone as at home in the water as Callie. She was one of those people that made you think if mermaids were real, she'd be one. If she'd grown a tail and headed out to the horizon, I wouldn't have been a bit surprised. I noticed after a while that the beach wasn't as crowded as I had expected. That struck me...

Added 04 Sep 2012 | Category Love Stories | Votes 6 | Avg Score 4.67 | Views 676 | 3 Comments

The weekend was over too soon and we headed back to Manny's. I took a couple of days to explore at a more leisurely pace. I walked around to see what there was close by, used my bike to go farther away, and went to another beach or two. As beautiful as the California scenery was, I missed Ithaca. It was all just so different. Different trees, different terrain, even different smells. ...

Added 03 Sep 2012 | Category Love Stories | Votes 8 | Avg Score 4.88 | Views 644 | 2 Comments

We arrived at King's Bay on Saturday morning somewhere between nine and ten. It was the kind of day and place where keeping track of time just made no sense. Why limit your enjoyment, even by noting the time? King's Bay was incredible. I'm no poet, but this place almost made me wish I was. The water was a cool dark blue out to the horizon. There were mountains to the north and the sun...

Added 02 Sep 2012 | Category Love Stories | Votes 7 | Avg Score 4.71 | Views 745 | 2 Comments

King's Bay I worked like a dog for that company for eight years and what happened? They fired me. Bright side? Nice severance package. So screw it. Instead of diving right back into the overcrowded pool of job hunters, I decided to take it easy for a while. I deserved it; I'd barely taken a day off for the last eight years, so I was going to take that package and use it to fund a...

Added 31 Aug 2012 | Category Love Stories | Votes 8 | Avg Score 4 | Views 997 | 4 Comments

"Who was she?" Chelsea asked after Molly had gone. "A friend," Jake said shortly. It was all he could do not to run after her. God, how could this have happened? He had no idea what to do. Well, he decided, Molly was gone and probably needed time to calm down. So for now, he would deal with Chelsea. "A good friend?" Chelsea raised an eyebrow. "What did you want to talk about?" Jake...

Added 21 Aug 2012 | Category Love Stories | Votes 14 | Avg Score 4.79 | Views 1,205 | 3 Comments

Now this is the way to watch a movie, Jake thought. He sat on Molly's couch and she was curled up next to him. His arm was around her shoulders, and if he leaned his head down just a little, he could smell the light, airy scent of her shampoo. The lights were dimmed to make it easier to see the screen. He hadn't cared about the movie, he realized. He just didn’t want to stop being...

Added 20 Aug 2012 | Category Love Stories | Votes 10 | Avg Score 4.9 | Views 1,190 | 2 Comments

Molly had a great time with Maddy and her friends, Ginger and Sharon. She hadn’t had a girls' night of any kind in forever, and they all got along famously. Not a lot of jewelry got made, but they had a blast anyway, and made tentative plans to do it again. “Oh, that was fun,” Molly said with a happy sigh as she helped Maddy clear away the dishes. “I haven’t done anything like that in...

Added 19 Aug 2012 | Category Love Stories | Votes 9 | Avg Score 4.78 | Views 876 | 2 Comments

"So, what do you do?" Jake asked as they walked. It was a nice late summer night. The temperature had dropped slightly and the humidity was low. A slight breeze fanned through Molly's hair. "Me?" Molly asked. "I'm, um, I'm a nurse." She managed not to say that it was a choice her family had not supported. It didn’t seem fair to lay that on him when they'd only just met. "No kidding?"...

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