I've been more than a little remiss as far as my writing is concerned... Been a hell of a year and I've just not really been able to get much done...
I need to finish The Client on the Sixth Floor - the story about a hooker who falls for a client (and it's lovely that I've had a lot of people get in touch about that series. Of course, it does highlight just how long the damned thing's been sitting unfinished - it's actually nearly done and there's a prologue AND an epilogue almost ready to post, once the final part's been finished)
I need to finish Punish Me - the story about a girl who slowly regains her self respect after a not-so-pretty affair and break up (I'd say that part four is probably one of the dirtiest things I've written)
I need to finish Perfucktory (which means NoReasonNeeded will also have his companion piece to write too)
The Big Sandwich, part three, which CurlyGirly and I had fun writing, needs to be completed...
and besides those, I have maybe a dozen which are lying in the dark recesses of my laptop, waiting for attention...
I actually sat and wrote a little today on a threesome story with a twist...
I'll get there...
It doesn't do it for me I'm afraid...
I recently had carpets fitted and the guy fitting them was wearing a thong, which could be easily seen when he was crouching down to fit the carpets... I found it very ofputting and inappropriate (surely that's got to feel like a bandsaw, working away like that???)
I like my guy in something appropriate to the work he's doing... jeans and t-shirt are fine for DIY, oh and maybe a toolbelt ;)
If you click on the 'settings' wheel in the menu at the top of your page, it will bring up your 'update details' page. There you will see 'following authors' in the third column. If you click on that, it will bring up the list of authors you follow. Hover over the one you want to unfollow and a menu will pop up, giving you that option...
Hope that helps
When I first post a story, I will generally thank anyone who leaves a comment on it (because I do appreciate their consideration and time). I'll generally post a pic with a thank you for reading the story on friends' walls, or send a PM to non-friends. After that time, I'm a little less organised about it.
If someone simply scores the story without commenting, then I will not send a thank you, unless it's a friend, in which case I might or might not IM them to thank them, but generally I make the assumption that they don't wish to be contacted for thank yous (just my assumption and not really based on fact or anything)
I hope that people don't mind me posting or PMing a thank you. I've never had any negative feedback to suggest that they do and I guess that it's easy enough to ignore a PM or delete a wall post if you don't like it, or even ask the author not to post such things.
I'm not a huge fan of mass PMs to promote stories, but I don't mind the occasional one for competitions and the like, or for a special project or whatever - I actually decided to opt out of mass PMs. Although I have sent out promotional PMs in the past, I tend not to do that any more as I feel that it would apply pressure to friends who might not want to read my stories or poems. If they want to, they will follow me and read as and when it suits them. I guess I'm more relaxed about it all these days?
I tend to follow a few authors or see that people have commented on my news feed or sometimes pop onto the home page to see what's been posted. At the moment, I have precious little time to read here or spend much time at all so I'm just not reading much at the moment and I have a lot of catching up to do!
If I leave a comment on a story, I don't expect a thank you at all, although it is nice to get one.
The new system, where the author can "like" and/or reply to story comments is a good one I think, although it would be better if you were notified when someone commented on your comment, as I personally rarely go back to read comments on someone else's story once I have read it.
I don't think there is a right or wrong though. Some people do the thank you thing, others don't. It doesn't really matter either way.