I am overwhelmed by how many folks came forward to express their opinions.
Thank You!
My stories have never sought any more than a PG rating. I am all about love, not the actual act. If I've included sex as most of you said, it's just talked about, not graphically portrayed.
And that's where I will take it.
I will write the story, but it will be on your terms and mine.
So, here's my dilemma. I have this vision for a story. The premise is that our Protagonist, who has dreams of being an actor, has sex with the person running an audition. It's consensual, and both parties enjoy it. After a wham, bam, thank you, ma'am; both parties go their separate ways. But, this one-night stand turns into a love song which will be my tale. So, here's the million-dollar question. "How graphic should this sex act be?" I want to hear your honest opinions, please.
Hi. I’m starting a sequel to Taylor. All the proceeds go to BigCloset just like the first one.
I am looking for friends here. I want co-authors and readers. Anyone game?
It will start with brain storming, creating an outline, and then writing. Anyone can pitch it to help move this process along. Everyone will receive credit when it’s published.
As you already know from my work, I don’t have a lot of ego leading the way. So, anyone or anything is appreciated.
Big Question - I just received a PM from someone who purchased Being Invisible and they report that the book acted 'wonky' ( a technical term). The person said that the font changed from their preset 11 point to 7 without warning.
If you have purchased the book, or are reading it on your Kindle, please help me out and look.
After a traumatic bullying incident at Wilson High School, Ethan retreats to his bedroom and never wants to go out again. But, after a year of hiding and homeschooling, he just wishes for a change.
“If I was invisible. no one could see me. I wouldn’t be laughed at or teased. I could go where I want and be free!”
It's done! I've finally published Invisible, the story you've been reading here. But, the title has been changed to Being Invisible because my editor suggested that there are too many works titled Invisible.
That's the good news. The bad news is that I will be taking it down according to Amazon's rules. They say it can take up to seventy-two hours to publish, so it goes away soon. I hope you got a chance to finish it here.
I hate ‘I’ messages, because it’s not all about me.
This is all about the readers and the engineers who keep this big ship sailing.
You have warmly embraced Invisible with your reading, kudos, and comments as I upload each section of this effort. I’ve often said I write my stories in isolation because that’s me. But, when I upload a story and pull back the curtains, it amazes me how generously people take the time to look over the offering.
I want to thank everyone who gave the first part of Invisible such a warm welcome.
Book Two of Invisible will be coming out daily, starting next week. I took a week off to let the readers catch up and for me to do something besides hover over the site
Invisible is a rather lengthy novel and I am publishing it regularly. Could someone set it up so each numbered part would reference back to Invisible for all the chapters?
Finally, I have sent Invisible off to my editor. I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to have finally scratched out this story to my satisfaction.
What started out as Serious Camouflage and morphed to Camouflage, then got pulled and rethunk until I knew what story I wanted to tell. I've had many wonderful souls looking over the manuscripts and propping me up with excellent constructive criticism. When it comes back from Tom, I will start publishing chapters here.
I'm excited to finally share something here with the people I love and admire.
I'm working on a new book and would like to find a few people who would like to read some pages and give me constructive criticism on how to make this more reader-friendly.
I stopped working on my story, Camouflage, back in November. I have no excuse to offer. Things weren't working out for me and I realized I needed to stop. I don't like leaving things unfinished. I'm working again.
I've amended the story to make it flow better. My plan is to share that effort soon.
I want to thank everyone here for all the love and kindness they shower on all the wonderful people who flock to this site. I want to thank the authors who generously provide delightful stories to read and discuss. I also want to thank everyone on the BigCloset team who work so hard to provide us with this wonderful home.
I was wondering about the folks who are reading this.
Are you a writer/reader?
What kinds of stories do you read?
Who’s your favorite authors?
Do you buy books?
Do you donate to this site?
Will you reread a story again?
What do you look for in a story?
What’s your favorite topics/subjects/genre/ that you enjoy?
Long ago, back in July, I started uploading a new story, Vacation, to bigclosetR.us. After lots of fine constructive criticism from the readers, I finished a 13,000-word novella for you.
I enjoyed working with the fine readers here at bigcloset.us and was determined to complete a novel based on the story. I dug myself in and created a 46,000-word story that we called Lowell's Vacation. (Our editor, Tom Peashey, suggested that Vacation was too overused as a title)
I can happily say that it's now for sale on Amazon for your reading pleasure. Thanks, Leslie
The last thing I published here was the beginning of a novel I was writing called Vacation.
Some of you read it, and I want your suggestions...
It needs a publishable title. Vacation is not going to cut it and I'm interested in hearing any suggestions you might think of.
The third part of the book is coming back from my editor soon, so it will appear within the month. That means that before I publish it to Amazon, I have to erase it here. So, if you want to see the first third of the book, read it here before it's removed.
I really enjoyed coming back and visiting all the intelligent, tasteful readers here at BigCloset. The last book I finished up, Taylor, was donated to this site so the proceeds could help out keeping it afloat.
Testing out a story idea like Vacation proved rewarding for me, getting lots of great ideas for maybe retooling it into a novel. I liked my characters and they started talking to me..
But, the curious thing was how many people wanted me turn Portrait into a book.
I want to acknowledge the sweet people from BigCloset who create such a dynamic mechanism for posting a story. My latest effort, Vacation, is a work in progress. I eagerly read and responded to all the comments.
But, what was especially helpful were the folks who offered constructive criticism. And because the design here lets me edit my work, I was able to redo entire passages to reflect what I learned from readers. Chapter Three is the best example of rewriting to clarify what I should have said initially.
While The Big Books of Wildcats and Taylor and being received in such a positive light, one of my books has fallen through the cracks. I'm hoping that you will take another look at the preview pages of this Kindle book on Amazon.
Why, you ask, am I writing this blog? Well, in my mind, this was the book I worked hardest to make 'good.' It's got a great body swap, some swash-buckling characters, a nice love story, and a happy ending. It even has a talking AI.
Collected was published this spring and Just In Case you missed it, here's another pedantic plug for Leslie Moore Industries where they're stamping out new novels every day (just as soon as we get this chimps typing again!).
Thank you to all those people who have taken a look at Collected on Amazon. I really appreciate your time and energy. I worked really hard to make it my best work.
BTW: I am in the process of reworking Terry and the Wildcats, Wildcats 1, Wildcats 2, Wildcats 3, and Wildcats 4.
I also have a new Wildcats 5 and Wildcats 6 that will be added to the entire collection and republished as The Big Book Of Wildcats, all 1,500 pages of Wildcats. The whole thing should be up and available in September and will cost less than two books, at $4.99
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