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It's been a little while since I've posted a journal. I hope everyone is well. Me? I work, I do chores, and I try to do a little bit of goofing off. I've been a little, well, I don't want to say inspired, but maybe that's a good word for it? I wrote out Bargaining an Oath, which I shared here, I have another story written out but not yet typed, and I'm in the middle of working on another that I haven't titled yet but is a character development piece. While doing that I decided to move into writing stuff that I haven't written before and as usual I am wondering if people can tell that I wasn't comfortable writing during the bits that I wasn't comfortable writing. Go figure. I Bargaining an Oath was written from a reddit writing prompt. I'm sure that the person who set the prompt intended the resulting stories to be just a few short paragraphs. Somehow, my idea took off. And in the process, I decided that I would write something that I was uncomfortable writing: one of the
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I've been posting the chapters of a -gasp- completed story recently, called "Bargaining an Oath." A guy makes a deal with the Fey and wants out of it, challenges ensue. It's a blood oath (he signed it in blood), and it's already been stated twice in the story that people aren't released from oaths lightly, never from such a one as his. Chapter 6 is the latest installment and after barely 4 days has 24K views, a dozen times more than the second-most read of my pieces, and that isn't even the beginning of the other series that I started. I'd be a little :happybounce: but so far I'm not seeing a lot of actual interest. Still no comments, either.:shifty: It's also the second chapter in a row that I tagged with "seduction" and "seductivefemale" Please don't tell me that's the only reason that people are reading this. And the seduction in that chapter is noticeably milder than the one in the previous chapter, which I marked as mature. :grump: I dunno. Should I bother sharing
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Tagging @BATTLEFAIRIES so she can tell me if I messed up. Also because I have 117 stray points laying around that I'll be happy to donate as a prize, please tell me what to do to accomplish that. (wait a minute... :-o ) Anyway. I am opening the following galleries fully for critique: https://www.deviantart.com/steve-c2/gallery/43469869/sketch - Disclaimer: This is old stuff. OLD I tell ya. I haven't sketched in years. But on the off chance you find something interesting, yay me I guess. TBH this commenting on this gallery is me asking "Hey, how'd I do?" https://www.deviantart.com/steve-c2/gallery/43469289/photos - Disclaimer: See above disclaimer. I have much newer equipment now and I haven't shared anything from it yet. Most of the stuff there was taken on an economy model point-and-shoot; I currently have a DSLR and am doing some light astrophotography. https://www.deviantart.com/steve-c2/gallery/45935141/shorts-dm-related - Disclaimer: It is not necessary to know
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Hey there! Hope you're well! You up to anything new lately?


Just letting you know I'm about to publish a book!

Congratulations on getting published!


I wrapped up a series - it was supposed to be a short story, based on a writing prompt on reddit - and it turned into a 42 page piece. I shared it here, starts at

I should mention that I nudged myself into an area that I wasn't comfortable with - one character was trying to seduce another character.


I also wrote a story called Impromptu Date that I started to write before Halloween last year and just finished a couple of days ago. Writing took that long not for length of story, but for the fact that it got "back burnered" for a while. In that one I was trying to expand into an area that I didn't feel comfortable with - writing an encounter of a sexual sort. I started typing up that one when another one came to mind so I stopped typing and started writing. What I'm working on right now is a story to develop a character from the Dragon Mage series. I put the series itself on a somewhat permanent hiatus, but sometimes I'll go back to a character or develop the world a little.


So that's what I'm up to right now.

Hey there, you up to anything lately? And do you post your writing on any other sites? 
Hello!  I can't say I've written anything lately, though I have more than a couple of ideas swimming around.  A couple of them would require a bit more of a time investment ... *sigh*

I did complete something a while back and I wouldn't mind having someone look at it with an eye for publication because instead of posting on DA I want to go and publish it.  I did share the first few chapters here: Oskar's Automata - Chapters 1 - 3 and Oskar's Automata - Chapter 4.  I hate asking, yet I ask, if you wouldn't mind looking at the latest revision of the whole story?

Otherwise, I don't put my writing elsewhere.  I wouldn't mind putting it where it could get some feedback, and maybe I can improve some work to publication standards.  At the same time I wonder if it would be possible to publish something that I've already shared here (and elsewhere, if it comes to it.)  Any thoughts?

I hope you're well!
Sorry for the suuuuper slow reply!

I'd love to check out what you wrote, and I'm happy to give feedback if you want it :3

I've been trying to find places to put my writing that I could get feedback, but the only noteable one seems to be wattpad, and the average quality on there (at least that I find) is ..eck...

As far as I know, if you were to seek publication of something that's posted on DA, they might have you delete it as part of their agreement to publish it, but I don't think it would prevent you from getting anything published. I know a lot of stories I've seen on other writing sites will have the first chapter, and then something along the lines of "I've been published! You can read the rest of the story by purchasing my book here!"
That's okay.  I have a few things in my own inbox ... heh ...

If you'd like to look, here you are:

Oskar's Automata IThe shop with its walls displaying clocks, music boxes (with and without dancers), and other gearwork contraptions among its shelves, was quiet. An older man leaned against the frame of an open doorway into another room behind the shop. Customers could if they tried, glimpse into the interior if the door was open when they were present. Usually all that would be visible is a back wall, lined with shelves, except for a window at the top of the room. The wall opposite the tool and equipment laden shelves contained a workbench, behind which currently sat a dark-haired teen. Shelves and trays of small pieces requiring a magnifying lens to see stacked on either side of the middle of the workbench. The teen bent intently over the instrument in his hand. He checked its parts, ensuring everything was in its place and working. Satisfied, he handed it to the wiry man who had been watching him.
The man was older and more experienced, having just slightly more years on him to be the teen’s f


Oskar's Automata II§
Oskar introduced Celeste with the usual bit of fanfare at the theater. He was once again surprised when, after a he extended the invitation for audience members to inspect the model, the model raised an arm and indicated the audience members. They were allowed to feel the soft torso and limbs. They agreed Celeste had a more lifelike feel.
The three “sisters” danced, singly and together. As part of the show, people were called out of the audience to dance with the different models. Anna and Celeste seemed to be especially responsive to the movements of their dance partners.
After the show at the theater, Oskar returned to his house with Anna and Celeste. “You two have some more work tonight.” He set them behind a curtain he had set across the back of the large front room. On the other side was a busy, boisterous tavern atmosphere. “Perfect.”
Oskar stepped around the back and emerged on the side of the curtain. Some patrons saw him and shouted a


I'll let you read ... anything I say may spoil things.  I'm always game for some good feedback.

Honestly, that's what I would do.  "Here's a first chapter preview, if you want the rest, buy the book!"