Well, I might start posting here after all.

[JordanIda]

I've got three finished novels to post. And working on a fourth. They're romances. Fanfic very loosely based on Twilight.

I've been lurking here for a couple months. In the forums. I like everyone I've met. And even though I can be a cantankerous, somewhat acrimonious sort of person, I've found most of you are, too. So I haven't met anyone here that I can't hang with. People here seem to be mature enough to get my dry sense of humor, and I don't have to be apologizing for it all the time.

I'm kind of hoping the readers here will also have an average age somewhat north of 14. And a bit of maturity. As opposed to other places I've been-and-gone in the past year. There's only one way to find out!

Currently my fiction is down to one venue: the little site with two R's in its name. Got followers, unsolicited reviews, high ratings that I didn't get through swaps. So the readers like me. But in the forum I was bullied and pig piled by the writers. And this morning I got notified of a three day ban.

For "toxicity in the forums."

Because I had the nerve to defend myself against those bullies. ("Premium members"... squeaky wheels... oh well. City hall and clicques: can't fight'em.)

So on March 10, when my ban expires, I'm going to take my fiction down and ask my readers to come here. Maybe a few will. Maybe not.

 

[Eldoria]

I got notified of a three day ban

What does banned mean? I really don't know.

 

[JordanIda]

Leave it to me to find out. (sigh)

A bunch of loud-mouth bullies on the forum were giving me grief because I gave a book review that they deemed mean and hurtful. (Over there, no one knows what a review is. The writers all swap reviews to boost their ratings.)

So I basically said if they want to hear that their trash is great and they're on a one-way express to fame and fortune, they should show their garbage to their besties and mothers.

And for that I got a three day ban.

Unbelievable. I'm out of there. The moment they spring me from solitary.

 

[reffectiscool]

well let‘s see if your stories are good then, i’ll be checking them out

 

[JordanIda]

You don't have to like them. Can't please everyone. You can love'em, leave'em, burn 'em with fire. No diff, I appreciate anyone who takes time out of their busy day. :)

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Twilight fan fiction for people over 14? Didn't someone already do that, and call it Fifty Shades of Gray?

 

[Alski]

I'm kind of hoping the readers here will also have an average age somewhat north of 14. And a bit of maturity. As opposed to other places I've been-and-gone in the past year. There's only one way to find out!

The site has age restrictions( no one under 13, and those under 18 need a guardians consent), but we all know those dont stop most people. The good news is you will find most people here are over 20, we have a few vocal kids on the forum but they are mostly harmless.

But in the forum I was bullied and pig piled by the writers.

Thats their circlejerk cartels in action. Best to just not engage with them and report in the slim chance you dont get a mod thats in their pocket

 

[JordanIda]

Twilight fan fiction for people over 14? Didn't someone already do that, and call it Fifty Shades of Gray?

LOL!

Yeah... you know, I've neither read it nor watched the movie.

My books aren't p@rn. (There are some "good parts," but buried deeply and not like that.) They're not that popular.

Honestly I don't know why I bother. Nervous tic.

 

[Alski]

Yeah... you know, I've neither read it nor watched the movie.

better to just say inspired by twilight internet memes then.

 

[JordanIda]

I've heard that before. But I use the character names. Wouldn't be right. The funny thing (or not so funny) is I don't even like fan fiction. I think it's theft.

I should really just kill it. I'm this close. But I'll post here and see if it catches a few readers. Seventh time's a charm.

 

[Alski]

At present Fanfictions are harder to find so the chance of getting new readers is low if they dont already know about your work.

 

[JordanIda]

I didn't know that. So, it's hidden by default and they can't even see it on lists? If that's the case, there's not much point.

 

[Alski]

I didn't know that. So, it's hidden by default and they can't even see it on lists? If that's the case, there's not much point.

Scratch that, they are searchable in the series finder but the tag is not clickable like all other tags are.

 

[JordanIda]

Well lots to think about. I might just kill it.

 

[Feudyn]

What does banned mean? I really don't know.

I think it is when you get a group of mates together to play instruments and sing your favourite songs

 

[Juia_Darkcrest]

My vocal readers all seem to be in their mid thirties in to their 60s-70s. My MC is an old guy, so I am referencing a bunch of old shit that most seem to get lol.

Just remember most SH readers are quiet lol

 

[CharlesEBrown]

I've heard that before. But I use the character names. Wouldn't be right. The funny thing (or not so funny) is I don't even like fan fiction. I think it's theft.

I should really just kill it. I'm this close. But I'll post here and see if it catches a few readers. Seventh time's a charm.

That's how the woman who wrote 50 Shades started - her idea was have Bella be college age, Edward be a professional, and they meet in a professional environment - his "powers" come from sexuality (primarily BDSM) and she's an "innocent" who learns to like it, I think (have only read summaries and listened to Rush Limbaugh's rant against it - guy LOVED Breaking Bad, even spent most of an episode praising a show that he admitted "had absolutely no redeeming qualities" but he and his wife LOVED it - but his wife got into 50 Shades, so he read it to know what she was talking about and DESPISED it 150% - was very amusing to listen to).
Then she changed the names and had a hit.

 

[JordanIda]

What I'm doing is similar. This is not an advert, at least not intentionally.

I started with Twilight as a vehicle, because I liked the story but hated the book. And I wrote the first volume of my series to loosely align with canon, because lots of my friends were into it. But it veers off canon very quickly, because the overall series explores a much larger theme: the origins of vampires (preceding their appearance throughout ancient Egyptian mythology) and the interdependence of vampires with the development of human civilization. Much of the series (volumes three through four especially) take place between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago. Several stories within stories. The great Flood (upper Asia, 20,000 years ago). The Tower of Babel and Sekhmet's subjugation of the world (15,000 years ago). There is even an embedded epic length poem called "Song of the Fall of Eden." And it's also a romance between a vampire and a human.

Anyway, I'm still deciding what to do. The few readers I have, I've picked up by piggybacking on the Twilight fandom. So I'm not going to change character names. I'lm either going to continue it or kill it.

 

[A-Random-Writer]

What does banned mean? I really don't know.

It mean like blocked off from accessing a website or a service. If I was banned from scribblehub I wouldn't be able to access it or us it. (Idk if you meant that or were joking but I hope it helped)

 

[GearMagical]

My vocal readers all seem to be in their mid thirties in to their 60s-70s. My MC is an old guy, so I am referencing a bunch of old shit that most seem to get lol.

Just remember most SH readers are quiet lol

You know, I think I’ve already said this here more than once. What I want to say is that probably most people on this site are 40 or 50 years old. Maybe 60, 70, or even older. The very fact that you’re discussing Twilight (2008) and Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) already suggests that you’re all likely older than you’re trying to appear.


I believe that on almost every book-related website the users are already adults — or even elderly. Young people today are much more interested in playing video games, watching movies, TV series, cartoons, anime, reading comics or manga than in reading classic text-based books.


Is that a good thing or a bad thing?