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Unread 01-25-2018   #11
ckent45
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Re: SHORT TIME ebook on sale

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Originally Posted by sally g View Post
I agree about the not reading just because of the "kink", but it is an important factor. A lot of Mins stories (for example) were well crafted and enoyable reads (back in the day when I could read comfortably when my eyes worked better), but his size preferences were always too small for my tastes and they predominate in most of his work. I'm not complaining of this of course, because I think a writer should write from his soul and not from the viewpoint of what others might prefer.

However, what you've said about the slow shrink scenario being a plot device and being used to great effect is encouraging. Which I take on board willingly, as your advice is something I value.

ps. Talking as we are about writers who can really write.. how is it going with your own work?
Scidram is very good about using these scenarios as a strong plot device first and foremost. Sci makes his women much smaller than I like, though I love his slow shrink scenarios. My biggest problem with Short Time is that the heroine spends so little time at a very reasonable height of 35.3" tall (give or take), but it's just a fun read from beginning to end.

I don't want to hijack Sci's thread, but I will answer: I think Sci's dedicated readership speaks best to how good of a writer he is, while I'm lucky to get 25 reads of a chapter for my work, unless it's a steamy scene, which brings a few more in. Work continues as Erica is progressing into another stage of her development toward her eventual resolution,but I'm also not really writing a "book" or anything on any scale like that. Erica's path is just a very long, difficult one for her, so I guess it's more of... documenting her progress. She's striking out on her own as a tiny business woman right now.
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