Comment break-up

At first, I thought it was cute. One of those little mannerisms in a relationship that was endearing: how she cuts her spaghetti into tiny little bites first, or how she never laughs, but states that things are funny.

But you and me, comment spammers, have moved beyond the puppy love phase. It’s time for us to have The Talk. I’m cutting you off. Now. Sorry it didn’t work out, and honestly, I don’t even really want to be friends.

For the rest of you (har har), for the time being, I’ll need to approve comments. I’ll look into some spam blockers, I’m sure Word Press has a billion of them. And once you’ve posted and been approved (Lucy), you don’t need to wait in the approval queue. It was just getting distracting with all those comment alerts that turned out to be spam. So think of this as an exclusive club you can get into for free — all you have to be is human.

Categories and tags

One thing I’ve struggled when putting this site together is the creation of categories. It’s not a big deal now, what with only four stories up, but in theory, this could become an issue. Right now, I’ve broken things into broad categories (romance, voyeurism, group, etc.), and then more granular stuff (mf, ff, etc.). I’m thinking this isn’t necessary. After all, they are basically the same thing, right?

The goal is to make it easier to browse. I guess it’s silly to ask what others like seeing, considering I have like three viewers, but I’ll do it anyway. Literotica puts things into broad, singular categories with tag options (that are basically all over the place). Eroticstories does the same (minus tags). Storiesonline takes a different tactic by just offering up the tag-like descriptors without categories (well, beyond “erotica” and “romance”). I’m sorta kinda favoring this.

Nice thing about a WordPress blog/story site, it’s pretty easy to play with.

Oh, and I fixed the stories button now, so you can view all my stories on the same page! (All four, woo!) Next, I need to get those categories or tags or whatever I decide on that archive page, and figure out how to alphabetize it. Tinker, tinker…

Breaking that third wall

Disclaimers: First entry to a blog is usually the obligatory who-am-I post. It’s kind of funny, since typically, the audience is only the author. Also, it’s always strange to see an author exposed, and in this case, strange is not necessarily a good thing. In fact, if you can start reading a story and can suddenly see the gears and hear the ticking, then either the author has said too much, or you need to stop reading his blog.

So with that in mind, I’ll keep this pretty short. I write “high heat-level” erotica with a romantic angle (hardcore romance?). I love characters, especially ones I can identify with, although this is an area I’m trying to stretch myself. My taste in genre is pretty broad, so I might as well list what I don’t like: not a huge fan of scifi/fantasy/supernatural (in erotic literature) or gay erotica. (I know, I just eliminated two of the largest categories currently on the market, but what can you do?) I also couldn’t see myself writing historic erotica. I’ve been writing for 15 years (not all of this was spent writing smut though) and still love the creative challenge and accomplishment of it. I’ve posted under Kenny Wright on literotica.com, eroticstories.com, and storiesonline.net (check them out if you haven’t and vote them up!). While I write primarily for myself, I like the public validation of posting.

Erotica is really more of an interesting footnote in my life. I have a real life job as a graphic designer, a real life wife who supports this hobby, and a baby girl who’s changed our lives (but also has cut out a lot of free time).

And this is my blog. The goal is to be a dumping ground of my thoughts. I’ll post my stories on the site as well if you didn’t catch them elsewhere. Maybe talk about upcoming projects or solicite advice on works in progress. As exposing as a blog can be, I have to love its organic nature. And much like my stories as they unfold, we’ll just have to wait and see where it goes.