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Critique? OK, here goes. As a writer, I think I'm in a special position to give one. ;)
I read Cosmolab, and I feel like your main aim in these stories is to cram in as much mansex as possible rather than to write the best possible story. My first suggestion to you is to slow down and let the story follow a more natural pace. In "Cosmolab" you have six people all screwing right from the word "go". It is, to put it lightly, somewhat unrealistic.
Another thing is that there never seems to be straight people, shy people, people who need time to warm up to others, or people who just don't feel in the mood in your stories. It's like "Hey, I just met you six seconds ago, want to fuck?" "Okay!" Not everyone is ready to drop 'em and insert tab A into slot B on a moment's notice, or even think that a man's anus is a good place to put "tab A". Even if you take the (somewhat optimistic) figure of 10% of the population being homosexual, that still leaves 9 out of 10 men preferring pussy over cock. Your characters should actually meet people who aren't interested.
I think you show considerable potential as a writer, but you need to work more on developing a coherent story rather than cramming the maximum amount of beat-off material per page. Writing is not a porn movie - it's OK to take your time and let the money shot wait for later.
(Not signed message... of course)
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Thurday, 4 May 2006 |
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Andrej,
So far I have read "Chipi - A.D. 2574"; "The Closureds Order"; "Cosmolab"; "Counting to 10 (hypnosis)"; and "The Free Commune of Silvana". What I can only say about all the works is that I absolutely love them and think that they are brillant. The way you have the gay male winning or coming out great in the end always make me smile. I especially like how in many of your stories you jump time and fill in the information in the end (like you did in the "Closureds Order"). Its just great.
If I was required to tell you something about them that I did not like, well it would have to be when you have a major character die. I don't like that, despite the fact that they are usually well-off, comfortable, well-loved, and old; I still don't like it. Other than that, sometimes I find that the sex scenes do not flow with the rest of the section, and that I can't always tell what is exactly happening in a particular scene. Besides those tiny things (which as you can probably guess will not cause me to stop reading) I find your writing style to be great and the stories wonderful.
It is stories such as this that I wish would be in the Gay section of a local book store. It has come to the point that I don't even look anymore in the physical store, knowing full well that there are probably a dozen gread stories on the internet that I can read. Anyway, sorry to go off on a tangent like that.
Just so you know, I found your writings first on the Nifty archive. That is, in fact, where I first read the "Closureds Order". I followed the link to your site where I immediately lost my head cause of all the great amounts of fiction that I can read.
So, in closing, you are a very good writer whose stories and places cause me to fall in love with them the moment I start reading it. The endings are wonderful but so is the journey.
A Happy Reader,
Carl
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