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[taylorgibbs]

I've been kicking around something and thought I'd throw it to a poll here. As you may know, my roommate has been unemployed for a bit, with no job opportunities on the horizon. As a result, I'm looking into some alternate income streams. I'm considering self publishing a few short stories under this pen name, and wanted to know if there would be any interest.



These would be short works (under 10,000 words). They would be completely original male/male. There is a possibility of a menage or two with male/male/female interaction. These could be teen rated to adult, depending on the story.

Just me: Would you be interested in purchasing any originals. If so, what would be the highest price point you'd consider? Would there be any genres you'd specifically want to read, or themes and genres you would not? Would you read serialized stories--multiple books featuring the same characters and emotional arc?

Thanks so much for your input.

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Comments

[xanthelj.livejournal.com]

I thought your price options were very reasonable. I'm more concerned about the subject matter. I trust you to write good stuff!!! I'm just not sure I'd want to read short fic menage. If it was a longer story then I might, but in a short fic I don't think I'd want to read anything other than m/m! This is partly because of the presence of the woman when my preference is for slash but partly also that I'm not wild about threesomes unless there's something important emotionally making the threesome happen. If it's just "woo-hoo - let's all have sex!" then I find that a bit boring to be honest and I'm not sure how much reasoning you can get over in a less than 10,000 word OC fic. It's easier if it's fanfic because we already know the characters.

I definitely think you should go for it if you have the ideas! If it could generate a bit of income that would be great when times are difficult.

[taylorgibbs.livejournal.com]

That may be the challenge with a menage. I was presented a plot by way of a commission that could work, but I suspect it needs more time and energy than 10K offers. I'm tied to sub 10K via my contract for my other pen name so... ;)

Thanks so much!