starbeam

was this too harsh? i'm ecstatic whenever anyone enjoys my story, but i also want to be firm about placing boundaries on this sort of thing. how do those of you who write navigate reader-preference requests?

wow, this is deeply and problematically relatable, down to the trilby else reference.

which could mean nothing.

i can't speak for everyone, but i donate to your patreon not because i expect a perfect rhythm of stories but at least in part because you've ~already~ written amazing things that i think you deserve compensation for, and because i want to support your next project whether that's writing or resting.

reading this the day after writing hypnosmut that references foucault made it feel like such a subtweet that i actually went back to check that i'd spelled it correctly.

"im worried if my yuri/GL will be male gazey" the work is not destroyed by the father's gaze alone. you should try your best to make the kind of lezfiction where if a guy reads it he either feels a deep envy and loneliness at the void in his heart or she discovers something new about herself

i'm ecstatic people enjoyed this story. i've already started the next one: also t4t butchfemme, this time longer fare in a cyberpunk setting. in it, elena, trying to satisfy her partner's desires, learns that true dominance always contains a pearl of submission. biweekly chapters, follow to keep up!

amazing, tysm. agreed on all fronts, esp. that dragging out lily's emotional beats would've been fun; "squirming on the hook" is a delightful way to put it. and no, you're not coming across as over-critical. you're being more than sweet, and in any case the feedback was invited. appreciate the time!

thank you so, so much! i'm sure you're overwhelmingly busy, but if you have time i'd love to hear any critiques (here or in dms); trying to get better before my next, longer, story. otherwise, thank (and curse) you for your stories!

thank you! i fucking ~loved~ so let me.

thanks for the feedback! i'll reflect on this as i write my next story.

oh my god.

not into girls Lily is a straight trans woman. She knows she's not into girls. So why does she feel so weird *saying* that?

i just posted my first piece of hypnosmut, a t4t straightbreaker / lesbification story heavily inspired by, though nowhere near the quality of, @kallidorarho.bsky.social's wonderful work.

i'd love to get feedback and improve! you can read it at: readonlymind.com/@starbeam/no...