Hi,
In Part 14 of Teacher’s Mind-Controlled Sluts, I made a story decision that didn’t go over well with a number of fans. I went too far with Mr. Foster. I saw that when I saw the reaction. I made a mistake.
When I started the Mrs. Foster storyline, I had always intended him to keep her. It’s why she drops hints that she likes being his sex slave more than Mr. Foster’s wife. I had always intended for Mr. Miller to break his promise, to give in to the temptation of his power.
To be further corrupted by it.
I did it in the wrong way, so I fixed the cuckolding in part 15. Still, some of you are disappointed in that decision.
I really hate disappointing my fans. I want to give you stories that you’ll all enjoy.
In 2018, I had a fan that really loved my work. At the time, they were about the only ones commenting on the blog. Giving me any feedback.
Suddenly, I made a few story decisions in a few different series, and they didn’t like it and told me. It really shook me up as an author. I lost faith in my writing. In the decisions I made. I kept trying to please them, only making them hate my writing more in the process.
I nearly stopped posting stories on this blog.
I had to just decide to write my stories, try to be true to what I wanted to tell, and not try to cater to one fan or a group of fans. I had to accept that I can’t please everyone.
That even people who have been supporting me for years can so dislike a choice I make that they stop being my fan.
It’s a hard lesson to learn as a writer. Every time I release a story, I take the risk of disappointing or even angering some of you.
I am sorry when it happens. Sometimes, I agree that I made a bad decision. Sometimes, I don’t.
With Mrs. Foster, maybe I should have given her back, but that ship has sadly sailed. She’s too integral to the ending of the series, that’s already written, for such a course correction now. I have made my creative decision, and I have to be true to that vision.
If that’s a decision that you hate enough to stop being a fan of my writing, I understand. I’m not owed your support. I have to earn it, and if I failed you, then it’s on me. I wish you well.
Thank you all for your support. I hope to keep writing stories that you all will like, and I know that I’m going to stumble from time to time. All I can do is keep writing and hope that I don’t make these mistakes in the future.
It always seemed like Ms Foster was never leaving either cause he lied or she was pregnant with a son… way too focus on that character (way more than even his wife which would be mine complaint) to be dropped from the story. Still one of the best protagonists you have written and by far the best “Belt Buckle” story.
Yeah, his wife sort of got lost. I didn’t mean to happen. I guess I just liked this mother/daughter slave story line too much and Ms. Teller didn’t have much in it.
She has a little sister… yet that pair isn’t pregnant yet or had much narrative interaction except one scene & some passing mentions
Ugh, I thought there was a sister. I didn’t put her in my notes, so I couldn’t remember if she existed or not.
Honestly I’m guilty of obsessing over a character in your stories as well. I was dealing with some personal issues and well I ended up poring it to you’re writing. And I know it might sound like it but I’m really not trying to make excuses for what I did. I just wanted to say I’m really sorry. Your stories are one off the best things in my life and thought I don’t have the time to read as much as I like in my opinion they just keep getting better and better. And a huge part of that is that you do write what you want to write. True you can’t please everyone all the time but you’ll always have a fan in me.
I wasn’t talking about you, Pauel. Glad to have your support! 🙂
Personally I think it was perfect. Ms.Foster has been dropping hits and desires for chapters that she didn’t want to go back. that she loved being his slave. that she wanted to stay. I know he made a deal with Mr.Foster that he would be returned, but I don’t see it as much of a problem.
A good Dom or master will also take the Desires/want/needs of his/her pet/sub/slave into account when making life altering decisions. and SHE wanted to stay his. she was even upset with thinking of going back. and TBH even mind-controlled. something of a person’s core personality still remains, and that’s what I see. it’s her desire. so those that are upset with it, while that is their right should take into account that A) It’s hers and Darcy’s choice and B) while he may have broken his word he did provide a replacement of someone who would never desire to be more than Mr.Fosters.
just my two cents
Thanks.
I see no problems with your decision. It follows the flow of the story. As you and others have said, “you can’t please everyone all the time.” Keep writing these amazing mind control series, they are the best!.
Thanks. I regret the cuckolding chioce which is why it’s sort of messing with me. I still wasn’t fully happy with it, but I added a litlte bit more to fifteen, and I am now.
I personally love your stories. I’ve been reading your stuff since you first started posting The Battered Lamp series. I’ve enjoyed just about everything I’ve read since. (Not a fan of Futa, so I just don’t read it.) While I don’t write per se I do make creative content and even with my die hard friends I don’t please them all the time. You do a great job of painting the picture you want for us the audience and evoking the emotions/reactions you desire through your words. I think it’s safe to say that the majority of your fans have little to no problem with what you write, we just forget to tell you. Well I’m telling you your writing is great. Please keep up the great work.
Thanks. 🙂
Or the story is about how power corrupts, and hoe ypu originally think you are the good guy, with good intentions until you always get what you want and then realize that there isnt anything stopping you. From what i am reading its about a descent into craziness realizing there is no repercussions for your actions instead of the author forgetting about your favorite characters…
Yeah, that’s very true. No reprecussions.
It all read good to me.
Often times, you take a story in a direction I wouldn’t. But I’m not your creative consultant, so it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you write good, and you do.
So keep it up.
Thanks!
I think the problem is that the father was neglected, and one thing that I feel in your stories, and that’s why I enjoy them, is that every character is sexually and/or mentally satisfied. I didn’t feel this with Mr Foster. I liked how you corrected, and now he’s happy being a Daddy to another girl and also as a cuck for his wife. Maybe later on you could write a side story about Mr Foster and his new girl. As for Mrs Foster, she is in the right place, the school needed someone to teach the future slaves, and she’s perfect for it. And also it shows that Mr Miller is really corrupted by the belt, I think the decisions involving Mrs Foster and Mr Miller, story wise, were well thought and creative, you added something new to the belt theme as well. I like how Mr Miller is conscious about his corruption, something that the Dad and Son from previous series never felt.
Yeah, you’re very right. It was definitely a mistake on my part. A misstep that I felt the moment someone pointed it out.
I appreciate you being open about writing process. I used to write fanfiction, and I like to talk about this.
I don’t mind being open about it. Writing is an interesting process. 🙂
If I don’t like the story, I don’t read it. If the story goes somewhere I don’t like, I quit but I do expect the author to keep going with their storyline and I thought I explained that the few times I haven’t liked your stories. Still I keep reading what you write that I do enjoy and I come back to test each new story and some of the others I actually come back to enjoy that I didn’t and sometimes I do with time but don’t always comment.
I am sorry if I didn’t explain that I expected you to keep going with your story as you write them but I can also understand where criticism can be to cruel and if I have been I’m sorry. The other point I’d make was already made and I’m glad you keep going (no I don’t think I was the one)
Thanks. I do appreciate the feedback. 🙂
In 14 I was disappointed, but I thought I was meant to be. You’d written this character who had convinced himself he was doing the right thing “for society” and then he breaks his word. So that worked in that it exposed his delusion to the audience.
My only complaint was not getting the scene in 15 where he corrected the mistake and gave Mr Foster a slut.
Otherwise, this was a great part of the story.
More Miss Teller though please. I’d love to get side stories of her in class.
yeah, that’s because I had to modify 15 and I didn’t have a lot of time to do it, sadly. So I just wrote in prose. I might right a Ms. Teller side story of her class. 🙂
As a fan, for me, it’s about informing the reader so there aren’t surprises in the way of fetish. While it did bother me how the MC went back on his word, the most irritating part of the Teacher story line are the gangbangs. The MC is sharing his love interests, they don’t really seem like love interests then, just toys I guess. Which is inconsistent with some of the other choices he makes. So I prefer some of your other stories over this one.
I’m glad your prolific enough that I can find something I enjoy from the various stories you post. It’s helpful that the tags give a pretty good idea of what I can expect. Occasionally there are a few unpleasant surprises, but Im still finding gems. So it makes it worth it i guess.
To me, the main love interests are Darcy and Helen, and they didn’t have a scene with other men, so, he is not sharing his main partners. The other girls are his slaves, so he can use them for his pleasure, and sometimes it pleases him to watch the girls having fun with other people. At least, that’s how I understand this series. But I don’t think that sharing a love interest with other people hurts the relationship. I was reading The Devil’s Pact and there’s sharing there because the couple are equal in the relationship, for example.
In the devil’s pact, Mark and Mary are equals which is not the case in this story. That’s why I had Mark and Mary have other lovers.
Yes, and I think it’s good that you don’t write the same story all the time. I have something well written for whatever mood I’m in 🙂 And I haven’t read anything I did not like.
Thanks
Darcy and Ms. Teller are his love interests really. He’d never share those. I don’t want to give people unpleasant surprises, which is why I try to be accurate on the tags.
Keep writing, I don’t like all your stories but I like that you write often. Do your thing.
Thanks!
Hey there, I’ve been thinking about commenting for a while, but never really worked up the courage. Even now, I don’t really feel like I have much to say other than I’m enjoying this setup of the belt buckle mind control series the most out of the ones so far (I’ve gone through them all but the Mom’s boy one).
Having started my own semi-erotic series, I definitely relate to the problem of fearing how your writing will come off to others whom read it (even I have had a few times where I read something here and went “whoa…uh, that’s not good”), but I think posts like this help draw back the curtain a bit and remind us that you are not what you write.
Writers need to take risks every single time they make something. Some will like it, some won’t. That’s just the curse they have, I guess.
Yeah, it’s quite intimidating sharing your writing with others.
Knowing that the initial issue in the referenced story is more or less resolved (it seems that the commenter wasn’t actually intending to stop following/supporting you), the context of this question already has shifted slightly. Still, I’m not sure what exactly I can tell you here. Other than, that before I stop reading your stories entirely, you will receive a message telling you that I can’t edit stuff for you anymore. And even if I would stop editing your stories I will most likely still find the necessary time to read as many stories as possible. Because since I found you, I haven’t discovered another author that outputs as many stories as you do with the quality and the “focus” of your stories. Focus here means that I enjoy the stories for their erotica aspects but I really continued reading your stories for so long, because there are real stories (with well-thought-out world building) hidden behind the obvious sex stuff.
What I suspect was one of the triggers for this situation is the types of main character your stories feature. Shorter stories tend to feature more of the power hungry or already corrupted characters. They are fun because you can (while reading) put yourself in a position that you know society would never allow/want you to take. And you accept (almost) any misdoing because you already expected them to act that way.
The longer the stories are, the more are the main characters either good people from the get-go or they learn to embrace their good traits because of some (evil) force in the story that makes them the good counter-part.
The teacher’s belt buckle story – itself being on the medium-length side – has a main character that, while he quickly embraced that he can screw around a lot, pretty much was the prototype for a “good from the get-go”-type of guy. That could be the reason why the audience doesn’t like if he misbehaves. If it is a character that we all wish to be but shows traits that we absolutely don’t approve of, then an internal/mental conflict develops that causes some to complain (to whatever degree they feel like is necessary).
And yes, it’s easy to say “Don’t give too much on your audience’ opinion” or “Don’t let the negative comments get you down” but at the same time you depend (amongst other things, financially) on your audience and their approval. And you also don’t want your community to develop in a way that negative comments immediately trigger an immense backlash. Negative comments, too, serve their purpose and you should always embrace them.
What you could do is integrate your community more into the story writing process. But I don’t have a single viable clue, how exactly this could look like. Some content creators have implemented a system where Patreon-supporters get access to their works earlier. That gives these people the change to comment before the whole audience gets access to and also lets the creators do a final edit (if necessary). Another idea that I have right now would be to sensitize your editors for such situations because these folks already have access early on. But then again, everyone is different. So, you needed people like Irishnotfur that you know have a particular taste to tell you what to improve/change. But that would bear the risk that your stories would become too alike to each other. So, with the insights I have gained into your writing process, those ideas all seem hard to implement and won’t serve the wider audience a lot.
TL;DR: no clue, what to change, but please, don’t stop writing!!!
Thanks. It was a mix of agreeing with him and the misunderstanding. I just had to get some feelings out with the post so I could deal with them. Writing is one way I deal with things. This story was up early on my subscribe star, but people rarely comment on things there. But every story on my blog you can read on subscribe star a week or more early and some of them in an edited form on patreon.
As an author, you have to be true to yourself and what you like. These are your stories, and you have to write what pleases you. I once made the mistake of writing a serial in another genre where I focused too much on taking the suggestions of an author I respected, even if they weren’t what I really wanted to write. The work suffered for it and I never finished it.
From my own point of view, it didn’t bother me too much. I like Darcy and Mrs. Foster together too much to want them separated, and quite frankly this is a series with a protagonist who uses his powers to convince sexy girls who are academically weak to become auctioned sex slaves. I don’t expect him to be a paragon of ethics!
This is a great series. You should be proud of it. I eagerly anticipate every second Sunday. You’re doing good, and you made Mr. Foster happy and in doing so, provided some insights into Mr. Miller’s psyche. Ya done good! Keep it up.
hanks so much!