Muse, you're insane. And annoying
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elfs"I've got it!" Muse said.
"Got what? What's going on out on the plains of Mars?"
"No, your next Sterlings episode."
I gave her my strongest glare and said, "No more Sterlings."
"You mean no more Sterlings until Caprice is done, right?"
"No, I mean no more Sterlings, ever. After Polestar and maybe, maybe, Under the Big Gun, we're done with the Sterlings."
"WHAT!"
"My audience doesn't care for it that much. They want more Shardik stories. Something with strong continuity. Something that doesn't require a user's manual. And I don't think dickgirls sell that well."
She was silent for a long time, biting on her thumb, and tears welled in her eyes. "I hate Caprice," she said. "I hate her, I hate her, I hate her! You never cared about what your audience thought before. You never tailored stories to what you thought might sell before. You wrote because you loved to write, because you wanted to say stuff, because you wanted science fiction that made you happy and horny and there's too damn little of that! Now all you do is write about Caprice and when you have reading time you read the unpubs from the Journal Entries and chuckle to yourself that someday you'll release Empire or Petri Dish or Bridges of Stone or one of the many Misuko and Linia stories that your fans will love. Well, they're not gonna love them if you don't finish them, and it's no fair for you to read the episodes you have."
She put her hands on my chest and said, "Look, I know Shardik started out as your own little Mary Sue, and you've loved it for that reason all these years. You wanted to write something else, but you have to go back to the well, or you're just gonna, I dunno, stop loving writing. And neither one of us wants that.
"Look, Elf, we both love the Sterlings. We do. You can't stop writing them just because, you know, no one else wants to read them."
I sighed and put down my pen. She was mostly right. I missed many posts of Sterlings episodes and never got a complaint; I figured the fifty or so people who really wanted to read it bought the book, and nobody else really cared. But I did want to write more. I especially wanted to write more Dove and Ash and Arwen stories, and she knew it. I wasn't done with them. "All right, what have you got?"
"Got what? What's going on out on the plains of Mars?"
"No, your next Sterlings episode."
I gave her my strongest glare and said, "No more Sterlings."
"You mean no more Sterlings until Caprice is done, right?"
"No, I mean no more Sterlings, ever. After Polestar and maybe, maybe, Under the Big Gun, we're done with the Sterlings."
"WHAT!"
"My audience doesn't care for it that much. They want more Shardik stories. Something with strong continuity. Something that doesn't require a user's manual. And I don't think dickgirls sell that well."
She was silent for a long time, biting on her thumb, and tears welled in her eyes. "I hate Caprice," she said. "I hate her, I hate her, I hate her! You never cared about what your audience thought before. You never tailored stories to what you thought might sell before. You wrote because you loved to write, because you wanted to say stuff, because you wanted science fiction that made you happy and horny and there's too damn little of that! Now all you do is write about Caprice and when you have reading time you read the unpubs from the Journal Entries and chuckle to yourself that someday you'll release Empire or Petri Dish or Bridges of Stone or one of the many Misuko and Linia stories that your fans will love. Well, they're not gonna love them if you don't finish them, and it's no fair for you to read the episodes you have."
She put her hands on my chest and said, "Look, I know Shardik started out as your own little Mary Sue, and you've loved it for that reason all these years. You wanted to write something else, but you have to go back to the well, or you're just gonna, I dunno, stop loving writing. And neither one of us wants that.
"Look, Elf, we both love the Sterlings. We do. You can't stop writing them just because, you know, no one else wants to read them."
I sighed and put down my pen. She was mostly right. I missed many posts of Sterlings episodes and never got a complaint; I figured the fifty or so people who really wanted to read it bought the book, and nobody else really cared. But I did want to write more. I especially wanted to write more Dove and Ash and Arwen stories, and she knew it. I wasn't done with them. "All right, what have you got?"
Dove lay on top of Ash (she was sure it was Ash), feeling his cock subside within her. Arwen's slimmer but longer cock was still sliding gently in and out of her ass, the last dregs of his climax oozing out of him. He nuzzled the back of her hair and murmured gentle coos into her ear. They had finally talked her into this and she had, well, she had loved it. She still loved them. She lay there in a daze, her hair tangled and lube-soaked and messy, and she giggled and kissed Ash and said, "I love both of you so much."If you know how the Sterlings storyline runs, the manure has just impacted the spinning propellors at high speed.
He smiled like he was about to say something, but the vid screen to her left blink and beeped. "Call for you, Dove," Dzun said.
"Now?" She lifted her head and stared at the monitor.
"She said it was urgent."
"Who...? Never mind. Put her through, audio only, please."
"Dove? Dovey, are you there?"
"Mom? What are you doing here?"
Please publish more Sterlings & Shardik!!
Date: 2008-04-13 09:45 pm (UTC)I've been a fan of yours since 1998 when I tripped across the Journal Entries. I haven't purchased Sterlings for a couple of reasons - I'm one of your international audience, and I prefer to read on my laptop instead of paper these days, particularly when one is a member of your more mobile international audience.
For the last decade, the Journal Entries have been a delight to read and reread. I've also lapped up your other story lines. I dip into the Pendorverse when I want to visit the old friends that are your main characters, and to see what adventures they've been on, and what new things and new friends they've found.
Yes, I've been disappointed that you've not been publishing Sterlings to the 'net as you had promised, but figured that other priorities had come up. I'd hate to be a whiny/stalking fangrrl...
Please. Please don't cut us off... please continue to add to the Pendorverse. I'm sure there are many out there who echo these sentiments...
Re: Please publish more Sterlings & Shardik!!
Date: 2008-04-14 02:06 am (UTC)