/lit/ - Literature

>>17392992
>dig through my family's old stuff and find a King James Bible given to us when my grandfather died
>decide to take it home and add it to my bookshelf, and finally read the Bible
>begin reading Genesis and am actually enthralled a little by it
>am away from home a lot so just download a Kindle version but it's not the same: I like seeing the columns
>go to it on Halloween though so I can skip straight to Revelations
>read a few pages and don't understand a goddamn thing
It's alright, I guess.

>>16264973
>>16265054
>be me
>rekindle an interest in writing after an interesting dream
>write a story based on it
>submit to e-zines and get rejections
>want to write more stories
>join writers group
>soon making sure to have written something to bring to the group
>it's good motivation
>submit more stories and some get accepted
>think up ideas for novels and novellas and outline them
>but still mainly write short stories
>start doing freelance work
>do a job to write erotica and had fun
>take more erotica jobs
>eventually realize clients are just turning around and selling them on Amazon
>publish my own erotica novella on Amazon
>barely make beer money
>write a couple more over the years for the hell of it
>years later gain more interest in the market and learn how to do it profitably
>publish a short erotica story every week
>sales gradually and exponentially increase
>paying bills now with erotica money
>want to write an erotica novel in my specific niche
>outline it for months while still writing shorts
>have to put it aside multiple times, including recently because of a death in the family
>still putting out shorts
>now writing another spur of the moment erotica novella, a sequel to one of my old ones
>still need to finish the outline to that novel and get writing
>all my non-erotica stories and novel outlines are collecting dust
At least I'm making money, right? So yes, there is still an audience for short stories. And it's coomers.

I'll get around to that novel some day.

>>16268161
I had started it but it's way too autistic for me.

>>5108661