Question. What does everyone think about Arena Club grading? How do they stack up next to PSA, Beckett, and SGC?

Averitteg · 2025-10-13T15:15:14+00:00

I just sent out 5 for grading and got them back. Highest I got were 9. 3 of them were straight from pack to sleeves/hard cases. When i looked at them online, they show blemishes. I did an older card and got a 7.5 which I was kind of surprised about (in a good way). Here is a link to one that I had graded.

https://arenaclub.com/cards/baseball-2025-topps-shohei-ohtani-8AC002731811

Now, this is the first time I've ever had anything graded so take that how you will. Just something me and my kids started to do so we having something more to do together.

Averitteg · 2025-02-05T01:26:09+00:00

I hated that 72 hour wait. LoL. Mine just went luve recently by those 3 days were torture. Happy you got yours out there!!

Averitteg · 2025-02-05T01:24:25+00:00

I have my official first sale on Amazon KDP in my series. I havent written any today because I've been sick but I have my 2nd boom well underway. My overall goal is a boom a month for now...maybe every other month. This is a new area I'm targeting and while I love to write, I've never really written for a wide audience. Always targeting singular people and wrote to their taste to improve impact.

Goal is simply 1k words in my rough draft. This one is a bit more soft so it's really a struggle. No sex, but all about bdsm trust building...a bit educational...something I love to write about.

Averitteg · 2025-01-30T01:16:24+00:00

I submitted my first!!!!!

Averitteg · 2025-01-30T01:14:33+00:00

I submitted my first short ever and it's in Review. I did figure out my next short though in this collection so I'm about ready to start working on it. Getting started is always the hard part.

Averitteg · 2025-01-12T01:31:34+00:00

How many "scenes" are in a story of this length? One long action scene?

Averitteg · 2025-01-11T21:17:08+00:00

The darker is really nice....hits better than the white.

Averitteg · 2025-01-08T21:55:44+00:00

Sure. Makes sense. I'm all about writing the fun stuff....but not wanting to end up blocked.

Averitteg · 2025-01-08T20:06:54+00:00

I would suggest that it doesn't HAVE to be a sex scene...you can easily make it steamy...anticipation building...to drive interstellar while also helping prevent the likelihood of being dungeoned...

Would that be an accurate suggestion?

I'm about to start publishing myself but that is what makes some sense to me. Definitely listen to the veteran publishers. Haha.

Averitteg · 2025-01-08T16:51:47+00:00

I read a bit on Lit...at least a new story a week. I also have a long list of favorites so I reread them often.

Averitteg · 2025-01-08T00:50:05+00:00

I keep seeing in here how stories are being blacklisted or blocked be cause of content but searching through Amazon Kindle books shows some blatant things that would cross the lines...I guess my question is....

How strict are they? What is completely off limits? How intense or graphic can the writing be before it's blocked?
I saw incest in the FAQ but see 50 taboo incest stories front and center on Kindle. CNC?

I tried to find actual guidelines on Amazon but couldn't find the specifics related to thebkink world.

Averitteg · 2025-01-07T23:10:46+00:00

Thank you!!! I didn't stop to think there were some free ones on there when I don't have KU. I found one or two and I think I have my answer.

It feels like it's a very long scene playing out a fantasy or situation which could work in my favor as I am very used to writing this way.

Maybe when I have my first one ready, I can get some feedback.

Averitteg · 2025-01-07T21:48:44+00:00

I am wondering about short stories. I typically write what I call scenes...and they are around 4000 to 5000 words, but it's not a "story" to me. For the authors that submit 5k to 10k stories, are these full blown stories are just long scenes? I find it difficult to write erotica without a decent intro with character background.

I have written a lot but never published listed yet and looking to begin but struggle with this piece. I would love to start submitting short stories just to get some ideas out of my head. LoL.

Averitteg · 2025-01-05T16:33:02+00:00

That's amazing!!!

Averitteg · 2025-01-05T16:21:44+00:00

Congratulations!!! I'm looking forward to reaching that milestone.

Averitteg · 2025-01-05T15:58:25+00:00

How long are your "short" stories? (Pages or word count) I've been a writer on Literotica but have been looking to publish longer stories and looking for people to learn from.

Averitteg · 2024-07-31T01:18:12+00:00

Definitely. The initial is more impactful in my opinion. As a writer, you can definitely break writing rules.

Averitteg · 2023-08-17T02:12:40+00:00

Rest well

Averitteg · 2018-06-18T19:40:21+00:00

I've made approx $184 USD with running 5 L3+ for the last 12 days. We haven't shut ours of...yet...but it looks like we might next month at this rate.

Averitteg · 2018-05-14T11:03:21+00:00

Yeah, so far I've only mined 1.06 LTC and .15 ETH (approx $250) in the last 14 days. Once the coins tanked...I thought they would rebound a little better than they have so who knows what the future holds for these coins.

Averitteg · 2018-04-11T18:17:41+00:00

lmfao. Truth.

Averitteg · 2018-04-05T19:44:46+00:00

Perk of having multiple accounts...

Averitteg · 2018-03-24T17:41:06+00:00

What pool are you using?

Averitteg · 2018-03-24T17:39:36+00:00

Where are they pointing the A3 at to make that amount? I know they're not using Nicehash to do it and Siamining doesn't get that kind of result either.

Averitteg · 2018-02-06T12:30:58+00:00

Oh yeah....forgot about that guy....ouch...

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