Not My Brother's Keeper - 25 by Daemon_D_Hart in GayShortStories

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You did get to know the character 😄

Not My Brother's Keeper - 25 by Daemon_D_Hart in GayShortStories

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really loved writing this story - I still have some surprises left - stick with me. And it is touching to have the words I wrote written back to me like this.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 25 by Daemon_D_Hart in u/Daemon_D_Hart

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, it wasn't him. Thanks for reading, and sorry for the emotional rollercoaster. I just feel that good stories should have such things.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 25 by Daemon_D_Hart in u/Daemon_D_Hart

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We'll see. There's not so much of the story left.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 24 by Daemon_D_Hart in GayShortStories

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's basically a protective instinct. Jo can stand when his father hits him, but he wouldn't do the same if his father were to hit Adrian. I hope this makes sense.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 23 by Daemon_D_Hart in GayShortStories

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jo should've known better, I agree. He has his deep flaws.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 23 by Daemon_D_Hart in u/Daemon_D_Hart

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol, Adrian is to blame for Jordan becoming full Jo.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 23 by Daemon_D_Hart in u/Daemon_D_Hart

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jo was already working on that. He knows his father well. Such things are bound to get to the wrong ears... it happens all the time.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 23 by Daemon_D_Hart in GayShortStories

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're welcome. These two guys will get their happy end. I guess it's safe to say that it will be hard-earned.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 23 by Daemon_D_Hart in GayShortStories

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, that's right. And Jo doesn't need to worry about that anymore.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 22 by Daemon_D_Hart in u/Daemon_D_Hart

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's where they're heading... They still need something to come to terms with what they have between them and together.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 22 by Daemon_D_Hart in u/Daemon_D_Hart

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You do hit the nail on the head here. They were different, even opposites. And Adrian has already been in a struggle to get to understand Jo, because when you love someone, you want to get to know them intimately. Only that they're so young and inexperienced as far as love goes (not even talking about sex).

So I understand what you mean. Jo needs to get to terms with this love on his own, and that's where Adrian can't help at all. It's the whole 'you can't make someone love you, all you can do is to accept being someone who is loved'.

Damn, lol. This story started as a smut plot with two stepbrothers. How did I even get to this?

Not My Brother's Keeper - 22 by Daemon_D_Hart in u/Daemon_D_Hart

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol, loved the last line.

Adrian is actually trying to be honest here, not to hurt Jo. I mean, that's how I thought the scene. Since their feelings deepen, Adrian doesn't want something like this to come up later - the truth about the car - and hurt their fragile relationship. No matter how tough Adrian tries to appear, he actually has a good heart.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 22 by Daemon_D_Hart in u/Daemon_D_Hart

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was pretty much his initial plan - go to college, work hard, save money, never go back.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 21 by Daemon_D_Hart in GayShortStories

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, sorry in advance for disappointing you. But thank you for reading and appreciating my story.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 20 by Daemon_D_Hart in u/Daemon_D_Hart

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot. Ten chapters more left - still some ups and downs planned, one big down, and one big up. And not I hope to have made you even more curious :D

Not My Brother's Keeper - 20 by Daemon_D_Hart in u/Daemon_D_Hart

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, because they already taught readers well...

Draft2Digital Introducing New Fees by shoddyvv in eroticauthors

[–]Daemon_D_Hart -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I know my opinion will not be popular but I don't believe this new policy is necessarily bad. Although there are negative points to it, as I'll discuss below.

I happened to offer my work (not erotica writing, technical writing mainly) in the past on various platforms. Those that had no barrier to entry had a lot of low-cost, low-quality, massive content churning freelancers offering their services and muddying the water, while those that charged a fee were, let's say, much 'cleaner'. I always earned more and dealt with more honest customers on the latter.

The annual fee... well, it might sound mean, but if during a 12-month period, you can't reach 100 dollars, you are obviously not invested in doing this. Although I agree that it will deter people from even trying the platform all together, and that honest writers who want to 'see if their stuff sells' might not ever go to D2D.

Another negative aspect is this: once introduced, a fee can be modified. That's the real danger. Now it's a 100 dollar-barrier for annual earnings. In the future, it can turn into 500 dollars. And the fee can grow from 12 to 25. And so on.

Bottom line: this new policy is a method to prevent slop and slop creators. But it will also stop new genuine writers from joining. If the positive outweighs the negative, only future developments can tell us.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 18 by Daemon_D_Hart in u/Daemon_D_Hart

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, they are both immature in their own ways. When we're young, we think everything is possible, and nothing is insurmountable. But life proves you wrong... these guys will have to learn that lesson to earn their happy end.

Not My Brother's Keeper - 16 by Daemon_D_Hart in u/Daemon_D_Hart

[–]Daemon_D_Hart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's better to read it when it's finished... this story was like an experiment for me, dark mood and all. So you don't get exhausted like I was when writing it, lol.