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Links / Re: Giantess Stories & Blog by...
Last post by SolomonG - Today at 12:03:39 PMGood evening everyone,
Here are the latest blog posts:
Giantess Fan's "Worst Day Ever"
https://thereshegrows.net/2026/04/01/giantess-fans-worst-day-ever/
"The Miniature Wife" 2026 Series on Peacock
https://thereshegrows.net/2026/04/10/the-miniature-wife-2026-series-on-peacock/
Respectfully,
SolomonG
Amazon Author's Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/solomong
Blog: https://thereshegrows.net/blog/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/solomong.bsky.social
E-junkie: https://solomong.e-junkie.com/
X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorSolomong
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBciPE_SJBlvASYmsj7zSwA
Here are the latest blog posts:
Giantess Fan's "Worst Day Ever"
https://thereshegrows.net/2026/04/01/giantess-fans-worst-day-ever/
"The Miniature Wife" 2026 Series on Peacock
https://thereshegrows.net/2026/04/10/the-miniature-wife-2026-series-on-peacock/
Respectfully,
SolomonG
Amazon Author's Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/solomong
Blog: https://thereshegrows.net/blog/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/solomong.bsky.social
E-junkie: https://solomong.e-junkie.com/
X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorSolomong
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBciPE_SJBlvASYmsj7zSwA
#2
General Discussion / What draws you to reading a st...
Last post by bentbliss - Today at 10:23:14 AMAnd what keeps you interested in reading it?
As an author, it leaves me curious. As a reader, I'm also curious as to how others view and see things.
To go with my own experience, it varies. I read a lot regular books. Most of them are through the Kindle App. So I end up searching genres until I find a title or maybe a bookcover that looks interesting. Then I will look at the preview synopsis to see if there is something that catches my attention or not to read.
On sites like here, Literotica, or DA, they are usually short stories or some other form that doesn't have a synopsis or preview or has it poorly placed after the content. So finding stories revolves around looking at story titles, which can be lackluster or deceiving, and not really give anything away about the story.
Story categories are very helpful, but some stories crossover multiple categories, but for simplicity and reducing bloat, are confined to one. That isn't a knock as I think it it a wise choice by Teann. It still can leave some stories that fit what someone may look for or be interested left out if looking solely at just a specific category. At the same time I find stories that are in my interest at that time pretty quickly.
Tags and searches are useful and something I use quite a bit, but don't tell the full story as a tag can be a huge theme to the story or a small part that last a few words or sentence. In any case, I am more likely to find something I am interested in that isn't always obvious by the title or the author if I have read some of their previous work. There are quite a few authors just on this site with some diverse works and themes that branch across many different categories for their stories.
Word of mouth especially on the forums is a help in discovering authors or stories. The list of people's favorite stories or authors have helped me discover authors I'd miss from my other options of looking. For instance, I would have likely read Darkwolf's stories with them being mentioned multiple times over the years. There is a reason the name comes up more than most, but rarely told why. Everyone has their own opinions and mine are the stories are well told. The characters are great. The writing is quality that I fail at in my own especially the pacing, showing not telling, and sex scenes that are far better than I can do. I'm can't right a decent one, especially a more vanilla scene that could feel interesting and not overdone.
That mostly covers how I find and decide what to try out. What do I look for when I am reading?
That answer depends on what I am looking for at the time.
If I'm looking up something with a specific tag or search, I definitely want that in it. How much depends on the story itself.
For most books or stories, I will need one of three things. Though the more the better.
First, characters. Sell me by having characters I care about. In some of the short stories characters tend to be generic and have little no development in just one short story. Some longer ones or those with multiple stories do a better job with characters and their development. I will overlook a lot of issues for good characters.
Second, setting or when reading certain series of novels, world building. Where the story takes, the time period, or even special unique things that don't normally exist as of now like magic, space travel. I am more likely to be initially interested knowing there is a kinky story set in a Victorian or Medieval era or theme. Or say the setting takes place in a prison, Asylum, or a dungeon.
Third, I'm combining some of the other elements of writing such as plot, conflict, and theme. The message of the overall story and the struggle whether internal or external can be a great hook to keep my attention if other areas of lacking as I will read to see the outcome. Pacing and tone can help add or detract from a story as well.
If you give me at least two out of the three, I will almost certainly read it and enjoy it enough. Giving me at least one, will get me to likely read through it but how I feel will vary after.
What I look to read can change on any given day and my state of mind affecting choices. Same with the amount I read. Last week I read nine full length books. Other times it takes me weeks to finish one depending on my mood. It the same even reading short stories. I haven't read nearly as many recently for many reasons though I try to keep up with some of the ongoing series I have started.
Those are some of my thoughts and ramblings. I'm curious to see what others look for or how they determine what they try to read.
As an author, it leaves me curious. As a reader, I'm also curious as to how others view and see things.
To go with my own experience, it varies. I read a lot regular books. Most of them are through the Kindle App. So I end up searching genres until I find a title or maybe a bookcover that looks interesting. Then I will look at the preview synopsis to see if there is something that catches my attention or not to read.
On sites like here, Literotica, or DA, they are usually short stories or some other form that doesn't have a synopsis or preview or has it poorly placed after the content. So finding stories revolves around looking at story titles, which can be lackluster or deceiving, and not really give anything away about the story.
Story categories are very helpful, but some stories crossover multiple categories, but for simplicity and reducing bloat, are confined to one. That isn't a knock as I think it it a wise choice by Teann. It still can leave some stories that fit what someone may look for or be interested left out if looking solely at just a specific category. At the same time I find stories that are in my interest at that time pretty quickly.
Tags and searches are useful and something I use quite a bit, but don't tell the full story as a tag can be a huge theme to the story or a small part that last a few words or sentence. In any case, I am more likely to find something I am interested in that isn't always obvious by the title or the author if I have read some of their previous work. There are quite a few authors just on this site with some diverse works and themes that branch across many different categories for their stories.
Word of mouth especially on the forums is a help in discovering authors or stories. The list of people's favorite stories or authors have helped me discover authors I'd miss from my other options of looking. For instance, I would have likely read Darkwolf's stories with them being mentioned multiple times over the years. There is a reason the name comes up more than most, but rarely told why. Everyone has their own opinions and mine are the stories are well told. The characters are great. The writing is quality that I fail at in my own especially the pacing, showing not telling, and sex scenes that are far better than I can do. I'm can't right a decent one, especially a more vanilla scene that could feel interesting and not overdone.
That mostly covers how I find and decide what to try out. What do I look for when I am reading?
That answer depends on what I am looking for at the time.
If I'm looking up something with a specific tag or search, I definitely want that in it. How much depends on the story itself.
For most books or stories, I will need one of three things. Though the more the better.
First, characters. Sell me by having characters I care about. In some of the short stories characters tend to be generic and have little no development in just one short story. Some longer ones or those with multiple stories do a better job with characters and their development. I will overlook a lot of issues for good characters.
Second, setting or when reading certain series of novels, world building. Where the story takes, the time period, or even special unique things that don't normally exist as of now like magic, space travel. I am more likely to be initially interested knowing there is a kinky story set in a Victorian or Medieval era or theme. Or say the setting takes place in a prison, Asylum, or a dungeon.
Third, I'm combining some of the other elements of writing such as plot, conflict, and theme. The message of the overall story and the struggle whether internal or external can be a great hook to keep my attention if other areas of lacking as I will read to see the outcome. Pacing and tone can help add or detract from a story as well.
If you give me at least two out of the three, I will almost certainly read it and enjoy it enough. Giving me at least one, will get me to likely read through it but how I feel will vary after.
What I look to read can change on any given day and my state of mind affecting choices. Same with the amount I read. Last week I read nine full length books. Other times it takes me weeks to finish one depending on my mood. It the same even reading short stories. I haven't read nearly as many recently for many reasons though I try to keep up with some of the ongoing series I have started.
Those are some of my thoughts and ramblings. I'm curious to see what others look for or how they determine what they try to read.
#3
Selfbound Website Stories Feedback / Re: Tape, Zipties and Hopeless...
Last post by thepinkbishop - April 09, 2026, 05:15:23 PMNice one. Short and sweet. Enough of a background to flesh out the character. I like this sort of story in the first person. Tape in the hair sounds painful to remove. Not come across a Venus butterfly before but will probably allow one of my characters to enjoy one now.
Keep writing and welcome to the club.
Keep writing and welcome to the club.
#4
General Discussion / Re: An Experiment: Turn a Plaz...
Last post by fatherwedge - April 09, 2026, 08:45:36 AMQuote from: PapaPalpatine on March 08, 2026, 07:00:39 PMI've been playing around with Grok recently and decided I'd try creating a "Choose Your Own Adventure"-style game from a Plaza story. For the test case, I chose Abbacor's "The Tomb Explorer." The results were better than I expected. For those who would like to give it a try, the zipped folder linked to below contains a pdf copy of the story and a text file with the instructions and prompt. You can try it with other AIs, though I don't recommend Chatgpt as its general prudishness is likely to spoil the fun. Give it a try, have fun, and if you have suggestions for improving the prompt, post them here and I'll be happy to try them out.I'd suggest maybe adding branching checkpoints or clearer decision tracking to make replaying different paths easier. I'll give it a try and share feedback if I notice anything that could improve the experience.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nt2VOcnIjswkGWsz-SU6HA23XvXY623K/view?usp=sharingdinosaur game
[Edit: I'm just going to provide a Google Drive link since there was an issue with attaching the zip file to the post.]
[Update March 12, 2026: Expanded the Prompt to include achievements with some special rewards...]
#5
BoundStories Website Stories Feedback / Re: Medieval Enthusiast by Zee...
Last post by Zephyr - April 09, 2026, 07:52:17 AMlove the story so far (parts 1-3). I have always been a fan of mideval (sp?) stories and this one is a good one and goes placews with things I had never thought of (esp the standing cage) but wow. Good job and I really, really hope the story goes on!
Z
Z
#6
Favorite Story Lists / Re: Favorites (so far)
Last post by Caras pet - April 09, 2026, 07:44:12 AMThanks for increasing the padding once more. For my taste its readable now, and I might have to investigate "BBCode & text-align" next 
...but I don't think the forum design is about me (if it where, we would have dark-mode and adjustable font-size
)
So, what do you (and the other readers) think?
As for voting / scoring systems: of course you are right in those being highly subjective, but you will also agree that the "likeness" (is that even a word?) of stories can't be measured objectively at all.
You can measure things like number of typos, grammar, sentence-building, repetitiveness, vocabulary and such, but those are only "tools" (if important ones, at least for me - the inner monk is strong in this one).
But a good story is so much more, and that's where it gets highly personal/subjective...
See, there are nearly 8000 stories at the plaza (with: multi-parts count as 1, reposts/cross-posts count as 0), published under more than 2300 author-names, so the "how to select/sort" question naturally leads to all kinds of "measure" thoughts.
...but I don't think the forum design is about me (if it where, we would have dark-mode and adjustable font-size
)So, what do you (and the other readers) think?
As for voting / scoring systems: of course you are right in those being highly subjective, but you will also agree that the "likeness" (is that even a word?) of stories can't be measured objectively at all.
You can measure things like number of typos, grammar, sentence-building, repetitiveness, vocabulary and such, but those are only "tools" (if important ones, at least for me - the inner monk is strong in this one).
But a good story is so much more, and that's where it gets highly personal/subjective...
See, there are nearly 8000 stories at the plaza (with: multi-parts count as 1, reposts/cross-posts count as 0), published under more than 2300 author-names, so the "how to select/sort" question naturally leads to all kinds of "measure" thoughts.
#7
Intros / Not new but....
Last post by Zephyr - April 09, 2026, 06:13:01 AMI am Zepher and I've actually been here since the late 90s...
I have been sick and in hospitals and various rehab places for the last year. All had the Plaza blocked. I am still recovering but in a place that does not police their web onnections so it is nice to be back and able to enjoy the Plaza again.
Z
I have been sick and in hospitals and various rehab places for the last year. All had the Plaza blocked. I am still recovering but in a place that does not police their web onnections so it is nice to be back and able to enjoy the Plaza again.
Z
#8
Looking for a Story / Re: Old story
Last post by Zephyr - April 09, 2026, 05:14:43 AMI did a homage to ToP in one of my stories, where the femaleead goes through the scenario in a dream. I can't match the classic but it might also be worth a read. Look it up under Zephyr's stories, I think it is In The Grass part 3 or 4
#9
Bondage Discussion / Re: Water bondage real video
Last post by Zephyr - April 09, 2026, 04:50:11 AMI do love water bondage. This was great and I enjoyed watching. The only thing that would have made it better for me is if the sub had lost her bikini top (or both parts) along the way but it looked like fun! Any others?
#10
Favorite Story Lists / Re: Favorites (so far)
Last post by teanndaorsa - April 08, 2026, 11:08:28 PMIncreased padding further, see what you think.
I don't think that the number of replies, or even the number of views on the feedback threads, is any real indication of which stories are the most interesting or even the most popular, just the ones which prompted the most discussion. As with any voting or scoring system, so much is lost in the aggregation. Everyone has such different tastes, and they vote not on any objective measure of quality but on "I liked this". If you share the same tastes as a really big group of people who are voting, that's great, high vote count tells you that people like you liked that story. If your tastes don't align with lots of other people, then vote counts just tell you "other people I don't usually agree with liked this story."
I like public favourites lists, because they let people seek out other people who share the same tastes, and leverage their knowledge, and then it doesn't really matter what's popular or what the big groups of people think.
I don't think that the number of replies, or even the number of views on the feedback threads, is any real indication of which stories are the most interesting or even the most popular, just the ones which prompted the most discussion. As with any voting or scoring system, so much is lost in the aggregation. Everyone has such different tastes, and they vote not on any objective measure of quality but on "I liked this". If you share the same tastes as a really big group of people who are voting, that's great, high vote count tells you that people like you liked that story. If your tastes don't align with lots of other people, then vote counts just tell you "other people I don't usually agree with liked this story."
I like public favourites lists, because they let people seek out other people who share the same tastes, and leverage their knowledge, and then it doesn't really matter what's popular or what the big groups of people think.
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