You let your family/friends/co-workers/that guy down the street read your story or you don't because they might not understand

CrimsonGenius · May 6, 2026

I don't. Don't need them to.

XineFury · May 6, 2026

As a semi-closeted trans person, no, not generally. My family and closest friends know about my gender issues, but they're not interested in reading about it. My coworkers know that I enjoy writing, but I haven't told them what I like to write about.

Kay_Ship · May 6, 2026

Nothing stopping them. If they ask, then I tell them about it. As far as I am aware, nobody I personally know reads my story.

Lmae · May 6, 2026

No, my family is not interested in my work. But I have been thinking about printing out some of my chapters into a zine with illustrations and dropping it off in random places.

E.Z.KAI · May 6, 2026

Hard no.
Only my wife is allowed to.

JayMark · May 6, 2026

The best part about not wanting to tell anyone is that they don't really care anyway.

ConansWitchBaby · May 6, 2026

That is what kidnapping randoes is for.

JordanIda · May 6, 2026

I don't post anything I wouldn't want my mom to read.

DeOwl · May 6, 2026

Tell the rando down the street that you spend your free time writing LGBTQ+ stories and to the gulag you go

A recent article on the topic:

Russia: Russian LGBT Network is labelled “extremist” in escalating crackdown on LGBTI rights

The designation of the Russian LGBT Network and other organizations as ‘extremist’ are links in the same chain of persecution and injustice by the Russian authorities against LGBTI people

www.amnesty.org

MC-Stories · May 6, 2026

CrimsonGenius said:
I don't. Don't need them to.

Neither do I, with the stuff I write about, they'll just think i'm nuts.

Little-Moon · May 6, 2026

My best friend does, others know but don't read, sometimes I ask my best friend to be a beta reader to tell me if it's any good or totally horrid.

CountVanBadger · May 6, 2026

One of two things will happen when you tell people you're an author.

1. "You wrote a book? That's awesome! What's it called? I'll read it sometime." *Immediately forgets this conversation happened* "You wrote a book? That's awesome!"

2. They actually read your book and start idolizing you because HOLY CRAP, YOU'RE AN AUTHOR, and obviously every author is like Stephen King or JK Rowling so you must be a famous celebrity, and they start following you everywhere, and bragging about how they know you, and you're an author, and they can't go five minutes without asking if you've written another book yet, and go away, go away, GO AWAY!

If you couldn't tell, the first option is better.

GearMagical · May 6, 2026

CountVanBadger said:
2. They actually read your book and start idolizing you because HOLY CRAP, YOU'RE AN AUTHOR, and obviously every author is like Stephen King or JK Rowling so you must be a famous celebrity, and they start following you everywhere, and bragging about how they know you, and you're an author, and they can't go five minutes without asking if you've written another book yet, and go away, go away, GO AWAY!

That’s impossible! Unless the author dreams it up in a dream. In reality, in 2026, absolutely nobody gives a damn about books!

Snakes_Emperor · May 6, 2026

well i live in a francophone country and i'm an anomaly for being bilingual to begin with. So i don't, because they wouldn't understand anything xD

MC-Stories · May 7, 2026

CountVanBadger said:
One of two things will happen when you tell people you're an author.

1. "You wrote a book? That's awesome! What's it called? I'll read it sometime." *Immediately forgets this conversation happened* "You wrote a book? That's awesome!"

2. They actually read your book and start idolizing you because HOLY CRAP, YOU'RE AN AUTHOR, and obviously every author is like Stephen King or JK Rowling so you must be a famous celebrity, and they start following you everywhere, and bragging about how they know you, and you're an author, and they can't go five minutes without asking if you've written another book yet, and go away, go away, GO AWAY!

If you couldn't tell, the first option is better.

my life in a nutshell.....

CharlesEBrown · May 7, 2026

I neither encourage nor discourage anyone I know from reading my stuff.

Makimaam · May 7, 2026

I have a few hobbies and each one has introduced me to people I’ve met along the way. I don’t like shoving my interests in my irl friends’ faces, especially since I have so many of them.

Anonjohn20 · May 7, 2026

My IRL family would not understand my love for futas.

CharlesEBrown · May 7, 2026

Anonjohn20 said:
My IRL family would not understand my love for futas.

I think only the futas DO understand that...

MFontana · May 7, 2026

CrimsonGenius said:
I don't. Don't need them to.

I let some people I know read my stuff before it comes out here as beta-readers.
Then after finishing my editing process I release the chapters here, where anyone can read them.
If my family, or my friends, read them, great. If not, that's up to them. They know where they can find the stories.

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