Dolores Esteban

I liked it.

Sorry for the confusion, David. I should have put my words more carefully in my review. I meant to say 'original slash' which is a term that - we know by now - is not widely used. The story is better termed 'homoerotic fiction'. Dolores

I was thinking. None of the main characters of any of my stories is a historical character, except Patroclus who reveals the story of Achilles in the first part of my trilogy Love Story - A Greek Tale. This story is based on historical characters, but the plot is entirely fictitious. If that story was based on the movie, you could refer to my story as a typical fan fiction slash story. This, however, was not my intention. The story is not based on the movie. I mentioned Napoleon in two of my stories. But he wasn't a character I focused on. Those stories were just set in Napoleon's time. My character Cagliostro from my story The Path I have Chosen is based loosely on the real person Count Alessandro di Cagliostro. But, except of the name and their interest in occultism, my character and the real Cagliostro have nothing in common. I stated that clearly in the disclaimer of said story. Disclaimer: None of these stories and none of my other stories uploaded to GA are based on any work that was written by another author. Characters and plot of any of my stories are entirely fictitious. According to Dusk Peterson, my stories could be termed 'original slash', as could be termed most of the stories uploaded to GA. This term, however, is not widely used. So, my stories are better termed 'homoerotic fiction' in case they focus on same-sex relationships. I uploaded a few short stories (Flash Fiction) to eFiction that do not focus on same-sex relationships. These stories are 'general fiction'. Like Lugh stated, slash deals primarily with fan fiction. And, like Kevin said, a story involving a relationship between two males that an author creates would not be (fan fiction) slash because they are the author's original creations. Edit to add: I forgot my entry to the Fall Anthology. Hadrian and Antinous are historical characters. But this story is also not based on any work written by another author. Sorry for the confusion.

Quote from Dusk Peterson's article: (...) There has been controversy in the fan fiction community over whether terms such as "slash," which originally applied only to fan fiction, should be applied to original works that have a similar quality to fan fiction. (...) However, this isn't entirely true, since some authors who call their writings original fiction have never written fan fiction. (...) The term "slash" has recently been used by some small presses seeking to attract the same sort of readers who read similar genres, such as yaoi or gay romance. However, with the exception of a brief section on original slash at Wikipedia, the term "original slash" is not often used outside of the fan fiction community. Even the current version of that article is apologetic about the terminology, stating that original slash is "properly termed Homoerotic Fiction but [it is] very often termed 'original slash', perhaps in an effort to better relate to the vast slash fanfiction audience thriving on the Internet, or perhaps because several of the authors participating in the genre priorly participated in slash fanfiction." Alas, the term homoerotic fiction is itself a source of controversy. (...)

Stop it

My muse is a sophisticated guy who always tries to hide his passions and desires. He fails at the attempt, usually. I suspect he's from a far away country and time. He has weird interests. He's currently absent.

This is very interesting!

What next?

Happy Birthday!

Teach the sheep

white sheet

Ethan's new kit

Point Guard

Think anew, Ted.

Sex appeal

A kitten whined.

Cover girl

The alien whined.

Beat back

Oriental adept

the old painter

Opened up

The editor's plan

Gear change

Waning moon