User blog:Vngel W/Personal Story Rankings of the Community

Okay, it's been a while since I've posted a blog. I actually was influenced to create this one in particular after reading Gomez Capulez's. If you haven't read it, I advise showing it some love as he's also asking for feedback on his stories. I wanted to post my list as well, but I didn't want to selfishly do it on his. I honestly haven't taken the time to rank or promote any of my stories, and thought it would be fun to do it. So, if I had to...

4. The Church in the Woods

My first story. To think it all came from a short dream which I ended up turning into a full-blown story. Surprisingly, this got a lot of positive reception on XYZ -- though that place can have slim pickings in quality, so that's really saying a lot. I don't consider this my best by any means, but I think people can still find enjoyment in it. What I love the most about this story is how I can see my level of growth as a writer, and how much I still need to learn.

3. Foxes Don't Ask Questions

What can I say, I wanted to experiment with a military-styled story. I wrote it on the long drive up to see family on Thanksgiving and spent most of the late evenings editing and trimming it. It turned fine and after an additional month or so of editing, I still put as a "meh" on my overall list. Nice little experiment nonetheless. Don't let my rating prevent anyone who would enjoy it.

2. Insula

This was another story I had fun writing. I looovvee space stories and if you read this, the influences are pretty obvious. I wanted to experiment with juggling multiple characters. The funny thing about this particular story is that it's really a setup for a series I have planned which becomes its own thing despite those initial influences.

And finally, at the spot of Number 1...

1. The Great Occam Cobb

This is by far my favorite story I've written. I really wanted to capture the "magic" of well... magic (no pun intended). I had a lot of fun writing this piece. I had two big influences and if any one fancies those two particular movies, then you might be able to catch the derivation of this story.

Now, this is where I open the floor!

I want to know your rankings for your own stories? Now, I know a lot of you have a ton of stories posted compared to my measly four, so I ask that you only rank your top ten stories. Plus, I think it'll be cool to see the difference in opinion in ratings between the authors and their readers.

Feel free to add some remarks about the stories too: What were the influences, the processes, time-frames, or whatever interesting moment that went bout during their development? A lot of people don't know what goes on behind the scenes -- it'd be cool to see how. This is also some time to get some shameless promotions for yourselves!