About Top Story Lists
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About Top Story Lists
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I truly hesitated before posting these lists.
The reasons not to post Top Stories lists are nearly endless. Not the least of which is that Celeste used to do this. No matter how I look at it, it seems unoriginal, a cheap imitation of the real thing that is no longer available since she departed. Perhaps even worse, I only review a subset of the stories that are posted to ASSM The true gems of the newsgroup might be hiding outside of my personal tastes, outside of my narrow reviews. The list forces an order, a very subjective order, onto the stories most of which I've read and thought were wonderful, and thoughtful, and sexy. Your tastes will very likely differ from mine, your ordering much different. There are countless other reasons to avoid ranking stories, and I'm sure that people over the course of time will find them, as I have over the last while.
And yet, and yet, I am nearly compelled to offer these lists not as an absolute ranking of erotic writing, or even as a recognition of outstanding achievement for the authors involved. Who am I to dictate such things? I merely want to acknowledge personally, the dedication and generosity of some of the people that do share themselves with us, and deserve to know that I, in the very least, truly enjoyed their musings. I want to encourage quality within the group that we all enjoy, else we would not be here.
I suspect Celeste must have struggled with the same issues, and I suspect that I now have a much better understanding of what she contributed to the group, and how she might have felt. I am not Celeste, cannot ever hope to approach her, but I do admire her. It is within that spirit, a tribute to a wonderful idea, that I offer this. I do hope that everyone can understand the motivation behind my decision to release these lists publicly. The decision was not reached lightly.
If you are an author, and are not mentioned in the Top Stories lists, it is not necessarily because I did not enjoy your writing. It is unbelievably difficult to choose a limited number of top stories to rank as my favourites. Most of the stories that I review are beautiful stories, full of life, heat, and wonder, each with its own merits and unique flavours. This is purely subjective, and not based on technical merit, or sexual content. It is not a vote, or a mindless conglomeration of perfectly scored stories gleaned from subjective reviews. It is merely a reflection of those stories that I enjoyed most -- the ones that made me think, or smile, or cry.
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