What kinds of stories are different authors best for?

In a similar vein, although perhaps not "dystopian", Goodgulf has an excellent skill for creating alternate realities set in the not too distant future. I'm thinking of the various 'County Line' series, the 'Sylvan' stories, the references to virtual reality, and the 'Returnee' world.

@ Lonewulf
No offense taken. Actually, though, I do NOT try to cater to many, but really just to my own interests, which not only happen to be quite varied, but have shifted somewhat over time. I can understand perfectly well why a reader who has a more particular interest would not want to sift through my entire body of work, and that's fine. I also must confess that my earlier work employed the onomatoepoeia which you decrie, which most assuredly detracts from even my own enjoyment when re-reading those old stories (hint: avoid my stories from before 2010 if this bothers you).

What a lovely idea for a thread! It's difficult to classify some authors, as some seem to like variety, but there are some to whom I turn more regularly, or whose names get me clicking when I see them in the "Latest Loaded"
Bashful Bob is particularly good for playful stories with a surprise (I notice I have his "The Case of the Spanking Ghost" as a favourite). They can be good stories if you want to find yourself laughing at an unexpected outcome.
Alef's stories are always atmospheric, with complex, believable characters, characters with past, set in the Norwegian landscape (and/or Norwegian weather!). They're good if you want to think, and want to combine your erotica with fundamentally very good writing.
Norland Hughes is a funny one. A lot of his are very schoolgirl, which isn't particularly my scene, but his "Dark Summer Night" is possibly my most favourite ever spanking story - a tender exploration of the relationship between a defiantly-lonely, grumpy old lady, and a young woman who needs the love of a firm hand - it's full of understanding, and stunningly well-written, as is "A caning for the curious"
Esskay is good for F/M stories, which is a genre I enjoy a lot.
Trouble is, I tend to browse around and often remember a really good story, and wish I could find it again - but can't remember who wrote it! This thread reminds me I should take note...

Mark Hall, “Dark Summer night” by Norland Hughes is possibly my favourite ever story too. But if I’m not reading tales of grumpy older women spanking younger women in a caring sort of way, then mostly, I like humour, and this can often be found in the stories by BashfulBob and Neil and, of course, FlopsyBunny.

Yes, FlopsyBunny is impossible to classify because she does everything so well. Some really nice unusual ones too. But your own Goldilocks and the Three Spankings is deliciously humorous, and a rather lovely, unusual story too, KatiePie.

A grand discussion, this thread, of various opinions. Thank you, all.

I have many firm favourites among our community, but with some sadly no longer writing, nowadays. As of now, Norland Hughes, Bashful Bob, Dr Keate, Flopsybunny, Neil, etc, etc, etc. Love em all! Each has their own unique style, and each can write multi-genre submissions.

Regarding myself, I respect that I'm a tad one dimensional as opposed to the aforementioned writers. What I write, I write well, very well, but my genre of choice is on the wane, I feel. My love is English school M/F. But I don't think it excites or is enjoyed as much as twenty years ago, for example. How can it be? I was brought up in an era of CP in English schools and my phobia of school is probably how my peculiar tastes developed.

Its many years since I was at school, and those cane-swishing staff members are dead and so are many of the pupils. The generations that followed were not brought up to fear the cane and thus don't have the same interest in school scenarios. Perhaps many think I'm wrong with that assertion and there are, of course, exceptions. But the world of spanking has evolved so much during the last ten to fifteen years with many more genres under the umbrella of spanking.

So as much as I love to get my teeth into writing a long, long, detailed school plot, with sub-plots, and developing my characters, which I believe I'm good at, If I want popularity, favourable recognition, I simply must change genres! I do have an army of....circa six or so school loving fans here, and I wouldn't want to disappoint them, but the time has come to branch out.

I'm not sure how many of you have read my stuff or seen my page, but all my stories are school settings, albeit for one: I added a hubby & wife spanking story and was heartened by how it was received. And that is one of a few genres I'd like to explore.

I've almost finished a medical plot that I started ages ago, where a self-assured, arrogant young woman arrives for her holiday jabs at the medical centre, only to find they are going in her backside!! But I'm a tad dubious and shy about sending it over at this stage!

But who knows, I might just turn the Paul 'Whacko- Jack' fan club of six into......SEVEN???? LOL!

Keep writing, folks...ALWAYS!!!

Paul Jackson.

This is an interesting observation. The way our fetish develops, probably depends a lot on our experiences and our surroundings. Where I grew up, there were no boarding schools, no school uniforms (and definitely no "regulation knickers"!), and no corporal punishment in schools (it was banned when my father was still in primary school), and although I certainly enjoy school stories, they are not a the center of my interest, but more of an acquired taste. It is much easier for me to relate to stories about parental spanking and even about spankings between adults (which definitely didn't figure much in my fantasies as a boy). On the other hand, I don't really believe that the interest in school stories is dying; there's still a lot high quality school stories appearing here, and as far as I can tell, they are met with interest and enthusiasm (although enthusiasm in terms of comments is getting increasingly rare for all kinds of stories).

@NJRick
Thanks.

But I think you missed part of what I meant. It doesn't matter that you cater to many people, or to many of your own interests, to me. The point is to many is too many, at least for me. I'm a simple man, despite having much to say about nothing. And I'm not saying you are wrong for doing that. It just means I'm less likely to think of your stories for one specific genre, or that you'd be be high on my reading list.

Allow me to note, I have read stories outside my interests, (F/M, M/f, etc) that I thought the writers were quite polished. It's just their subject matter didn't appeal to me, so when asked for recommends on "best for genres" their stories don't come to mind for me. I don't think I'm unique in this?

Has anybody suggested writers noted for genres that they have no preference for???

@Spurs
(since you touched on the same subject and seem slightly undecided)
Years ago, and to a degree through to today, musical bands were usually noted for one genre of music. You wouldn't listen to ACDC and expect to hear "soft easy listening," right? However, musicians hit doledrums, just as much as writers. They like to step outside their norms to experiment with a different genre. As with music, even if they don't change genre, they like to write songs that "step it down" and by this I mean they like to write at one intensity, then write a more mellow song so that at a concert, their fans cantake a breath of air. GOOD BANDS do this so that fans don't leave the concert amped up on adrenaline and tear the town apart.

My point is this, don't doubt yourself for changing genres; to experiment with other ideas. It really amazes me that a writer can devout themselves to one genre/concept/series/whatever for any length of time, because YOU change over time, but your fans expect your story(s) to not. While I resemble those fans some of the time, I think any serious fan of YOUR work, will appreciate your trying other aspects. That said, bearing in mind what I just got finished saying to NJRick, I'd suggest trying two other genres at the most to explore.

To the OP, (and every comment-tater since),
I can recognize that some people just like to read stories of a specific genre (the "umbrella" of spanking, for instance), and that they don't care for "qualifiers" of who is being spanked, by whom, by what or how come, I can also accept that I have mad amounts of OCD that I focus on smaller, fine-tuned interests, but are you (all) so "diverse" in your interests that you can say who is noted for writing certain genres, and damn the details??? To the OP, that you'd ask for the same without regard for the details.

To the Mods,
yeah, yeah, I know, I'm going outside the box... again, in my responses. But my comments normally have some strand of connection to the OP's original question. It isn't just completely random. However, feel free to delete my comment, again, as you Mods often do.

Thanks for the mention. Yes, I love world building. I'll also borrow other worlds - mostly from table top role playing games. I've written stories set in GURPS, AD&D, and Amber (the Diceless RPG). I've also touched on Pathfinder, but that isn't posted.

Another world I've "been inspired by" (i.e. stole from) include the faux Victorian books from Blue Moon Publishing.

I find world building enjoyable - and let's face it. There aren't many realistic stories you can set in the modern world. Oh there's always consensual spankings between adults, but other than that there are hard limits about realistic stories that aren't consensual. Yes, in real life all spankings should be consensual, but fantasy is unlimited.

I'd love to see more of your fantasy stories here. I've tried writing a few myself, since I love that theme, but they rarely do any well, so I haven't submitted that many.