Thank you so much to everyone who has got in touch with questions forthe Q&A. I am very surprised at how many there were. I’ve not been able to get to all of them, however you may find that your question has already been answered from the previous that I did, back in July 2019.
Do you write outside of the gainergenre?
No, but I would certainly like to. My job does not allow an awful lot ofcreativity, which is why these stories are now so numerous.
What is your experience like in termsof receiving correspondence from readers of your stories and the interaction whichfollows?
Only a very small number of people ever get in contact with me. I seefrom how many likes and re-blogs people make of my work, but the actualreadership of them is still a mystery. People who do get in touch are alwayslovely. I have no complaints, or horror stories to tell.
Which of your gainer stories was thehardest work to write?
Some pieces can sit on my computer for a long time. My collection ofhalf-finished stories grows every week. I was really pleased when ‘Unemployed’wentdown well, because that story had been collecting dust for a long, long time,without me feeling confident that it was good enough to post. So, I suppose,the hardest stories to write are the ones that you haven’t seen yet.
I’m very aware that a lot of people into this scene identify as asexual. And so, for representation, I have been trying to write a story centred aroundan asexual character. It has been years in the making and is almost complete,but I’m just not happy with it yet. One day you might see it pop up. If I hadto choose, that one has been my most difficult one to write.
Whereaboutswould you say most of your stories are geographically located?
I set most of my stories in theUnited States because that is where the majority of my readers are. It’s also aplace that is famed for gluttony and overindulgence, so it makes perfect sense.However, I think most readers can spot (from certain spellings andphrasings) that I am not based in the USA myself.
Whichof your characters do you love the most?
I love lots of my characters, but I dolove a genuine glutton! I think the most recent character I fell inlove with was Ben from ‘The thrill of the Chaser’. There was just no way he wasn’t going to end up as a very big man!
Whichof your characters do you loathe?
Will, from ‘Quicker, Faster, Fatter,’ was an awful person. But, as much as we hateourselves for it, we all still loved him. In fact, he even inspired a couple ofmessages from readers because he was so unusual for my style of writing.Believe it or not, my stories do usually have some sort of moral code to them.Will was a beautiful asshole, and I definitely allowed him to get away with it.
Hasthe way you approach writing a gainer story changed since you first started?
No. I will perhaps spend a lot moretime on them now than I used to. But I write the stories for myself, and alwayshave. I never chase the big numbers of re-blogs or likes, by catering to others.
Howoften do you receive requests and suggestions for stories? How helpful havethese been, generally?
I will have suggestions from time totime. However, as I noted before, I write these stories to entertain myselffirst and foremost. And so, the prospect of spending hours and hours writing somethingthat caters to someone else’s fantasy, does not interest me all that much. Iread a lot of gainer stories before I started writing my own and I can usuallytell when someone simply wants a revamped version of something they have readin the past. I named the blog ‘Original Gainer Stories’ because I wanted all ofthe pieces to be completely fresh. There are plenty of stories already outthere about the football jock being fattened by the coach…
Whatdo you think of the trend for putting gainer-related content on Patreon andOnlyFans?
If I had to pinpoint the biggestshift in this scene since I started writing (three and a half years ago), thiswould be it. I can absolutely understand why gainers create content for fansand use the funds to support their goals. It makes perfect sense – and good onyou if you already are doing this! However, for me, I want to support this communityin the best way that I can. I don’t need or expect money to write the stories that Iwrite. I am very proud that if you type ‘gainer stories’ into Google, my blogis the first result to come up. Hopefully, in the future, it will be a sourceof inspiration for even more people. I would love to have written someone’sfavourite-ever gainer story, or made them feel less alone for having the interests that they have.
Will you make a Kindle book of your stories?
This was a surprisingly popular question. I’m not reallysure what the draw for this is, since I always make my content completely freeto view on Tumblr. I’m not motivated by money, and never have been, so it isnot something I am looking at doing at the moment.
Would you ever writea straight gainer story?
I do write straight gainer stories! Many of my ‘OriginalGainer Stories’ are also featured on the site ‘FantasyFeeder’ as straight gainer stories.Thankfully, they’re very well received and have somehow garnered the most‘likes’ on that site over the last two years that I have been posting them.Although, I am looking for a new, more permanent home for them, in the future.
If you’re looking for other things I’ve been involved in, Ialso contributed three chapters to a community gainer story, posted byGainerstories last year. Check it out here.
Which of your mostrecent stories have you enjoyed writing the most?
The most fun to write was probably ‘F80 Control’. This was because it was a genre that iscompletely new to me (and fairly underused in gainer stories in general). I gotvery caught up in the plot and, if I had to critique it, I would probably saythe actual events overtook the gainer aspects in the end. But I had a lot offun while writing.
Do you prefer writingrealistic gainer stories, or magic weight gain?
Magic weight gain stories are always a bit ‘hit or miss’ withpeople. But, as a writer, they’re sometimes a lot more fun. You can break therules and play the world how you want. You can have genuinely wicked charactersand you don’t need to worry about them getting what they deserve in the end. Withrealistic stories, fattening takes time, and stories have to be written in acertain way to allow that to happen. Sometimes that can be rather constraining.
What things inspireyour stories?
There are so many sources of inspiration. I can find them ineveryday life, speaking to certain gainers, and even a simple picture, here onTumblr. I think you should all try it. Find a picture of someone deliciouslyplump and then try to create a backstory for them. How did they get that way?What things happened to make them look like that? Before you know it, you haveyour story.
Which of your characters have made cameos indifferent stories?
If you’re looking for crossover pointsin my stories, you will find plenty. I do see the majority of the stories beingwithin a shared universe. Most of the references are obscure and only serve toamuse me personally. However, there are very common crossover points in the magic-themedgainer stories that I write. For example, the ending of ‘Xavier’s Mass Cure forWitch-Hunters’ was told months before, in a story called ‘Sexting.’This was because I was already working on the story, long before writing ‘Sexting’ - even though this was shared first. So, if you’re looking for cross-overcharacters and events, you’re always best looking within the magic-themedstories.
Will the Covid-19 pandemicfeature in your fiction?
Yes, the pandemic will exist in this world… eventually.When the lockdowns all started last year, there were a flurry of gainer storiesbeing posted about people getting fat during their time stuck at home. However,I personally felt that these were a little too ‘on the nose’ for what washappening. I don’t know your circ*mstances, or how this crazy time has impactedyou. But while we are all in the middle of it (and at the time ofwriting, we very much are still in the middle of it), there will not be anyreference to the pandemic in my stories.
But, fear not, I certainly do have some fun ideas for how toexplore this, once things settle down.
Do you enjoy readingyour own stories?
Absolutely not! I can finish writing a story, but I willnever be done with editing it. If ever I read one through, I will always spot atypo, or small errors that needs correcting. It makes the experience stressfuland not something I would choose to do. Do I enjoy reading other people’sgainer fictions? Yes, most definitely.
What will be the 150thstory be about?
I toyed with a lot of ideas for the 150th outing.I used the 100th story to tie up the Wright/Beckett saga that haddeveloped. But, this time, it will be a stand-alone story. Told over severalyears, ‘The Seven Feeders of Finn’ is the tale of the seven men who changedFinn’s life forever; written from each of their perspectives. Only one of theseseven guys will be Finn’s ‘happily ever after’ – but which one?
Look out for the story this Sunday, 14thMarch.
