I hope you are doing well. As I said on your blog page, I hope you find the time and inspiration to continue this work.
I’ve been working on a crossover fan-fiction story. A point raised in your story and one I’ve thought about myself is that, whether a naturist resort vacation or a day skinny-dipping, we all have that lifeline of civilization and a set of clothes to put on at the end of the day. But what if that lifeline is cut? How might a character react if their clothes – their only possessions really – are lost and there is no simple way to replace them?
Then I find your story, and Lara makes exactly that break by tossing out everything!
In my own story, one of the characters goes skinny-dipping and her clothes are missing when she returns (of course!). Not a big deal in her mind – she knows who has them and isn’t worried. She returns to camp and acts like nothing’s amiss – she’s not about to beg or plead – and enjoys taunting the guy who has them. When she settles down for the night in front of the campfire to sleep nude, that’s when the perpetrator realizes there’s no point in continuing the game – she’s won. He returns her clothes, but accidentally puts them too close to the fire. During the night after everyone’s asleep, the coals shift, and the clothes slowly crisp into bits and pieces by morning.
What started off as a lark has now turned into full-time nudity until such time as replacement clothing can be devised. The setting is on another planet, so there is no nearby civilization. And how many of us have any idea how to make clothes from scratch?
Like Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, story-Lara seems to depend a lot on the kindness of strangers as well as Julia. As much as I’d like to see Lara succeed, the cynic in me wonders how long it will be before Lara runs across someone entirely unsympathetic – someone who sees it as their civic duty to call the cops and perhaps even attempt to physically detain Lara while waiting on the arrival of the police.
At least Lara has three things going for her: she is young, pretty and female. I think people will generally give a lot more latitude to a young pretty female than anyone else. If a middle-aged man attempted the same thing, he would be arrested in five minutes flat, committed for psychological evaluation, and registered as sex offender for life. Such is the sad state of affairs in our society today.
Hi DemosCat, the concept of full time nudity has always been my dream since I was a girl. Teresa was a real life person who inspired me when I was young. As much as I try to remain nude, the challenges that society places upon me wears me out and often I relent and put something on to wear. I hope to keep writing more, and it's very nice to hear from someone who enjoys reading me. Thanks!
You might find this an interesting read. "Castaway" by Lucy Irvine recounts her real-life year of living on an island with a man she barely knew as a modern day Robinson Crusoe. Her experience, I think, may be somewhat similar to what you have in mind for story-Lara. She spends most of her time living nude, sometimes wearing nothing but a leather belt with a hunting knife.
The book itself seems to be out of print, but you can still buy the Kindle version from Amazon. If you don't have a Kindle - I don't - you can download a free Kindle app for your laptop and read it there.
I just found your blog a few days ago and I haven't been able to stop reading it, until I came to the end of what you've written, of course! :) I see it's been almost 2 years since you've written anything, but I do hope you'll continue the story at some point. I want to know if Lara ever makes it to California? And does she make it all the way still completely nude? What happens/happened to Julia? I've greatly enjoyed reading your story and am sad that there isn't any more....
Living nude full time without owning any clothing at all has also been a dream of mine since I was a child, and I also try to be nude as much as possible unless I have to wear something. That's probably why the story is so intriguing to me.
Thank you for what you've written. I hope maybe there will be more soon!
This story resonates with me on such a deep level. It's inspired me to spend more of my life naked, and I'm seriously considering getting rid of all my clothes and moving to a residential nudist resort just so that I can be completely naked at all times as nature intended me to be. Please, please continue writing your story. I truly feel that it's a very important story that the world needs to hear.
So this is probably a shot in the dark, being it's been almost 8 years since the last update, but is there any more? I've read your stories a few times now and am dying to know what happens next! I am also curious on how your life and your own lifestyle is going.
Hi Lara. I loved reading your story. It's a great idea. Still thinking about you!
ReplyDeleteLara,
ReplyDeleteI just found your story two days ago. Already, I am finished reading all that you have posted. I have really enjoyed your story.
I would like to encourage you to continue this story. I am very interested to find out how your adventures have turned out.
Thank you for sharing your life.
-JR
Thank you JR. I'm sorry I had let it lapse. But I've continued writing again, and hope you'll be back. Thanks!
DeleteHi Lara,
ReplyDeleteI hope you are doing well. As I said on your blog page, I hope you find the time and inspiration to continue this work.
I’ve been working on a crossover fan-fiction story. A point raised in your story and one I’ve thought about myself is that, whether a naturist resort vacation or a day skinny-dipping, we all have that lifeline of civilization and a set of clothes to put on at the end of the day. But what if that lifeline is cut? How might a character react if their clothes – their only possessions really – are lost and there is no simple way to replace them?
Then I find your story, and Lara makes exactly that break by tossing out everything!
In my own story, one of the characters goes skinny-dipping and her clothes are missing when she returns (of course!). Not a big deal in her mind – she knows who has them and isn’t worried. She returns to camp and acts like nothing’s amiss – she’s not about to beg or plead – and enjoys taunting the guy who has them. When she settles down for the night in front of the campfire to sleep nude, that’s when the perpetrator realizes there’s no point in continuing the game – she’s won. He returns her clothes, but accidentally puts them too close to the fire. During the night after everyone’s asleep, the coals shift, and the clothes slowly crisp into bits and pieces by morning.
What started off as a lark has now turned into full-time nudity until such time as replacement clothing can be devised. The setting is on another planet, so there is no nearby civilization. And how many of us have any idea how to make clothes from scratch?
Like Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, story-Lara seems to depend a lot on the kindness of strangers as well as Julia. As much as I’d like to see Lara succeed, the cynic in me wonders how long it will be before Lara runs across someone entirely unsympathetic – someone who sees it as their civic duty to call the cops and perhaps even attempt to physically detain Lara while waiting on the arrival of the police.
At least Lara has three things going for her: she is young, pretty and female. I think people will generally give a lot more latitude to a young pretty female than anyone else. If a middle-aged man attempted the same thing, he would be arrested in five minutes flat, committed for psychological evaluation, and registered as sex offender for life. Such is the sad state of affairs in our society today.
Hi DemosCat, the concept of full time nudity has always been my dream since I was a girl. Teresa was a real life person who inspired me when I was young. As much as I try to remain nude, the challenges that society places upon me wears me out and often I relent and put something on to wear. I hope to keep writing more, and it's very nice to hear from someone who enjoys reading me. Thanks!
DeleteBy the way....
ReplyDeleteYou might find this an interesting read. "Castaway" by Lucy Irvine recounts her real-life year of living on an island with a man she barely knew as a modern day Robinson Crusoe. Her experience, I think, may be somewhat similar to what you have in mind for story-Lara. She spends most of her time living nude, sometimes wearing nothing but a leather belt with a hunting knife.
The book itself seems to be out of print, but you can still buy the Kindle version from Amazon. If you don't have a Kindle - I don't - you can download a free Kindle app for your laptop and read it there.
Lara,
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog a few days ago and I haven't been able to stop reading it, until I came to the end of what you've written, of course! :) I see it's been almost 2 years since you've written anything, but I do hope you'll continue the story at some point. I want to know if Lara ever makes it to California? And does she make it all the way still completely nude? What happens/happened to Julia? I've greatly enjoyed reading your story and am sad that there isn't any more....
Living nude full time without owning any clothing at all has also been a dream of mine since I was a child, and I also try to be nude as much as possible unless I have to wear something. That's probably why the story is so intriguing to me.
Thank you for what you've written. I hope maybe there will be more soon!
-Paul
I'll be looking forward to reading more.
ReplyDeleteHi Lara,
ReplyDeleteThis story resonates with me on such a deep level. It's inspired me to spend more of my life naked, and I'm seriously considering getting rid of all my clothes and moving to a residential nudist resort just so that I can be completely naked at all times as nature intended me to be. Please, please continue writing your story. I truly feel that it's a very important story that the world needs to hear.
Love,
A traveller.
So this is probably a shot in the dark, being it's been almost 8 years since the last update, but is there any more?
ReplyDeleteI've read your stories a few times now and am dying to know what happens next!
I am also curious on how your life and your own lifestyle is going.
I hope you start writing again!