Let me share with you, my cocktail party icebreaker.
When that inevitable question of “what do you do?” comes up, I like to respond with “I have a company called Transthetics” and then let them guess what they think this company might be.
More often than not I’ll get the very safe and guarded “…erm… some kind of exchange program for athletes?” Sometimes I’ll get the ever so slightly more risque “hm…. perhaps a fashion blog for trans people?” and every once in a while, I’ll get the slam dunk “rubber dicks for trans guys?”
It’s a fun question to ask and the responses do tell you a lot about people. But in the context of this post, it’s actually more the cock tale that I want to focus on.
I do sometimes have people contact me to say they would absolutely love an EZP or Rod or Joystick but simply can’t afford it, which really does break my heart a little every time, so I’ve been doing a few different things to give people other means of possibly being able to procure a Transthetics product, such as regular give aways and writing contests.
Over the last year, I’ve published a hand full of Transtories on my blog and anyone whose stories I publish, gets a $150 voucher towards any Transthetics product. Anyone can enter this and you can enter multiple stories. Stories should be around 500-1000 words and reference Transthetics in some way shape or form. To read some of the stories already published, check out the guest writer section on my blog.
But seeing not everyone is a brilliant writer, I’m also open to widening the scope of this contest to include different kinds of media such as photos, cartoons etc.
Hi! Where do we send short story entries?
email me at transthetics@gmail.com
Can this story be written in a more poetic way? As opposed to just telling the aotry from a first person perspective?
For sure. Looking for any kind of creative writing really.
What if we haven’t been able to afford a Transthetics product in the past, and therefore can’t mention our experiences with them? Can we still enter the writing contest?
You could write about a situation where a Transthetics could have helped or some wish you have that could be fulfilled by a Transthetics product.