No. Everyone is responsible for their own choices when it comes to hooking up with serial killers, psychopaths and random dumbasses.
That's like demanding that a bar or club (as a social meeting place) do criminal checks on people before letting them through the doors where they might potentially go home with a drunken patron.
What is really shocking is that this woman is using the exact same titles and tag-lines of the stories she is stealing.
Unbelievable!
It does make you wonder, if someone had paused to change the titles and tag lines, and revamp a few things how easy it is to steal and profit without raising any red flags. The fact that this person has so brazenly done this without changing a thing makes you wonder how common this is.
Ugh. Things like this truly make me start to reconsider posting things online.
Hmm... I'm very much the same offline as well as online.
In your situation, I think I would say that the real inner you is the one that exists online. After all, you clearly enjoy sharing your sexual side in this environment, so it does exist authentically within you. I'm thinking that probably you end up repressing this side of yourself in real life because of expectations of others, or maybe there's a shyness factor or concern about how you will be perceived or maybe even judged.
We all have to wear different masks in our public lives and be social chameleons in different environments, but I think I would only be concerned if you can't be "the real you" with your closest friends or significant other in a private environment.
Because men have been taught from an early age that being dominant and controlling and forceful with a woman makes them an asshole or an abuser (or somewhere in between).
Society upholds the traditional assumptions about romance, with the "perfect lover" being gentle and a giver and putting a woman's needs before his own.
Sometimes, it might be hard to deconstruct those things when it comes to sexuality.
I can see how some men might be confused or uncomfortable when a woman asks to be dominated/controlled or humiliated/degraded when it comes to sex.
Inevitably as a writer, you will end up publishing a story that becomes extremely popular at some point.
Maybe you'll have fans writing and begging you to write a sequel to the original story.
My question is... what are your thoughts on sequels?
In the movie industry, this is often a tricky thing to master because usually there is a lot of pressure and expectation and inevitably it ends up getting compared to the first film. A lot of times it's hard to capture that original magic. On the other hand, you have a ready audience for the material ahead of time.
Have you tried creating sequels to popular stories that you've written? Was the reception to the new story what you were expecting? Or do you avoid this concept at all costs, and if so, what are the reasons?
As for readers... do you think sequels are successful when it comes to erotica?
I am guilty of having a tendency towards using fragments. It's always something that I find myself correcting (as much as possible) during the editing process.
I have a question regarding use of fragments in dialogue. Given that human dialogue isn't perfect, especially when it comes to slang or casual verbal interactions, is there some leniency in terms of using fragment in dialogue so that it gives it a more realistic vibe?
Personally I like to have some measure of believability in a story. You want the circumstance and the sex to be fantastical (since nobody wants to read about mundane or bad sex), but for me, I need the story line to have some level of credibility.
When I write, I also try to follow these rules, even if it means sacrificing a more outlandish plot line that some readers might prefer. Occasionally I'll get comments about why the other side-characters in the story didn't stumble in on the sex that was happening, pump their fists enthusiastically in the air and just join right in. As much fun as the idea of a random orgy might be for some readers, my answer is always simple... because *that* character simply wouldn't do something like that based on how I have written them.
The likelihood that someone would walk in on their cheating partner unexpectedly caught "in the act" and immediately rip their clothes off or whip their dick out just isn't realistic in my world, so I don't write it that way.
I follow the code for close friends unless they encourage me to go for it (which happened once, but she is an exceptionally non-jealous cool girl and those are rare). For the most part I try to avoid it because of the drama it always has the potential to cause. They need to come up with the female version of the saying 'bros before hoes'... maybe 'chicks before dicks'...?
Well, since I am easily suggestible when it comes to new things, I admit that I'm very curious now...
I have a question for the figgers out there... are we talking about this being more of a practice for those who like a little pain with their sex play or is this a genuinely pleasurable and stimulating experience for all? I only ask because it seems to be used in more of a BDSM element and am just wondering if this is the anal version of nipple clamps or something along those lines.
