Friday night and then again (twice) on Saturday morning with a lady from work. Totally unexpected, but highly enjoyable.

This was the message I received yesterday, the inconsistency in your rules is unhelpful.

"Be aware, though, that we have an informal 1k minimum word count on chapters of series. This is to avoid submissions of snippets. That's why I advised you to flesh your tale out a little more."

I had hoped that it would be possible to series link these stories because they will all be built around a central character. I had no intention of making them chapters because they would all be in different categories. The only reason for choosing the flash erotica category was to circumvent a rule that said all submissions had to be over 1000 words. I didn't want to pad this out. I don't think I am going to pursue this idea anymore.

Thank you, I appreciate your suggestion. I have just had the story rejected again, this time because apparently you cannot series link the flash-erotica category.

All I can say is that years ago, I just ran into this brick wall of inflexibility. Rather than ruin the submitted piece with clunky attribution, I edited the dialogue out and stopped using it.

As for the comma’s I have read every article I have been sent, and I can’t spot where my submission fails.

I am really struggling to see how in the last few days my writing has deteriorated so badly.

Thank you for your observation, all I can say is that the insistence on attribution every time ruined the flow and made the story unreadable, so I stopped including it in submissions.

A question for fellow British & international contributors. Are you having difficulty submitting stories to the site that do not conform to the rules of American English? I have spent the afternoon trying to submit a story only to have it rejected several times. I write on a Mac using Pages and run the script through Grammarly set to British English twice. It passes.

When I first started writing for the site. I used to use dialogue in my stories but stopped because moderators insisted that I use he said/she said at the end of every line of dialogue. This inflexibility made the stories boring, repetitive and almost unreadable.

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Many decades ago I worked on a cruise liner in the Caribbean, in those days an English accent could get you a very long way, So the answer is yes.

I had a fling at work with a colleague who had a bit of a reputation for being easy. It didn't make it any less enjoyable.

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Exploring Santorini, Greece

If it helps you can always change planes in London either way, you would be made most welcome.

Yes

Tulips, lots of them. I love my garden and getting it ready for next Spring is important to me.

I think I have another chapter of "Shagging for Scotland" in me, it will involve a lot of bi-sexual and same-sex shagging with two women. I need to do more research and get some advice before submitting the final draft.

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The closed kitchen of a beach cafe on the West coast of Ireland.

Let me start this with a real quote, "You are 61 and still very fuckable" She made me feel like a King.

Smart lighting from Philips Hue, allows me to control a light from my iPhone, I can choose various modes, colours or luminance which helps with ambience.

I have written four episodes of a series called "Shagging for Scotland" about a mature couple who meet on a flight to Edinburgh and then.......... You can work it out from the title. In these earlier instalments, I have made reference to the women's open bi-sexuality and her ongoing affair with an Italian lover. I thought I would try and write more about this but beyond a simple scenario I cannot seem to flesh it out enough to be another chapter.

I was staying at a Premier Inn in Scotland, there was a conference in town and many delegates were staying in my hotel. The guy in the room next to mine appeared to be at it almost constantly, afternoons and evenings. They sounded like they were different women. He was having a great time.

In good company at my garden table after making love first thing in the morning.

I like Scottish & Welsh, they are both sexy. Italian just exudes sex. I once heard a partner climax in Afrikaans, which convinced me I was doing everything right.

I have 53 notifications tonight, yet when I click the icon I have none over a week now.

This is still not working in the UK. I seem to remember that this happened a few weeks ago. I'm also not getting any updates on the "interactions" tab of my feed.

I can't believe this has taken so long to be discussed, she was undoubtedly the star of the show.

I really do, it is worth the effort and I feel better for doing it, every time. A very good friend said to me - "you are 60 and still very fuckable" How kind was she?

For me, the accolade is a positive comment from a writer I admire or follow. I also find that if I have created good characters then the story writes itself. More than once a story has grown into a sequel or even more driven by the characters and their desires.

I've only just discovered Alexis Malone, There aren't a lot of videos around (that I can find) but they are very enjoyable.

I find that my characters develop a life of their own and often take the story in a direction I had not thought about. They are all very confident & sexually adventurous.

In a shed at my allotment in a London suburb. It was a tidy shed and I had room for a sleeping bag and a plastic chair. One evening it soon became clear that neither of us was particularly enthusiastic about going home to our respective partners. I had a fire going and offered her some good whisky I kept there. A good conversation, a hug, a kiss and then we went for it. A lovely evening, we both needed the warmth of intimate contact.