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I’ve started a few ‘sex only’ stories then binned them and had a wank instead 😜

Howling! 🤭

Also, snap.

I tend to just start them in my head and roll them around and see if they go anywhere. I'm good at ideas, less so with the execution, so unless I'm really excited about it, it probably won't even make it to draft.

I hate when I have a great idea, then what makes it to paper is just... mediocre, lol. Ah well.

There's probably an element of views and interactions built in too, as there is with most things on the site. So someone with a popular profile probably generates more views on their work etc. I don't know the exact metrics, but it won't just just be based on likes, I wouldn't imagine.

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Why not expand the list to every entry. After all, if you made the effort and took the time to write a story for the competition, you are, de facto, a winner and deserving or admiration and recogition.

God, don't encourage him, lol.

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I understand where you're coming from. I guess we want to know how we compare, also to see if our favourites were ranked. Unfortunately as a teacher, its something I tried really hard to avoid words like the top group. The best at etc. Is awful for the less able. I've heard children say I'm the remedial group, I'm stupid. It can destroy their worth. Rant over. I know if my story was at the bottom of the rankings, I'd never write again! Saying all that, perhaps a top 20???

Don't worry, it's not even possible. Depending on the shortlister, not everything will be ranked in order. Some whittle down to a long list, some don't.

It was an absolute joy to read through the shortlist for this competition. So much variety and imagination was on display. You lot are wicked, lol. I didn't think anything could make me blush any more, but turns out I was wrong.

Anyway, without further ado, let me congratulate the winner of this particular competition, Mr Klaus_B_Renner. His seductive tale of obsession in the arts twisted and turned, bringing the audience along for the ride. And what a breathless ride it was.

In second place, hearty congratulations go to Andrea Detroit who took a simple theme of forbidden lust and elevated it with such wonderful writing. The whole story was just dripping with need.

And finally, in third place, we have ArconathResonath, whose wonderfully explicit writing of a woman discovering her kinky side no doubt had people wincing and cheering in equal measure. Exquisite writing.

Please let me extend my thanks to all involved in this competition. To the brave shortlister who gamely volunteered for the horrible job of whittling this list down. To all the judges, who I'm grateful managed to carve out time to give me their thoughts. And as always, to all the writers and readers who made this competition what it is. Thank you so much for participating and for making this competition so interesting and diverse.

A new competition will be announced shortly.

Winners, I will be in touch over the next day or two regarding prizes, as I sort the rest of the admin for this comp.

Jen x

1. Mayra by Klaus_B_Renner

2. Unfaithfully Yours by AndreaDetroit

3. Velvet Prison by ArconathResonath

4. The Time It Takes by SubmarineSammy

5. Where the Music Touches by KimmiBeGood

6. Just Crazy Enough by Stephswriting

7. Bobbies Blue Eyes by RowanThorn

8. He Loves me by Katie the Writer

9. Stoner Boys by Henke

10. My Alien Lover by Madeline Miles

I hate grammarly.

It should be used as tool to check for obvious errors, if needed. When it starts suggesting things or changing the author voice, it can take a running fuck to itself.

In my most humble opinion...

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Please be advised that starting on from now on we will only be accepting stories in spanish. Thank you for your compliance. All questions, comments, and complaints can be sent to Jen.

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Bite m-!

Cheeky cu-

Re reader numbers, bear in mind that we now will get no offline viewers from the UK because of the online safety bill. Casual surfers can no longer read stories - they need to create an account.

Just to advise that I've moved the end date back a few days as we're having issues with submitting stories for publication today. Hopefully it will be resolved tomorrow.

Deadline is Friday 3rd Oct now.

Office, immed-!

Rachel Oli-!

Well done, Milik. It's hard enough to do without also maintaining the quality levels like you do, so even more impressive ❤️

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Yes, thanks. I see it now. I find navigating your web site difficult at times. Was it you or me who named me Rooky scribe?

System generated. You can change it here

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I know but I just had a story sitting in a moderator's queue for four days. Worse part I was looking at a spelling error and wanted to fix it.

Maybe a PM why it's sitting would be nice.

You can easily edit after it's published if the moderator doesn't catch it.

Unfortunately we're busy enough without adding unnecessary dialogue into the mix.

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I know I said practice patience, but can I ask if you accept a story in to your personal queue and can't get to it in a timely manner please put it back into the main queue. Maybe someone else will have time, but if it's in your personal queue that won't happen.

Thanks

That's normal procedure. There are other reasons why we might lock a story though. I wouldn't pay too much attention to it. We do it for queue management. It doesn't always mean much.

You'll get a PM when it's published.

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Is Britain being invaded ?

By who?

Aliens? Russia? Tiktokers?

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Good news. Seriously I think it helps to housekeep ones device on a regular basis in an attempt to minimise errors, lag etc. that may be caused by cache, cookies etc. I clear mine every day and also manage disk space, check for OS and browser updates. Think of your device as your body. Keep it in good shape and it will pay dividends. Its worked for me

Stop stealing my post-its!

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If I write the true story of my year thus far, it could be cathartic or it could break me. Could be fun to find out! Story tags would include married, teacher, redhead, student, math—all the classics.

You had me at math(s) 🥰

(Had to add the S. I'm in the UK, lol)

I say me. I mean Rachel.

https://www.lushstories.com/forum/site-announcements-feedback/announcing-our-obsession-competition

A round of drinks to lubricate the old writing brain cells is on me 😘

Obsession 

“Something or someone that you think about all the time.”

Despite the negative connotations of the word, obsessions don’t have to be unhealthy. Maybe it’s a first love and you sit dreaming of them until the next time you can touch again. 

Perhaps a new partner has introduced you to a new sexual experience, so intense, so mind-blowing that all you can think about is the way it had you writhing and squirming and cumming until you were a spent wreck.

Or just maybe, it is an obsession with a slightly darker bent. We have horror, reluctance and mind control categories on Lush. It’s an extra challenge for writers to write in those categories and stick to the consent rule, but when people get it right, the stories can be pretty intense. 

As always, don’t limit your imagination. You can write in any main category (no poetry, flash or micro) and have any number of sexual partners for your characters. Use the category descriptions to get additional ideas.

Stories should have a maximum of 7,500 words. This competition will run until the end of September and winners will be announced Oct 13th.

Please see here for full details.

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My questions are... Is the story view count different between LushV2 and LushV1? And, if so, should the 30,000 number be revised down?

Don't think so, but we publish many more stories these days, so the reading pool is much larger.

My questions are... Is this still supported? If not, why? And could we have readers nominate a series award?

No. It was missed when we moved and has not been reinstated. Jury is still out on whether it will be reinstated at some point. It could be extremely time consuming for the panel to get through and not everyone could dedicate the time, unfortunately.

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Perchance does NOT take instructions well.

Salutes

Same, sister. Same.

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Thank you for your reply. Part of my motivation was to remind others of internet safety. Did the linked media age off, or did you specifically delete it? Just wondering...

I didn't delete anything.

There are lots of different levels of caching etc involved, for all the various parts of the site, and that is as technical as I'm ever going to get. We need to be able to retain stuff on the servers in line with GDPR and for follow up reports to law enforcement etc.

If you delete your account, all data is purged after a set time.

I'll just reiterate basic internet safety for everyone. Between downloading and screenshots, if you don't want something on the internet, don't put it on the internet.

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I’m in Tennessee and they recently passed a law requiring age verification for video porn sites but apparently that doesn’t apply here. I’m not sure. Do you have any information on that?

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I’m in Kentucky and noticed a change for me. When I’m not signed in the pics posted are blurred with 18+ on them and the avatars are blurred, too. However, I can read the stories.

Our governor passed a bill a while ago, making us give ID info to watch adult content.

Yeah, I'm honestly not sure. This site is UK based though, so that's why it's kicking in for us now. Not sure if ISPs are meant to limit who sees what in other places. How would any company keep a track of every law in every country or state that users access their content from 🤷🏼‍♀️

If you're a UK member, you'll notice that from today, you will need to sign in to read stories. This is due to the new age verification bill for adult sites which goes live tomorrow.

Existing members won't have to re-verify, but new rules will be in place for people signing up.

If you can read this, you're already a member, lol, so this is just for info. There will be instructions for new people signing up to follow, to advise them how they can age verify.

Thanks.