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21 Apr 2021

Quote by wiha
Adding my two cents to the discussion. First time submitting a story for a competition and happy that I did. As some remarked, it pushes you to try new things. I honestly didn't think I could write a comedy, yet here I am. Everyone loves to win, but there could be only three in the top three. It's life, what can you do. I tried to get into this competition to have fun and I did, I call this success.

Looking on the other side, having competition from amazing and brilliant authors is intimidating. I hope it doesn't stop anyone from submitting their stories, but it can be very demoralizing when you start and you are a competitive person. Looking at other competitions (in other fields) I did in the past, introducing the concept of competing against people in the same "weight category" could reduce this problem. There could be a deciding factor like the number of times you have won a competition to know in which category to put you. For example, four times winners and more are in the expert group, one to three times winners are in the intermediary group, and those who never won in the beginner's group. The jury process wouldn't have to change too much, you select the top four-five of each category and select the winner for each. So, instead of 1-2-3, you would award best expert, best intermediary, and best beginner prizes. Not sure if it was ever suggested but I think it could be a great way to manage this issue.

Shameless plug for my story : Civil Duty

I didn't realize that I was at all competitive until I started publishing online over three years ago (on three sites at the moment). But I don't feel intimidated by other authors. At the very beginning (it wasn't on Lush), I was just glad that I wasn't laughed off the page. So if other authors are good, and they deserve to win, I'm comfortable with that. I'm not going to nit-pick the process of choosing winners.

17 Apr 2021

Quote by KimmiBeGood
You WILL gain readers by entering comps.

You WILL become a better writer by entering comps.

YOU WILL receive some support from other authors.

Go into it for that. If you get in Top Ten, "Woohoo!" ... if not, you can be sure you got more reads, votes, comments than if you submitted your story outside comp.

I look forward to reading everyone's entry. I am exhausted of late, so just writing what comes easy to me, which isn't a comp story right now. I will be a reader and probably hit next one.

Have fun and may the biggest Fool win!

Sometimes it helps to have a competition to write for - you have a theme or template to follow instead of trying to write something from scratch.

16 Apr 2021

Quote by verity100

Gosh, I’m glad you allow a little bit of rambling. I wouldn’t be me without a bit of rambling. Having said that, I have got a bit better lately. My stories are getting shorter. Regards, Verity

I was allowed to resubmit a story with some fairly small changes. These had to do with Norman Mailer, of all people, who was still alive at the time of the story - I think it took place in 1975. The problem is too complicated to describe here. It only required dropping a few lines. (He's not even in the story; it's just somebody talking about him.)

I once tried to sneak in a line from "Soul Kitchen" (The Doors/Patti Smith) but the moderator just deleted it without telling me. No big deal, but it was amusing to see that it was gone.

16 Apr 2021

I had a story rejected for a reason that I won't go into here. It would have been nearly impossible to rewrite it. (No, it was not the age limit.) It now happily sits on another site. I have three sites where I post, which gives me more options.

7 Apr 2021

Quote by LucaByDesign

One thing about it, the constraints of a strict word count certainly muscles up the prose.

Wasn't Debauched quite a bit tighter - I don't remember the limit. 3,500 I think?

5 Apr 2021

I've written about two hundred words so far. For the Debauched competition, I was just barely under the maximum. I suspect that if I actually finish this one, the total word count is going to be far less - maybe a thousand? For these contests, one has to get it done fairly quickly and then hope for the best.

2 Apr 2021

Since you asked: no, everything is not okay. It never was. Read Arthur Schopenhauer's "On the Sufferings of the World." Or watch the videos "I Wish I Had Car" by Angry Johnny and the Killbillies" or "I Used to Be A Cop" by The Drive-By Truckers.

The only things I care about now are my writing and my two adult children, who seem to be having a tough time in life.

2 Apr 2021

I have not attempted to read every comment in this thread. (Yeah, I'm male.) I have noticed that I enjoy writing about female characters more than the male ones. I offer no explanation for that; maybe I'm surprised myself. The women just seem more - vivid, is that the right word? They are usually quite witty, for one thing.

5 Mar 2021

You haven't specified how old this person is. There is a big difference between say, seventeen and twenty-two. My guess is that she is towards the younger end of the scale. Ideally - which is often just not the case - it'a better to be involved with people who are free and clear of other entanglements. That is just not true here. Maybe it would be a duller but saner world if everybody did follow that path.

14 Feb 2021

Duplicate post deleted.

14 Feb 2021

Duplicate post deleted. The site was kind of glitchy that evening.

14 Feb 2021

Quote by Rally
Do you think the story is more about what you see in the pictures, i.e. what's happening, or what you imagine the people are feeling within the scene? Or what's the right balance with those aspects? That's something I can't figure out.

It's surprisingly difficult to describe where story ideas come from. They seem to just appear. I have used photos on-line as an inspiration for some characters, but they are usually quite different from from the people in the pictures - assuming there is a description at all. I have used people I actually know, but often they are secondary characters. Some version of myself may be the narrator, but he's often not that close to the real me - he's much more assertive. (How much of Charles Bukowski is in Henry Chinaski?)

The settings are usually quite prosaic - offices, schools, houses in the New York Tri-State area, sometimes going back several decades. Once it a while it will just be some generic place in modern America. I did have one set on another planet in the future. It's not on this site because it was based on an old Twilight Zone episode, and fan fiction doesn't fly on this site at all.

14 Feb 2021

Isn't Olivia supposed to answer most of these? This forum seems full of amateur sex therapists - like me! I wouldn't even answer unless so many other people were already jumping in.

Of course, I don't really know what is going on inside of this couple's marriage. It's another one of those cases that's good as fiction but not so much as reality. You said you're only twenty? This older couple seems to be putting a lot of pressure on you. Plus the husband was initially doing some "serious drinking." I guess you were too. How about the wife?

Maybe it's just fun and games - for the moment. Proceed with caution, but you're already pretty far into it. If it becomes a really uncomfortable situation for you, make yourself scarce at the sports club for a while. Or, as painful as it might be, consider simply quitting it. I don't think you owe these two any explanations if you bailout.

14 Feb 2021

Quote by mikaloviche
Ever since I met the new gf I have had feelings for her daughter . she is flirty and all over me. she just hugs and kisses when she can. allways very sexual and giving me the come on. I feel like I have to leave or this will get serious. she came into the bedroom one night and snuggled up while her mum was asleep. I had a hard on and I think she wants to have sex. what should I do?

This would make a good story but not so much a good reality. You didn't give us much info but it sounds like this daughter is pretty immature and she's basically games with you. You probably don't want to see the emotional fiasco that could result if this goes south - like if you sleep with her and then get caught.

12 Feb 2021

Quote by Twisted_Skald
Well Katherine first of all welcome to Lush.
Everyone determines what they want to contribute and what they want to get back.

So you can be a very happy and successful Lushie without writing a single story, many people do.
Some people are hugely active on the chatrooms making friends, having fun and finding their place there.
Others prefer to post on the forums and can be found actively putting messages all over the boards.

The most important thing is to start by trying as many different things as you can and when you find where you feel most comfortable and get the most pleasure from keep doing that.

I usually recommend anyone who writes or who likes being around people who do to come visit Rumps bar in the Pub forum.
There's a great crowd there, we have lots of fun and we like to see new faces.

Hope that helps a little.

This is all absolutely true. There are more than 525,000 members and only about 62,000 stories.

However, I would encourage you to at least think about contributing a story or stories. It's very satisfying to get something published. There are plenty of tips on the forum about how to do it, or you can just wing it and do it as you wish. People on here are usually quite generous to new writers and all writers in general.

8 Feb 2021

I only saw him on stage once, when he played Iago in 1982. James Earl Jones was opposite him as Othello.

Apparently he was not that fond of The Sound of Music, calling it The Sound of Mucus.. That was the first time I was aware of him, in 1965. But he has a true professional, and he turned in a fine performance despite whatever misgivings he may have had about it.

8 Feb 2021

Quote by elecombc
I don't have a good imagination for it is only nonfiction stories for me and all of my stories are written about my wife's experiences in and out of public with guys trying to see her naked or take advantage of her.

That's okay I guess. You're under no obligation to admit that's it's nonfiction. Other people do that here too, I think, although they probably mix in some fiction - either within the story or in completely different stories. The one piece of complete nonfiction I did I put in the True category. You don't have to do it that way if it makes you uncomfortable.

1 Feb 2021

Actually, if you refresh Firefox it seems fix the Google to problem.

1 Feb 2021

I've started to use Google Chrome as an experiment, and even though I'm not a big Google fan, it just works better than Firefox. (I got that advice on-line.) I've had the following issues with Firefox recently.

1. The first thing I noticed is that it is very difficult to open Outlook email.
2. LushStories: it can be difficult to use the editing mode easily,
3. Now I've noticed that it has the Google-Redirects-to browser virus. Webroot didn't catch it or find it during a scan. I know, I should have switched to DuckDuckGo a long time ago, but I guess it was a force of habit that kept me from doing it.

Anybody else notice weird things on Firefox? I'm not a super-techie kind of guy.

25 Jan 2021

Was it Oscar Wilde who said, "We're all whores for the right price?" If he didn't say that, he should have.

It might depend on who it was and how much they were offering. As a hypothetical, imagine it was Ivana Trump offering $500,000. At that price, I would have to consider the benefits I could then bestow on my adult children. It's ridiculous of course; I'd have to be forty years younger to be considered as a gigolo. And I doubt that anyone could get a half-million for even an entire year of sex. (Can anyone confirm or deny that is possible?)

So maybe I'd say yes in some highly improbable circumstances but no in anything approaching real-world experiences. Does that make me a hypocrite?

21 Jan 2021

Quote by jjf68

Duly noted on the first part. I'm still trying to figure out how to be single again, I suppose, and I'm sure there are times I can be a downer.

And on the latter part, I've always figured that if you wouldn't say it to someone at a club, don't say it here. I don't always know the right things to say, but I hope I at least know how to avoid the wrong things.

Yes, I see that there are 520,000 members and only 61,000 stories, so a lot of people are not here to write, that is for sure.

Since I'm sixty-five, albeit a male, forgive me if I give some advice about some of the things you've written. In your profile, even if it's true, don't say you are reluctant to make the first move. Leave that unsaid.

Don't ask women about what they expect from contact with guys. Even if they knew, they're not going to tell you. Don't say that you can be a downer; everybody can be one at times. Say as little as possible about your ex or exes.

If you are serious about this, make approaches, get shot down A LOT, and keep going. There are tens of thousands of other prospects on this site alone. Give the impression that you have plenty of other options out there. You don't have to be rude, but don't get too invested in one person at the beginning.

You can always write some stories or essays - those are good for conversations. It doesn't happen too often, but sometimes a woman will add it to her favorites list.

21 Jan 2021

Quote by jjf68
I've been reluctant to ask this for fear that it sounds whiny or needy, both of which I hate, but since this is "Ask the Gals," I guess I'll ask.

What do women want when it comes to contact from guys here?

I don't message a ton of women here. I'm not looking to completely man-whore around, and I'm not ever looking for something sexual on first contact. If I just need to get off, there's plenty of porn on the internet.

But generally, in the times I've reached out, there doesn't seem to be any interest. Most of the time I get no response, sometimes I get a polite but lukewarm response, at best I get some casual interest for a little while that doesn't develop. If you want to confirm, see my friends list--it's six people, 3 are guys, and I'm completely straight.

I also think any of those 6 would tell you that I'm generally polite and friendly. I don't reach out to women with pictures of my dick, or overtly sexual tones. I think I'm an interesting enough guy, but maybe that's being too generous to myself.

What am I missing?

I look at this as a site to publish things, not a dating site. Probably that has a lot to do with my, ah, advanced age.

I was on dating sites about twenty-years ago; I even wrote about one experience in an essay here. "Love Is The Drug." It was a different world without Tinder, Facebook, and . I didn't know what I was doing, but no one else did either. Perhaps things were more relaxed back then. I would have to find someone now closer to my age who is as clueless as I am about the present scene.

21 Jan 2021

Quote by JamesLlewellyn

I would add something one of the moderators, who is a friend, and has been a Fairy Godmother to me in my journey here, told me when I asked a similar question.

Try not to be piggy. Yes, it is true that Gold & Platinum members get pushed to the top of the queue, but be a good citizen and don't keep depositing new stories, another as soon as the first is approved.

When I asked her what the proper spacing was, she suggested 2-3 stories a week is appropriate.

It comes down to being a good citizen of Lushland.

Sprite or WW, if I've made any mistakes in any of this, please correct me.

And thanks to the moderators! I admire and applaude their service to the community, and wonder at their patience with us all!

Two or three per week seems about right if you are doing a story in chapters. I've never done one of those on this site, but I have done them on other sites where they are called series or serials. (I actually never seem to get them done that rapidly.) One per week for stand-alone stories seems like enough. Again, I rarely - or actually never - have them ready that quickly. I'm lucky if I have one or two per month. Also, I'm on other sites that may get priority for various reasons. That is one reason to be on other sites - to spread things around and not be overrepresented on any one of them.

21 Jan 2021

Quote by farmerroger

Hi Nicola, I can’t fathom why some people can’t except the result of a competition. I totally agree that it should be the ten best stories that make the top ten no matter who author is or when the date story was entered. I always believe that it’s the taking part in the competition is more important than winning. Whenever I be entered I know I’m not going win as there will always be a more worthy entry of winning than mine.

A competitive spirit is a good thing, but some people take this a little too seriously.

19 Jan 2021

Quote by TonyaL
Congratulations to all who the top ten and everyone who entered. The bar keeps getting set higher and higher.

Thank you. It was satisfying to be in it. I've been in competitions on other sites but never this one. At first, I didn't think I'd come up with anything and then I barely kept it within the 3,500-word limit. But I'm pleased anyway.

5 Jan 2021

Quote by nicola
I'm putting the shortlist together over the next few days for the judges.

A reminder to those contestants who deliberately try and gain an advantage by voting down other entrants' stories:

I can see who's voted on every story on the site, and which vote they have given out.

I remove all such malicious voting on stories and the people responsible get filed away in my memory banks as conniving bad sports!

Just wondering, has that kind of thing happened in the past? I mean, $150 is not a huge sum of money. Ah, but there is the glory of winning, even second or third place. But as the Roman emperors knew, "All glory is fleeting." (Remember the final scene in Patton?) Well yeah, he wasn't talking about stories on an erotic lit site, but some people may take it pretty seriously.

1 Jan 2021

Quote by Saucymh
Debauchery - an excessive indulgence in alcohol, sex or drugs. Oxford Dictionary of English

alcohol, sex OR drugs

Daft definition, ignore it

How about power? Could be political, could be economic, maybe it's on a personal level. I'm trying to make a distinction between power and authority, which is not easy to do. I mean, somebody has to make decisions. Maybe it's how they got there and how they use it that makes a difference.

23 Dec 2020

I'll just go home after ten and make my own cocktails.

19 Dec 2020

Quote by KimmiBeGood

Your votes are hidden until the comp closes, but you should see comments and views. I see them on yours on home page.

Thanks for the information!

17 Dec 2020

Actually, the story was verified and published, but it seems okay. One thing I'm curious about: why does the My Stories entry not show numbers of votes, views, and comments? If those were still at zero it would always say so. Is that because it's in a competition? Thanks!