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Just curious: the story was just published and yet on My Stories it doesn't show views, comments, or votes yet. Usually, if they are still at zero it will say so. Is that because it is in a competition?
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LakeShoreLimited
1 week ago
Straight Male, 70
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Quote by simplyjohn
Can you not do that from 'My Stories'?
https://www.lushstories.com/membership/my-stories.aspx
Well, I guess I could simply delete the story and resubmit it? I certainly can't edit it in the period between the initial submission and the verification by a moderator. The last time this happened I emailed them and they took it out of the submitted category.
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He has interesting ideas but he needs a stronger editor. He tends to ramble on too much. His Black Swan book could be about a third shorter than it's present form.
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Maybe somebody has mentioned this is the previous 5,500 posts. It would be nice if there was a way to cancel a submission if one hits the publish button too soon. (It happens about once or twice per year.) Of course, it requires an email, which is not that big of a deal. There is another site where one can just hit "edit" and send it back into the drafts folder without any input from a moderator.
Falling that, it would be useful if the submissions button had some distinctive color, design, or placement that made it hard to mistake it for the save edits button just to the right. Maybe it should be big, maybe red, and say something like, "Hey, this is it. Are you ready to go?"
One more thing I've noticed: the check box for the competitions (it's the first one I've been in) has to be reset several times during editing. It should just stay checked unless the user decides to undo it.
Falling that, it would be useful if the submissions button had some distinctive color, design, or placement that made it hard to mistake it for the save edits button just to the right. Maybe it should be big, maybe red, and say something like, "Hey, this is it. Are you ready to go?"
One more thing I've noticed: the check box for the competitions (it's the first one I've been in) has to be reset several times during editing. It should just stay checked unless the user decides to undo it.
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I suppose the universal safe word (or phrase) is, "I forgot the safe word."
In my stories (some are on other sites), I often used a food reference as a safe phrase: "Chicken salad," "macaroni and cheese," and "Dinty Moore." The participants tend to be quite sparing in using them, however. "Do you think you'll want some chicken salad with this?" "No, I can't abide by the stuff."
In my stories (some are on other sites), I often used a food reference as a safe phrase: "Chicken salad," "macaroni and cheese," and "Dinty Moore." The participants tend to be quite sparing in using them, however. "Do you think you'll want some chicken salad with this?" "No, I can't abide by the stuff."
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It took me a while to figure out what to use as an avatar. I finally settled on one of my own photos of a scene in my neighborhood. It doesn't have a deeper meaning than that, but I think it looks pretty good.
By the way, I don't get into many political discussions on here - at least not recently.
By the way, I don't get into many political discussions on here - at least not recently.
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What happens if our story spirals out of control and goes a little over the limit. Let's say 2000-3000 extra words? *face palm*
If you're that far over the limit - perhaps by a factor of close to or at 100% - you have the option of just publishing it and not entering it in the competition. That's if you can't just edit the hell out of the thing. I thought that was going to happen to me - but not to that degree - but I was able to get it done at just over 3,200 words.
You could then publish the full version later. I don't think there are any rules about what happens after the competition. Being an overly-cautious person, I would wait a bit before I did that, however.
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I managed to write a draft that comes in at 3,200 words. Probably it could be shortened a bit, and it's going to take some time to edit it. I haven't read any of the other entries yet; I just wanted to get this far without any other influences.
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I've started working on this, but as I feared, it's going to be hard to stay under the 3,500-word limit.
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I have a concept, but I'm not sure it could be sustained for twenty-four hours. It's not physical issues (I assume those would be unlimited) by psychological ones. Wouldn't a human being become satiated in a lot less time than that? Although perhaps there could be other approaches to the problem.
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Quote by plz234
I'm still fairly new to Lush but have published some stories and had some positive feedback. I sometimes write about real experiences, sometimes about my fantasies -often going back to when i first became sexually aware. More recently I like to mix the two. I make this clear in the headings for each story.
Mu question is - would seeing pictures of the characters involved (not necessarily in any sexual acts) be useful?
I often see photographs of real people online that I use for character inspiration (sometimes I even describe their clothing), but my preference is to let the readers imagine them as they see fit. Did you mean something of that nature or did you mean your own drawings? (I can't draw very well.)
I did post one photo of a real-life location somewhere on this forum, but now I can't find the thread!
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Nice! I never have really done that... I tend to think "only a very few would appreciate details about my suburb or train route", but, then again, not everyone fantasizes about the people with the various features I describe either... so you have a point about the "plausibility". Thanks for your contibution!
I'm lucky I guess in that I have a lot to choose from in New York City and New Jersey. I've tried to do one in Los Angeles, but I haven't been there in years and I have to do some research.
Also, I'm 65 now so I have memories of how those places looked years ago if I want to go back in time.
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I'd still like to have a sex with a stranger. Mutual strangers you know? As in we'd both be blindfolded throughout it.
Erica Jong wrote about that, the famous Zipless Fuck (without the blindfolds, however). Yet when she - or rather her character Isadora - really has the opportunity for one (I think it's with a sleeping car attendant) she turns him down and realizes that it's interesting as a fantasy but less so in reality.
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Quote by nicola
Keeping it real usually helps ...
It took me a number of months to figure out what to use. Finally, I just went with a photo of a mural I had taken in my own neighborhood. I used it because it seems colorful and I see it almost every day.
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Quote by AbigailThornton
If you need a 'definite idea' to lock on to, make sure to keep a notepad / app handy to capture anything useful when you're going about your day, rather than opening your laptop and expecting inspiration to arrive at that very moment; know what you're going to write before you sit down to write. If it's not happening, go and do something else.
My ideas tend to come when I'm doing something mindless - sitting on a bus is a great one for me because I hear snippets of conversation and see people going about their every day lives - when I get home from work, I'm ready to brain dump for an hour.
I do my ironing first thing on Sunday morning and then brain dump after that.
Having that writing routine really helps me to focus.
I'm actually struggling at the moment as I'm trying 'to force' a Christmas themed ebook out - after all, Christmas tends to be at the same time every year! - when my head is full of two other stories, which will become "Wet Knicker Society" and "Sex in Space" part 3 or 4. I've got too many ideas.
Here's three random ideas stolen from my 'Ideas' folder from the 'overheard bus conversations' category:
Missing Condom
Sex Makes Everything Better
Tyler's Game
Having more than one thing going at once actually helps, I think. You can edit/proofread something that is closer to be published. In other words, reading/checking stuff you've already written should help the situation. "Hey, I did this before and that means I can do it again." I also look back at some older unfinished stories and ideas I jotted down but never attempted. In one case I got back to a concept from about two years ago and this time it worked.
Imagining sequels or even prequels to existing stories can be helpful too. The basic story concept is already there; now the task is to extend it in time. If a new story in a series isn't happening, then ignore it for a while.
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Quote by Icarus11
we all want to be James Bond, or maybe Harrison Ford - Bladerunner
Blade Runner was Harrison Ford's most interesting movie when he was in the middle of his Star Wars and then Indiana Jones fame. I didn't grasp the film until the second viewing. I wouldn't actually want to be Deckard, however.
Hey, it's set in 2019, which seemed a long way off when it was released in 1982.
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Quote by KimmiBeGood
One additional thought ... First Time stories are popular here. And True stories. You should write your truth about sex sometime .... and awkward can be relatable and endearing.
I have one true story here, but most of them are based on fantasies. A few people think these really happened, which I guess is flattering in a way.
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I like to use a lot of real locations, including some that have vanished since the time period of the story. A few stories don't have specific locations, but it often makes it seem more plausible if it is happening in a particular place.
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Quote by Liz
They do need to be reapproved but we get to them pretty quick. Moderators will be able to see that the story has already been approved once and is only back in the queue for an edit. It won't even need reading again by a mod as the changes are highlighted in the text for our convenience.
Thank you.
I do have another couple of stories with plot changes - not too major. I may submit those in about a week or so; I will be away for a few days.
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Quote by Liz
Almost certainly the moderator that made that change thought they were correcting a mistake for you. We see stories all the time where the writer has changed a character name prior to submitting it and has missed an instance or two in the text.
You're very welcome to edit it back if you wish. You can do this in your Stories List.
Thank you, I'll consider it. An edited story has to be reapproved again, correct? I don't think I've done one on this site. I know on another site it takes them a week, so it has to be something big for me to bother with it.
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No, Lakeshore, thanks for asking but I don't really go anywhere near the edges of the content rules, most of my stories are full of caring and loving relationships. The worst anyone suffers in my stories is heartbreak.
Everyone I dealt with at Lush was reasonable and polite but I just found the whole process to be invasive and mutating my work, so I stopped trying here. I hit a wall.
It seems to work for everyone else so I can accept it's just me.
They were my carefully chosen commas and my wrangled words and I didn't want to change them.
Really? I almost never look at their changes anymore. I went back to look at a couple recently. Yeah, they fiddle around with commas to some degree. One thing they did: there is a character named Julia who refers to herself as Julie at one point. They changed that back to Julia. Oh well, that's life.
James Joyce's Ulysses was changed so many times that there is probably no absolutely "final" edition of it. One problem was that the first edition, I think, was produced by French-speaking typesetters. He also introduced some deliberate errors at times which were changed back. I think at one point he just gave up on it. Some editions were published after his death when he obviously had no input into it. With all due respect, he had something to worry about!
None of us here are James Joyce. I know I'll be lucky if anybody will be reading my stuff a year from now, much less a hundred. I just try to relax and go with the flow.
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1. Who are you (e.g. pen name, how you make a living etc)?
LakeShoreLimited (it's a train that used to be run by the New York Central and now Amtrak). Retired now, but I worked in publishing (print production) starting way before the Internet started to make that obsolete. Studied city planning, but I now I don't believe they do much that is useful.
2. If you could host a dinner party for any five people (dead or alive), who would they be?
Do I have to come up with a list of famous people just so I can show off? This reminds me of what dating profiles used to be like before Bumble and Tinder. (Not that I use those now.)
3. Riskiest place you’ve done it?
I'm not a big risk-taker on that. Ah, Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx? It was nighttime so I don't know if that counts.
4. Best writing tip you’ve ever received?
Read other works, of whatever quality. William Faulkner said that, among others. (Hey, I did make a famous person reference.)
5. Which famous author does your writing most resemble?
Somebody said Hubert Selby Jr. because many of my stories are set in the outer boroughs of New York. I don't agree; I can't get into his extremely dark mindset.
6. Favourite story (and author) on Lush?
I admit I haven't read many other people here yet.
7. Any advice for new members of Lush?
Consider being on other sites too so you can get the perspective of other audiences.
LakeShoreLimited (it's a train that used to be run by the New York Central and now Amtrak). Retired now, but I worked in publishing (print production) starting way before the Internet started to make that obsolete. Studied city planning, but I now I don't believe they do much that is useful.
2. If you could host a dinner party for any five people (dead or alive), who would they be?
Do I have to come up with a list of famous people just so I can show off? This reminds me of what dating profiles used to be like before Bumble and Tinder. (Not that I use those now.)
3. Riskiest place you’ve done it?
I'm not a big risk-taker on that. Ah, Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx? It was nighttime so I don't know if that counts.
4. Best writing tip you’ve ever received?
Read other works, of whatever quality. William Faulkner said that, among others. (Hey, I did make a famous person reference.)
5. Which famous author does your writing most resemble?
Somebody said Hubert Selby Jr. because many of my stories are set in the outer boroughs of New York. I don't agree; I can't get into his extremely dark mindset.
6. Favourite story (and author) on Lush?
I admit I haven't read many other people here yet.
7. Any advice for new members of Lush?
Consider being on other sites too so you can get the perspective of other audiences.
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Introduce the title of your story: Amelia of Finley Hall
Genre/Category: College Sex. It's actually Supernatural, but I didn't want to give away the ending. There are plenty of clues along the way.
Provide the link: https://www.lushstories.com/stories/college-sex/-amelia-of-finley-hall-.aspx
1. What first inspired you to write this particular story?
I'm not sure where my idea came from. I just started with the idea of a guy meeting an amorous ghost.
2. How did you come up with these characters?
The two characters are sharing a physical space, but they have emerged from different time periods. Amelia may or may not know she is a ghost, but she is not surprised to hear that it is the 1970s now. She obviously hated the sexual repression of her era (the early 20th Century). It's not explicitly stated, but it was the nuns who taught there who punished her by birching her, although she notes the irony that she was turned on by that too.
3. How does it differ from some of your other stories?
It was the first time I wrote a story with a supernatural/paranormal theme.
4. What was the most challenging thing about writing this piece?
I was helped by using the real histories of both Manhattanville College and City College and using real locations.
5. Anything else you want to tell us about it?
Finley Hall itself is sort of a character in the story. By 1974 it has declined from its former beauty to shabbiness under the control of the city university system.
If I may include a couple of illustrations. Finley Hall in the 1930s. It really does look haunted.
Manhattanville College students of 1909, Amelia's era.
Genre/Category: College Sex. It's actually Supernatural, but I didn't want to give away the ending. There are plenty of clues along the way.
Provide the link: https://www.lushstories.com/stories/college-sex/-amelia-of-finley-hall-.aspx
1. What first inspired you to write this particular story?
I'm not sure where my idea came from. I just started with the idea of a guy meeting an amorous ghost.
2. How did you come up with these characters?
The two characters are sharing a physical space, but they have emerged from different time periods. Amelia may or may not know she is a ghost, but she is not surprised to hear that it is the 1970s now. She obviously hated the sexual repression of her era (the early 20th Century). It's not explicitly stated, but it was the nuns who taught there who punished her by birching her, although she notes the irony that she was turned on by that too.
3. How does it differ from some of your other stories?
It was the first time I wrote a story with a supernatural/paranormal theme.
4. What was the most challenging thing about writing this piece?
I was helped by using the real histories of both Manhattanville College and City College and using real locations.
5. Anything else you want to tell us about it?
Finley Hall itself is sort of a character in the story. By 1974 it has declined from its former beauty to shabbiness under the control of the city university system.
If I may include a couple of illustrations. Finley Hall in the 1930s. It really does look haunted.
Manhattanville College students of 1909, Amelia's era.
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Been getting more familiar with some of the other sites out there. A little shocked at how archaic some of them are (sexstories.com, storiesonline, literotica). Lush certainly owns the others in terms of experience and community.
Does anyone know whether the views reported by sexstories.com are accurate? They are 10-25x greater than other sites. Sounds fishy to me...
Both Literotica and Storiesonline haven't updated their appearances in a long time, although Literotica seems to be making a few moves in that direction. The software on SOL is a bit clunky and also needs an update, but I've gotten the hang of it. SOL also has rather loose standards, so if I have a teen coming-of-age story that won't be allowed elsewhere, I put it there.
I'm not on sexstories.com. What they count as "reads" should be called "views." I don't know why the numbers for that are so high. Maybe the fact that it is connected to a porn video site brings in more people.
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It seems the scoring on this site very generous compared to other sites I am on. One of them allows non-memberes to vote, which results in either brutal honesty or mere trolling - it's hard to tell which sometimes. They have a one to five system as well, and I've gotten a few quite low scores there. Sometimes it's because the subject matter is unpopular. But it definitely keeps you on your toes.
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Quote by Dancewithme
Anne Bankcroft in "The graduate." Hoffman had no idea what he had there!! IMHO.
How in the name of Peter, Paul, George and Ringo, could he pass her up in the so called "Seduction Scene????"
Well, he didn't resist her for long after that. But man did she get pissed when he went after her daughter.
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This is really going to date me, but it would Marilyn Monroe in The Seven-Year Itch. Well, actually it came out a week after I was born.
But if I was Tom Ewell, I would think she was being very naughty and needed to be corrected.
But if I was Tom Ewell, I would think she was being very naughty and needed to be corrected.
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Quote by nylon_punkie
Is anyone else unhappy with how their stories are edited?
If a mistake is spotted then fair enough but I find they take stylistic decisions.
They chuck in commas willy-nilly, sometimes changing the meaning of a phrase completely.
Worst of all is that they replace my interesting words with bland clichéd ones.
Are the editors American? Maybe they are taught different punctuation rules in school?
That may also explain why they are unfamiliar with good old British words like 'Thwap!'
If a cock hits you in the face, it doesn't go 'TWANG' unless the character has had some kind of metallic implant.
Hi, I know you from another site, although I have a different user name there. You said in your biography that all of your submissions to Lush were rejected. May I ask, was that because of content?
The only story I had rejected but which I couldn't fix was a BDSM story which was purely about a punishment. It was deemed non-consual, although the recepitent wasn't physically restrained. Also, the recipient got "no pleasure" from it, which was undoubtedly true. The moderator said I could resubmit it if I rewrote it. I couldn' think of a plausible way to do that, so I published it on another site.
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Quote by seeker4
I have used songs in stories but just referred to the titles and themes, not the actual lyrics. OTOH, if you included some lyrics as lines of dialogue, no one would probably notice.
"I will always love you," she said.
"I want to rock and roll all night and party every day!" he roared as he entered the club.
And so on.
It depends on the content I suppose; the two examples above sound kind of generic and could easily be missed. When I got caught using a line from "Soul Kitchen:" maybe the moderator was a Jim Morrison/Doors fan. It's not their best-known song but not the most obscure either. (Patti Smith covered it too much later.) Perhaps the fact that it was in italics didn't help me either.