writing Mira 4

Leaving this here....

I'm bouncing a few multichapter stories. and OP, the question about multi as opposed to one long one.. there are several discussions and the consensus is 3000-4000 range-ish so if you have a 7K story make it 2 10 K make if 3 or 4

I just had a glitch where I went to preview my submission and got a page not found. reloaded and it's fine. could be anything from a page cache issue to the VPN to Cloudflare glitching. not complaining. There's another website I've been doing research on where you literally have to set the search filters, hit search, get a nothing found then reload to get the listing. Now THAT'S a glitchy/poor-performing website.

Unless you want to make the category go beyond 10K words, or maybe instead of a story make the "novel" a SERIES.

I want to write but i have been staring at a blank screen for 4 days...

Taj is in the cooldown for publish, that will be followed by Megan and Dancing With myself

A few online friends know. Unfortunately, my son saw part of one story; fortunately, nothing terribly explicit, just a lesbian kiss. The brat wandered into my office while I was making tea.

I go both ways. I wrote a couple that were just long, 13K words, and broke it up, then I had one that was 3 parts, looking like 4, maybe 5 or 6, because I love the characters

I get suggestions from Grammarly about Knelt, as opposed to kneeled. Apparently, I'm part Brit, I prefer knelt

I'm in the world-building camp. I've dropped a few 7K stories. In fact, Take My Breath Away is so long that there will be at least 4 parts. As far as the "Get to the sex" camp, take that with a grain of salt. For every person who says, " Let Jim fuck Jill, there is another one or two who want to know WHY Jim is fucking Jill.

The advice to keep them short is positive; 1500-3000 words is right (based on the stories I have done and the views they have garnered). I will give you 2 bits of advice: Don't use AI, the mods know, and a lot of readers know. 2. Write what you want to write and how you want to write it. If you are not enjoying the writing "to fit in," then honestly, don't, if it doesn't make you happy

Thanks. Looks like I didn't scroll down enough

OK, I know this thread is old, and I think there have been a few revisions since the last post.. but how do I pull a published story? I don't see a button or anything. There is one glaring misspell, and I want to add it to a series

Stanley Tucchi's grilled cheese.

I used sourdough bread, thick-cut (Quarter-inch) slice fresh mozzarella, pesto, and baby spinach. Prosciutto

Mira part 3 is out, Nikki Part 2 under review, Take My Breath Away part 3 in the wings. TMBA has expanded, expect 6 parts.

dang i can't even to 100 words.. you want 75?!?!?

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Are the 'story moderators', the people who check all the stories that are submitted for publication, or only moderate the comments relating to a story?

If they check the stories, there are only 28 people in the "Meet the Team" list.

There must be dozens of stories submitted daily, and if it only these people to read and correct errors, before approval, then this is a massive achievement.

Many of them are authors themselves, with 100+ stories written and published.

All of them must have lives outside LushStories.

The only story I have submitted was edited by curvygalore, who, when finished, sent me a copy of the story showing all her editing.

Thank you all 'The Teams' for the great work you do and the great story site.

wow, that is seriously above and beyond. the mods who have touched mine say what the did but never a copy.. I'm impressed

What I would do is make the changes, then in the note to the moderator box jot down what you were doing

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I created my own forum post where I order the categories and put my stories in each and posted a link on my profile. It was more for me, but helpful a few times when readers asked if I had any stories in certain categories.

I made a spreadsheet, but I like the post idea

I think it's become expected, just like the choking thing. it's all you see on pornhub.

I'm going to disagree respectfully. Can I write short? Yes, in fact, I think Dante might be one of the more popular stories I've written. However, I LIKE writing multi-chapter stories, and I think many people like them as well. As far as "clogging" the queue, I go in knowing that the mods may pass over reading Nikki Part 2 over a flash story; I'm good with that, but the fact of the matter is, I don't publish as soon as a story is live. It's been asked to give it a couple of days, and I do. Bottom line is you do you, boo. If you don't like Mandi 1-4, don't read it, but don't demand that it not be written or published, because the world doesn't revolve around you. If the time comes when I don't see eye to eye with the mods, then it will be time to go. Until then, I write what makes me happy.

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You could use Google for that. AI often invents, so you may end up using wrong data. That way, you also avert your brain from being conditioned or influenced by the AI text and having it transferred into your writing. I'd suggest just staying away from it.

when you google something now the first response is AI... just saying

I can help if you want. Are you using anything like Grammarly for spelling and such?

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The stories I deleted I don't want back. They were poorly written and frankly embarrassing. Most of them we half-assed attempts at competition themes that are now even more pointless since the comp ended.

Best advice is to save a local copy on your own computer or device if you really think they're worth hanging on to.

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I do that, but I have the problem of multiple copies/versions. I've taken to saving V1, V2, V3 with minor revisions 3.3, and then LF (lush final). Even then, there are revisions done in the lush editor, misspellings or verb tenses I didn't catch before uploading

I use chatgpt for fact checking period work, usually to see if a slang term I want to use was in use in the 80's. For example, you would not have a character say "she's Fire," so I ask Google/AI what the 80's term was. Also, I will ask what a section of a city was like. Again, the example, The loop in Chicago was very, very different in 1985 than it is in 2026.

and don't forget to put the note in from the mod, especially with a longer story

He can Browse, but not comment, since it's locked now. OP, three things are working here

1. There are a butt-ton of stories and not that many mods.

2. The subscribers get a higher priority, but in my case, that's still well past a week at a shot.

3. There is a competition going on, so any story that's submitted for that goes to the top of the pile since there is a deadline.

I know, it sucks, but the other sites have similar gatekeeping for their cliques; your mileage may vary.

Out of curiosity, how many entries have there been?

not every woman does, which is why a couple of them send their men my way