Quote by moasan
Message from the haunted house. I am 67 and retired, living on a limited income in London. To pay a lot of money here would be difficult. At Literotica all submissions are free and I have published a few novellas of 60.000 words with no problems. So I'll go back there.
Fair enough. I say go for what works for you. I find their interface clunky as hell myself but land there from time to time as a reader.
The moaning around here makes a haunted house seem positively quiet by comparison. As the Shyexhibitionist says, the site needs money to operate so they give perks to paying members to help get that money. Pretty standard deal on a lot of sites. I've happily paid for years and finally went platinum to save myself the effort of renewing every year.
Quote by moasan
I get jealous when I see some of them publishing work every three days while I have to wait and wait and wait.
I could publish every 3 days too based on the approval time for my last story (again, I'm platinum). It's nothing about being a mod (love how you insinuate something scandalous is happening) and everything about being a gold or platinum member. And if they did get priority in the queue, so what? They are unpaid so why not give them something in return for the effort they put in. They are all excellent writers with a good history on the site so it's not like crap is getting a free pass or something.
Quote by techgoddess
Erotica is more fun than house chores.
You can combine the two. Look how many "Help me, I'm stuck in the washer" videos there are. 😋
Yeah, um, anyhow, good morning. It's Friday, Halloween, and game 6 of the World Series. Take any two.
Earl Grey and a bear claw.
We got some ouzo around here (actually, I thought I brought some back from Greece with me)? A shot and keep the bottle handy.
Tomorrow is going to be interesting in a lot of Canadian households. Trick or treat and parties or watch the Jays-Dodgers game? In Atlantic and Eastern time it should be manageable but folks I know out West are pointing out that the game is 5pm (Pacific) or 6pm (Mountain) their time, prime trick or treat time.
I am currently enjoying a playlist of Halloween-y music that someone posted on my favourite singer's fan site. Currently playing is The Monster Mash.
Aww, nice widdow kittie. This is one of two sites I am on that have house cats. The other has a swarm of them but the main one is a black cat named Molly.
Good morning. Life goes on. Nothing dramatic to talk about. Probably had my last after-work walk yesterday. Sun was almost gone by the time I got home and now the weather is crap until the time changes on Sunday.
English Breakfast and a Jane. I mean doughnut. Really. That was just a Freudian slip.
Another bootstrap paradox. Hollywood is rife with those. Planet of the Apes is the classic. Chimp scientists Zira and Cornelius escape the end of the world and go back in time to the twentieth century where their child leads the ape revolution that leads to the Planet Of The Apes. Terminator 2 has one, too (the parts from the original Terminator sent back in time by Skynet are being used to develop Skynet).
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So I'm a bit under the weather – or is it the radar? – and stumble in to find … no one??
Under the weather or suffering from World Series sleep deprivation syndrome😉? At least the Jays tied the series so are still in the running.
English Breakfast and a cinnamon bun.
Hopefully getting back the car that's in the shop. Rust patch on a door. Should be ready today. Even with my wife retired, we notice when we are down a car.
Too much happening to write, though I did some work on a sequel to Paris Bares All on the weekend. Not totally happy with where I went with it, but we shall see how things develop.
Mary Brown's. Canadian chain originally from Newfoundland. Not sure how much presence they have South of the border. Very reminiscent of KFC from the 70s and 80s.
If you played in a rock band, what position would you want to play (guitar, drum, bass, keys, vocals)?
Happy belated birthday!! Hope it was a good one.
On crickets, I have yet to eat any terrestrial arthropods but I am not against trying. I eat the marine variety (mostly shrimp) often enough.
Good morning all. Ape up, sun isn't. And that's before the time change.
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Where I live, they outlawed them about 10 years ago. It’s funny, because just lately I was realizing how peaceful Halloween is now. I have memories of being a kid, and from mid October to Halloween, especially at night time the town was alive with the distant sound of popping firecrackers. They were incessant.
Now they are all but gone. A shame really, because I always love that time of year, and the popping of distant firecrackers was just part of the experience.
Fireworks on Halloween has never been a thing around here. Too cold I guess (we sometimes have snow around Halloween).
Closest we get is South Asian communities letting them off for Diwali, which falls around this time. And that's been legal here for a few years now.
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How do I take it down ? I don’t want to be that guy annoying people I don’t even know.
You're not really annoying people. Lots of.posts like yours around. But to edit your post, click/tap the ... in the top right of the post and choose Edit.
If you're here for stories, got to the home page and click/tap Stories. Or visit my profile. I have a few up.😁 Or Kistinspencil who responded first. She writes fantastic micros (100 word stories).
Welcome to Lush!
Yeah, copyright is a big reason sites tend to use the big libraries rather than building their own. Then the owner of the library is responsible if there is a copyright claim. Pornhub, for instance, seems to mostly have gifs created from videos on their own site so presumably copyright has been dealt with already. I use embed links wherever possible, even for static images. For my covers I either us an AI generator or search for Creative Commons licensed stock.
In principle, I like the idea but building up a library of gifs would take time. Those messaging apps you mention mostly tie into Giphy or Tenor rather than having their own library. E.g. I run a site using Xenforo software and Xenforo has integration with Giphy for gifs. But those don't have x-rated content. Pornhub has a gif library but I am not sure if it has an API like the big gif sites do.
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The clocks went back an hour last night.
We go back next week. So I guess you're an hour up on us for a week. 😊
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I won't ask if there is a five and a half thousand mile fence is going up yet, or which nation is building it!
No fence yet, just border guards busy "defending" their respective nations from tourists and business travellers.🙄
Good morning!! Tea and a handwich.
