Reading it back now, is there anything you would change if you were to re-submit it?
How do you feel your writing has developed since then (if at all)?
I'm just nosy.
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Quote by Tricky_Dicky
Oh grow up and don't be so bloody childish. You're just spreading false rumors in a blatant attempt to push my thought-provoking post further up the page so nobody reads it. This is a good thread, and I'm disgusted that people are trying to derail it with infantile behavior. I'll post my thought-provoking message again. Please start your own thread if you want to act the clown.
The general consensus on the other site is that Lush mods are too fastidious when rejecting stories. It goes way beyond grammar and punctuation. An example another member pointed out was that he can't use the name "motherfucker" because somebody may misinterpret that as a reference to . This is a perfect example of what I'm getting at.
People have had their worked bounced for the same reasons. People have been, in the past, asked to omit certain words because they are banned from the site, or change a paragraph because someone may interpret it as relating to a banned subject. It is, for a better word, farcical, at times. And it has become a much talked about issue on the other site.
It's childish and irrational, and has chased away many a good author over the years. Good authors will NOT alter story content because Lush mods have rejected their story for inane reasons. Good authors will take their work and go elsewhere. The other site has members with stories to tell about story rejections for ridiculous reasons, and those people will not submit work to Lush anymore. People don't like having their time wasted.
So an unintended consequence of that is other sites get the vast majority of good authors, and Lush get's lumbered with the pap.
It's an issue worth addressing if this site is serious about winning back more good authors.
Now that the thread has derailed into something way beyond discussing the original post as it stands...
So Lush is lumbered with the pap, is it? GOOD. At least less up-their-own-bum writers have a chance here to explore and develop their own writing without these literary giants who can't (sorry, won't) tweak their story to meet a publishing house's standard. Pick a house because you want them to publish your work. Don't pick it because they OUGHT to publish your work.
If certain writers have to sod off elsewhere because there are too many farcical shenanigans here, GOOD. Let them. You clearly know the status quo here. They're not the only ones who have considered leaving for various reasons. But leave because you don't want to meet the guidelines/set-up, or even (shock horror), some people who mean your time cannot be enjoyed here. Don't leave because they won't bend to your commands. A serious writer is able to adapt. If it's too much of a strain to compromise a paragraph's undertow, then just walk away. No need to keep coming back saying the same thing in a way that puts backs up and brings out the butthurt bludgeons. You know how that particular storybook goes.
Lush doesn't need to win back "good authors". If an author left, they will either do better elsewhere, or come back and try to fit in as far as their ego will let them. Don't like what's allowed? Go somewhere else.
I believe in speaking up if something is wrong. And then I have to get on with it, or remove myself. I have my own reasons for responding to this thread, and as one who has/is considering leaving Lush myself (for reasons different than what is being addressed here), it's my responsibility to deal with it. I like to think I wouldn't keep popping back on bemoaning the fact that all the good people have left. I'd rather bring them back with me and show how brilliant a writer I was by not only grafting my work into Lush-acceptable writing, but I'd use my literary Skillz to melt the knickers off the people reading it. And then I'd leave after my point was proven to see if they change to fit what those "good writers" wanted, because obviously, Lush would be so enamoured by their spunk and pussy juice-inducing abilities that they'd HAVE to accept whatever was demanded just so they feel cossetted into making a huge Good Writers' Return.
Currently, those writers who are learning to hone and explore their more mediocre or, in some cases, terrible, talents, have room and freedom to learn how to meet certain boundaries whilst pushing the edges of both their writing's acceptibility and their own limits. There are moderators here who can help beyond the simple message box on the rejection email, as well as fixed site resources, and, should somebody desperately want to find some more individual help, there are ways to go about getting that help through the forums and private messaging.
And I say, why should Lush want to get these so-called Good Writers back, when it already has some that far surpass what they have formerly offered, and is still growing the next lot? Seasons come and go, and maybe their time is done. If it is stated that something won't change, have a go at a final word, yes, but then don't be scared or upset when you make no headway. Decide what you will do after that instead.
I'm happier being pap here where I know certain things will not be published, than bollocks with so-called "good writers" who cannot hone their story to meet a publishing house's guidelines. The beauty of this house is that if the writer really cares and works hard, they can be published too. If you don't like the guidelines, then go. Be happy. Love your work. Stick it where somebody else likes it. But accept that constant calls in obnoxious ways to allow through guideline-breaking writing, good or otherwise, is not going to happen, and all the other pap like me are glad about it.
Lush has its issues (wherever there are people, there are issues), but worrying about the Good Writers not liking the guidelines and refusing to submit their work here, is not one of them. In my humble opinion, of course. If you wish to take this particular topic further (again), start a different thread.
I feel the original post was good to talk about, and since I already stated my opinion on it, I don't need to do so again.
Gingerbread Lover
Quote by jordan00
hey ladies,
I am thinking about buying some sort of vibrating panties or other remote controlled toy for my girlfriend for our anniversary. has anyone tried these? any recommendations?
thanks in advance
It might be worth checking out some of the threads here: https://www.lushstories.com/forum/yaf_topics53_The-Playroom.aspx
Happy Anniversary!
Gingerbread Lover
Quote by twinswin5
Hey ladies,
I was wondering if any of you girls had any good ideas on ways to jack off. I am open to anything and everything ;)
You could get an industrial sized tin of corned beef, slide it out the can, cut it in half, and then shove the two pieces side by side into a blow-up doll's vagina. Proper corned beef curtain fuck, that.
Or, you could suspend some bowling balls by string in a line, and squat between them. Then, move your hips to make everything sway together, and the balls in front and behind you can act like those magnetic toys, and you can clack yourself off to your heart's content.
Or, you could put on a condom, slip a hosepipe between it and your skin, and slowly fill it up with warm water. If you get the pressure just right, you can tease yourself really hard, and if you time it right, you can jizz at the same time as the condom explodes. That would REALLY impress the ladies!
Or, you could read a Lush story to get you going.
Or, you could listen to a Lush audio with instructions.
Or, you could pop into the chatrooms and ask somebody to guide you.
Or, just have a quick wank and have done.
Good luck!
Gingerbread Lover
Quote by Shadowforce1
Yes sorry reading it now I can see I didn't word it perfectly but yes that is the basic question.
Then I'm not sure, sorry. Every company is different, and there a LOT of companies that make them. A lot also depends on the shape of the person as well as the size of their bazongas, so some people may have to get theirs custom-made even though some manufacturers make their size. Sorry.
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Quote by Shadowforce1
What size bra does a woman get to when she starts looking for custom made bras?
I'm afraid I'm not entirely sure what you're asking. Do you mean what size bra is the largest commercial bra makers go up to?
People of all shapes and sizes look for custom-made bras and corsetry, if they're both rich enough, and want something specific enough.
I'm quite well-endowed, and there is only one make and style of bra I've found that both comes in my size, and is a comfortable fit. I've also got a friend who is a designer who made me a corset that did everything I wanted. But many of her clients are smaller than me, and get her to create what they want, or alter something they bought to a proper fit. Commercial mass-made stuff only caters for those who fit what each of those companies deem their "norm".
Gingerbread Lover
Afterthought: The Editors Pick award is given by a grouo of people who are not the story mod team, although the pieces are recommended by them. That is a level all on its own, with various high-jump factors and merits being discussed and acheived within the piece, rather than the subjective, personal to the mod award of a Recommended Read. I think that's worth bearing in mind.
Gingerbread Lover
Quote by JC72
I am not really sure if this is the right place in forums to post this topic, or if it should be brought up at all. My guess is this topic is discussed in private among friends where nothing really gets done or changes. Bringing up how RR works or doesn't may cause me to lose a few friends or who knows, make a few, but after hearing at least four friends this week alone talk on the subject I wanted my questions and thoughts public.
I, like many, see the same small group of people getting a majority of recgnition with some stories barely posted before the symbol appears. The one that caused my concern is when a friend showed me a story that had been up for sometime when she friended a Mod, the next day the story had a RR. I am, nor would I ever accuse a Mod of wrong doing, but by not being open about who chooses what, too much is in question.
So wondering if this was just sour grapes on my part, I took twenty pieces from this sight to the Lit Professor's I work with to ask their professional opinion. Ten pieces were RR and ten were pieces I had read that were not recognized here on Lush. Only two pieces of the ten RR, were picked as top pieces by one teacher, the other just three. I am not a math major, but that is 12.5 % of the pieces declared RR being picked by pros with no bias or nepotism involved. The few who did really well in judging were told, because their work deserved me sharing the good news. If anyone wants to know what pieces won the judging, p!ease message. The pieces that did not will never be shared because this isn't about making any one person feel bad.
So instead of just bitching or causing hurt feelings, I was always taught to brings answers to questions if you have an issue. So with all this being said, here are a few ideas that some of us discussed in private. Agree or disagree, but please be polite as this is just my idea of starting good open communication. Below are a few ideas we liked as a group, many others were shot down... Last word by me, most writing here is done with a lot of effort and passion, so many good writers deserve to be recognized before they just give up or move on.
IDEA'S FOR RR.....
1. Any story or poem given RR, should include who gave the RR and a quick blurb as to why.
2. If a Mod gives a RR to one writer, they can't give a second one to same person for six months with no back tracking on stories.
3. No RR can be given to anyone on a friends list.
4. Readers be allowed to send personal favorites to Lush, bypassing Mods so that staff can make choice if worthy.
Many others, but these were the four all liked in some form...
With good intentions,
J
You might find this thread helpful: https://www.lushstories.com/forum/yaf_postst37636_Recommended-Read-Requirements.aspx
I disagree that mods ought to be publicly named when giving out RRs. They get enough flack from story rejected writers without having to justify their individual choice of awards! I can see why you'd suggest it, and I do like the idea of knowing what it was they enjoyed about it, but that's even more work for them.
I've been given RRs on work I thought was pretty crap, but posted it anyway. I have no idea why, but that's personal choice and individual tastes for you. Likewise, I've written stuff that I was hoping would go far, but nobody seemed that bothered.
Every experience of being given a pat on the head has meant a huge amount to me (more than I can tell you), and I understand how frustrating it is to put your everything into something and get nothing. I've also seen pieces with awards that left me laughing my ass off that it could be recognised in such a way, and somebody was moved enough to want others to read it too. In the same way, I have seen some gems that I wouldn't have seen any other way.Each moderator has their own gifts and view of the world and writing. That's why they're a team, not a single unit (thank goodness). In the same way, their RRs will differ vastly and widely.
In response to a mod becoming a friend and then awarding an RR, when I make a new Lush friend, I often check out their profile and scan their work. Perhaps that mod did the same, and, seeing a piece they think exceptional for some reason, decided to pin it with a badge. Because they can. I see nowt wrong with that, but I can see it looks funny. We have to trust that the mods have discretion, although I have no problem with such things being called out. Better it's asked and answered, than it festers. That's my view.
I don't think you're wrong in starting this thread, and I do think you raise some interesting points. I hope the responses you're getting also give you food for thought, as well as us.
Gingerbread Lover
Quote by candytales
If you submit a story that you believe to be technically competent, but is rejected by a moderator, do you bother to re-write it or just get on with the next one?
Lush is currently the only site I submit erotica on. Therefore, I re-write my story when it is rejected.
The moderator who sends the story back has always given me the reasons why it was rejected so that I can fix it. "Technically competent" does not always mean that a story is up to publishing standard. In the same way, "technically INcompetent" can stop a good story being read.
Depending on the reasons for rejection (subjects in breach of Lush Terms and Conditions, for instance, or lack of a coherent storyline), a story can nearly always be brought up to standard, should the writer feel strongly enough about that piece of work. Help is available through forum resources and even individuals where it is needed and sought out.
Somebody with passion and determination can plough through (with or without help), and meet the requirements based on the rejection, if they care enough about that particular piece. If not, the rejection reasons can still be a stepping stone to making the next piece better. Even the greatest writers don't always share every piece they write.
Gingerbread Lover
I've just read about a new product from my.flow (www.trackmyflow.com) which can tell you when to change your tampon. A string attached to the inserted tampon is clipped to a bluetooth sensor on your waistband, and will inform you via an app when you need to change it.
The company says it's to help prevent Toxic Shock Syndrome and wastage. In the future, they also want to develop the technological ability to tell you when your period will start, for how long, and how heavy it will be.
Is this something you'd try? What are your thoughts?
The company says it's to help prevent Toxic Shock Syndrome and wastage. In the future, they also want to develop the technological ability to tell you when your period will start, for how long, and how heavy it will be.
Is this something you'd try? What are your thoughts?
Gingerbread Lover
Quote by noll
You could take a screenshot and read that. No more animations. And if you print them you can cut out the avatars of the people you have blocked.
You're welcome! ;)
I'm not doing that because I can't be arsed to gum up my storage space with something that's not even that important. It was just a question.
And I'm not doing the latter because I'm saving trees.
Incidentally, your avatar actually isn't any worse than single emoticons, so it's usually bearable. Then again, I'm used to wankers, so maybe that's why?
Gingerbread Lover
Quote by gav
I have been inspired by some of our members to delve into the forum code and to implement a feature to remove posts from members you have blocked.
From now on when you have a member blocked (not a moderator of course!) that makes a post in a forum, their message will be replaced with:
Hope this helps.
gav
This is fantastic, Gav, thank you.
Is there any possibility that the block might extend to the avatars? Or is it easier (if possible) to make an option that stops the damn animated gif avatars from moving? I can't read the posts very well with them constantly moving, taking my eye away from what I'm trying to concentrate on.
The emoticons in posts are mostly okay, as they're so small. If it's possible to block the avatars of blocked people as well their posts, I'd be truly grateful. Then nealry all trace of them is gone, and I can still read posts above and below without struggling.
Gingerbread Lover
Quote by loneleygirl68
Does anyone know if there are Mods on SS today? I submitted a poem 5-6 hours ago and it still hasnt posted? Or did they all take the night off? Just curious is all...Thank you!
Shouldn't this thread be on the Blue site instead of here?
And as with this site, it's great if things happen quickly all the time, but it's by no means the measure for everything. Internet hours are but a handful of real life minutes, even without taking different timezones into consideration.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=273eSvOwpKk 
Gingerbread Lover
Quote by overmykneenow
If you are of Shylass's opinion, you won't like what I'm going to say, so stop reading this and skip to the next post.
Don't presume to know my mind. My opinions on this matter haven't fully been given, and as I already stated, unless Lush Admin have officially said something about it, then I am simply going to send my condolences out of respect for those who have lost people here. And I am one of them.
All this thread has done is stir up pain (of differing sorts for various reasons) and for what? For people to get attention. Including you, with your oh-so clever IT Skillz.
Let pain either be comforted or ignored. Dragging people through mud isn't helpful. Let it go or let it be dealt with officially. Should somebody die that is close to you, I hope YOUR posting, should you leave one, won't be ripped apart based on the history of former bereavement threads, whether the situation and subsequent "detective" work is true or not.
I'm all for calling people out, but I don't believe the way this thread has gone is the way to deal with it. Your post was not the first to be a complete mess and mockery, to ANYbody who has been bereaved.
Shame on ALL of us.
Gingerbread Lover
Quote by BarrneyTheDinosour
Is a guy being fat a turn off? Or does it not matter if he has a good personality?
I'd fuck any man I cared enough about (as long as it was legal and he was single!). I'm not bothered by looks, personally. For me, it's about a strong relationship, mutual respect, and fun. I don't look at the physical shell of a person the way many seem to. If I like the person, I like what holds them together too. I will admit that it's the smile that turns me on, though.
Gingerbread Lover
Quote by stephanie
Hold the banger, send the pants... (You know what I like...) If they are clean ones I'll send them back...
(Love you, BTW and GOOD to see you writing again!!!)
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX SF
Everyone: "Why does DAISY get more SF 'X's' than anyone else?"
Me: "We go back..."
Shylass: "We don't go back THAT WAY, Steffie!"
Me: "We could have..."
Shylass: "No, we could absolutely not have..."
Me: "WE COULD HAVE!!! Watch..."
"Daisy Shylass and Stephanie Flashman were hot-shot, young-gun writers at Lush Stories Inc. Occasionally, when they'd travel to Lush Towers to collect their cheques from Lush due to the VAST AMMOUNTS of revenue their writing generated they would meet in the elevator. Each would avoid the other's eye. Both knew they were in the presence of supreme greatness. Neither acknowledged the smouldering passion that would have been apparent to anyone else. In those moments, the three minutes it took to travel with her to the 6667th floor that housed the Lush Stories suite of offices and Nicola's penthouse, he would become hard as a concentration camp guard. For her part, her kninnies would invariably tsunami in the presence of the troubled, glowering, haunted but almost unbelieveably sexy and oddly attractive, beautiful, gifted, talented, dangerously sexy, handsome, sexy Irishman. But nothing was ever said. Until the day the elevator faulted and failed. And there they were. Together at last. Trapped.... In a lift."
Shylass: "I collect my cheques from Nicola's manor in Shropshire. I usually stay the weekend. She has shooting parties. It's cool. Coldplay were there in March. I never go to the office building."
Me: "NICOLA HAS A MANOR HOUSE IN FUCKING SHROPSHIRE?"
Shylass: "Yes. Although personally I prefer her castle in Ireland but she only summers and Christmasses there... I've been there four times. She sneaks in and leaves you filled stockings after you go to bed! She's lovely..."
Me: "NICOLA HAS A CASTLE IN FUCKING IRELAND????"
Shylass: "Yes. Though I always love the planning weeks we have at the start of the year at her Chateau in Toulon. Lovely gardens. Business and pleasure!"
Me:"Are you SERIOUSLY fucking seriously serious?"
Shylass: "When Beasley and I went to Tokyo last August she insisted we stay in her apartment there. Her staff are lovely! Hideo is such a good butler and Yoshimi is the sweetest maid."
Me: "FUCK OFF! AND WHO THE FUCK IS FUCKING BEASLEY?"
Me: What the feck are you on about?
SF: I have no idea...
Me: That's why we're friends.
Thank you for the replies, all you lovely people. I'm glad it's not just me.
Gingerbread Lover
Quote by Burquette
I think you should run with the sausage-up-the-ass idea. I mean, really. It's such a great visual and I'll bet that was an empty threat from the bigoted media whore. ;)
It's somebody else who wanted to run with bum sausage!
I'd already submitted my story a couple of days ago. I found out about the media incident this morning. Now I'm seeing headlines of whether or not she'll get arrested if she does it. 
EDIT: I don't trust anything the media tell us, but still... http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kate-hopkins-sausage-stunt_uk_572f3538e4b0ade291a20108
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When I was writing my dissertations at uni, I kept coming up with what I thought were some pretty smart ideas.
However, after looking for references to back it up or argue with my theories, I invariably found that somebody else had that same theory before me, and so I'd have to re-write my papers using the ideas as somebody else's quotes, so I wouldn't be accused of plagiarism.
Also, I've had ideas for a story here, started working on it, and then seen pretty much the same story line posted on Lush within hours of me starting it. So obviously, I have to scrap it.
And now, I've written a story about a sausage slut with a banger up her bum, and it turns out, a bigoted media whore in the UK recently said she'd run along a street naked with a sausage up her bum if Sadiq Khan became the Mayor of London. So now it looks like I got the idea from her!
Have any of you had what you thought was an original idea, only to find that it's been done before, or that somebody pipped you to the post?
However, after looking for references to back it up or argue with my theories, I invariably found that somebody else had that same theory before me, and so I'd have to re-write my papers using the ideas as somebody else's quotes, so I wouldn't be accused of plagiarism.
Also, I've had ideas for a story here, started working on it, and then seen pretty much the same story line posted on Lush within hours of me starting it. So obviously, I have to scrap it.
And now, I've written a story about a sausage slut with a banger up her bum, and it turns out, a bigoted media whore in the UK recently said she'd run along a street naked with a sausage up her bum if Sadiq Khan became the Mayor of London. So now it looks like I got the idea from her!
Have any of you had what you thought was an original idea, only to find that it's been done before, or that somebody pipped you to the post?
Gingerbread Lover
Quote by Magical_felix
And you joined the site the day your dear friend's cord was cut? Like, to inform her lush boyfriend of her passing? That is very nice of you.
Whether it's true or not, whether it's a hoax or not, the thread is very sad, and for once, why can't you just leave it be? If it is made up, then there are clearly issues that are beyond sarcastic pokings. If it is true (and I hope it isn't), then you're acting like an ass. There's no need for it, Jack.
Report it if you think it's a hoax. For those who have lost somebody dear, such a response is not only unbecoming, but cruel. It's all fine and dandy to say what you think, but for fuck's sake. Yeah, yeah, I know it's your right to say what you think, but it's mine too. And for once, I'm stating that I wish you'd just fuck off. Yes, Jack. I honestly wish you would.
Poke and prod all you like, stir and shit and whatever you want all over the forums like you always do, but at least have some little spark of decency for something that MIGHT actually be true. Even if it's not, even if you don't think Lush is for cry-baby attention-seeking mentally ill forum-whoring retards, we exist, we're here, and even though this won't even make a slight dent in your ego-puffing fun, we're going to keep posting whether you can deal with it or not.
I don't give a toss if you think this is funny. I don't give a toss that I'm barging right into your Happy Game. I don't give a toss that you have your champions that egg you on and lick your bum and think you're fucking awesome. All you've shown here is that you're an asshole. You and I both know your set ways of reacting to being called out. And I don't care. Go ahead!
I once thought much differently of you. I know you don't give a shit. And you know what? Neither do I. But I'll not sit by and say nowt whilst this sort of thing goes on without an official Admin revelation that this is a hoax thread. Now, roll on the pathetic light-heartening cat pictures to try and swerve it all away from what's really happening.
I apologise to the original poster for taking this thread wayyy off tack. Pain comes in all sorts of ways, and manifests in many more. And I'm sorry for that.
.
Gingerbread Lover
Stupid sodding animated gifs as avatars. Concentrating is hard enough as it is without having to cover part of the screen with my hand just so I can focus on the words.
People who call threads a forum when they're actually threads within a forum.
People who constantly act like pre-teens when their buddy gets into verbal fisticuffs. Now and again is funny. Not all the time.
When somebody thinks a generalisation is a personal attack and HAS to respond or "playfully" smear their crap after something somebody said.
And the biggest thing that peeves me is that these things peeve me.
People who call threads a forum when they're actually threads within a forum.
People who constantly act like pre-teens when their buddy gets into verbal fisticuffs. Now and again is funny. Not all the time.
When somebody thinks a generalisation is a personal attack and HAS to respond or "playfully" smear their crap after something somebody said.
And the biggest thing that peeves me is that these things peeve me.
