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There are a lot of kinky women on this site

But the responses might be from a few things...

For one, the women who go to 'ask the gals' aren't representative of the full variety of women on Lush. It's a much smaller number of participants.



Also, if you're asking about real life experiences and preferences you might hit the Fantsay-to-Reality wall...

Women and men - in general - tend to be different when it comes to kink and fantasies.

Women tend to explore concepts purely within the confines of fantasy without ever having the intent on following through with it. Or, without ever actually experiencing it in real life and honestly being just fine with that and not feeling like they're missing out.

Men - in general - seem to have more reality-based fantasies. If they fantasize it's because they're more likely to really want to DO that.

So therein, you'll find a lot of women who get off on ideas but don't want to experience it in real life - in real life it might not be hot or sexy to try out, it might be offensive or a major turn off.



For another, those who are willing to do things in real life, things like choking are a turn on in part because of the GUY. He's domineering, he's suave, he's SEXY. And well the reality might be that women are dating, married or are sexually involved with guys who aren't quite that. I love a lot of things that I actually WOULD want to experience in real life but my husband doesn't hold that type of mannerism, control, nor do I feel safe with him enough to let him do things like choke me.



And then there's the fact that there are a hell of a lot of stupid freaking questions in Ask the Gals subforum. I've really stopped stepping into that forum because the stupidity of a lot of that content from guys is just eye-roll worthy. What's WRONG with men around here? Asking if we put things into our pussies to get off, or if we get "squishy." (SQUISHY!?) I mean seriously? That shit is obnoxious. A lot of women are sort of sick of having to parse through that crap.

I will NOT talk seriously about sex with guys who think we're . . . god I don't even know what the right term is to sum it up . . . that we're sexually inhibited and underdeveloped and infantile in our thinking about it, or that gross terms like 'squishy' is going to get anyone to want to talk about sex with them. You know that type of stuff makes me question the AGE of members and I do not engage with anyone who sends out the vibe that they aren't old enough to be on this site.



All that being said - don't judge your story content based on the forum responses. That's not really reflective of people here on this site, what their sexual fantasy interests are, and what they'll find appealing.

If you want to get a better sense for how things are received then do some research. Look at stories that contain similar content / tags and see how they're rated and how many people have read them. Read the comments. Stuff like that - investigate.

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Your list is the intellectual's idea of what makes a good story. You have to remember that you're writing for idiots, and that, anyway, clever intellectual people are also human and are turned on by the same base drives as the stupids.

These are: intrigue, conflict, tension, drama. Everything that works in storytelling boils down to those.

Actually, the final three are special cases of the first.

And so is 'show not tell'.

I don't really think that tweaking adverb-count is the answer, or any such fetishistic voodoo. I keep hearing this about adverbs, and I know who started it. It's the kind of advice given in creative writing courses. They can teach you what not to do, but not what to do. What not to do can be listed in a set of rules; what to do requires imagination, which cannot be taught.

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To be fair, having some dedication to getting it done and done right needs to be there, too. I spend more time on rewriting, proofing, and editing than I do on the original writing.

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At the moment, the only images that can be assigned to stories are in the form of a single cover image at the top of the story page. These look great, but we are looking into possibly creating 'visual stories' of some description at some point. These would be intended for people who wished to include multiple illustrations, photographs, etc.

So, for the time being you can only display one per publication, but stay tuned.

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you have a will and last testament made up already? if not, you might want to give it some consideration.

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I’ve been returning to a favorite show lately: Battlestar Galactica. The Edward James Olmos version. (Love the guy. Saw him for a presentation on campus years ago and had the opportunity to exchange a few words. Brilliantly hilarious.)

It’s aged pretty well. And makes me so disappointed that there hasn’t been a space-based SciFi epic on that scale since. It had the acting. It had the story. It had the music. Impressive CGI for a show of its scale.

We need another good SciFi epic again. HBO maybe. I dunno. Outside of Fringe there have been few SciFi shows of any time that have held my interest the last several years since the end of Stargate Atlantis.

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Evening all, something cold with vodka please Mr Rumple. I'll just be over by the throne carving my initials.

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I don't drink coffee.

And MERTZ recorded tantrum so it will live on forever.

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Still laughing at you.

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This is my first visit to this den of iniquity, but hopefully not the last. I was lured here by the fact that Tonya visits regularly. So would a coffee be in order? Do I just serve myself? I see that most of my favorite people are patrons. Hi gang. Milik thanks for the plug on my series. Writing the next one calling it 'The Tango Evita'. If anyone has a lewd and lascivious historical character they would like to see featured let me know. Thank you to Milik and Tonya for the favorable mention.
Milik I agree a colaboration between you and Simmie would be most interesting.

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He missed me altogether. And all my bling too!

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Orders are up...and probably to no good.
Jeff andMilik crave coffee. Done.
ITM needs a lot of hot chocolate. Gotcha.
And Ms Sara needs Sweet Iced Tea, at least until work's done for the day. Got ya covered like the dew.

So who's gonna be next to come up to the bar whining about life, its consequences and enevitabilities and the slow service around here...then put in an order for a drink?

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Maybe. I thought choking was like a kindergarten fetish and I was going to post some erotica I’ve written on it but now I’m not so sure.

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What we got is orders for coffee (Jeff and Jim) sweet iced tea (Amelia) and whatever it was ping ordered, he's getting a Jen's Jolter (hot rum toddy with 151 proof rum).

Anyone else yearning for something of a fluid nature? If so, spill da beans. I ain't no mind-reader -- most definitely not the mind's of Rumplators. So whadda ya wanna drink?

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Yeah that's the one I was talking about. I'm pretty sure because I've been endlessly lectured on how it uses no petrol AND no electricity etc. I guess it's tiring if you do it for a while. Or if the grass is bumpy. Or maybe because I've only used a pretty much brand new one, the blades are super sharp and it's easy. Or maybe and most likely, I am just supremely strong and would beat you in an arm wrestle.

Today has been so crap it has six hours to save its reputation.