Also, I find the ol' "they are all consenting adults role-playing as {X}. Don't reference the role-playing in the story, however" trick to be a very reliable workaround.

Grok does NSFW

Well, I am winding up my second calendar month on Smashwords and have had a surprising amount of success. Nothing huge, but I was expecting nothing, so it was a pleasant surprise. I have caught up with my backlog of stories I felt were publish-worthy, and now, things should slow down. I have a handful of stories that I am cleaning up and rewriting to hopefully add to the library, plus a couple of new stories I bounce back and forth between, so hopefully, I can settle into a steady pace, but we'll see.

If anyone else has had success on Smashwords or ePublishing in general, I'd love your insight into things like pricing, frequency of publication, book covers, coupon codes, and all the other ins and outs.

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Keep me updated. This, i want to read. lol

Ok, story is up. https://www.lushstories.com/stories/humor/victorias-secret-revealed

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And maybe I'll learn a few things (having never been fitted for a bra before for some strange reason 😜).

They go exactly as you'd expect, with nude pillow fights and a lot of kissing, fingering, and licking.

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Keep me updated. This, i want to read. lol

Ok, the story is submitted. Now we just wait for a mod to approve it.

I got a little carried away with the story, as one does.

That's it, I'm going to write an erotica tale set in a lingerie shop with a bunch of women all getting fitted for new bras and cup sizes and strap lengths are going to abound. Won't be nary a paragraph nor a bit o' dialogue without a body measurement of some sort.

Try redquill.net . It is an ai tailored to writing spicy stories.

I've been writing for years, mostly fantasy and sci-fi, and only ever as a hobby. But over the past couple of years, I have switched to erotica. I blame it on my Parkinson's. One of the symptoms/side effects can be hypersexuality. Anyway, I've accrued a bunch of short and long stories and the urge to share them has grown. The feedback I have received on the stories I have posted/subbed in various places has been very positive and encouraging. So much so that I have taken the plunge and self-published on Smashwords.

I don't expect for it to ever be lucrative, or even successful to any degree, who knows?

If you like long Mother/Son erotica stories with a bit of build-up and romance (I am a sucker for romance), then please consider giving one of my stories a try. Right now I have 3 up for free.

One is 6k words story of a mother looking for the perfect last-minute Christmas gift for her adult son. Another is 12k words story of a mother driven into the arms of her son when she learns of her husband's infidelity. And the last is 23k words slow-burn romance of a mother recovering from depression and grief after the death of her husband, with the steadfast and loving support of her son. The last is the first entry in a 3-part series, each 22k+ words, and focuses on the romance and the consequences of the relationship.

I have many other stories that I will publish in the weeks and months to come, and I am always writing.

https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/YourMomThinksIAmCute5320

I am new to Lush, but to me the 10k limit feels very restrictive as a writer and a little odd as a reader. I like long stories with deep characters. I am a sucker for slow-burn romance. I want to be fully immersed in the characters' emotions and motivations before the clothes come off.

I wish there was a story writer's membership. I don't care about the chat rooms or cams or HD videos. I care about spamming the site with my erotic fantasies for like-minded individuals to read and appreciate, so that my brain can make with the happy chemicals as I read each new comment over and over again obsessively.

Ok, thank you.

In the "Before you submit a story" post it says "Are my paragraphs indented or really long or one long paragraph?"

Are indents on paragraphs required or prohibited?

"Your crazy matches my crazy." -- Deadpool

What a fantastic line. It has stuck with me ever since I saw that movie in the theater. It has completely changed how I write my characters, especially romance/erotica. Now when I write my stories I always start with a broken character and think about what kind of crazy would match theirs. Then I build a setting and plot that would throw these two broken people at each other and watch as their brokeness becomes the glue that ties them together.

This has lead me to write much more satisfying stories with richer characters and more real and organic dialog and interactions.

What quotes or advice has enriched your writing? How are your characters broken and how does this influence their stories?