We've ended the date so we can race home and get it on with each other. I swear, my patient readers, Part Five will be wall-to-wall sex and the tease will be over. But first:
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bisexual/its-a-date-part-4-driving-it-home-2
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I would love to be with another man. How do you find someone .
Well, fortunately we now have the Internet. No need to hang out in gay bars or lurk around parks and restrooms anymore, hoping to make eye and then dick contact.
There are a ton of dating and hookup apps that are male-male friendly. Sign up and download one. Not difficult at all. Personally I have not done this because I’m not ready yet … but when I am, I’ll probably go for bicupid, more of a dating site, because I’d like to know the guy I’m blowing at least a little bit. I’m not needing the full romantic wining-and-dining, but a brief chat over coffee would be a good warmup. Or maybe meet one of the numerous friends I have here on Lush whom I chat with occasionally, and see if one of them is open to meeting in person. Again, not ready to do that yet.
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1) I have issues finding strong verbs at times and I think I could be better at conveying the actual feelings the participants ..,
2) I think my dialogue is my best feature. People tend to like my characters even though they don't tend to be deep and I believe it's because of the dialogue more than anything else.
1) I particularly feel challenged coming up with the right verb too, but specifically in dialogue situations. I try to minimize the use of say/says/said when there are so many alternatives that carry more meaning in expressing the tone and feeling of a conversation, but so often I feel like the just-right verb is on the tip of my tongue, but just out of reach and I settle for a second-best word instead.
Maybe I need to keep a list of dialogue verbs to slip into my writing. I already maintain a very long list of synonyms for cock, pussy and tits, to avoid overusing them.
2) I feel the same, that my dialogue is my strong suit. I’ve gotten quite a few compliments on the dialogue and banter (usually between two men) in my stories, and I do make an effort to capture the way the guys I’ve known over the decades really talk. All too often, IRL, i feel like I’m not quick enough to come up with just the right witty reply to someone, but of course when we’re writing that problem disappears!
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I am like Krystal (Hello! 😘).
… the idea of writing a bisexual story remains only an idea for lots of reasons, including sticky fingers!
I hope you write one. Like Kistin, I guess, I’ve never been very turned on by straight porn or erotica. At least not consistently, though I have penned six or eight stories with pure M-F action that I found highly enjoyable to write. Even back in my adolescent days of flipping through the pages of Penthouse Forum Letters, I’d always find myself skimming in search of female-female action (common in the threesomes stories, obviously) or male-male contact (more common than people unfamiliar with the magazine might assume, with usually one or two encounters to be found in every issue).
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2. I write quickly. When I'm in the groove I can pound out about 1.3K good words in an hour. With #1 in mind, as soon as I can make them excellent words, I'll be a little happy.
Well, your productivity of late has been impressive. I usually find myself combing through my stories 15-25 times before publishing, trying to get everything just right, which slows the output considerably, so I could put that as a weakness for myself too.
One exception I just (re)discovered was my Contagion series about marital exploration culminating in group sex (with, unconventionally for me and conventionally for everyone else, no male-male action at all). I cranked those one out in a frenzy of inspiration driven by the pressure cooker of the 2020 Pandemic, without my usual, endless editing and re-editing. Rereading them last week for the first time, I was surprised to see how well they’ve held up. But still, those were still very much exceptions to my nitpicky writing process.
This date is getting almost too hot to handle!
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bisexual/its-a-date-part-3-the-date-heats-up
Where would you draw the lines? Around all the metropolitan areas? Much of the whole red-state/blue-state thing that you see from a distance is a rounding error, with many of the red states (especially the larger ones) just a few percent into the red and most of the blue states just a few percent blue.
Even in the reddest states have urban areas that lean strongly left, and suburban areas that are center-left. I have visited surprisingly (to outsiders) liberal communities in states like Idaho, Arizona, North Dakota and even Wyoming. And even the bluest states are pretty darned red in their rural areas: sparsely populated east-of-the-Sierras California is almost violently conservative in many places, and much of Oregon is seriously talking about splitting off to form “Greater Idaho,” with a number of country boards of commissioners formally voting to join if it comes to pass
So the actual division is urban/suburban/metropolitan versus rural/small-town/traditional. But even then, there are some suburbs that are very conservative, and there are lots of small college towns in the countryside that are very progressive.
How would you divide this up geographically in a way that would make ANYONE happy? I don’t think it can be done. And it would create additional complications that rural and mineral goods from the countryside would suddenly have to become not only interstate, but international, commerce to reach most markets. The economy would no longer function.
So if we all want to still have jobs, other than shooting at each other, maybe it would be better if we try to get along.
EDITED: I guess I have, come to think about it, to some of the dick pics on my own page right here on Lush
And in the mirror, definitely! As a young man I used a mirror countless times to watch me licking myself, though actual sucking was a rare accomplishment.
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Um, where do you live again? Cause you're singing my tune in the right key.😍
So, besides gay sex, I would like to have a wild erotic weekend with a male or female. Maybe one of each? Out in the middle of nowhere, little to no clothing, sex whenever and wherever we feel like.
Haha, when the day comes that I'm actually ready to try it, I'll look you up! Seems there are a lot of us middle-aged guys who deprived ourselves during the AIDS crisis, but would like to catch up on all the man-sex we missed out on.
Mostly I've just used candles. I also have a lifelike 7" fake cock that's stiff enough, but it's too big for comfort and I've only had it in me a couple times, preferring to practice blowjobs on it. I've tried a few silicone dildos of different sizes, but they are too flexible and don't hit the p-spot. Still looking.
I have grazed my prostate on a few occasions while playing with toys, but never been able to hit it consistently. Still looking for the right toy, I guess.
When I have hit it, I have been surprised to see a bunch of semen come out: sometimes a leak, sometimes a gusher, but always a generous amount. And while it was noticeably pleasurable (and technically an ejaculation), it was NOT an orgasm. On those few occasions, it did get me excited enough that I brought myself to orgasm soon afterwards via the usual external means.
Can repeated prostate massage actually trigger a true orgasm on its own? It never has for me, but I'd love to find out eventually. Will need to either find a really good toy that can consistently find it, or find a guy to fuck me who can. I'm sure it would be amazing, as would simply having internal massage trigger a prostate emission at the same time I'm having a regular orgasm. I'm sure it would enhance it tremendously.
I don't think this is something most guys have much reason to lie about.
Personally, it was often several times a day when I was in my teens and twenties, though occasionally I'd be too busy with other things and go a couple days without. Somewhat less in my forties and fifties, and probably it's now typical for me to masturbate 3 or 4 days a week, but on those days I might do it more than once, so I figure still 5-7 times a week. Sometimes I will go a few days without, but still rarely more than half a week.
But then I'll still go through active phases. I'm in one now, having masturbated at least twice a day for each of the last twelve or so days. Having recently gotten inspired and busy writing more Lush stories has a lot to do with it. The writing process itself turns me on immensely, and I'm often hard as rock while writing. Can't stop writing sexy words, can't stop stroking.
I should also mention that I have never gone more than a week or two without masturbating, at any time since I became old enough to cum. A lot of people talk about wet dreams, but I have only had one in my entire life. We had some houseguests, and I went ten whole days without masturbating, the longest time ever. Whaddaya know, my body and and my subconscious made things happen on their own.
Sometimes it's someone I know who turns me on - maybe I had an interaction that day that made me think about them - but more often porn. My tastes are probably similar in variety to Chumbapoxwally's as far as what gets me excited, and ultimately brings me to climax. Lesbian scenes, hairy women in any situations, pee parties, bisexual scenes, gay scenes.
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I am fine with length and have been told by women the girth is fine, however it has developed a noticeable upward curve with age. Might want it straighter again, though maybe an upward curve is better for hitting the G-spot? Kind of moot since I am only enjoying self-stimulation these days.
I'd say be glad for the curve. I've always had a curve, and it has never been a problem. Gives you more options to change positions or angles in trying to hit the g-spot. Or the p-spot, if you're fucking a guy.
Why, yes it is a date, and it gets off (not, not that way - yet) to a very good start:
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bisexual/its-a-date-part-2-the-date-begins-2
Most of my MM stories involve existing friendships that evolve to become sexual, but in this new series I wanted to explore the idea of actually going on a date with a man. It may still not have quite the same romantic angle as a man-woman date, but does conventional romance always exist in middle age anyway?
Both guys are middle-aged and have very serious marital problems, but have longstanding interest in exploring their bisexuality and very little experience. Maybe they can find what they need by exploring the connection that develops between them:
First of all, is it even a date? https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bisexual/its-a-date-part-1-is-it-a-date-2
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Oh boy, so many partly completed stories.
This week I got inspired to start The Beginning of the Affair, yet another exploration of affection between two men, trying to cover emotional dimensions and building of sexual tension before consummation.. In this tale, an old friend I haven’t seen in years asks me out. Like, on a date. At least, I think he just did. It will turn out that we are having rough patches in our marriages, and maybe what we both need right now is each other. Thinking of making this a series of 3-4 short, flash-length chapters. Well, the last one might be a little longer.
Please excuse the shameless plug, but I really was inspired by this thread to get this series written. I've renamed it It’s A Date!, and it looks like the real sex won't even start until Part Five. Trying to do a longer, hopefully steamy tease here, but keeping the chapters short. First and last chapters:
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bisexual/its-a-date-part-1-is-it-a-date-2
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https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bisexual/its-a-date-part-5-finally
In the Upper Midwest where I grew up, the evening meal (whether at 5pm or 9pm) was called supper. However, having lived on the West Coast I got disabused of that, and the evening meal for me is always dinner.
A big, formal afternoon meal, such as at Thanksgiving, can also be considered dinner.
Except maybe unless it starts during the usual lunchtime (before 1:00-ish), in which case it is often called a luncheon, to distinguish from an ordinary informal lunch.
That's it. There is no tea meal in America. Tea is a drink here, period.
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Perhaps you feel guilty about what brings you to Lush. If so, don't worry about it too much. Martin Luther King advised us to "sin boldly,"
That was Martin Luther, but true. Luther even suggested that it can be okay for a woman to divorce a man if he failed to satisfy her in the bedroom. That was pretty mind-blowing in the sixteenth century, especially since Catholicism was seen as the only true form of Christianity, a dominance against which we Protestants rebelled rather emphatically.
Of course it is! I'm a Christian. It's constantly astonishing to me that so many people raised to think that Jesus was a prude. Personally, I was raised to believe Christianity is about loving your fellow man (and woman), compassion, love and forgiveness, and I believe the true reading of Scripture, particularly the Gospels that document Jesus' acts and words, justifies that position. He spent very little time condemning people for their sexual acts (and he famously hung out with hookers). The VERY consistent message is one of love about all else.
Many of the condemnations around sexual behavior were either in the Old Testament, which is a nice historical reference to the history of the Jewish people, but not full of commandments if they conflict with Christ's message. Speaking of commandments, there are TWO of them (both about love), not ten. Read Matthew 22 if you've been misled by those who would micromanage our lives via guilt. In the New Testament, some of his Apostles did condemn some dimensions of sexuality in the other books, but a careful reading shows that they were condemning specific unloving behavior, not the sexual acts in general.
Sex, in my view, is a gift from God, a pleasure that tells us he/she loves us. Yes, it can be very powerful and cause great harm, and like everything else in life must be done with great care for the people we are doing it with. But done out of genuine care, empathy and affection for each other (including caution about who else besides the sex partners might be hurt), I think Jesus is okay with our sexuality.
Premarital sex, fine, as long as you take precautions to avoid hurtful consequences. Sex with other partners besides your spouse can be fine if it doesn't hurt them (such as if you have an open marriage and a lot of honesty with careful ground rules). Threesomes and group sex, though highly potentially explosive, can even be okay if you follow similar precautions. Even BDSM (not that I'm into it) can be fine as long as you approach it out of love and to give mutual pleasure without hurting each other, including setting up some serious guardrails. Sex with other than the "opposite" sex is also okay: absolutely, and LGBTQ+ people are more deprived of love than almost anyone else. Are you loving your neighbor, and not hurting anyone? Go for it.
Oh boy, so many partly completed stories.
Part Five of Midlife Renewal is just about ready to publish, except I want to finish six and seven so they can follow on fairly closely. That will round out my “deck weekend” of discovery with Rick, though at least four more stories may follow given the popularity of the series among the site’s bi male community.
At least three more chapters of Dating Daphne; the first two I published were in Watersports, but the others will not be.
I have concepts and plot outlines for at least four more chapters that more or less follow my Dick Job comp entry and precede Pork By Northwest, though I can’t formally include those as part of a series since they were in competition. Like those two, these will be filled with bad jokes and gags, but the themes will be other than dicks or pigs. Not many words written yet, so it may be a long time.
This week I got inspired to start The Beginning of the Affair, yet another exploration of affection between two men, trying to cover emotional dimensions and building of sexual tension before consummation.. In this tale, an old friend I haven’t seen in years asks me out. Like, on a date. At least, I think he just did. It will turn out that we are having rough patches in our marriages, and maybe what we both need right now is each other. Thinking of making this a series of 3-4 short, flash-length chapters. Well, the last one might be a little longer.
There’s also Boss Vegas, a sizzling convention story in which I run into TWO female former bosses. That one’s been in the hopper for at least ten years, but I’m trying to bump it up closer to the top.
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Thank you, joe71. Thank you for reading 😘X Yes, maybe it's about nomenclature as much as anything. I could certainly devise a ‘Tim Burtonesque’ story which would probably fit the genre, if I closed my eyes really tight and thought for long enough. 🤣X
Looks like you did! Congratulations on getting a story put together, and a nice steamy one at that.
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I've been eating my cum fairly regularly since I was physically able to cum. Did it change my mind? NO. I always knew I would love oral sex.
On, and same thing when I tried another guys' cum. Absolutely loved it, wish I'd guzzled lots more cum when I was young.
"Interpretive" versus "interpretative"
"Preventive" versus "preventative"
I believe that in both cases the shorter version is correct.
Another one that bugs me, though many dictionaries deem it acceptable and I frequently see it in the news media, is "loan" as a verb. No, I will not loan you twenty. I might lend you twenty if you ask nicely.
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There's a mistake that seems to be becoming more common in recent years -- people saying, and even writing, the nonexistent exclamation "Wallah!" when they obviously mean "Voila!". I realize that many people who haven't studied French just don't know the correct word and are only saying and writing what they think they've been hearing. But -- UGH.
That one drives me nuts too, and I've never studied French. You don't have to have studied the language, as it's widely used in English writing too, but you do have to be a reader who pays attention.
As a bicyclist, I've always been frustrated by the use of the word "ridged" when the writer meant "rigid." This happens both when describing a suspensionless bicycle fork and when describing an erect penis, and I've seen misuse of "ridged" both here and on bicycling forums.
I have long considered having an actual ridged fork (made from hexagonal or octagonal steel, perhaps) built as a joke, just to see how many people get it. I have not considered making the same joke involving my penis, however.
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I do hope the moderators take into account the difference between British and American English. The Oxford comma is not widely used in the UK, and we use single quotation marks. There are also different spellings.
I think they do take the style differences into account, but I also think the differences have been overstated. I am American but do not personally use the Oxford comma for simple lists like "food, beer and wine." I don't think most Americans use it in that context either. I do use it when separating clauses or other complex thoughts, where I think it lends clarity and readability.
As for the single quotes, there's been a lively discussion on these forums about the use of single quotes in British English, with some arguing that is the norm there, but I think the preponderance of UK posters on that thread rebutting that double quotes are indeed their standard, same as in America.
Spellings are another matter, as of course we Americans tend to leave out the unnecessary "u"s in "colour," "favour" and "parlour." Not quite as universally, we also commonly omit the unnecessary "e"s in "judgement" and "acknowledgement." The mods are aware of these variations, all of which are widely accepted, and I would be very surprised if they "correct" either spelling.
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I haven't read all the responses. Grammarly has (or at least used to have) a free version to download and use. It will help with grammar and punctuation. One tip...don't double hit the "Return" key to separate paragraphs. It creates a space much bigger on the site than it does in Word. It's a mistake I've made, and Lush won't accept the larger spaces. Only hit the Return key once to separate paragraphs.
Grammarly does still have a free version, which I used on my Dick Job story a few months ago after getting rejected twice for dumb errors. Even though I consider myself a good writer and am very familiar with rules of grammar and punctuation, I had a number of silly mistakes that were obvious once pointed out. As has been said above, we often are so familiar with what we just wrote that we gloss over it and don't notice the mistakes.
A tool like Grammarly won't catch all your errors, and it will flag things that are not necessarily errors, depending on the context. In particular, I disagree with it about the Oxford comma, but nevertheless it has been tremendously helpful with my last several stories, and I know when to ignore it. Also, it is intermittently a real resource pig, often slowing down my Mac massively even when I'm not doing any writing. I turn it off 95% of the time, and turn it on only when I'm preparing a story for submission.
Also as others have said, most people can't just write down their stream of consciousness, immediately think it is well written, hit Submit and get it accepted. Writing good stories that are easy for others to follow (and like it or not, if you want people to clearly understand what you are trying to write, you need to follow most of the rules), and hopefully hot enough to get them jerking off to boot, is a lot of work. After getting the initial thoughts and story structure down in a first draft, I revise it AT LEAST five to eight times, going all the way through from start to finish, making significant changes and improvements every time. For Dick Job, I probably went through all 10,000 words at least fifteen times, and each time I found things to improve. That's more reading than the length of a typical novel.
My latest, Pork by Northwest, went more quickly than that, but I think I still crawled through the text eight times or so. This time around, it didn't get reviewed as soon as I'd hoped after I hit Submit. While I was waiting, I reread it, noticed a couple of typos and Withdrew it to fix them. In that process, I discovered 30-40 more other improvements to make to the text before resubmitting. Glad I did.
Okay, okay, it's cyberpunk. My entry in the Punked competition is now available. It's a tribute to North by Northwest, set in the actual Northwest. In 2037, ex-Federal agent Joe Barnes investigates the mysterious Pigdemic that killed five billion people, getting pignapped in a case of mistaken identity, rooting around a Western Washington hog farm for clues, being attacked by a slaughterdrone out in the hayfields and then getting chased around the roof of Seattle's iconic Space Needle. This tale is as twisted as a pig's tail and will have you hanging on by your hooves.
I’ll probably fry for writing this sizzling story, and I'm sure it doesn't do old Hitch justice, but unlike his films it is ham-packed with sex. Sex with technologically enhanced Underworld hotties, sex with a hogpile of female farmworkers, hundred-mile-an-hour sex with a famous old guy, aerial sex with a hot trans woman. Slop it up!
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bisexual/pork-by-northwest-2
