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Welcome to Lush and to Rumps. Put you next drink on my tab.

There's a thread somewhere in Writer's Resources or Ask the Author on promoting stories and how to get eyeballs and I can't find it to save my soul. Post a link here (or give us the title and category if you haven't hit the magic 20 posts yet) and maybe one of us can give some advice.

In general, to get noticed, get active. Read and comment on others' stories. Post in the forums. Put links to your stories in your sig. Use Self-Promotion and Marketing. Make friends. Follow people (they might follow you back). If you are okay with your presence here being known more widely, post about your writing on social media (I can't but some can and do). Hang out in here and get to know the regulars, many of whom are active and successful Lush writers (and then there's me).

Oh, and be generous in your choice of categories and tags. For instance, Straight Sex, while it seems pretty straightforward, doesn't really attract eyeballs. In general, pick the wildest, kinkiest thing that happens in your story and base the category off that. And tag judiciously. You never know who might be looking for stories tagged "hot butter".

There. I am sure others can add more.

Must go now and think about a micro for the comp.

Tea, Earl Grey, hot, please.

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here is a list of references I have come accross, I have not read but one of them... but there is plenty of written works out there to help

BOOKS:

General BDSM

Come Hither: A Commonsense Guide To Kinky Sex
by Gloria G. Brame, Fireside

Consensual Sadomasochism: How To Talk About It and Do It Safely
by William A. Henkin, PhD. & Sybil Holliday, CCSSE, Daedalus Publishing

Different Loving
by Gloria Brame, Job Jacobs & Jon Brame, Villard Books

Learning the Ropes: A Basic Guide to Safe and Fun S/m Lovemaking
by Race Bannon, Daedalus Publishing. Out of print, no Kindle

The New Bottoming Book
by Dossie Easton & Janet Hardy (or Liszt), Greenery Press

The New Topping Book
by Dossie Easton & Janet Hardy (or Liszt), Greenery Press

Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns
by Philip Miller & Molly Devon, Mystic Rose Books

Sensuous Magic
by Pat Califia, Cleis Press. On Kindle, but out of print

SM 101
by Jay Wiseman, Greenery Press

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I leave you all with these other informational sites on the lifestyle of bdsm... warning many are very explicit but it would help many understand some of the underlining of this forum thread

[url=]Ambrosio’s BDSM Site[/url] - - A good source for BDSM informational resources.
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A SUbmissive's Guide [/url] - As the name suggests, this is an online resource for submissives.

[url=]APEX[/url] - Albany Power Exchange - - Event and informational resource. Essays and other resources for BDSM and power exchange relationships.

[url=]BDSM Backroom[/url] - - Library has an extensive list of essays and how-to’s.

[url=]Born Slaves[/url] - - An interesting set of essays dealing with being a slave.

[url=]Internal Enslavement[/url] - - From IE: “Internal Enslavement is a radical answer to the question ‘Just how binding and complete can consensual slavery really be?’ “

[url=]Find A Munch [/url]- - The Munch+Adult Local Link (MALL) Directory- A large and comprehensive resource to locate links to and descriptions of adult locality-based adult social groups and gatherings.

[url=]Kink Academy[/url] An online resource with many educational and instructional videos on various aspects of BDSM, although users must pay a small fee to access all of the content.

[url=]Leather-n-Roses [/url]- - A large collection of D/s, M/s and BDSM essays and other resources.

[url=]Leatherviews[/url] - - Jack Rinella’s web site with some great essays under the “Kinky Info” tab.

[url=]Peter Masters [/url] - - Mr. Master’s writings on Hypnosis, Mastery & slavery, and Dominance & submission. Includes a number of practical how-to guides for techniques and BDSM practices.

[url=]Submissive Loving[/url] - - A source for submissives and dominants interested in learning more about BDSM and the Domination/submission lifestyle. This site’s mission is to provide helpful, sound, and realistic information and advice.

[url=]Submissive Guide[/url] - - Mentoring, self-help and submissive exploration. This site is dedicated to helping submissives understand themselves and the service they wish to provide; from sexual to domestic, personal assistant to pain slut and everything in between.

[url=]The Society of Janus[/url] - - The Society of Janus is a San Francisco-based support and education organization for people interested in learning about BDSM. SOJ provides an opportunity to meet others with similar interests in a safe, relaxed atmosphere. They have only one cardinal rule: All BDSM activities can and should be safe, consensual, and non-exploitative.

[url=]The Eulenspiegel Society[/url] - - The oldest and largest BDSM support & education group in the USA

[url=]The Iron Gate[/url] - - A large collection of essays, links, stories and poetry

[url=]A Little Understanding[/url] - This site helps understand what a DD/Lg relationship and all its variations are