I’m working on four stories at once and my brain doesn’t seem to want to let me finish any of them. 😳

But maybe today will be the day I am able to complete a story. Who knows. 🤷‍♀️

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I feel for you. That's still a tough road ahead. But I'm glad they have it diagnosed

I hope…I have had multiple diagnoses along the way. Fingers crossed.

Gusty winds here on the beach (29-31 mph). Temp is 66 but feels like 49. I know those of you with snow feel no sympathy. But we don't usually get this cold until Dec or Jan.

🥶🤪

Just popping in to say hi and give a brief update in my sinus saga. The infection is in the root of the tooth next to where the one I had pulled in May was. We thought it was just one infected tooth. Scan now shows this one is infected too. So next Tuesday I will have a root canal and the next day prep for crowns. I also have an antibiotic mouth rinse that my doc prescribed. It never ends. Oh, and I already used my dental benefits for the year. So this is a big chunk of change out of my pocket. 😩 I will keep y’all posted. 🥰

Lions beat the Commanders 44-22. I'm a happy camper!

Now back to modding and watching Tulsa King.

Just watched the Bucs lose to New England. Next up, Lions vs Commanders. Need a Coke Zero refill, please and thanks.

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Morning Rumpies

I’d love some hot cocoa with many minis, please! Gonna be a Buttercup-snuggling, football-watching, couch potato today.

I'm gonna miss snuggling with Butters! Welcome back!

Missing my furry girl. She loved the beach life!

I'll be in the corner with Butters, giving him some pets before his mama comes to claim him. I've got some modding to do, and it's way more fun with a purry, furry friend. (and I'm still missing my kitty something fierce).

I've decided to grant Olivia her wish.

I'm in the process of writing: Hot Wife Hotel - Olivia's Submissive Vacation (Part Twenty-Nine).

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Welcome back. I, too, returned, but after about 5 years away. Good to see you again

I was finally tired enough to get a full night's sleep last night so that makes me feel much better than I had. Maybe I can get some writing done today.

And my new story, Taken, is on the front page and doing well. The mods are being quite active today, so after two hours, it’s almost already dropped off, but such as life.

I’m gonna have a quick cup of coffee and wake up and then I’ll be back to see how things are going with my friends here

I had some time, and the queue was a-bustin' at the seams! So, I modded a baker's dozen and now I'm off to do some writing. It's a great story, btw! Steamy! 😉

Happy Hump Day!

Good morning from the sunny beach. It's a little warmer this morning than the last few mornings have been. (66 F instead of 56 F). I'm going a little stir crazy not being able to go to the gym or play pickleball. But maybe I can talk Kevin into a walk today. I am cleared to go back to the gym next Tuesday.

It's a writing/modding kind of day, then heading out with friends this evening to celebrate the Oct/Nov birthdays in the group at Doc Fords.

Tomorrow and Friday are Disney days! Tomorrow is Epcot with friends who are down from Michigan (we meet up every year in November for a day at Epcot - and it always feels like no time has passed since the last time). Then, on Friday, it will be just Kevin and me at Animal Kingdom. Saturday looks like a beach day - 78 F and sunny - so we will enjoy some relaxation after two days of walking our feet off. LOL.

Load me up with a tankard of Coke Zero, Mr. Bearkeep! Writing/modding is thirsty work!

Have a good one, all y'all!

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Thinking of you, Kat. I hope positive news comes soon. :hug: 😘 (I need a lesson on how to do emojis 🙄).

A nice mug of tea, please, Bear. I have just picked all the leaves up (again), filled the garden waste bin (again), and cut the lawn (again). I am now going to do a little writing... Hopefully, I will publish something next week. 😎

Popping in to find a nice quiet corner to mod in...with a Coke Zero, of course!

After panoramic imaging and an exam of my gums by the oral surgeon, I've been referred to an endodontist. That appointment happens in 2 weeks. In the meantime... yep... you guessed it... another antibiotic. I have appointments with both my general practitioner and my ENT next Mon and Tues. The fun never ends.

Happy Bday to Lady Jay, Bear!

Keep the Coke Zeros coming, the queue is massive!

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Sending a cheeky hug to console Kat's Lions lost yesterday too.

Thanks so much. It was painful to watch. They came out like gangbusters, and then it was just a sad game with many missed opportunities.

Managed to cheer up at the comedy club last night. Craig Robinson is funny as hell, and we managed to get seats right up by the stage. At one point, he directed the men to sing a song to their ladies: Take your panties off...

Hope all y'all had a good weekend and that your week is starting off well.

In the ongoing saga of the mysterious, antibiotic-resistant sinus infection, I have an appointment tomorrow morning with an oral surgeon to have panoramic imaging done. Last Friday, the dentist said the X-ray showed nothing, but when she examined the gums, they were soft. That, combined with the fact that my WBC has doubled and is above normal, both the dentist and my NP believe I am still fighting a raging infection and that it might be in the root of the tooth next to the one that I had extracted last May, and that the infection continues to find its way into the sinus cavity. NO IDEA why antibiotics won't kill it, but the dentist said that a root canal might be necessary. I just need to find a solution. Next stop, if this doesn't solve the mystery, is to an infectious diseases' specialist. Sighs...

Coke Zero, please...on the pellet ice...because I'm high maintenance these days. 😎

Magic Exists is a love poem that I hope you will enjoy. ❤️💋

Waiting to get in to see Craig Robinson and watching the roosters strutting and crowing along the streets in Ybor City - literally!

My Lions lost ☹️ so I need some laughter!

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Truthfully it was a bit humbling to return to Lush after more than 5 years to find my old readership having moved on. It a good to see I'm able to earn some of that back

When I came back in 2019 after being away for about that same amount of time, I felt a little lost here. Most of my friends were gone, and I had to start over. YOU were one of the first people to encourage me and make me feel like it was worth the effort. I'm glad you are back and finding your way again. 😘

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to techgoddess, I understand all of what you say, but I am prolific and get new story ideas every week. Consider that at this moment I have 40 5,000 word chapters all finished in draft form and am ready to start 5 new serials of 6 to 7 chapters each. At the rate of one submission every 3 weeks l will still be submitting the already finished chapters up until next spring. I'll be half a year older.

I'm assuming you want people to read what you've taken the time to write. If I could offer you some advice, you need to give your readers time to actually read and enjoy your stories. This will improve your number of views, likes, and comments.

As for your rate of submission, I'm confused as to what you mean by one submission every 3 weeks. Looking back over this year, you have averaged 3-4 stories per month. That's roughly 1 story per week.

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I sometimes wonder what exactly mods review and if they really need to do more than assure that the site's decency stds. are met. If my grammar and proofreading are not reasonable, my stuff won't be liked. While I sometimes appreciate the editing advice, I am well beyond the age when I'm likely to become an expert grammarian.

Nobody expects authors here to be expert grammarians. If we didn't ask authors to make a reasonable effort with grammar and proofreading, it would make it difficult for us as mods to read and understand what is going on in the stories.

As a reader, if a story is riddled with punctuation errors, contains missed or misspelled words, or lacks clarity about who is speaking, etc., I'm not going to bother continuing to read it. I don't mind a few mistakes here and there, but when the errors start to affect my understanding and enjoyment of the story, I'll look for a different one.

As a writer, I want people to read and enjoy my stories, not skip over them.

Lush Stories has higher standards than some other sites, but with the modern tools of free, online grammar checkers, they aren't unreasonable.

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Message from the haunted house. I am 67 and retired, living on a limited income in London. To pay a lot of money here would be difficult. At Literotica all submissions are free and I have published a few novellas of 60.000 words with no problems. So I'll go back there.

If you aren't happy here, then you should definitely not stay. But let me share this thought with you:

As a story mod, when I have suggested to authors to split their longer stories into smaller parts, they have (for the most part) seen an uptick in views, likes, and comments. Why? The average reader does not have time to read 60,000 words in one sitting. They prefer stories in the 2K to 4K range (What's your preferred story length to read?)

The average mod does not have the time to review 60,000 words in one sitting, either. So, if we allowed stories of that length, it would take LONGER to get them published.

I don't know about you, but I publish stories here because I want people to read them and share their thoughts about them with me. I try to keep in mind that if I publish a longer story, it might see less attention.

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I could publish every 3 days too based on the approval time for my last story (again, I'm platinum). It's nothing about being a mod (love how you insinuate something scandalous is happening) and everything about being a gold or platinum member. And if they did get priority in the queue, so what? They are unpaid so why not give them something in return for the effort they put in. They are all excellent writers with a good history on the site so it's not like crap is getting a free pass or something.

Thanks for your comment! Your support is appreciated! When the queue gets busy, sometimes the wait times are longer, even for Platinum and Gold members. But we do our best! 😊

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You can combine the two. Look how many "Help me, I'm stuck in the washer" videos there are. 😋

Yeah, um, anyhow, good morning. It's Friday, Halloween, and game 6 of the World Series. Take any two.

Earl Grey and a bear claw.

And now you've given me a story idea...LOL! TGIF...Go Jays!

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And Happy All-Hallows-Eve everybody! Better known as Hallowe'en.

Notice the apostrophe? That's technically correct, although hardly anyone ever does it any more. I'm just finicky that way.

Happy Halloween!

The terms Halloween and Hallowe'en both refer to the same holiday, but they have different spellings.

Halloween is the more commonly used spelling today, while Hallowe'en is a contraction of "All Hallows Even," which refers to the evening before All Hallows Day (All Saints' Day). 

The apostrophe in Hallowe'en indicates the omission of letters, and this spelling is more prevalent outside the U.S.

Both forms are dictionary-accepted, but Halloween is the standard in most contexts. 

In summary, you can use either spelling, but Halloween is generally preferred in modern usage.

But feel free to be finicky, Mr. Bear! After all, you are located outside the U.S. 😘 As long as you keep the caffeine flowing. I'll have an extra-large Coke Zero with the pellet ice, please! I've got some modding to do!

Hope all y'all are doing well on this Friday! I have to see the dentist this afternoon because my ENT doc now believes that the infection plaguing my sinus cavity is living in the area where I had the tooth extracted in May. The fun never ends.

My White Blood Count doubled since March...which is a scary prospect for someone who is a cancer survivor. But the Nurse Practitioner believes that the elevation is caused by my body still trying to fight the mysterious antibiotic-resistant infection. Sighs...The fun never ends.

I'll be in the corner modding stories...avoiding folding laundry. Erotica is more fun than house chores.

TGIF and Bearkeep? All drinks on me today. It's my favorite holiday!

As I work toward Double Omnium (Not a badge, just a fun way to challenge myself), I am contemplating how to address some of the categories that are out of my wheelhouse. Watersports don't typically appeal to me. But I've got a story idea bouncing around in my head that I think might translate into a tale worth telling. I'll keep you posted.

My recent story, Confessions Of The Redhead Brigade, was written for the Humor genre. If you've read a decent number of my stories, this should be a fun read. If not, I'm told it's still worth your time. 😘

I'm gonna drop this link here for those of y'all who enjoy spanking stories:

2bespanked's Stories

If you enjoy them, please click the like button.

If you REALLY enjoy them, add them to your favorites!

I have dubbed 2bespanked the Sultan of Spank because his spanking stories sizzle!

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So I'm a bit under the weather – or is it the radar? – and stumble in to find … no one??

Geez Louise.

OK, caffeine comin' up - that'll bring people out of their stupors … I think.

Tea Kettle is refilled and ready. There are pots of Red Rose and English Breakfast teas available on the sideboard, plus all the other fine teas in the box. Sachets of Swiss Miss are available, along with the usual mound of mini marshmallows.

Big Bertha has been cleaned, rinsed, and refilled, and is now perkin' away.

Today we're using Loon Call Breakfast Blend coffee beans from Muskoka Coffee Roasters, particularly appropriate don't you think?

I've put out donuts.

Plus I've got some of Kimmi's buns for y'all

Take care out there, 'K?

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I finished editing the story and now I can't come up with a fucking title 🤣🤣.

Ooh, the title you picked was perfect! 😉😘

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You can never have too many redheads.😁🤘

Such a true and wise statement!

There are 6 redheads in my new story and several more mentioned by name. 😉😘

Sometimes I write a sex scene and it inspires me to touch myself. And sometimes I touch myself and it inspires me to write a sex scene. But either way, it’s not arousing, why bother? 😉

Nope, but I knew I was gonna marry him, so the risk was worth it for the first time. We were more careful after that.

Confessions Of The Redhead Brigade is a fun, sexy, lighthearted look at what happens when the characters start talking to each other in my head. It features 6 of my readers' favorite redheads: Grace, Reina, Olivia, Libby, Val, and Freya. 😘❤️

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Aww, thank you everyone. Please enjoy a slice of my birthday cake with your favorite beverage. So many kind wishes has made my day and oh, last night so much more enjoyable. 😉 I am truly grateful. ❤️😎

Happy birthday 😘