I think this would make a great film.. supernatural with celtic undertones Leanan about a muse who takes your life in exchange for creativity..
I think quite a few of my stories would make good films. i tend to write visually.. with actions rather than emotions.. I think absinthe makes the heart grow fonder would make a great movie too.. time travel.. love.. artists, Paris.. it's got it all really
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Does anyone know if it is possible to create a series link retrospectively? I've read the thread above and can't find any blue boxes anywhere. I tried going via the edit story function but that sends an already-approved story back to the moderators creating unnecessary work.
Those instructions were all for the old site. Now, you just go back to edit the story, add a series title at the bottom. You can reedit the stories in the series via the stories page on your profile. Just click on the series button, choose the series you want to reorder and move them up or down.
Congratulations WW, your story was sizzling and certainly the clear winner. Congrats to everyone on the shortlist. A true bakers dozen of depraved filth and I’m chuffed to be among them. 🥂
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Huh? I'm not really understanding the whole "first step in an acknowledgment that Lush is more than just the stories." When have we not acknowledged as much? As far as I'm aware, we've always acknowledged that Lush is about more than just stories, with stories being the heart of the site, which is why they take centerstage in branding.
People typically come for the stories and stay for the community. We have moderators dedicated to the many facets of this site (story moderators, chat moderators, forum moderators, group moderators). The communal aspect of Lush, in my opinion, is what sets us apart from other smut story sites, so it'd be pretty counterintuitive on our part not to acknowledge that Lush is more than just the stories. It's something we've always done since before the switch to the new version of Lush.
Switching to just "Lush" dismisses the identity of this site that's rooted in stories. Not to mention, it'd be a shot in the foot because just Lush is a thriving (yet in my opinion shitty and overrated) cosmetics brand. No sense in fighting for our identity when we already have one, which is why that's not happening. As noted above, it was no more than a blip.
I was trying to be diplomatic but exactly. The stories should be the heart of the site and I was worried that just calling it Lush forgets that. Thanks for putting it so eloquently
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Bear: are you working with a publisher now? And cover’s grand! My preference is “Bear and Girl” title, but I know nothing of book sells. I liked simplicity of it as I view it as a soothing adult bedtime story.
One tiny comment on cover… gorgeous, but your name crossing his nose bothers me. Keep in mind, I’m visual creature. Just keeps drawing my eye there.
So happy for you!
I’d agree with Kimmi. Congratulations and the cover is fine but I’d centre the bear and scale it down a little so the nose is above the text. I’d probably go for a sans serif or slab font but that’s just me. The font you have points to a classic or more delicate story than the ones I write.
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IMO it makes complete sense to have a reduced logo for smaller screens, especially as the white on red can sometimes be straining on the eye. For a long time, it just read "LS" on phones and smaller tablets.
We all know which site we are on, so why withdraw something which makes smaller interfaces more streamlined?
People rarely call it "LushStories" when onsite and refer it to "Lush", so the shorter header also reflects that.
It was a cosmetic change which makes sense. If it's to be withdrawn because three people think Lush isn't about the stories anymore, they might aswell change the header to "LushStories.com" to remind the handful of people that keep referring to an app that it's indeed a website. 🤷♀️
I’m sorry if I come across as a paranoid delusional but I feel since the move to lush 2.0 there has bern more interest and development in the other aspects of the community here than in the stories. In my original post, I merely questioned if this rebrand on mobile devices was the first step in an acknowledgment that Lush is more than just the stories. If it is, that’s fine but be honest about it. You might vote Tory but you are still voting for the Conservative Party so you might refer to Lush but people still publish their stories on lushstories.
This was what the header looked like a couple of days ago so doesnt look like a space saving issue the lush is the same size just the stories is missing
Take it to the graveyard. Dig up a freshly dug grave and leave the body on top of the coffin lid. It’ll be easy to dig as it’s just been freshly filled in. Fill it in. No pile of disturbed earth to give it away and nice and deep to keep carrion away. I read it in a book. The blokes who did it couldn’t keep quiet and blabbed about it down the pub so got caught. So remember not to tell people how clever you are.. sssh 🤫
I see we are no longer lush stories but just lush. Are stories not the main thing any more?
That was great fun. Congratulations to the 3 winning authors. The winning story by MC1982 made me cry.
That was so generous of you Kimmi ❤️
My first story here didn't get published, for which I am eternally grateful.
My first published story The Restaurant still holds up pretty well. It was a lesbian story with a Domme, a needy submissive and a twist in the tale.. 160 stories later, I seem to be still exploring the same themes.
Her husband was having a nap.
She crept away and into the garden.
The gardener had his shirt off.
She stepped closer.
“I can think of a better flower for you to pluck,” she whispered as her dress fell away.
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Whelp, if poetry is necessary, I can stop wasting my time keeping track. Pity, because I was only a few story categories off, and had stories started for all of them.
Have you read my poetry?
Make it rhyme like a song or something. As long as you write something slightly more poetic than starting with “there once was a girl from Nantucket” and end with “fuck it” you should be ok
I don't like the slash.. might be more pleasing to just be "has published across all our categories" and if you really want the info about the incest tag, have an * with you don't have to write about incest if you don't want to" or something at the bottom of the page.
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No shock. From my understanding of this thread, not violating any rules, either. Would be interested to know how many others there are collecting coins for things other than stories. I know (not think, know) she's not the only one.
I have bowed out of the coin economy for now anyway. Gave tips to two favourite authors to clear out my "bank" and not in a rush to refill it. Quite happy without them.
I think rules around coins were always a bit of a joke.. just funny how people promised it was going to be all pure and about the writers.. like the whole site was going to be about the writers lol
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My biggest concern reading about this new upcoming feature - "If you do x/y/z on the video chat, I'll give you xx coins." IE paying for sexual favors via a currency that can be changed to vouchers.
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You can't use coins in chat at all as we specifically wanted to avoid this. The spirit of it is to reward authors not performers. We will keep a close eye on it to make sure it's not being abused in any way.
Interesting how that all panned out. Came across a profile with this in the About section.. she's not an author, no stories published but is using the coins exactly the way Utterchaos predicted
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Cumgirl still has her O badge, but has not written a Facesitting story. She earned hers fairly recently, I think.
Believe it or not, Cumgirl got her Omnium way back in 2021 shortly after mine
When I got the Omnium I was the 12th and James posted a list of the dirty dozen Omniums. At that time Brookall and Sholbin83 both already had their Omnium and have now both been relegated to a prolific writer. Boston babe was the 11th to get the badge but she seems to have left. So no rhyme or reason as to why some writers kept theirs and some lost them in the switchover to v2
It’d be nice I think if Brookall and Sholbin83 could be given theirs back
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I have not written in Facesitting, but have in Incest and still have the badge. I had been told once you have the badge, you keep it. So no clue why you and Brookell lost yours when Facesitting was added. I’m assuming y’all have talked to Admin about it.
Yes, Brookell raised that with whatever Admins at the time saying that Nicola had said once you got it you kept it but was told she wasn't getting it back without doing the Facesitting.. so now she has the Prolific Writer badge and doesn't write here any more.. which is a real shame. I did the facesitting story and got it back immediately.. there haven't been any categories added since then so I don't know if that glitch is fixed or not... though I doubt it.
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Omnium is a great goal. I might make it one day too, but I need to branch out more.
You are free to republish your stories in any category. Sometimes new categories are added which are a better fit for old stories. It might not even trigger a resub to the moderators. I'm not sure though. Add a note in the Moderator Notes box just in case so that we know that's the extent of the changes.
If you haven't done already, I would suggest using the Series Link feature to join the chapters too.
I don't think the poetry categories are included in the count. And I think Incest Fantasies is also exempt but I'm not 100% on that.
If new categories are added, your badge will still remain. I think it only impacts anyone who goes for the badge after the category is introduced. As far as I know there aren't any plans to add new categories any time soon.
Hi WW, you now lose the badge when new categories are added. I had to do a Facesitting story to get mine back and Brookall lost hers for the same reason.
You don’t have to write Incest Fantasies as I got mine without one.
As far as I know, you have to write both a love poem and an erotic poem.
If you write 2 in every category do you get a number 2 beside the Omnium badge?
I really liked the function on lush v1 which told you how many total views your stories had and which categories you had written in. It was really simple and you could see how many views and categories other authors had as well so you could be a voyeuristic stalker too
I also really liked how on v1 you could list your stories by category too, instead of just being in date order
Will A.I. take jobs? Yes. Will A.I. destroy creativity? No. Microsoft word was going to get rid of secretaries, photoshop was going to get rid of graphic designers and calculators were going to get rid of mathematicians. A.I. is a tool and while it produces some cool looking stuff it doesn’t create anything. It gathers stuff that already exists and merges them together. Sure it makes pretty pictures but it’s not creating something new. Even those pictures are being manipulated and created by an artist using prompts, refining etc etc. As a creative I’m not worried about A.I. but it will take jobs because people will get A.I. to do something that isn’t art but is “good enough” for their brochure or instagram post or whatever. People that like shiny photorealistic stuff that’s almost real will take it cos it’s cheaper than a real photographer or artist but they are the same people who think that just because they can right click on an image on the internet and click Save as means they can use it so there is always going to be those who use it, ethical or not
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I am curious... who judges the stories? What do the judges look for? Style, reality, flair, etc...? I ask because in looking at past competitions, stories that have he most "hot" votes from readers aren't the stories that win. I have published many papers and articles in magazines, several novels and one textbook. I use LushStories as more of a personal diary and just enjoy writing and love reading others fantasies and stories. Thanks!
Try here ---> https://www.lushstories.com/forum/welcome-to-lushstoriescom-site-guidelines-help/lush-stories-competition-judging-process
My interactions doesn’t list anything newer than 4 days ago despite notifications saying people liked stories when I log either
Well, I decided to enter... it's not as dark as most of my stories but that's not really saying much. I'll let you be the judge... The Key An exploration in what happens when a good girl needs help to make sure she follows the rules.
Hi, I know this will seem minor to most people but I love how the Writing awards are at the top of the list of badges - Editor's Pick, Famous Story, Recommended Read come first, then the rest of the badges are in alphabetical order.... Can the Omnium badge be put at the top too?? It is a writing award that is quite hard to come by.. there are only 13 of us at present.. pretty please??? Susie xx
Hi folks.. been a while since I’ve been in here but, noting the stains of the carpet, it looks much the same.
It’s St Patrick’s weekend and I just posted a new story… and watching the Taoisoich giving Joe Biden some shamrocks so thought I’d stick the muppets on the jukebox
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Yay, published. Onto the next story...
Hmmm. What should I focus on? I have about three or four more ideas for stories in my Delivery Chronicles series. But I also have collabs with Jen, tams_back_yay, MollyDoll and CuriousAnnie to pay attention to. Plus a host of half finished stories:
One set in a changing room.
One sci-fi one about an inter-dimensional portal.
Part 4 of my Tabby: Cheating Colleague series.
One about a lecturer and student.
A cheating story about panties.
A BDSM piece that focuses on nipple clamps.
Decisions decisions... anyone got any preferences?
I’d love to read your colab with Tams. Seems like it’s been ages since she wrote anything.. but hey… I’m not picky. Looking forward to whatever you write x
