With the demise of tumblr, I am looking for another place (in addition to Lush) in which to write my stories. I had/have all my stories on my tumblr site currently–some of which are also here on Lush, but many have yet to be published here or are too "hot" for Lush. I am looking for another story site in which I can keep them and explore subjects which Lush does not allow. I DID have cover pics with my stories on tumblr until they got a stick up their...
Anyway, I am just wondering if anyone else writes for another story site. I am not leaving Lush, I just like to have my stories backed up and want to explore more "advanced" subject material. Suggestions anyone?
I find Booksiesilk a great site for writers of Erotica.
I feel like Lush is potentially a little classier and has more female members than other sites? xHamster's stories section has some aggressive member feedback and lots of ppl sending dick pics...
I only write on Lush. The others feel very rough and unorganized to me.
Katie and I joined Lush as an outlet for our adventures. Too much fun not to share. We have published a few books (see our profile for info) that include many more fun times and with her input I think the stories have turned out pretty good. Certainly enjoying Lush!!
Katie and I joined Lush as an outlet for our adventures. Too much fun not to share. We have published a few books (see our profile for info) that include many more fun times and with her input I think the stories have turned out pretty good. Certainly enjoying Lush!!
Started on Lit, and still there. Added SOL on the advice of Danielle Kitten, and still there. I actually found Lush while doing traffic comparisons of text erotica sites on Alexa before Amazon put almost everything behind a pay wall. Those are the big 3 as far as traffic.
I personally feel they also provide all the versatility an erotica author needs to provide a home to any idea that might cross their mind. SOL's single content restriction means that more or less anything goes, so there's a home for ideas too extreme for the other two. Work shorter than 5k words ( including poetry ) simply doesn't perform very well on the other sites, while on Lush, it gets reasonable readership in comparison to 5-10k word stories, and outperforms even longer work. SOL's tag-based navigation and Lush's expanded categories both serve to prevent opposing camps from developing within categories as they do on Lit and trying to run each other off... *cough* Loving Wives *cough* or dominate a category so thoroughly that the second facet of the category is virtually eradicated ( Incest & Taboo, which are separate here, preventing that from happening ) Lit's contests are major traffic draws, and there's just no comparison to the traffic overall.
Having all three sites in your utility belt means that you don't need to make your idea conform to any one site's content restrictions or readership preferences, which can stifle your creativity. Run with your idea, and then home it where it is within content bounds and will get a response that rewards the effort you put forth. Every site will organically end up with exclusive content from you, meaning your more devoted fans often end up contributing to all three sites as well, in at least some small way.
I began posting to the now all but defunct ASSTR about 20 years ago. I started posting on SOL in 2003 and LIT sometime after that. When I discovered Lush about a year ago, I decided to try it. Each site has its pluses and minuses.
I don't care about scoring and, although nice, comments aren't why I write. I write because I enjoy it.
Because I tend to write long stories, I find SOL works well for me. The site allows you to access multi-chapter stories from a single pane of glass. The turn around time is usually quick.
While I like Lush, I find not being able to post stories/chapters over 10K words frustrating. I have discovered many readers here prefer short stories, rather than novel-length tales. That said, I do like the community aspect of Lush. I have enjoyed the offerings of many very good writers and will continue to post and read here.
As for LIT, I can take it or leave it. As I said, all the sites have pluses and minuses.
As a writer, I feel it's important to know your audience and your venue. My long tales seem best received on SOL.
I actually currently have 205 stories on male/male spanking site MMSA which are written completely from my imagination. I started writing on there last September after my first attempt to put a story on here went awry and my stories flowed on MMSA but they are now almost at a standstill since I started putting stories on here.A few of my stories on here are adaptations of stories that I have on MMSA.
I've been writing erotica on my own blog, Sapphic Tales (blogspot) for more than 10 years.
)
