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I second (or third!) Frank_Lee, Buz, Tashtego, Milik_The_Red and Stephanie, and would add the following:
http://www.lushstories.com/rejectreality
http://www.lushstories.com/clum
http://www.lushstories.com/aldenbradley
http://www.lushstories.com/rejectreality
http://www.lushstories.com/clum
http://www.lushstories.com/aldenbradley
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I've signed the petition, too. I received this email from Kobo:
There appears to be something going on with Barnes and Noble when it comes to the rankings of erotica authors in their sales as well. I've read a few blogs on this topic.
http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/4244850-important-barnes-and-noble-appears-to-be-manipulating-its-best-seller-l
To our Kobo Writing Life and self-publishing partners:
As you may be aware, there has been a significant amount of negative media attention in the UK regarding offensive material that became available across a number of eBook platforms. Kobo was included in the reports from media and we are taking immediate action to resolve an issue that is the direct result of a select few authors and publishers violating Kobo’s content policies.
In order to address the situation Kobo is taking the following steps:
1. We are removing titles in question from the Kobo platform.
2. We are quarantining and reviewing titles to ensure that compliance to our policies is met by all authors and publishers. We will ensure that content meeting the policy is made available online as soon as possible.
3. We are reviewing our policies and procedures to implement safeguards that will ensure this situation does not happen in the future.
We are working hard to get back to business as usual, as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience and understanding in this matter.
Our goal at Kobo is not to censor material; we support freedom of expression. Further, we want to protect the reputation of self-publishing as a whole. You have our promise that we will do all we can to ensure the exceptions that have caused this current situation will not have a lasting effect on what is an exciting new channel that connects Readers to a wealth of books.
Sincerely,
Mark Lefebvre
Director, Kobo Writing Life
There appears to be something going on with Barnes and Noble when it comes to the rankings of erotica authors in their sales as well. I've read a few blogs on this topic.
http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/4244850-important-barnes-and-noble-appears-to-be-manipulating-its-best-seller-l
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I just wanted to share a thread here from the website Absolutewrite.com. It takes a page or so to really get into the discussion but it contains some interesting information for e-book authors. Some authors have shared their sales stats and earnings to give you an idea how they're doing, and have also given tips on ways to increase your sales. It's encouraging reading for anyone who's trying to get their name out there.
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=252482
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=252482
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Quote by BrownEyedBabyGirl89
I have recently discovered that I lost a badage on my page and I was wondering how to get it back?
It looks like you've filled every requirement for the autobiographer badge apart from a blog post, so if you had a blog post and deleted it the badge would have disappeared, too. (That happened to me at one point.) Is that the one you're referring to or is it a different badge?
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I used to ask my husband to read my stories before I posted them because I wasn't all that confident in my writing, so he's known from the start that I write erotica. Sometimes he helps when I'm struggling with a storyline or if I need advice on topics that he knows more about than me. I was nervous when I first asked him to read my stories but it was more of a "what if he thinks it's crap writing" worry than being concerned about the content.
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From the list on the poll I'd say an athletic body or good looks would be more likely to catch my eye if I haven't met the man before. Eye contact, the way he carries himself, talks, smiles etc all leave more of a lasting impression for me, though.
That's the way I see it, too.
Quote by Dancing_Doll
Actually I consider a 'muscular' vs 'athletic' body (because he cited them as separate choices) to mainly mean bodybuilder/bulked up guy vs lean muscle but toned/fit/athletic guy. They both have muscle mass but when I think of an athletic body type, I don't think of a roided up beefy muscular guy. I think of lean muscle mass - like a swimmer's body - healthy but natural.
That's the way I see it, too.
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Quote by Shylass
It's a good job I'm not a mod any more! I completely missed two speakers in the same paragraph, and only saw the additional detail. I'm blaming the heat and Stupid-Customers-At-Work Syndrome.
LOL. I assumed you must have missed that part because I know you would have mentioned it if you'd seen it there.
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Quote by Poppet
I actually sort of like the second way. Some might say it looks ‘to busy’ so I’m wondering, which is actually the proper Lush way? Or does it even matter? Is it at the author’s discretion?
I haven’t had any stories fail because of this, but I do want to know what the mods think. I also would like to know what everyone thinks, to which they might like better, and which is easier to read.
I hope I can get some answers, I’m rather curious to know what everyone thinks.
We generally return stories to authors and ask them to separate the dialogue when there's more than one speaker in a paragraph. It's mainly for this reason:
Quote by yourmisterdark
Just my two cents worth, but when you combine two characters talking in the same paragraph, it can easily confuse the reader as to who is saying what, hence the breaking up of character's dialogues into paragraphs for each person speaking. While grammatically there may be nothing wrong, there are principles of rhetoric designed to made it easier to communicate clearly to people other than the original writer.
This is the guide on dialogue presentation that we send to authors:
http://www.lushstories.com/forum/yaf_postst27829_Formatting-Dialogue.aspx
If you separate each speaker and give them their own paragraph it creates a smoother read and means people are less likely to have to pause to get their head around everything that's going on or try to figure out who's saying what. It also means you can use actions to show which character is speaking (making your scene easier to see and feel) and there's less of a need for dialogue tags. Whether or not you use dialogue tags is completely up to you, though.
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Quote by affengeil
My opinion is that I prefer enough lead-in to provide context and detail that makes the "good stuff" seem at least a little bit plausible, and I try to work that into my stories. I feel like providing that kind of content makes the sexual parts hotter.
For me it depends on the relationship between the characters. If you're writing about a couple in a long-term relationship you don't really need a big lead-up to the sex scene because their relationship is already established. If the story involves characters who've never slept together before I'd generally want to read about how they met and what brought them to the point where their relationship became sexual. There are exceptions to this though, because I've read some good "quickie" stories between strangers where there was no backstory and the sex was hot.
I think the main thing is just to make sure there's tension and only add information that helps the story progress, that way your readers will want to keep reading and it won't really matter how much of a build-up you write.