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20 Feb 2019

Quote by TheSensualLady
This is a story that was in the now closed Story Vault. If you click on the first story you'll see the display date has been changed to Apr 2019. The system recognizes it as a 'new' story yet to be front-page posted despite the original date from 2016.

Nicola has posted an announcement regarding this. https://forum.lushstories.com/yaf_postst69038_The-Vault-has-now-been-retired.aspx

She's giving the authors fresh exposure on the front page as a thank you for their generosity in allowing their stories to be 'hidden' in the Vault.

Thank you Sensual Lady, it all makes sense now, particularly the Apr 2019 date. That part I missed. (It's a great way to make those stories "sticky" until a certain date in the future.
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19 Feb 2019

Just wondering if there's something amiss with the Wife Lover's category?

It seems like there are 15 episodes of a story written by Allen Bradley called Transcendental Sensuality that are stuck at the top of the story listing. These stories were written in 2015. My impression is that the listing is sorted by most recent stories first??

Thks for checking

Merc (Ron)

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17 Feb 2019

As an author, I'm exploring intimacy.

What actions between partners are more intimate than others?

As an example, say in a wife sharing story, intercourse or oral sex might be ok, but kissing or holding hands might not.

Please share your ideas on intimacy and why. Thks

Merc (Ron)

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17 Feb 2019

Hi Reese

I write because I must. If I don't, I literally start to get twitchy. Writing is cathartic for me. It releases internal built up tensions that have to be dealt with. Erotic fiction is only one area of my writing. I mostly write those kinds of stories for fun.

Finding time to write is a whole different kettle of fish. I'm lucky enough to be retired now, so I do have more time than when I worked. It takes lots of time to write a decent story. For example, most of the stories I post here run approx 2400 words. That's at least eight to ten hours of writing time, grammar checking and proof reading. That doesn't includes edits where I've rejigged a story to make it read better.

Often I find I write in twenty or thirty minute sessions, usually due to time constraints due mostly to family requirements and life things that we all have to do.

If I read into you question overlaid with my own experience, it's more about continuity of the story. When you get into "the grove", the last thing a writer wants to do is stop to go do dishes or clean house, etc, etc. Words spew out onto the page when that idea is at the front of your brain. Often the idea fades when I stop to do something else and then the creative direction of the particular story you're writing is lost. I HATE that! I'm betting you're the same.

Sometimes I write quick notes on postit paper to myself and stick them on my computer monitor. That helps. Sometimes I schedule time to write with my wife. When she's aware I'm writing, there's an unspoken agreement for no interruptions.

Hope that helps and good luck! smile

Merc (Ron)

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17 Feb 2019

One of the best resources for legal photos "creative commons licence" is a site called morguefile.com. Unfortunately, it might be hard to find erotic photos there. Depends on the subject of the photo you want to use in your story.

For example I did a search on morguefile for legs and came up with some nice photos that could be cropped easily to represent a more erotic theme.

One note of caution: Morguefile is associated to iStock and Getty's imaging. If you do a search for something in morgefile and it doesn't find something in that category, the site will give you iStock photos. THESE are paid photos and copyrighted.

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17 Feb 2019

My stories typically run five days for verification. I'm assuming comments reflecting hours or one or two days are reflective of Gold status..

I don't find five days to be onerous, however, it would be great to be able to submit more than one story. I get the out of sequence thing in a series, however, that could be gotten around if you had other stories in different categories. I know I currently have a couple waiting to go that are not connected to each other.

Just some thoughts.

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