I'm in.. not sure if it'll get approved in time.. 10.37pm on Christmas Eve 🙈

I'm in.. thanks to the ever wonderful Mr WW.. enjoy Christmas Shopping xx

Interesting suggestions coming up.

I read a lesbian story and it suggested a gay male as a similar story.

To be honest, if ive just enjoyed a lesbian tale of submission and pussy worship, a story full of hard cocks isn’t the first thing I'd consider as a read in a similar vein.

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End Northern Hemispherism I say.

And to think They call the Brits 'whinging poms'... sheesh 🤣

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I'm just celebrating my competitive debut. Getting ' fuckywuckydoodah' in there means I'm already buzzing!🤣

'Fuckywuckydoodah' is now up there with 'okiedokiedoggiedaddie' for words to bring a smile to your face when you read them

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I do seem to recall, when I was a competition rookie (many moons ago), a certain writer also achieving two wins in a row. I was like 'Damn, how did she do that?' 😊

Three? Ha, right.

Mmmhmmm and someone's got to do it 😘

Congratulations everyone.. a superb top 3, or indeed top 10. Is that two in a row for the Thespian.. can he get a hat-trick?

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The longer I've been here, the less I've published:
2020 -- 85
2021 -- 55
2022 -- 25
2023 -- 15
2024 -- 0
I'm pretty sure that's not how it's supposed to work, but I've always been a little backward.

Hmmmm i wonder what happened in 2020 that meant you had more time for writing 🤔

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The link is only visible when a comp is running. But it's always available, so bookmark it if you like.

Wait, does anyone use bookmarks any more?

Thanks WW.. appreciate that x

Hi, I was trying to find the competition rules... I could have sworn there was a link to them on the competition page but it's gone now.

I can't find them in the legal section. Does anyone know where they have gone? Or have I been imagining that there are comp rules?

Licked

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Thanks John, that’s good to know.

Do you know whether a resubmitted story appears as new (jumping to the top of author’s profile) after it’s republished, or does the story retain its original order of appearance? Also does the story reappear on Lush’s New Erotic Stories list?

Hi Declan, it stays where it was originally published. It doesnt go to the top of your list or back on the front page

The other issue is anonymity.. imagine providing bank statements when applying for a mortgage and they see payments at Busty Belles Big Boobs Strip Club every so often.

Youd want to make sure any payments go out of a suitably anonymous sounding conpany

34 stories in so far and almost a week to go.. still a few regulars missing - can we get odds on a raunchy last minute entry with an Aussie slant and colloquial wordplay?

The quality in this one is really good.. It's taking me a while to get through them.. must be over 200K words all in so far.

I was just wondering why the word ta boo is banned in forum posts and status updates when we have a category called tab oo.. it just seems a bit nuts.

Well I finally made it in.. not my usual run of the mill lesbian story..

I'm looking forward to finally reading all the other entires

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/lesbian/web-of-deceit

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I'm sorry, but I have to ask, having only a single language to my name -- is that a good thing or a bad thing?

It's a very good thing. Bollocks is bad but the dog's bollocks is good. I guess it's like the bee's knees

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BTW: I made an Excel spreadsheet to keep track.

Excel spreadsheets are the dogs bollocks for keeping track for the Omnium.

Every time i have tried to read the Announcing the Whodunnit Competition thread. I get a site down for maintenance message but can read any other thread.

Is there sonething scandalous in there we arent allowed to read. Has been like this for last few days

“I love how Halloween brings out the slutty side of everyone,” Julie giggled, her hand brushing her boyfriend Chad’s hardening cock.

“It must be because no one knows who we are behind the masks,” she whispered, dropping to her knees.

It was as spurts of cum filled her mouth that Chad appeared in the doorway.

“Julie.. is that you?” looking from the identically dressed masked cowboy to the slutty vampire.

The AUP policy was highlighted in another thread...

"Anything illegal and contrary to the laws of England, Wales and Ireland, including (but not limited to!) the promotion, suggestion or allusion to ********** ***, **** or any non consensual acts, hard drugs or any other kind of illegal activity."

How can you write a whodunnit story if you cant allude to any kind of illegal activity?

Are all the competition entries in contravention of the Acceptance Use Policy?

Hi John,

Any idea why the AUP has the laws of England, Wales and Ireland? It seems an unusual combination.

"Anything illegal and contrary to the laws of England, Wales and Ireland, including (but not limited to!) the promotion, suggestion or allusion to ********** ***, **** or any non consensual acts, hard drugs or any other kind of illegal activity."

If the AUP means UK law, I believe England and Wales share a common legal system. Scotland has its own laws and Northern Irish law is different again.

Ireland however has an entirely separate legal system as it hasnt been part of the UK for over 100 years.

I really like making the covers. It usen't to matter because you only saw the cover once you clicked the story after the author, genre, title or byline had brought you in but now the covers are seen on the storylists, a strong visual can entice. Though I have been put off clicking on stories where the cover puts me off before even reading the byline or genre.

So i guess good covers help, bad covers hinder. Theres no excuse for bad covers now the cover designer is so user friendly.

Looking back, i hate some of my old covers so might have to update them

So... what you're saying is its a bit pointless having a counter saying when someone was last online and it might be better to get rid of it?

No, some are platinum, some are not. And Platinum is supposed to show last online 2 hours ago while you are 'hidden online'. One of the platinum members that it says hasn't been online for days doesn't have the hidden option set. The one who it says hasn't been on in a month isn't platinum.

Yes, friends list... but it also says last online 3 days ago on their profile page too.

Theres another friend who was on last night but its saying she was last online 1 month ago.. so it's not an isolated case

Is this a glitch that the time someone was last online bears no connection to reality. I spoke to one friend last night but it says she was last online 3 days ago. This glitch seems to occur quire regularly.

Perhaps get rid of it if it cant be vaguely accurate?

Just to double clarify... it has to start with the crime and then the story is about revealing who did the crime.. is that correct??

It cant be about the planning and then execution of the crime?

Just in the past, some mods sent stories back cos they didnt gave a wish yet other stories didnt have a wish and there was all sorts of bad feeling at the results announcement so want to ensure there is no ambiguity here

I came to lush for the chat as some site i had been on had just been pulled.. endd up trying my hand at writing.. my first story was rejected and never saw the light of day.. i never considered myself a writer and just wrote the sort of stories that turned me on.. somehow along the way, i achieved all the goals MC1982 mentioned so perhaps my race is over and I've completed the game 🤷‍♀️

I feel the micro section has lost its way and is pretty much anything goes, which is sad as it used to be a challenge to tell a story in so few words.

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The ' mechanics' of the subject area here probably do have a point at which most variables have been exhausted, The creativity around those mechanics? I think and hope not.

I agree. I love the build up, the scene setting, the world description, the why the are doing it. Sometimes I wonder if I need the 'insert cock A into pussy B' and 'insert cock A into Mouth B' bits which read as rather mechanical.

Like Kimmi, I enjoy the darker side of the street with questionable morals as it provides more plot potential than the Miles & Boom type stories that I've never been very good at. Or maybe I just love the conflict and the drama.