Great list. I've read Voice by James Scott Bell, but none of the others. Yet.

The first edition of Mast Lists for Writers was the first writing references I ever bought. Now this gold edition adds more! Highly recommended for all fiction writers.

Recent reader comments have criticized my stories for "missing connecting words". Looking at the stories, I think they're talking about the word "that"... like "I'm glad you came" instead of "I'm glad that you came." Seriously? "That" is a filler word like "just" that can almost always be omitted.

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Part of crafting smut is keeping up with reader trends. I thought the "Fifty Shades of Grey" thing was bad (both the writing and the popularity). Now there's "Morning Glory Milking Farm". Erk. knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcul...

More relatable than 505.9 Kelvin, I guess 😁

Found this inspiring: she self-published her first book and it's done very, very well: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jaos... #SelfPublishing

NaNoWriMo is gone, but the folks at ProWritingAid have organized NovelNovember Create an account to log your progress (or install their app to log automatically) plus attend prep sessions by published authors, writing sprints, earn badges and more. prowritingaid.com/novel-november

And the winners have been announced: The Letter by Nellymcboatface www.literotica.com/s/the-letter... The Ring by BrokenSpokes www.literotica.com/s/the-ring-24 When Lanterns Glow by Aoife_from_Ulster www.literotica.com/s/when-lante... Congrats!

English is weird. 💙📚 #booksky #reading #writing #books #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

So... for spooky-themed erotica stories I've done: A demon Ghosts Were-moose Frankenstein's monster A witch ...and this year, vampires Skeletons having sex is ridiculous (and SO noisy). Guess all that's left to write about is zombies. And I hate zombies.

237 entries in the @literotica.com Halloween contest. Winners will be announced tomorrow, but there's (barely) still time to support the authors by rating your favorite tales. www.literotica.com/stories/cont... #Literotica #SpicyReads

Man, I love McSweeny's sometimes In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, “What a lazy cheater.” Now you’d think, “At least he’s not asking Gemini.” In a few years, you’ll say, “Wow, look, a human being who can read.” 😃😃😃 www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...

Submitted a for the Literotica Halloween contest waaay past the deadline, but it was accepted anyway. Thank you, @literotica.com "My Phlebotomist is a Nosferatu" - She drew his blood & captured his heart literotica.com/s/my-phlebot... #EroticStory #SpicyReads #ShamelessSelfPromo

Happy #InternationalLesbianDay everyone! For this I’ll promote two #eroticStories ( #lesbian #smut #nsfw #erotica) on #Literotica: Arctic Night and Grumpy Old Ladies Long Live Lesbians! ❤️🏳️‍🌈🩷❤️💜🌸🌺🌼 www.literotica.com/s/arctic-night www.literotica.com/s/grumpy-old...

Eight Dates with the Dead - His dead wife helps him find new love. literotica.com/s/eight-date... Free to read on @literotica.com My most popular Halloween story (so far) 😊👻💔🖋️ #EroticFiction #SpicyReads #EroticRomance #ShamelessSelfPromo

It's Banned Books Week. George Takei is this year's honorary chair. Hard to think of a better person for the job. American Library Association "most challenged books list": www.ala.org/bbooks/frequ...

#pinterestfind #writersky #authorsky #WIP #loadingbrain

A Frankenstein story from last year's @literotica.com Halloween contest: literotica.com/s/pumpkin-sp... Genius scientist Dr. Fran Annstein disappears. Her assistant discovers a mysterious man (with blond hair and a tan) living in her abandoned mansion #ShamelessSelfPromotion #SpicyReads #Erotica

Atmosphere = the invisible thread holding your story together. Our new blog shows you how to create atmosphere in writing across any genre. 👉 writestats.com/how-to-creat... #Writing #BookSky

The Dark Fairy Tales anthology on @literotica.com has been published! By my count, an incredible 46 stories and a poem - thank you all for this amazing participation! www.literotica.com/s/dark-fairy...

The @literotica.com Halloween story contest is approaching! I'll either write about a haunted brothel or haunted underwear👻 My very first Halloween story had 3 friends summon a demon by accident. "Damn Dumb Demon" was unpolished but kinda fun. literotica.com/s/damned-dum... #EroticStory #Erotica

"Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth." ~ Edna Ferber

Submitted a story for Lit's summer contest full of errors. Worse, I left a huge "Note to Self" placeholder in the text in ALL CAPS 😬 Story still got a 4.8 and 46 favs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @literotica.com readers can be forgiving sometimes. (I've now submitted a meticulously proofread revision)

The Pay For Play Invitational Anthology is now live! Enjoy brand new tales of money meeting sexuality, all from your favorite Lit authors! Many thanks to Lovecraft68 for creating & organizing this special event! www.literotica.com/s/pay-for-pl...

Be the reason someone masturbates today. #erotica #sex #humor

A minor milestone: This week my total story views on @literotica.com hit 2.1 million. And it only took 8.6 years ☺️ A huge thank you to every reader of my filthy stories.

The Born to Run Challenge is complete! Read all the stories celebrating the seminal album's 50th anniversary! www.literotica.com/s/born-to-ru...

💜❤️ My latest #erotic #story is live on #literotica! It’s both my entry for Literotica’s Summer Lovin’ 2025 competition and Born to Run event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Bruce Springsteen album. #smut #erotica #lesbian #swinging ❤️💜 www.literotica.com/s/theres-mag...

#ShamelessSelfPromotion day yet? Screw it. We who write for free can self-promote whenever we want. For the greater good 😁 While I'm finishing my @literotica.com Summer Lovin' story, read 2024's fun contribution: Skinny Dipping with the Bad Girl literotica.com/s/skinny-dip... #erotica

Life of the @literotica.com writer

The advice "write the story you'd like to read" works a lot better for people who like to read popular things that sell.

"I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged." ~ Erica Jong #quote #writing #writers

Interactive stories have been growing in popularity on Literotica. Today we published "Hot Girl Summer Down Under", the first submission by a new Lit author: www.literotica.com/g/hot-girl-s...

Besides inventing story endings, making titles is the worst. My best titles: Skinny Dipping with the Bad Girl Eight Dates with the Dead Kyle the Weremoose Gets Lucky Worst: Pickle-face and the Professor Through the Woods If You Want It Groan-inducing: Bee Witched Pumpkin Splice What are yours?

This 2022 cozy group sex summer story has a 4.84 rating on @literotica.com and I don't understand why. Well since folks like it, I'll do a #ShamelessSelfPromotion while struggling with this year's summer story. Millie's Kayak Camping Adventure literotica.com/s/millies-ka... #EroticFiction #NSFW

This video by @bookfoxwriter.bsky.social popped up on my feed. I'm so guilty of this. I watch more movies than read books and often skimp on internal dialogue and feelings in my writing. Trying to fix that. As always, Bookfox makes great points. #Writing #WritingTips www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMju...

Fans of noir fiction: get ready for hours of exciting reading! The Hammered: an Ode to Mickey Spillane 2025 is complete! Enjoy brand new stories from your favorite Lit authors! Huge thanks to all participating writers! www.literotica.com/s/hammered-a...

Well, a Literotica reader has accused me of using AI for my stories. Specifically, a grammar checker... because, uh, it uses ML or something? I don't generate stories with AI. They suck. I do use grammar checkers, of course. I have thoughts on the matter: syleussnow.wordpress.com/2025/07/27/a...

Is it Shameless Self-promotion Friday? It's not? Oh well. Been working on a story for the @literotica.com Summer Lovin' contest and want to recapture the easygoing summer tone of this hit from 2021. Not so easy to do in 2025, but I'm trying. #ImWriting literotica.com/s/seaside-wi...

I've got #Scrivener, #ProWritingAid, voice-to-text, and every other tool any writer could ask for. Yet I'm less productive than back when I pounded out my first stories on one of these: #WritingIsHard #ImWriting

The @literotica.com Summer Lovin' contest is coming up and plot bunnies are a-leaping. What to do? Finish the MILF wildfire story I started last year? Write a group sex crowd-pleaser? Write something clever but unsatisfying? Or do the usual: think, plan and research until the deadline passes 😶

Happy international non-binary people’s day! Now how should I tag this… #erotica #literotica #smut #enby #nonbinary #NonBinaryPeoplesDay #pride The perfect story for the day is the amazing @awkwardmd.bsky.social’s www.literotica.com/s/new-do

Awk... thought the winners were being announced tomorrow. Congrats to the winners. 110 stories entered for this year's contest! My oddball entry did far better than expected with a score of 4.83 and 22 favorites. And now back to puttering away at a story for the Summer Lovin' contest...