Huh... just hit 1800 followers on @literotica.com. What a nice way to start the new year. Many thanks to all the readers. You have excellent taste in smut 😀

I clicked with some trepidation, expecting the usual bromides. But this excellent piece by none other than Elizabeth McCracken is full of wisdom and practical thoughts. @elizmccrack.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

End of year stats for my smutty writing: Stories published: 6 (a new record!) Words written: 59,677 Characters created: 12 Orgasms described: 22 😁 New followers: 309 Story views: 325,044 Thank you to all readers and thanks to @literotica.com for providing a place to host my filthy stories.

Yay, my Christmas story is now live on @literotica.com just in time for... New Year's? Wow, I gotta pay more attention to deadlines 😁 She Came Through the Kitchen Window - Obsessed intern offers her virginity to her office crush literotica.com/s/she-came-t... #EroticStory #SpicyReads #smutsky

Another @literotica.com Christmas story #ShamelessSelfPromo In the week before Christmas, a homeless young woman teaches an insecure guy about sex and women. literotica.com/s/if-you-wan... I wrote a WIWA about it too: literotica.com/s/wiwaw-if-y... #EroticStory #SpicyReads #smutsky

Last year's Christmas story that (as usual) I didn't get finished until after the @literotica.com Winter Holidays deadline. A first attempt at "gentle femdom". Not exactly #BDSM but it went into that category anyway. #EroticFiction #EroticStory #SpicyReads literotica.com/s/new-years-...

😊😊😒Henry Gauthier-Villars, F. Scott Fitzgerald... so many Original post: mastodon.social/@cmconseils/...

The @literotica.com Winter Holidays contest winners are out. Congrats to the winners! "Holiday Coverage" by CleverGenericName "All I Want for Christmas is You" by McQueen127 "A Heart of Irish Gold" by Jorunn Links to the winning stories and all 159 stories are here:

Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised. Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Greatest moments for a @literotica.com writer: 1 - A new member adds you as their very first follow 2 - A longtime member adds your stories to their favorites hour after hour, day after day as they read through your back catalog (bonus points if they comment on some)

Public Domain Day is coming January 1 2026. Standard eBooks has a list of 20 of the best books soon to be free to read on their site: standardebooks.org/blog/public-...

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I've read other James Scott Bell guides, but just discovered this one from 2023. Highly practical little notes on fiction writing he's collected for himself over the years. Recommended. #Writing #WritingTips

It's aliiiiive! 😀 After 59 days in Pending purgatory, the corrected and expanded version of "Shipwrecked, Sort of" is live on @literotica.com It took a polite note to the admin to get it published. Now I can pretend the error-filled first version never existed 😬 literotica.com/s/shipwrecke...

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

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