I want to share but I'm embarrassed.....

[Rob_Royale]

Not being able to share your work with your friends and family is part of the whole erotica writing gig.
Think of it like a super-hero's secret identity. By day, I'm Rob ______ and by night I am Rob Royale, smut purveyor extraordinaire! I don't wear a cape. Because Edna said so.

 

[Voboy]

So... OP, you intend to publish? Somewhere, somehow? Because if you do, there's going to be a risk of plagiarism.

The kinds of people who post in the AH are highly unlikely to steal your shit if you trust them to beta-read for you. If they do, you can out them so that we can shun them appropriately.

 

[gunhilltrain]

• Stepford Wives
• Bladerunner
• WestWorld

Men desiring full control/free use/whatever they call the latest version of it culturally relevant is a tale as old as time.

Even at your worst, you are a drop in the eternal ocean.

Actually, in those three movies, the "beings" controlled are not humans, but robots or androids who look like humans. In Blade Runner (at least in the 1982 version I saw), the entities, the "replicants," seemingly have full consciousness of themselves and what their condition is.

 

[MediocreAuthor]

Actually, in those three movies, the "beings" controlled are not humans, but robots or androids who look like humans. In Blade Runner (at least in the 1982 version I saw), the entities, the "replicants," seemingly have full consciousness of themselves and what their condition is.

I thought Stepford Wives was mind control...?
(I've probably Never finished the film).

 

[Euphony]

Actually, in those three movies, the "beings" controlled are not humans, but robots or androids who look like humans. In Blade Runner (at least in the 1982 version I saw), the entities, the "replicants," seemingly have full consciousness of themselves and what their condition is.

Aware.

It was more that control was, is, always will be, a key interest across even wide public distribution media.

Generating more content isn't creating a audience that hasn't existed for millenia.

 

[Euphony]

I thought Stepford Wives was mind control...?

Don't know the remake but the O.G. was robots.

Wikipedia:

The theme of consent is tackled in The Stepford Wives franchise. The reason why the men in Stepford make their wives into submissive robots is that they are afraid of losing control over their wives. The similarity between sex robots and the women in Stepford is that they are both lifeless and docile, hence the men do not need consent in order to fulfill their sexual desire.[4]

I'm comfortable enough that the robot "substitutions in all of the films are merely to make the underlying themes more palatable and socially acceptable (for commercial purposes)

 

[Euphony]

And there's always Boxing Helena...

The movie follows a surgeon whose growing obsession with a woman leads him to hold her captive in his home after she suffers a car crash and to amputate her limbs to keep her captive.

Not some weird indie (before Indie was mainstreamed like today) Madonna was cast for the role. Later Kim Basinger.

This was main stream.

 

[MediocreAuthor]

And there's always Boxing Helena...



Not some weird indie (before Indie was mainstreamed like today) Madonna was cast for the role. Later Kim Basinger.

This was main stream.

Point taken

 

[Euphony]

Point taken

We can go weirder. Even mainstream. (film festivals, man. Don't trust 'em.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skin_I_Live_In

 

[XerXesXu]

If you can't control your wife's mind, you'll stand no chance with your granddaughter.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I thought Stepford Wives was mind control...?
(I've probably Never finished the film).

According to what I looked up about the novel and the movie, the women are being replaced by robots who look and sound like the originals but obviously don't think like them. I've never seen the movies (two of them) or read the book, so it's a bit unclear who is running this project.

 

[BobbyLaker]

"I want to share but I'm embarrassed....."​

I read this as:

I want to shave but I'm embarrassed.....​

 

[gunhilltrain]

Don't know the remake but the O.G. was robots.





I'm comfortable enough that the robot "substitutions in all of the films are merely to make the underlying themes more palatable and socially acceptable (for commercial purposes)

I don't know what the motivations of the creators of these stories were, but robots and androids have been a popular sci-fi trope for a hundred years. (Beginning with the stage play R.U.R. in the 1920's.) Ira Levin's This Perfect Day (never made into a movie) and The Matrix movies have the trope of a super-computer which takes over humanity. In 1984, it's sheer political terror - based on the regime of Stalin - which keeps people in line.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

But what do you do if they say, "oh, we'd love to read your romance stories"?

Explain that your stories are teasingly erotic and want to make certain that they are okay with some steamier content than they might be expecting. "Teasingly", "steamier", and similar terms are a matter of perspective among people and viewed differently depending upon the context. One of my beta readers for years is a former Navy chaplain friend who I met when he was our Sunday school teacher.

My wife recently purchased a paperback book at a Target store that she could barely finish due to the graphic nature of the erotica it contained (Okay, it was porn). Yet she reads all of my stuff and never balks. The point is, what is acceptable to one may not be to another. All you can do is explain what your stories are like and let people decide for themselves if they want to give them a peak.

As illustrated by the book sold by a major retailer such as Target, there is significant erotic content at various degrees of explicitness out in mainstream literature. Maybe you can find some examples that compare to what you are writing and use those to explain your story content to people. Check out some titles on Carina Press for some example.

 

[Mastered_again]

If you publish anywhere, you run the risk of plagiarism. But I think people worry too much. Why are they going to pick on you

And so what if they do? It’s not your livelihood, is it?

Em

Plagiarism is not a concern for me. Afterall, it's not Jane Eyre I'm writing...Wait, I'll worm Edward Rochester into one of the next chapters and burn the house down

 

[Codoc24]

My wife is the only one I have told and she is ok with it. Some of my family members are conservative and would shit a brick if they found out. Wish I had the balls to say "fuck them," but I don't. So I keep it quiet and plug away. I can't say I write Romance either because all the southern, good 'ol boys would laugh their asses off at me (I'm male BTW). I have told them I'm writing a sci-fi book and it's hard enough to put up with their crap over that. My brothers and cousins were the losers in high school who barely passed and would make fun of any guy who made good grades. I'm the only one who went to college, earning an engineering degree. I did release a sci-fi about 10 years ago but none of them bought it. After telling them I'm writing sci-fi for the last couple of years (to cover up writing erotica), it's got to the point where they smirk and say "gee, how long does it take you to write a book?" So I mostly keep my mouth shut about writing and don't bring it up.

 

[Comshaw]

If you can't control your wife's mind, you'll stand no chance with your granddaughter.

Control My wife's mind? BAWAHAHA! Not on my (okay your, I ain't stupid) life would I ever try! The old adage "Don't get into a battle of wits if you are unarmed" fits. I'd get a verbal and mental thrashing the likes of which has never been seen. Ain't gunna' try it, nope, nope.


Comshaw

 

[JaxRhapsody]

Hello!
I'm writing my first book and it's turning out to be SUPER erotic!
I'm so excited to be writing! I've never been so prolific, the content is just flowing out of me like never before!
The only problem is, I'm so excited but I feel like I can't tell anyone in my life about it! I want to shout it from the roof tops!!
I want to tell my friends, parents and other family members but when they ask what it's about I'll have no real answer....
I also have only a few people who are willing to read it which makes me pretty sad. I really want people I know and trust to edit for me but I don't have many friends who are willing to read explicit erotica.
My own wife isn't very interested and not even because of the erotic angle.
I guess I'm just wondering, how do you tell people in your life that you're a writer with out giving too much away??
Thanks!

I don't have shame in anything I do. Why do it? I've told people, they don't care, I die a little inside.

 

[JaxRhapsody]

According to what I looked up about the novel and the movie, the women are being replaced by robots who look and sound like the originals but obviously don't think like them. I've never seen the movies (two of them) or read the book, so it's a bit unclear who is running this project.

In the 00s remake- only one I've dealt with; the twist at the end is the husbands are the robots. Everything plays out like the original movie, from what I gather, otherwise. The wives are seemingly willingly taking the trad wife role to them.

 

[dmallord]

No, I defiantly don't want to try make money.
I would like to self publish some day and I guess I just want to make sure my words stay mine? I dunno, does that make sense?

I learned quickly that publishing here is a risk as to keeping your work 'mine' as you put it. You can put a copyright notice on the story, but pirates aren't offended by that. There are Lit comments/threads that authors have written wherein thieves take your work and republish it under their name - for money on popular sites. There are notification forms, but there is legal mumbo jumbo to deal with it as well. You can get 'offended' and, of course, take legal action - it costs you twelve arms and legs - have to prove it's your work under your name or a nom de plume, and lots of legalese to go along with that. Try searching for those threads and reading up on them.

Not trying to scare you off! Just to increase your awareness as someone new. Most writers here approach this as a fact that 'sometimes' happens, shrug, and move on. With the ever-increasing AI issues, original writings and copyright may be in for an evolutionary move that negates keeping one's work 'mine.'

If money is not a concern, why worry? You are here under an 'assumed name,' and if you do self-publish, use another. Chances are that what you post here isn't going to be spotted elsewhere, and have someone point fingers that you 'stole' the story. If they do, just point them back to this site and claim your right under your nom de plume.

 

[Ebakes]

So... OP, you intend to publish? Somewhere, somehow? Because if you do, there's going to be a risk of plagiarism.

The kinds of people who post in the AH are highly unlikely to steal your shit if you trust them to beta-read for you. If they do, you can out them so that we can shun them appropriately.

This is probably a silly question but what does "AH" stand for?

 

[Euphony]

This is probably a silly question but what does "AH" stand for?

Author's Hangout.

Where you currently are.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Author's Hangout.

Where you currently are.

We also have a liquor store. Sometimes you need a drink after being on here for a while.

https://ahliquors.com/

 

[SimonDoom]

I have no good answer to give the OP, which is a big reason why I write anonymously at Literotica.

 

[Ebakes]

Author's Hangout.

Where you currently are.

Thanks!