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Aurora Black said:
Another thing I've always wanted to ask you guys: Why did you decide to write erotica, and how did you find your way to Literotica specifically?
Hi rora,

You have a very cozy thread here, despite the unusual building materials. :D

I finally got around to reading the beginning of this thread and found your post (click here) about the evolution of your erotica writing. Your starting story was amazingly hot for a nineteen year old writer and the latter excerpts scorched my monitor! (Any suggestions for removing soot from LCD screens? :) ) If you're still collecting life stories, here's mine...

During a business trip in Fall 2005, I found literotica's "wap" gateway in a search of Google Mobile using my cell phone browser. (For almost a year, I did most of my literotica reading through the tiny screen of that cell phone.) It was part of a deliberate plan to shift myself from image- to text-based erotica. I had a theory that such a shift would be healthier for my relationship with my wife, which turned out to be true. For me (YMMV), I found that visual porn decreased my desire for my spouse, while text-based erotica increased it. As much as I love them, I've forced myself to unsubscribe from the visual "nipples" and "lurving the labia" forum threads, since I found myself savoring the images too much.

I started *writing* erotica in Spring 2006 as a way of dealing with the occasional difficulties in our relationship. Instead of stomping off to a strip club or massage parlor as a secret revenge for frustrations, I decided to turn that energy into stories, which brought my desire back home. Most of my writing (many chapters still unfinished and unposted) have spouses reconnecting as their broad theme. (Don't worry about the storyline for Outside Interests though; in that case, the frigid wife was just a plot device and will soon be a distant memory.)

Due to work and family constraints, I don't have very much time for writing, so stories takes me a long time to finish and post. Aurora, you may remember that you teased me a month ago about writing for the Halloween contest... well, this morning, I came up with an idea for a SciFi story that coincidentally could fit the theme. Even if I started writing now, the day it's ready to post will probably be much closer to October 2007 then October 2006! ;)

Peace,
-curl
 
curl4ever said:
Hi rora,

You have a very cozy thread here, despite the unusual building materials. :D

I finally got around to reading the beginning of this thread and found your post (click here) about the evolution of your erotica writing. Your starting story was amazingly hot for a nineteen year old writer and the latter excerpts scorched my monitor! (Any suggestions for removing soot from LCD screens? :) ) If you're still collecting life stories, here's mine...

During a business trip in Fall 2005, I found literotica's "wap" gateway in a search of Google Mobile using my cell phone browser. (For almost a year, I did most of my literotica reading through the tiny screen of that cell phone.) It was part of a deliberate plan to shift myself from image- to text-based erotica. I had a theory that such a shift would be healthier for my relationship with my wife, which turned out to be true. For me (YMMV), I found that visual porn decreased my desire for my spouse, while text-based erotica increased it. As much as I love them, I've forced myself to unsubscribe from the visual "nipples" and "lurving the labia" forum threads, since I found myself savoring the images too much.

I started *writing* erotica in Spring 2006 as a way of dealing with the occasional difficulties in our relationship. Instead of stomping off to a strip club or massage parlor as a secret revenge for frustrations, I decided to turn that energy into stories, which brought my desire back home. Most of my writing (many chapters still unfinished and unposted) have spouses reconnecting as their broad theme. (Don't worry about the storyline for Outside Interests though; in that case, the frigid wife was just a plot device and will soon be a distant memory.)

Due to work and family constraints, I don't have very much time for writing, so stories takes me a long time to finish and post. Aurora, you may remember that you teased me a month ago about writing for the Halloween contest... well, this morning, I came up with an idea for a SciFi story that coincidentally could fit the theme. Even if I started writing now, the day it's ready to post will probably be much closer to October 2007 then October 2006! ;)

Peace,
-curl


Interesting story, curl. Let me say 'Hi' to "Rora first, and I'll get back to you.

"Good morning, lovely lady. I hope the day will treat you well. :kiss:

curl, my situation is very similar to yours. The image porn used to appeal to me more than text, but eventually, and particularly after I found Literotica, my interest in image porn subsided. As I read more and more of the Lit offerings I was unhappy with the quality of writing I saw in many stories. So I searched for a way to reach them to ask that they use a spell check and a grammar check. I discovered AH in the forums. Authors hang out here? Good
I want to talk to them. So I started a thread, thinking the less educated writers would be here and see my post. Boy was I surprised. I found the cream of the crop here, and it was they that inspired me to write. I'd written technical stuff before, and done it well, but fiction is a whole different story.
(no pun intended). As you know my first story is finished and up. My next story was to be a romance story, and that's in the works. But yesterday I got a bug in my... uh, rear, and HAD to write something quickly. So I did a one day write and came up with Pure Stroke, a short piece for the readers to finish as a challenge to them. Submitted it yesterday.

Enough from me for now. Have a wonderful day.
 
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curl4ever said:
Hi rora,

You have a very cozy thread here, despite the unusual building materials. :D

I finally got around to reading the beginning of this thread and found your post (click here) about the evolution of your erotica writing. Your starting story was amazingly hot for a nineteen year old writer and the latter excerpts scorched my monitor! (Any suggestions for removing soot from LCD screens? :) ) If you're still collecting life stories, here's mine...

During a business trip in Fall 2005, I found literotica's "wap" gateway in a search of Google Mobile using my cell phone browser. (For almost a year, I did most of my literotica reading through the tiny screen of that cell phone.) It was part of a deliberate plan to shift myself from image- to text-based erotica. I had a theory that such a shift would be healthier for my relationship with my wife, which turned out to be true. For me (YMMV), I found that visual porn decreased my desire for my spouse, while text-based erotica increased it. As much as I love them, I've forced myself to unsubscribe from the visual "nipples" and "lurving the labia" forum threads, since I found myself savoring the images too much.

I started *writing* erotica in Spring 2006 as a way of dealing with the occasional difficulties in our relationship. Instead of stomping off to a strip club or massage parlor as a secret revenge for frustrations, I decided to turn that energy into stories, which brought my desire back home. Most of my writing (many chapters still unfinished and unposted) have spouses reconnecting as their broad theme. (Don't worry about the storyline for Outside Interests though; in that case, the frigid wife was just a plot device and will soon be a distant memory.)

Due to work and family constraints, I don't have very much time for writing, so stories takes me a long time to finish and post. Aurora, you may remember that you teased me a month ago about writing for the Halloween contest... well, this morning, I came up with an idea for a SciFi story that coincidentally could fit the theme. Even if I started writing now, the day it's ready to post will probably be much closer to October 2007 then October 2006! ;)

Peace,
-curl

Hey, Curl! Nice to see you! Feel free to pop in whenever you like. :)

Don't let the thread title fool you; we're not really in an igloo. It's a dimensional portal, and every few months we move the Circle to different places around the world (and possibly beyond) depending on the weather. We started in the North Pole, but since then we've completely moved house to Hades for the summer. Now that things are starting to get colder, who knows where we'll end up next. :D

Aww, poor Curl. Submissions for the Halloween contest are closed now, but I'm sure you'll make a killing next year. Like God, time works in mysterious ways. The more time you have to prepare a story, the better quality it is.

I had completely forgotten about that post until I clicked the link. Was I really saying things like that after only a month at the AH, so matter-of-factly and comfortably? I suppose so. I loved your story, and I applaud the fact that you use your reading and writing of erotica to strengthen your marriage.

That's how it happened with me, you see. When I first found Lit, I was unhappy with the way things were going with my boyfriend and I. I was frustrated sexually as well as generally concerning my life. I felt as if I wasn't living up to my full potential. When I began to read the stories here, I knew I wanted to be a part of the Lit equation. Since I began sharing my works with the public, my most intimate thoughts, I've become a whole new person. Better, stronger, more open, more loving and understanding. I grew a backbone, finally learned to love myself, and realized that 99% of sex takes place between the ears. I saved my relationship with this knowledge, and now it's the strongest it has ever been.
 
By the way...

Hi, guys. ;)

Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 24, 2006

solicitous
\suh-LIS-uh-tuhs\, adjective:

1. Manifesting or expressing care or concern.
2. Full of anxiety or concern; apprehensive.
3. Extremely careful; meticulous.
4. Full of desire; eager.


He does not appear to have suffered from homesickness, although the suspicion that this might have been due to the unsatisfactory nature of his 'home' life seems belied by the tone and content of his letters; he makes frequent and solicitous inquiries after not only Mabel and his mother but also his father.
-- Matthew Sturgis, Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography

She was often solicitous of her daughter's feelings and intense reactions, trying to shield her from emotional trauma.
-- Adrienne Fried Block, Amy Beach, Passionate Victorian

He . . . was excessively solicitous, constantly apologizing for the car's poor suspension, the heat, the state of the roads, and the insane behavior of other drivers.
-- John Case, The Genesis Code

He was also solicitous of my health and would notice when I was tired or under great strain.
-- Cartha D. "Deke" DeLoach, Hoover's FBI

Solicitous is from Latin sollicitus, "thoroughly or violently moved, disturbed, or agitated," hence "anxious, uneasy, worried," from sollus, "whole, entire" + citus, past participle of ciere, "to move, to stir."
 
Aurora Black said:
Hi, guys. ;)

Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 24, 2006

solicitous
\suh-LIS-uh-tuhs\, adjective:

1. Manifesting or expressing care or concern.
2. Full of anxiety or concern; apprehensive.
3. Extremely careful; meticulous.
4. Full of desire; eager.




Solicitous is from Latin sollicitus, "thoroughly or violently moved, disturbed, or agitated," hence "anxious, uneasy, worried," from sollus, "whole, entire" + citus, past participle of ciere, "to move, to stir."


Well, 'Rora, you've finally found some words I know. I wrote a short 'stroke' story in one day yesterday. No editor, no beta reader. Just me. I wrote it with the intention of having readers finish it, not me. Wonder how that will work out? The name is 'Pure Stroke'. It should be up in a couple of days, so I'll see. Take care hon.
 
Skip1934a said:
Well, 'Rora, you've finally found some words I know. I wrote a short 'stroke' story in one day yesterday. No editor, no beta reader. Just me. I wrote it with the intention of having readers finish it, not me. Wonder how that will work out? The name is 'Pure Stroke'. It should be up in a couple of days, so I'll see. Take care hon.

Hope it works out. :)
 
Aurora Black said:
We started in the North Pole, but since then we've completely moved house to Hades for the summer.

I had completely forgotten about that post until I clicked the link. Was I really saying things like that after only a month at the AH, so matter-of-factly and comfortably? I suppose so. I loved your story, and I applaud the fact that you use your reading and writing of erotica to strengthen your marriage.

That's how it happened with me, you see. When I first found Lit, I was unhappy with the way things were going with my boyfriend and I. I was frustrated sexually as well as generally concerning my life. I felt as if I wasn't living up to my full potential. When I began to read the stories here, I knew I wanted to be a part of the Lit equation. Since I began sharing my works with the public, my most intimate thoughts, I've become a whole new person. Better, stronger, more open, more loving and understanding. I grew a backbone, finally learned to love myself, and realized that 99% of sex takes place between the ears. I saved my relationship with this knowledge, and now it's the strongest it has ever been.
Sorry. I did see the Hades discussion, but missed the connection to change-of-venue. :eek: I really should look out the windows more often.

Yes, it seems like you were saying things so matter-of-factly and comfortably after only a month in the AH. Either the AH toughens its victims quickly, or you just have a bold and beautiful personality, or both. :)

<tips hat to you for using literotica for such healthy results!>
-curl
 
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Good morning, 'Rora. There's fresh coffee at... oh I forgot, you aren't a coffee addict. Well maybe there's some tea, too, at FTF's place. Hope the day treats you well. :rose:
 
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Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 25, 2006

crabwise
\KRAB-wyz\, adjective:

1. Sideways.
2. In a cautiously indirect manner.


Grass tells this story in awkward fashion, coming at it crabwise indeed, with hesitations, shifts of direction, and out of sequence, allowing his narrator to display his own confusion, uncertainty, resentment of a history that has deformed his own life.
-- Allan Massie, review of Crabwalk, by Gunter Grass, The Scotsman, April 5, 2003

Atwood moves crabwise through such questions as the place of moral or ideological content in art, the conflict between artistic purity and commercial necessity, and the nature of the relationship between writer, text and reader.
-- Christopher Tayler, review of Negotiating with the Dead, by Margaret Atwood, Sunday Telegraph, March 10, 2002

Without taking his eyes from the road his left hand moved seamlessly from the old-fashioned gear stick to Sally's lap where, after a brief professional rummage, it moved crabwise on to me in the back seat.
-- Sue Arnold, "The difference between a grope and a caress", The Independent, October 4, 2003
 
Aurora Black said:
Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 25, 2006

crabwise
\KRAB-wyz\, adjective:

1. Sideways.
2. In a cautiously indirect manner.





Guess I'm on your 'no speak' list today. I said Good morning.
 
Word of the Day for Thursday, October 26, 2006

rapport
\ra-POR; ruh-\, noun:
A relation, especially one characterized by sympathetic understanding, emotional affinity, or mutual trust.

He established a tremendous rapport with younger patients and routinely skipped classes and missed tests to take children to the circus or for rides in his convertible, often stopping for ice cream at Frank Monaco's drugstore on the South Side.
-- James T. Fisher, Dr. America

Scott and Shackleton could not have been temperamentally more dissimilar and had virtually no rapport.
-- Caroline Alexander, The Endurance

The two men shared similar backgrounds and enjoyed a good rapport: both were born to wealth and influence, Cambridge educated, connoisseurs of culture, and world-class in knowledge, ability, and outlook.
-- George Perkovich, India's Nuclear Bomb

Although we are not very old friends, we struck up a rapport on that trip which was more than that of mere shipboard acquaintances.
-- James Hamilton-Paterson, Three Miles Down


Rapport comes from French, from Old French, from raporter, "to bring back," from re-, "back, again" (from Latin) + aporter, "to bring" (from Latin apportare, from ad-, "to" + portare, "to carry").


Good morning, friends and lurkers. ;)

I'm going to be writing all day, so there's no need to get huffy like a neglected housewife if I don't respond right away. Later, gators. :kiss:
 
Aurora Black said:
Word of the Day for Thursday, October 26, 2006

rapport
\ra-POR; ruh-\, noun:
A relation, especially one characterized by sympathetic understanding, emotional affinity, or mutual trust.




Rapport comes from French, from Old French, from raporter, "to bring back," from re-, "back, again" (from Latin) + aporter, "to bring" (from Latin apportare, from ad-, "to" + portare, "to carry").


Good morning, friends and lurkers. ;)

I'm going to be writing all day, so there's no need to get huffy like a neglected housewife if I don't respond right away. Later, gators. :kiss:


A good thing to build, but sometimes difficult
 
Aurora Black said:
Good morning, friends and lurkers. ;)

I'm going to be writing all day, so there's no need to get huffy like a neglected housewife if I don't respond right away. Later, gators. :kiss:
<lurking patiently>
 
curl4ever said:
<lurking patiently>

Hi, curl. I'll lurk with you for a while. While I'm here, I'd ask if you would be willing to beta read a romance story I have just started. AS will edit, and he has chapter one now. I'll not submit the story until all the chapters are finished, which may be a while off.
 
Word of the Day for Friday, October 27, 2006

inveterate
\in-VET-uhr-it\, adjective:

1. Firmly established by long persistence; deep-rooted; of long standing.
2. Fixed in habit by long persistence; confirmed; habitual.


In Montpelier, where this prison stands, the inveterate prejudice against prisoners has been swept away.
-- Morrison I. Swift, "Humanizing the Prisons," The Atlantic, August 1911

He is an inveterate nibbler, popping nuts and chocolate into his mouth as he talks, leaning forward in his chair to forage in the tins with his right hand.
-- Michael Ignatieff, Isaiah Berlin: A Life

I was an inveterate museum-goer from the age of fourteen, when I'd take the trolley to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts after school and wander the halls of Greek antiquities.
-- Jane Alexander, Command Performance

Inveterate is from the past participle of Latin inveterari, "to grow old, to endure," from in- + vetus, veter-, "old." It is related to veteran, "one who is long experienced in some activity or capacity; an old soldier of long service; one who has served in the armed forces." The noun form is inveteracy or inveterateness.
 
Aurora Black said:
Word of the Day for Friday, October 27, 2006

inveterate
\in-VET-uhr-it\, adjective:

1. Firmly established by long persistence; deep-rooted; of long standing.
2. Fixed in habit by long persistence; confirmed; habitual.




Inveterate is from the past participle of Latin inveterari, "to grow old, to endure," from in- + vetus, veter-, "old." It is related to veteran, "one who is long experienced in some activity or capacity; an old soldier of long service; one who has served in the armed forces." The noun form is inveteracy or inveterateness.


Your AV looks familiar. Part of a Bell sci-fi painting?
 
Aurora Black said:
That doesn't mean they can't have different styles. I'm sure it's Valejo.

Oh, they do have different styles. I get them confused tho unless I see their work side by side. You're right. Your's is Valejo. Just looked at a copy of the entire painting.
 
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