The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 09

[Duleigh]

I've never done a nude sauna before. Ought to be an interesting experience.

Been there, done that, it was not an interesting experience. Outside temperature was -40 with a -85 windchill and the sauna was filled with guys who just spent the day working on B-52 bombers in that cold desperately trying to get their core body temperature back up. I was actually shivering in the sauna.

 

[MrPixel]

Coffee. I need coffee.

26°. F, not C. The 3-4" of snow from yesterday is mostly gone due to above-freezing rain in the afternoon. That's fine, means I don't have to deal with it, today at least. Supposed to get 1-3" tomorrow which won't be going away until Thursday. Really early in the season for this.

Latest story, Barstow - Mom, went live this morning. Tied a ribbon around the story after next last night with a surprise revelation that shocked the crew.

After glancing out the patio door, C just commented about the contrails criss-crossing the sky. "Look! All those people overstaying their welcomes are finally on their way home!"

 

[ColtonWrites]

Been there, done that, it was not an interesting experience. Outside temperature was -40 with a -85 windchill and the sauna was filled with guys who just spent the day working on B-52 bombers in that cold desperately trying to get their core body temperature back up. I was actually shivering in the sauna.

Id ask if thats F or C but at -40 it doesnt actually matter!
We are at +40F here today thankfully.

 

[NotWise]

I'll get the Christmas tree out of the back room. Where'd the box or ornaments get off to?

I've found an easy way to stop my writing in its tracks. Some years ago a friend in the coffee shop read one of my already-published stories and commented re the sex scenes, "You tell us a lot about what happened, but I'd like to know more about how it felt."

It was too late to change the story, so I didn't follow up to ask "felt physically or emotionally?" and she made herself rare soon after that. I eventually decided that I couldn't distinguish between the physical and emotional feeling.

Now, when writing a sex scene, I often stop and ask myself, "but how, did it feel?" That can stop me in my tracks (as it has for now), but I think that answering the question ultimately improves the scene.

 

[LillianDevereux]

My writing speed is limited by the speed of my thoughts rather than my hands, so it works well for me. Typing things on a computer is of course more efficient but its less "real". After a good writing session i can hold the pages in my hand and say "this is how much I did today."

Your message hits home. I am on the same page as you. No pun intended. True regrets: “My once sterling handwriting over the years has gone south. For me the road downwards started with the computer and trying to make a living in the corporate world. My hand written notes done in haste are now ilegible too many. My teacher in Germany would turn over in his grave.”

 

[Actingup]

Have you read @Actingup story Letting the Sunshine In The sauna scenes are no more than titillating, so not completely out of the scope of your group. The story is truly wonderful (won a prize this summer) and is my strong association with nude saunas.

Thanks for the shout out! @ColtonWrites, my sauna experiences are from Germany (mixed hotel sauna, very similar to the description in the story) and Japan (single sex and mixed onsens). In both countries, it was visually memorable but not sexually stimulating when with the group if that makes sense, in the same way that you don’t expect sex at a nude beach. What’s stimulating IMHO are the feelings of openness and trust that might grow in a relationship if you’re having new experiences like that together and challenging your own inhibitions. So the story that was mentioned has a fair bit of sex, but happening in the privacy of hotel rooms and between characters sharing their journey.

 

[ColtonWrites]

Thanks for the shout out! @ColtonWrites, my sauna experiences are from Germany (mixed hotel sauna, very similar to the description in the story) and Japan (single sex and mixed onsens). In both countries, it was visually memorable but not sexually stimulating when with the group if that makes sense, in the same way that you don’t expect sex at a nude beach. What’s stimulating IMHO are the feelings of openness and trust that might grow in a relationship if you’re having new experiences like that together and challenging your own inhibitions. So the story that was mentioned has a fair bit of sex, but happening in the privacy of hotel rooms and between characters sharing their journey.

It sounds like a really good read.

 

[TheRedLantern]

I dreamt that I was listening to this red hot heavy metal album last night (I don't listen to that genre much, but I like it in doses) that a DJ was playing. I asked who it was and he picked the vinyl record off the turntable and showed it to me. The band's name, written in an orange and black demonic heavy metal font, was "Voyeurkenneth".

Tagging @Voyeurkenneth in case he wants to tell that other Lit authors are dreaming about him. Also if you're secretly the frontman for a metal band, sorry for blowing your cover.

 

[NuclearFairy]

I'm changing nasal spray brands and seeing if that helps.

 

[Lumiere_Amie]

The Naughty Gremlins have been busy during this long holiday weekend here in the States. I have nine new Favorites on my stories, and two new followers. I guess they’d rather read erotica than spend time with their relatives.
Did anyone else notice a bump in reader engagement?

 

[Voyeurkenneth]

I dreamt that I was listening to this red hot heavy metal album last night (I don't listen to that genre much, but I like it in doses) that a DJ was playing. I asked who it was and he picked the vinyl record off the turntable and showed it to me. The band's name, written in an orange and black demonic heavy metal font, was "Voyeurkenneth".

Tagging @Voyeurkenneth in case he wants to tell that other Lit authors are dreaming about him. Also if you're secretly the frontman for a metal band, sorry for blowing your cover.

How funny! Metal couldn't be any further from my music interests.

I'm gonna remember this. Feels like the type of thing that'll resurface as deja vu at some point in my life.

 

[MiaBabe23]

The Naughty Gremlins have been busy during this long holiday weekend here in the States. I have nine new Favorites on my stories, and two new followers. I guess they’d rather read erotica than spend time with their relatives.
Did anyone else notice a bump in reader engagement?

I didn’t, and I certainly hope any authors I’ve favorited and do favorite aren’t this judgy lmao

 

[sirhugs]

I'll get the Christmas tree out of the back room. Where'd the box or ornaments get off to?

I've found an easy way to stop my writing in its tracks. Some years ago a friend in the coffee shop read one of my already-published stories and commented re the sex scenes, "You tell us a lot about what happened, but I'd like to know more about how it felt."

It was too late to change the story, so I didn't follow up to ask "felt physically or emotionally?" and she made herself rare soon after that. I eventually decided that I couldn't distinguish between the physical and emotional feeling.

Now, when writing a sex scene, I often stop and ask myself, "but how, did it feel?" That can stop me in my tracks (as it has for now), but I think that answering the question ultimately improves the scene.

but how will that get me restarted on my non-existent sex scene that's stalling me? I can "do feelings", but I need sex to wrap them around, and I'm just lost...

 

[YmaOHyd]

but how will that get me restarted on my non-existent sex scene that's stalling me? I can "do feelings", but I need sex to wrap them around, and I'm just lost...

Because you can't figure out how to get into the sex, or because you can't figure out the mechanics?

 

[TheLobster]

The band's name, written in an orange and black demonic heavy metal font, was "Voyeurkenneth".

Are you sure it wasn’t actually “Vöyëürkënnëth”?

 

[NotWise]

but how will that get me restarted on my non-existent sex scene that's stalling me? I can "do feelings", but I need sex to wrap them around, and I'm just lost...

Is it the sex that's the problem, or the buildup to sex?

I've written sex scenes that mostly skipped the tab A and slot B stuff and were entirely about how it felt. Some times and for some readers that's the best way.

 

[YmaOHyd]

Is it the sex that's the problem, or the buildup to sex?

I've written sex scenes that mostly skipped the tab A and slot B stuff and were entirely about how it felt. Some times and for some readers that's the best way.

And the other side of the coin -- my writing schedule for tonight is to do a scene that skips all the buildup and goes straight to tabs-n-slots, because the aftermath matters and the buildup does not.

 

[NotWise]

And the other side of the coin -- my writing schedule for tonight is to do a scene that skips all the buildup and goes straight to tabs-n-slots, because the aftermath matters and the buildup does not.

He nods off, and she pinches his side and twists to wake him up?

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Then has asks if breakfast is ready yet.

 

[sirhugs]

Is it the sex that's the problem, or the buildup to sex?

I've written sex scenes that mostly skipped the tab A and slot B stuff and were entirely about how it felt. Some times and for some readers that's the best way.

It's not knowing what sort of sex they are about to have...

 

[ColtonWrites]

On my way to a sauna day with a sober queer men's group. (Explicitly stated as a non-crusing space - hopefully people stick to that. Yes I know this is a Literotica forum and it might spark some story ideas for me but IRL I'm not looking right now.)
I've never done a nude sauna before. Ought to be an interesting experience. I don't get to do a lot of things for men and I could use more male friends. Could use more friends period, actually.

Had an amazing time. The nudity part was unexpectedly comfortable and relaxing. It helped that most of the attendees were also trans, so bodies of all combinations of sex characteristics.
And my bad knee hasnt felt this good in ages.
Only down side was the trip. In typical Boston fashion, it took me a little over an hour to get there, and almost 2 hours to get home.

 

[Rustyoznail]

First day of summer in Oz. Time to get those skis ready...

 

[NotWise]

First day of summer in Oz. Time to get those skis ready...

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That's more snow than we've had.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Yeah, but that picture was in January.

 

[NotWise]

Broncos win! Broncos win! (again)

It's going to take a while for my heart rate to settle down. I've never seen anything like this.