Where would I submit this story?

[BurningMonkey]

I'm writing a story about a final love-making session between a young husband and his wife shortly before her death from breast cancer. They both know it's likely to be the last time.

Under what category would I submit this? Erotic Couplings? Romance? Or someplace else?

 

[SecondCircle]

I'm writing a story about a final love-making session between a young husband and his wife shortly before her death from breast cancer. They both know it's likely to be the last time.

Under what category would I submit this? Erotic Couplings? Romance? Or someplace else?

If it pulls at the heart strings, I would say Romance. It seems like that would fit well, just from the bit you've given about the story.

 

[Hypoxia]

If it pulls at the heart strings, I would say Romance. It seems like that would fit well, just from the bit you've given about the story.

Agreed. Pull the stoppers from the bottles of Purple Pathos, Maudlin Memoir, and Stately Sex. Pour them in. Mix carefully but thoroughly. String those hearts. Jerk those tears. Tragedy sells.

 

[sr71plt]

Sounds like Romance to me too.

 

[lovecraft68]

Romance seems obvious. Sounds like a real tearjerker.

Usually non hea stories get a lower scores, but if this one is done right I think it will really get a good score for the emotional factor.

 

[Handley_Page]

I'm writing a story about a final love-making session between a young husband and his wife shortly before her death from breast cancer. They both know it's likely to be the last time.

Under what category would I submit this? Erotic Couplings? Romance? Or someplace else?

I agree with "Romance".
But I'm having a problem with the idea of love with someone dying of cancer.
You're going to need medical accuracy, I think, because when my late wife was in the latter phases, sex was the last thing on her mind; or mine. I wasn't over-bothered or over-sexed at the time, either..

Good Luck

 

[BurningMonkey]

I agree with "Romance".
But I'm having a problem with the idea of love with someone dying of cancer.
You're going to need medical accuracy, I think, because when my late wife was in the latter phases, sex was the last thing on her mind; or mine. I wasn't over-bothered or over-sexed at the time, either..

Good Luck

I understand perfectly.
This happens to be a fictionalized version of a true incident during the end stages of my first wife's cancer, so I know just what you're saying. I'll try to be sensitive to the issues while staying true to life.

And thank you all for your feedback. I will submit it under Romance when it's ready.

 

[PayDay]

Romance? WTF?

I'd say Loving Wives on the basis that that category is made just for a story like this.

 

[sr71plt]

Who knows for sure what the Loving Wives category was made for? What we do know for sure, though, is that it isn't now used in that way.

 

[BurningMonkey]

I got the impression that Loving Wives leaned more towards non-con, cheating, and cuckolding.
Was I wrong in that thought?

 

[PayDay]

Who knows for sure what the Loving Wives category was made for? What we do know for sure, though, is that it isn't now used in that way.

Um.. It's called Loving Wives...

That's like saying 'Who knows what the Non-Human category was made for."

 

[sr71plt]

Was I wrong in that thought?

Probably only in taking Payday seriously. That's not the role Payday plays on the forum.

 

[BurningMonkey]

Ah! I understand.

Every forum's got one.

 

[PayDay]

Probably only in taking Payday seriously. That's not the role Payday plays on the forum.

WTF? I play no roles, and I don't label you. Your personal attack has no application here.

The guy is writing a story about a wife he loves. This story could go anywhere, but putting it Loving Wives is a bullseye.

It's an erotic coupling, it's romantic, and it involves his wife.

The majority of trolls in Loving Wives hate the cuckold stories or whatever. The sad ending to a happy marriage is not romance only.

If he writes well, he'll probably score mid 4.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Um.. It's called Loving Wives...

That's like saying 'Who knows what the Non-Human category was made for."

Try reading the description that follows the title.

 

[PayDay]

Try reading the description that follows the title.

...

'& More'

questions?

 

[Handley_Page]

I got the impression that Loving Wives leaned more towards non-con, cheating, and cuckolding.
Was I wrong in that thought?

Not necessarily. The LW is a bit of a catch-all box. Some of the stories are very acid in their descriptions of a "Loving Wife", whilst others are a revenge story, and then there's the almost-but-not-quite Romantic types.
But be warned, there are those reading the LW who just hate some of the stuff there and do not play the game right.

Come to think of it, a dying wife wanting to love her man for the last time might be just the right LW entry, as it would demonstrate a real love.

Do try not to make it too maudlin, though.

 

[sr71plt]

WTF? I play no roles, and I don't label you. Your personal attack has no application here.

The guy is writing a story about a wife he loves. This story could go anywhere, but putting it Loving Wives is a bullseye.

It's an erotic coupling, it's romantic, and it involves his wife.

The majority of trolls in Loving Wives hate the cuckold stories or whatever. The sad ending to a happy marriage is not romance only.

If he writes well, he'll probably score mid 4.

Ah, but you do play roles. You frequently post cutesy comments on threads that mislead. In this case, you don't seem to have a handle on the types of stories that go into Loving Wives and how they are batted around.

 

[lovecraft68]

I got the impression that Loving Wives leaned more towards non-con, cheating, and cuckolding.
Was I wrong in that thought?

Yeah Loving wives is a misnomer.

But I noticed comments where people are bitching "another cuck story" and "look at the category" so I don't know if there used to be stories of actual loving couples and it eventually dissolved into what it is now.

BUt your story would probably take a beating there, almost everything does.

They're pretty feral over there.

 

[Tx Tall Tales]

Tlw

Among the Loving Wives crowd, a story of romantic love between a husband and wife, without involving others, is typically referred to as a TLW - Truly loving wife - story, and there are plenty of them there. They often do quite nicely. A few of them are in the top-list Hall-of-Fame.

TLW stories also include spouses who reject efforts to seduce, staying true to their married partner. These do well also.

Romance as a category works just as well, and less likely to be trolled for whatever reason. No reason the romance can't be between husband and wife, although typically the romance stories here are more pursuit driven

 

[sr71plt]

Romance as a category works just as well, and less likely to be trolled for whatever reason. No reason the romance can't be between husband and wife, although typically the romance stories here are more pursuit driven

Hence the reason I suggested Romance for this one.

 

[BurningMonkey]

Hmmm...

So since the consensus--such as it is--seems to be that it can go in either Loving Wives (as a TLW story) or Romance, is it possible to post the same story in both categories? Or is that not allowed?

I write a lot of stuff that sorta falls into an either/or range, and the categories as presently defined don't always fit nicely, e.g., the story currently under discussion.

I hate having to make a hard and fast "this or that" choice, but maybe it's necessary to prevent the site from collapsing into utter chaos and anarchy.

 

[lovecraft68]

Among the Loving Wives crowd, a story of romantic love between a husband and wife, without involving others, is typically referred to as a TLW - Truly loving wife - story, and there are plenty of them there. They often do quite nicely. A few of them are in the top-list Hall-of-Fame.

TLW stories also include spouses who reject efforts to seduce, staying true to their married partner. These do well also.

Romance as a category works just as well, and less likely to be trolled for whatever reason. No reason the romance can't be between husband and wife, although typically the romance stories here are more pursuit driven

Just out of curiosity, how old are those stories?

As I mentioned before LW seems to have seriously been overrun by cucks and cuck trolls.

 

[sr71plt]

So since the consensus--such as it is--seems to be that it can go in either Loving Wives (as a TLW story) or Romance, is it possible to post the same story in both categories? Or is that not allowed?

No, that's not allowed. I'm sure you could get around the rule, but, no, it's not permitted.

 

[BurningMonkey]

Damn.

Oh, well, since I don't relish the thought of being whipped from pillar to post and back, perhaps it would be best submitted in Romance.

Thanks for all the advice, guys. As a newbie, I appreciate it.