The Official Author's Hangout 2015 April Fool's Day Contest Support Thread

[Kveldulf]

All of mine did, but keep in mind what the rules are.



My mother/son story was about a wrong hypnosis.

The Bondage Wife was about a woman who thought she was going to see a therapist, but it was actually something else.

The words "April Fool's" don't need to be there. And there doesn't need to be a twist. The themes of the contest are broad.

I agree. I read the rules to be sufficiently broad that the stories do not have to overtly reference April Fools' Day as long as they fit into one or more of the stated themes, which themselves are broadly drawn.

I wrote two stories but only entered one. The one I entered uses April Fools' Day as its setting, but it involves playful (and perhaps inept) deception on the part of the main characters, not an embarrassing trick played on a character by another. Embarrassing tricks are referenced, and the threat of them exists for most of the story, but they end up being peripheral to the main action.

The one I did not enter was much more mean-spirited and involved a trick that likely would have required the story be entered as a non-consent story. It did not overtly reference April Fools' Day, but it fit the 'trick' theme. I ended up not liking the story at all, so I did not enter it. Had I entered it, however, I believe it would have fallen under the rules even without mentioning April Fools' Day.

 

[Kethandra]

I reread the rules before submitting my second story. Even though it involved surprise and trickery I did expect contest readers to not appreciate the absence of a direct April Fool's reference (readers have no particular need to read the rules and resonably so).
I also did play a trick on the spank-readers by ending the story at a moment a character realizes the surprise, but which also ended it when the sex seemed to be about to get much heavier, leaving the rest to the imagination. As others have commented, some folks really like their daily PB&J and even a change from grape jelly to strawberry jam seems to ruin their appetite.
I'm still reading entries, and knowing the likelihood of a trick being built toward seems to be damping the shock. Kind of like reading Lovecraft (HP, not 68) stories back to back - his tales of amorphous amphiboid godlings and inbred New Englanders told by inquisitive visitors have more impact separately for me.

I agree. I read the rules to be sufficiently broad that the stories do not have to overtly reference April Fools' Day as long as they fit into one or more of the stated themes, which themselves are broadly drawn.

I wrote two stories but only entered one. The one I entered uses April Fools' Day as its setting, but it involves playful (and perhaps inept) deception on the part of the main characters, not an embarrassing trick played on a character by another. Embarrassing tricks are referenced, and the threat of them exists for most of the story, but they end up being peripheral to the main action.

The one I did not enter was much more mean-spirited and involved a trick that likely would have required the story be entered as a non-consent story. It did not overtly reference April Fools' Day, but it fit the 'trick' theme. I ended up not liking the story at all, so I did not enter it. Had I entered it, however, I believe it would have fallen under the rules even without mentioning April Fools' Day.

 

[AMoveableBeast]

I reread the rules before submitting my second story. Even though it involved surprise and trickery I did expect contest readers to not appreciate the absence of a direct April Fool's reference (readers have no particular need to read the rules and resonably so).
I also did play a trick on the spank-readers by ending the story at a moment a character realizes the surprise, but which also ended it when the sex seemed to be about to get much heavier, leaving the rest to the imagination. As others have commented, some folks really like their daily PB&J and even a change from grape jelly to strawberry jam seems to ruin their appetite.
I'm still reading entries, and knowing the likelihood of a trick being built toward seems to be damping the shock. Kind of like reading Lovecraft (HP, not 68) stories back to back - his tales of amorphous amphiboid godlings and inbred New Englanders told by inquisitive visitors have more impact separately for me.

Yes, I admit that I am very fond of the contest as an idea. I like twisty stories. Still, reading too many in a row is like jerking off to a M. Night Shyamalan marathon.

 

[lovecraft68]

Yeah, well, the "shame" thing kind of falls under the category of "ha ha only serious" for me. I don't really judge people with NC kinks, since obviously I am one... but it's like indulging in any kind of vice, it's a very bad sign if you're ever under the illusion that it's actually good for you.

Well put, fantasy is fantasy, but you still need to toss out the occasional "don't do this at home stuff"

 

[geronimo_appleby]

April's Fool has nothing to do with the day or date, but April's fool plays a nasty trick on her all the same.

 

[AZMotherLover]

All of mine did, but keep in mind what the rules are.

My mother/son story was about a wrong hypnosis.

The Bondage Wife was about a woman who thought she was going to see a therapist, but it was actually something else.

The words "April Fool's" don't need to be there. And there doesn't need to be a twist. The themes of the contest are broad.

Thanks for enlightening me. I was taking the theme too literally, I guess.

I did like your mom/son story, and I see what you mean about the wrong hypnosis.

 

[HuckPilgrim]

Still, reading too many in a row is like jerking off to a M. Night Shyamalan marathon.

I'll try pretty much anything once.

 

[lovecraft68]

I'll try pretty much anything once.

If you can watch Lady of the Lake and The Village back to back you are a true masochist.

 

[Kethandra]

If you can watch Lady of the Lake and The Village back to back you are a true masochist.

We tried it back to back, but it hurt my neck too much. I guess I'm not a masochist.

 

[HuckPilgrim]

Well, I never got my April Fools story done in time for the deadline. It's still not done. What's next, Summer Love? If I can get it done by the next deadline, maybe it'll be a good summer story with a tricky ending.

In more positive news, I did manage to land a new job, so it's not like I'm just wasting my time. Good luck to all of you who did manage to enter. Huck is rooting for you!

 

[lovecraft68]

We tried it back to back, but it hurt my neck too much. I guess I'm not a masochist.

I see what you did there

 

[lovecraft68]

Well, I never got my April Fools story done in time for the deadline. It's still not done. What's next, Summer Love? If I can get it done by the next deadline, maybe it'll be a good summer story with a tricky ending.

In more positive news, I did manage to land a new job, so it's not like I'm just wasting my time. Good luck to all of you who did manage to enter. Huck is rooting for you!

Nude day is next.

Congrats on the job

 

[oggbashan]

Nude day is next.

Congrats on the job

Congatulations from me too.

The next 2015 contests are (from Wlecome Authors! Please Read.):

National Nude Day (July 14)
themes: public nudity, exhibitionism, etc.
starts: June 20
closes: July 11
winners announced: July 18

Summer Lovin'
themes: warm weather, summer activities, bikinis, etc.
starts: August 21
closes: September 6
winners announced: September 13

Halloween
themes: scary stuff, costumes, Halloween traditions (trick-or-treating, etc.), etc.
starts: October 1
closes: October 22
winners announced: October 29

Winter Holidays
themes: winter holiday traditions (dreidels, gift giving, etc.), cold weather (snow), holiday mythology (Santa, elves), etc.
starts: November 10
closes: December 7
winners announced: December 14

 

[sr71plt]

So, three months before the next Lit. contest.

 

[CyranoJ]

Signs that I'm a lot squarer than I like to think: I never heard of "National Nude Day" until I saw it on the LitE contest calendar. I guess it's an easier theme for erotic fiction than Bastille Day, though.

 

[AMoveableBeast]

Signs that I'm a lot squarer than I like to think: I never heard of "National Nude Day" until I saw it on the LitE contest calendar. I guess it's an easier theme for erotic fiction than Bastille Day, though.

I'm going to try my absolute hardest to let that bunny pass me by. Oh, man, that's a fluffy one. Just look at it hop seductively. Be strong, AMB. Be strong.

 

[sr71plt]

Signs that I'm a lot squarer than I like to think: I never heard of "National Nude Day" until I saw it on the LitE contest calendar. I guess it's an easier theme for erotic fiction than Bastille Day, though.

Yes, but I've always found it difficult to find something fresh to write about. I think nudity falls short of sensuality.

 

[oggbashan]

Signs that I'm a lot squarer than I like to think: I never heard of "National Nude Day" until I saw it on the LitE contest calendar. I guess it's an easier theme for erotic fiction than Bastille Day, though.

I covered both National Nude Day and Bastille Day in the same story:

http://www.literotica.com/s/bastille-day

 

[CyranoJ]

I'm going to try my absolute hardest to let that bunny pass me by. Oh, man, that's a fluffy one. Just look at it hop seductively. Be strong, AMB. Be strong.

Don't be afraid of what you feel. Embrace it.

I think nudity falls short of sensuality.

Well, it wouldn't suffice on its own. I think I have some ideas, though... truth to tell, coming up with non-cliche "summer love" ideas would probably be the taller order for me. (EDIT: And just a moment after typing that... I realize it's totally not true.)

I covered both National Nude Day and Bastille Day in the same story

Huzzah! Amusing little vignette, too.

 

[Hypoxia]

I covered both National Nude Day and Bastille Day in the same story:

http://www.literotica.com/s/bastille-day

I made a point of that in an award-losing entry to the last NND contest, A Fall of Stardust: * July 14: Bastille Day in France. Republic Day in Iraq. National Nude Day in America. And the day after the comet: Stardust Day, all over the world. Too bad more nations don't celebrate that day.

What saint rules then? [/me shuffles through Old Farmer's Almanack] Hmm, nobody I recognize. Who was St Camillus de Lellis?? He didn't pop up in my Quaker-Methodist background. Maybe I should throw a few nude saints into the next story. Wha others are available? St Francis Solanus; St Idus of Leinster; St Kateri Tekakwitha (USA); St Samson Occom (USA); St John Keble (UK); St Libert of Saint-Trond; St Ulrich of Zell. Exhibitionists all, no doubt. Maybe add some Bastille insurrectionists too. It'll be a merry mix.

 

[CyranoJ]

"Comet K-Y" is a nice touch.

Maybe I should throw a few nude saints into the next story. Wha others are available? St Francis Solanus; St Idus of Leinster; St Kateri Tekakwitha (USA); St Samson Occom (USA); St John Keble (UK); St Libert of Saint-Trond; St Ulrich of Zell. Exhibitionists all, no doubt. Maybe add some Bastille insurrectionists too. It'll be a merry mix.

I like where this is going!

 

[Kethandra]

"Why, St. Francis, that's quite an insurrection you've got there."
"Thank you. Quaker-Methodist nudists always make it pop up."
Some stories just seem to write themselves.

What saint rules then? [/me shuffles through Old Farmer's Almanack] Hmm, nobody I recognize. Who was St Camillus de Lellis?? He didn't pop up in my Quaker-Methodist background. Maybe I should throw a few nude saints into the next story. Wha others are available? St Francis Solanus; St Idus of Leinster; St Kateri Tekakwitha (USA); St Samson Occom (USA); St John Keble (UK); St Libert of Saint-Trond; St Ulrich of Zell. Exhibitionists all, no doubt. Maybe add some Bastille insurrectionists too. It'll be a merry mix.

 

[Hypoxia]

"Why, St. Francis, that's quite an insurrection you've got there."
"Thank you. Quaker-Methodist nudists always make it pop up."
Some stories just seem to write themselves.

In my troubled youth I read of actual churches, The Church Of The Naked Jesus Christ, as well as The Church Of Daniel Christ. Not just iNet phenomena, like The Church Of The Barfing-Yak or The Church Of The Otters. I foresee many new Xian sects embracing nudity, LGBT marriage, and various procreational fetishes. We can mint a bunch of saints as needed, too. Naked saints. Horny saints. Fuck-Their-Way-Into-Heaven saints. And don't forget The Church Of Regained Virginity, open 24/7 for every emergency.

 

[CyranoJ]

Fuck-Their-Way-Into-Heaven saints.

St. Rasputin?

 

[Kethandra]

Hippy sex cults, o my!

In my innocent youth, as a school Safety Patrol member, 9 or ten years old, we got a bus trip to Washington DC as our reward (early 70s). Before we were herded back onto the bus by concerned chaperones, I was handed a tract from the Children of God, a cultish group that encouraged their young hippy girl members to practice "flirty fishing" to attract new recruits, the result of any pregnancy that occurred from the prosyletizing came to be called "Jesus babies."
The tract featured a drawing of a serious looking, buxom woman in a serious looking bra. Inside was the same woman, bare chested and deliriously happy in front of lush hills that looked like more boobies. The rest was a long, lusty poem with religious gobllygook woven in. I wish my mother hadn't found and confiscated it.
The group still exists I think under another name, but was rather notorious at the time. And deservedly so, handing out sex-laced tracts to kids. At the time I thought it was pretty dang cool.

In my troubled youth I read of actual churches, The Church Of The Naked Jesus Christ, as well as The Church Of Daniel Christ. Not just iNet phenomena, like The Church Of The Barfing-Yak or The Church Of The Otters. I foresee many new Xian sects embracing nudity, LGBT marriage, and various procreational fetishes. We can mint a bunch of saints as needed, too. Naked saints. Horny saints. Fuck-Their-Way-Into-Heaven saints. And don't forget The Church Of Regained Virginity, open 24/7 for every emergency.