Literotica Writers Conference?

[voluptuary_manque]

Name tags with our lit handles is an excellent idea (or none at all, I suppose).

Some of us just wore our avatars as name tags. And no, the school teacher wasn't actually outed but was afraid she might be so she pulled all her stories off. Pity, they were good.

I used to be a school teacher but managed to keep my dual identities apart until I retired. Not that I parade around with a sign "I get off writing dirty ditties for Lit" or anything but the pressure is less.

 

[lovecraft68]

I'd really like to teach some sort of writing workshop or a few panels, but I'm not up for traveling. Taking into account the anonymity issue, perhaps an online event might be a solution?

We could all where masks like they used to at the old fashioned balls.

I could just imagine skyping with a bunch of litsters, we wouldn't have to worry about faces, because those wouldn't be the parts that would be getting flashed.

 

[Emily124]

I'd really like to teach some sort of writing workshop or a few panels, but I'm not up for traveling. Taking into account the anonymity issue, perhaps an online event might be a solution?

An online writers conference sounds like a great idea!

 

[lovecraft68]

Some of us just wore our avatars as name tags. And no, the school teacher wasn't actually outed but was afraid she might be so she pulled all her stories off. Pity, they were good.

I used to be a school teacher but managed to keep my dual identities apart until I retired. Not that I parade around with a sign "I get off writing dirty ditties for Lit" or anything but the pressure is less.

Ah, so like most myths there was some truth to the story.

Seeing I have Lovecraft tattooed across my shoulders I could go shirtless and just use that I suppose. But then of course it would be awkward with all the ladies hitting on me

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Actually not sure if this is a "lit urban legend" but wasn't there an author here who was a school teacher and she got outed for writing here?

I don't know whether that is or is not true, but anyone worried about such a thing need not attend. I have revealed my identity to several other authors here withoit incident. I'm not saying that I would make it public knowledge, but there are cool people here whom I have grown to trust.

 

[oggbashan]

One known problem of Litogethers is photography. Even photos labelled just with Lit names can be questionable.

Sharing photos between the participants can be agreed. Posting them on Literotica could make life difficult for those in certain jobs e.g. teaching, government etc.

Even private sector employers can object to their staff being associated with 'dirty stories'.

At the UK litogethers I attended, I was easy to identify. I wore my 'cake on head'.

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[ScouriesWorld]

Welcome miss Emily!

In fact my organization has been holding writing seminars for some ten years now. We had them in Europe (London and Paris) in the past but now hold them in Miami in conjunction with the 1000+ Vote Club and 100+ Comment Club meetings. We do offer special rates for AHers. FYI the following is the advertisement we used for the 2008 Winter Seminar. The seminar (and all subsequent ones have always sold out).

If you're interested in the 2012 Summer Seminar please send me a PM or email me.

post made in late 2007:

SPECIAL OFFER FOR LITEROTICA AHLand MEMBERS ONLY​

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Scouries Winter Erotic Writing Seminar

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ScouriesEnterprises, in conjunction with JRS Inc., and ScouriesFilms, is pleased to offer special discounts to Literotica authors who wish to participate in this winter’s special Souries Winter Beach Erotic Writing Seminars.

Hosted and led by best selling author and award winning sexologist james r scouries this ten day seminar, in its sixth year, is aimed at amateur writers who wish to improve their craft (as well as their sex lives). A seminar designed to augment their knowledge of sex as well as their ability to write about it.

Rubbing shoulders with giants in the field, even mere AHers will soon find the words flowing effortlessly from their newly inspired brains.

Details of this year’s Miami Beach seminar are as follows:

[size=+2]MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, U S A [/size]
Thursday, Feb 12th- Sunday Feb 22nd 2008​

ACCOMADATION:Ritz Carlton
1 Lincoln Road
South Beach
Miami, Florida

PRICE:$11,982 US*
*Airfare not included; ten nights of deluxe accommodation, double occupancy; full American breakfasts every day, all lunches and five dinners; all airport/hotel transfers; a welcome gift of ScouriesEnterprises latest sex toys; a deluxe leather bound volume of james r scouries greatest stories from JRS Inc.; six DVD’s from ScouriesFilms that include behind the scenes interviews with the famous author; three special day trips to places of especial interest to erotic writers; plus much much more…
All participants will also be awarded lifetime memberships in the ‘james r scouries’ official fan club and receive the monthly newsletter of ‘scouries’ news.
The price quoted for Literoticans ($11,982) has been discounted 15% for you as both a tribute to you my Literotica friends as well as in the hope it may raise the overall writing standards of Lit contributors in the future. It should be noted that 73% of Literotica prize winners over the past two years have attended at least one Scouries seminar (and often two or three) before they won their first contest.

SCHEDULE:
Each day we will start promptly at 7:30 a.m. with a run followed by calisthenics on the pearly white sands of Miami Beach. This will be followed at 8:15 a.m. by breakfast on the open air deck by the pool and overlooking the ocean (clothing optional) which will be served after a reading by the famed author from one of his award winning stories.

Morning Seminars: 8:45-11:45 a.m. daily

The morning seminars will mainly focus on the technical aspects of writing. Would be authors will be introduced to the full gamut of modern writing techniques by an international panel composed of widely respected authors, publishers, editors and critics under the leadership of james scouries himself. Many of LITEROTICA’s 1000+ VOTE CLUB will be giving talks. Topics will include:

- Character development
- Plot construction
- Modern dialogue
- To Grammar or not
- Defining your style
- Editing techniques

Afternoon Sessions: 1-4 p.m. daily

The afternoon sessions will feature talks and demonstrations by j r scouries and his special helpers (yes, including yours truly Gabby L) on among other subjects:

- The ‘Kama Scouries’ – an introduction to advanced sexual positions
- Improving your sexual vocabulary
- Oral sex explained
- Latin Lovers?
- Penis Envy or How big should you make the black mans penis?
- The art of arousing your reader

- Promoting your work
- Getting the VOTE out
-Who is ANONYMOUS and why he doesn’t like your story
-Taking a troll on the boardwalk

Evening Sorties: 11:00 p.m. til ….. special excursions to among other places:

- Calle Ocho and the Cuban Quarter
- A chance to be an extra in the latest ScouriesFilms production
- the hottest clubs in the ART District
- Washington Avenue meltdowns
- Miami Ink
- A party at the ScouriesWorld mansion

Special Excursions:

Day 3: Get Eaten by an Alligator Day: A day trip that will include a visit deep into the Everglades to visit an ancient Seminole fertility site where our students will get to participate in an authentic sex ritual that has been practiced for thousands of years by our aboriginal brothers.

From there our lucky authors will be airboated to Alligator World where we will watch brave women (including one of Lit’s most famous Indian AHers) wrestle naked with huge Florida alligators.

Day 6: After an afternoon on Haulover Beach, one of America’s foremost nude beaches, seminar participants will be whisked away for an evening visit to CLUB Miami Velvet, South Florida’s most renowned swingers club.

Day 9: Gambling Day: We will start at Gulfstream Park where our students will be able to watch and wager on some of the greatest thoroughbreds in America before traveling by deluxe motorcoach to the historic Hollywood Dog Track where we will be served dinner in the famed Samba Room overlooking the track. From there we’ll travel up the A1A to Dania Beach and the fontons of Dania Jai Lai. Finally we’ll end the evening at the Seminole Casino in Hollywood where we’ll be treated to their famed CABARET.

Optional Tour: (of especial interest to our gay participants) Sunset over Key West followed by a bar crawl down Duval Street.

[size=+2]SPECIAL EXTRA FOR AHers ONLY!![/SIZE]​

On Friday, February 22, seminar participants will be invited to a special cocktail party that is being held in conjunction with the 1000+ VOTE CLUB annual meetings and dinner. Here students will be able to rub shoulders and mingle in a congenial atmosphere with the giants of LITEROTIC writing history. Although no final confirmations have been received this club boasts an all star line up that includes the likes of sarahhh, KillerMuffin, youbadboy, rgjohn, HotLisaG, nikki_2021, Wm_Sexspear and of course our host, james r scouries.

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Here are some comments from previous years particpants:

“I got oiled in Sloppy Joes,” a slick Texan said proudly, a current Literotican who actually was a winner in the 2007 Halloween Contest just six months after he took the last years ScouriesWorld course (although it must be admitted there were some shenanigans involved in his victory!).

“I loved it when the class tied me up,” wrote Subsarahh, an author whose presence at last years course quickly translated into membership in the 1000+ VOTE CLUB.

“I had trouble writing dirty words, you know, like fuck or penis, before I took the course,” a writer from Michigan admitted. “After just five minutes in Mr. Scouries presence I was not only able to write them, it was quite easy to call him a prick and tell him to go fuck off.”

“He’s a genius,” gushed fallingtofly, “I attend all his courses.”

“It was wonderful for we writers from across the big waters,” sometime Englishwoman called Just_Legal said. “I got a tan (well I really just turned bright red- we English don’t really tan that well), got laid and learned to write in color. What more could anyone ask for.”

ACT NOW * AVAILABLE PLACES STRICTLY LIMITED * FIRST COME FIRST SERVED

Why not give this trip of a lifetime to someone you love????​

 

[lovecraft68]

In case the OP does not already know it, the above poster is an alt of Scouries, the biggest fraud literotica has ever seen.

 

[Emily124]

In case the OP does not already know it, the above poster is an alt of Scouries, the biggest fraud literotica has ever seen.

Thank you, Lovecraft.

 

[lovecraft68]

Thank you, Lovecraft.

I do what I can.

 

[TxRad]

In case the OP does not already know it, the above poster is an alt of Scouries, the biggest fraud literotica has ever seen.

A few years ago, he posted something like this. He included a picture of the hotel with a sign for his "Seminar" plastered to the side of the building. Any ten year old could have done a better job of photoshopping than he did.

Any newbies out there migh also be warned of his fake contests and fake list He talks like he has something to do with Lit but none of it is true.

Now, Back to our regularly scheduled program, already in progress.

 

[Emily124]

In case the OP does not already know it, the above poster is an alt of Scouries, the biggest fraud literotica has ever seen.

A few years ago, he posted something like this. He included a picture of the hotel with a sign for his "Seminar" plastered to the side of the building. Any ten year old could have done a better job of photoshopping than he did.

Any newbies out there migh also be warned of his fake contests and fake list He talks like he has something to do with Lit but none of it is true.

Now, Back to our regularly scheduled program, already in progress.

Even as a newbie, the $12,000 conference fee seemed... just a little exorbitant. Also suspicious was the 5 year old advertisement, and the typo I found on the poster's profile page. But, it was very sweet of Lovecraft to be so protective. I probably wouldn't have wired any of my monies though. Probably.

 

[lovecraft68]

Even as a newbie, the $12,000 conference fee seemed... just a little exorbitant. Also suspicious was the 5 year old advertisement, and the typo I found on the poster's profile page. But, it was very sweet of Lovecraft to be so protective. I probably wouldn't have wired any of my monies though. Probably.

I think Scouries was confused. The $12,000 was what he has to pay lit to publish his crap here.

Tell you what, for the price of a bottle of Jack Daniels you can come over my place and we can discuss writing.

 

[jomar]

...And no, the school teacher wasn't actually outed but was afraid she might be so she pulled all her stories off. ...

Good to hear, but they're still not back, which is too bad.

So...who's organizing the next Litogether?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Good to hear, but they're still not back, which is too bad.

So...who's organizing the next Litogether?

Therein lies the rub. The problem is that the location needs to be reasonably central and that means an axis running more or less down the Mississippi. It needs to be in a city most folk can reach in a single hop, to save money. That means relatively large cities. Chicago is obvious. We've discussed St. Louis with some enthusiasm and Memphis, Minneapolis and Nah'lins would also qualify. But who lives in those cities and has the time to do the legwork arranging the hotel, gathering the names, taking the deposits, etc.? Molly would like to but with her schedule--fuggedaboudit! TE999 would like to but he lives in Florida and I'm in (very expensive) SoCal. Know any likely volunteers?

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Therein lies the rub. The problem is that the location needs to be reasonably central and that means an axis running more or less down the Mississippi. It needs to be in a city most folk can reach in a single hop, to save money. That means relatively large cities. Chicago is obvious. We've discussed St. Louis with some enthusiasm and Memphis, Minneapolis and Nah'lins would also qualify. But who lives in those cities and has the time to do the legwork arranging the hotel, gathering the names, taking the deposits, etc.? Molly would like to but with her schedule--fuggedaboudit! TE999 would like to but he lives in Florida and I'm in (very expensive) SoCal. Know any likely volunteers?

A geographically centralized location is not necessarily centralized vis-a-vis population. Also, some destinations are serviced by more airline routes than others, thereby reducing travel costs. If anyone is serious about this, a poll.should be created with about 20-25 cities listed, and up to three responses allowed. That would show if there is sufficient interest to make further discussion worthwhile, and show where the interest truly lies.

 

[jomar]

Therein lies the rub. ...Know any likely volunteers?

Who says organizers need to live in the host city?

I volunteer you, you retired bear!

 

[Stella_Omega]

Literotica writers have one thing in common-- they write smut. Some of us write smut from the heart, some of write smut with politics, some of us write like shit 'cause we are writing with one hand.

Very few of us are skilled enough to head a panel-- or academic enough to appreciate one. Mostly, we just like sex.

 

[lovecraft68]

Literotica writers have one thing in common-- they write smut. Some of us write smut from the heart, some of write smut with politics, some of us write like shit 'cause we are writing with one hand.

Very few of us are skilled enough to head a panel-- or academic enough to appreciate one. Mostly, we just like sex.

All the more reason for a conference! And who says the panels need to be academic? We can discuss all things smut.

 

[PayDay]

I went to the last two Litogethers. Did some sight-seeing in Chicago. Ate and drank too much. Got hugged and my lap sat on but I must broadcast an aura of hyper-vasopressin so no one (well almost no one) hit on me. Probably just as well. I'm actually a lot shyer than I ever thought.

Your kidneys hold too much water, and you have high blood pressure? People avoid people for that?

I would like to host them...
But I have no money.
And no house.
And I can't buy booze.

Get a job?

We're like the Justice League. We keep our identities secret from the general public, but we can share them with each other.

That only applies if there was a secret base with opposing couches, and endless computers, monitors, and buttons on the walls.

An online writers conference sounds like a great idea!

Boo. Lame. Scouries's rape trip sounds better than an online seminar/conference.

PRICE:$11,982 US*
*Airfare not included; ten nights of deluxe accommodation, double occupancy;

I think the airfare should be included in your 'Kidnap and Rape' trip.

 

[sr71plt]

Akin to online workshops, Lit. (or Lit. folks with Lit. support/permission) could put out anthologies to the marketplace with the help of an experienced editor or two (and thus have a de facto writing workshop on the basis of their edits). Early in its history, Lit. published anthologies of Lit. author's stories. I don't know why it stopped--because the big wave in such e-book anthologies came after they stopped.

Anthologies could easily be put together from contest winners (and maybe go down further on the rating list)--or a panel of Lit. members could agree on a selection by an open discusison on a Lit. forum thread.

A decade ago I did an online, on-the-net workshop internationally members of a then--major mainstream writers' website wherein the chosen authors got a publishing credit and a professional edit and the Salvation Army got the profits (and still gets a bit every year). It resulted in a two-volume print anthology (done before e-booking became the craze). (And, yes, Lovecraft, since you know who I am, all you have to do is plug my name in at Amazon, and you'll see the anthology still for sale. )

 

[_Lynn_]

Literotica writers have one thing in common-- they write smut. Some of us write smut from the heart, some of write smut with politics, some of us write like shit 'cause we are writing with one hand.

Very few of us are skilled enough to head a panel-- or academic enough to appreciate one. Mostly, we just like sex.

Guess I better start writing smut.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

To bad because I could see myself trying to corrupt a certain student from Minnesota.
Seeing I have Lovecraft tattooed across my shoulders I could go shirtless and just use that I suppose. But then of course it would be awkward with all the ladies hitting on me

Love to see you try with wifey there...

I still think that you might be painting me too pretty in that head of yours

Get a job?

Uh, TRYING! If you haven't noticed, there is a little phenomenon going on here in the US called THE MOTHERFUCKING RECESSION.

I looked up this phenomenon in scholarly articles, and apparently it is just called 'the recession'. But popular slang has changed it to 'THE MOTHERFUCKING RECESSION'.

 

[PayDay]

Uh, TRYING! If you haven't noticed, there is a little phenomenon going on here in the US called THE MOTHERFUCKING RECESSION.

I looked up this phenomenon in scholarly articles, and apparently it is just called 'the recession'. But popular slang has changed it to 'THE MOTHERFUCKING RECESSION'.

I said "job"
not "career"
or "start your own small business"
or "play the stock market"
or anything like that.
Just a job, hell, get two, or three.

 

[sunandshadow]

Literotica writers have one thing in common-- they write smut. Some of us write smut from the heart, some of write smut with politics, some of us write like shit 'cause we are writing with one hand.

Very few of us are skilled enough to head a panel-- or academic enough to appreciate one. Mostly, we just like sex.

At the conventions I've been to, most of the panels were not very academic. Some were based on some relevant experience the panel leader(s) had, such as having published something. In the less ambitious educational panels the information conveyed could have fit on one side of a piece of paper, double-spaced; the rest of the time was given to discussion, because most of the people there wanted to talk anyway. But that said, I personally am an academic and would really love to find out who else on here has something academic to say about writing.