Startled...

[English Lady]

Well I just got an email from a friend of mine I haven't heard form in Years. He's a good Catholic boy and We know each other via the easter retreats I go on.

Anyhow he'd not replied to my texts, email or letters in a good long while, possibly as far back as two years. This email today was really a shock to the system....but even more of a shock BECAUSE


Somehow He'd got a link to my website (probably guessed it from my email addy) and well he'd been kinda shocked by how much of me he saw. I don't know more details that that but I was instantly mortified.

I'm sitting here and thinking it over now and it really isn't because he's seen me nekkid or knows about my sordid stories now, but that he had to find out in such a shocking way.


The question is...who knows about your smut? Are you upfront about it or do you keep it secret? If you do keep it secret what would you do if someone in your real life found out about it?

 

[Guest]

i so understand EL. for the first time in years, i had a long conversation with my 'richer than midas' cousin. he asked me what i do to keep myself busy now that mom has passed. i told him that for a long time i have been writing porn. i was a bit leery but what did i have to lose?!
i sent him a link to my 'humor' story and he got back to me within 1/2 an hour, telling me that he loved it.
every one in my family knows that i write smut. im not ashamed, though i used to be because i didnt know how it would be received. i never should have been worried. specially after mom wanted me to read the stories to her when she wasnt able to read for herself....
just goes to show.....

you never know.
*grin*

 

[rgraham666]

I don't make a secret of it, except for my niece and nephews who are too young to understand the concept.

Aa far as I'm concerned writing is writing, you need the same skills whether you're writing erotica or going for the Nobel Literature Prize. I seem to have a flair for smut, so that's what I write.

It's quite surprising where you'll get the negative comments from. My mom isn't thrilled, but that's to be expected.

But I got comments from people I know making it clear that they don't quite think what I write is 'proper'. And they're both artists!

 

[Fleatopia]

I hope I count, even though I haven't submitted anything here. I have written a fair share of what I politely dubbed "erotica" at first (I did eventually give up and start referring to it as "porn").

My friends all know that I do it. I don't see much point in trying to hide it from them as they're all adults with sex lives of their own that I've witnessed developing over the years in interesting directions. They have all been to my 'by the grace of my ISP' homepage that I'd had for half a dozen years or so and have read the stuff I've written.

My family probably doesn't know... I honestly can't remember. I forget to tell them lots of things because I just assume they know.

What freaked me out is when my boss asked me when I was going to write some more porn. He'd apparently read the stuff in my user space (I've worked at my ISP for abour 4 years) and enjoyed it. The very idea that something I wrote got my boss hot and bothered kind of nauseates me... but there's also a sense of accomplishment even if it gives me the shudders to picture him "enjoying" it.

And that bit about my boss has nothing to do with him physically, but with how much agony he has caused me over the years as I've tried to survive on the pittance he pays.

 

[English Lady]

I guess I will be a little more up front with it in future....though i still don't know how i'd broach the subject. I know I won't be telling my mum or Nanna anytime soon *L*


My sister knows about the story writing..but she by and large ignores the info *chuckles*

 

[matriarch]

My family know I write poetry, I've done it since I was a kid. They just haven't been privvy to any of my later ones. Except my Moon Challenge poem, as it was written about my boys, I showed it to them. Not on here, on paper.

As for my stories..........good god. No!!!! My parents would have appoplexy. Not sure about the kids, I may just tell them one day. A few close friends know I write on Lit, but that's all.

I agree, RG, the same writing skills are required to write GOOD porn, as to write non porn, and I guess my attitude perpetuates the belief that its not quite the same as 'real' writing. *shrug*.

I'm not ashamed of what I write, I enjoy, and think I have a small talent in this direction.

I'm a closet lesbian, and a closet porn writer. And as far as I can see, its going to stay that way.

Mat

 

[Guest]

 

[English Lady]

You see I am proud of my writing...I know it's good its just do I want to tell my family about an aspect of my sexual life? Do they really want to know? No is probably the answer there.

Matriarch...I told my family i won some money for my valentines how to thing..they we're really pleased for me. but i didn't elaborate*L*


You see its the friends thing...I don't have many and I know it would shock'em if they knew. do they need to know? Maybe they do now (the guy who found my site isn't exactly a stranger to gossip) I guess i'll make my mind up as I go.


In the closet with your Wife Lime? Sounds good to me!

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

My husband and a handful of friends know. None of my family knows. I'd be disowned if they did.

 

[carsonshepherd]

Three people IRL know I write erotica and my screen name. Not that I's ashamed. I just don't care to be judged. I want to write what I want, on my own terms, without censoring myself to make it more "serious".

 

[Sabledrake]

I've never kept it a secret. I don't go out of my way to tell my relatives each time I post a new piece of smut, but they all know what my hobbies are Actually, I feel weirder that my in-laws know ...

Sabledrake

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

I wrote poetry and stories in high school. No one other than teachers could be bothered to read them.

People at work know I write. They have even seen me doing it.

I am not certain whether any of them are literate.

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Everyone who knows I write here calls me "QC," mostly cuz they don't know my real name. It's a Lit thing for me. I write it here. It stays here. I'm not ashamed. But it's my thing that I do here; I do other things elsewhere. That's about it. They don't blend together.

Q_C

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

Hmmm, I write both "real" stories and so-called "stroke", so I get a little more wiggle room than most. Nearly everybody I know knows that I write and want to write for a living, but no one IRL knows that I write for this site and only a couple of college friends of mine know that I have written porn and only two of those have actually read a porn story of mine.

I think it would be awkward simply because of the vast difference between my stroke writings and my other writings. Also, there is the fact that many of my longest held friends and fans of my non-porn work are very Christian and hold somewhat traditional views on sex.

I don't right know how my mum would respond though. She'd probably shrug and say something along the lines of "as long as it doesn't interfere with the rest of what you're doing."

But overall, I stay in the closet about it. Mostly because I don't intend my stroke writings to interfere with how people perceive me.

The real question, though, will be: if I get a play or novel published IRL, will I reveal my real name here?

Some day I may have to answer that.

 

[Boota]

I'm an open book. Anyone who has a problem with anything I do can fucking eat me.

I do get almost exclusively positive responses from people who read my story on here. I direct people here whenever we talk about my novel or other things I'm working on and they all seem to respond favorably. I'm expecting a backlash from my next published story, it is really sick, but as I said, anyone with a problem about it can fucking eat me.

 

[impressive]

A handful of my closest friends know I write smut, but only one has read it. No family know -- and I intend to keep it that way.

 

[Belegon]

At first, almost no one knew. My best friend from high school and my wife. My wife has little to no interest in Lit, my old buddy thought it was great (he is registered here, but just reads, does not write.)

Eventually, I started wanting more "live" feedback. I have a friend who works next door, and I mentioned it to her. Next thing you know, we are swapping stories. Then writing them together. (insert shameless plug here: The New Neighbors ) She and I have grown closer since, close enough that both her husband and my wife have given us the old "what are you up to?" talk. LOL, I even got a bit of the "what are your intentions?" bit from him, first time since the father of my high school sweetheart grilled me 20 years ago.

The positives from that led me to share with a few more friends. What I did not realize is that my co-author would, of course, do the same. I was shocked to realize that some people I had known for a long time suddenly knew about this part of me, and without me knowing about it. The further positive reinforcement I got from that taught me two things. One: I can trust BP420's judgement on people Two: I am an absolute slut for feedback.

Now, I tell anybody I determine I can trust to be discreet.

 

[RebeccaLeah]

A handful of my closest friends know I write smut, but only one has read it. No family know -- and I intend to keep it that way.

Ditto babe.

My parents would hit the fucking roof if they knew. Everyone else would probably just disown me. *shrug* Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I write lesbian erotica?

 

[RebeccaLeah]

Oh sweetpea, that I can do.
*releasing your hands and reaching both hands down to pull your shirt over you head*
Arch up sweetpea, so I can get this off and get at your bra hook.

 

[she_is_my_addiction]

Oh sweetpea, that I can do.
*releasing your hands and reaching both hands down to pull your shirt over you head*
Arch up sweetpea, so I can get this off and get at your bra hook.

*feeling so unable to control my breathing...or being able to breathe. arching up eagerly so you can get at my clothes*

am i allowed to move my hands?

 

[English Lady]

So it looks like there is an interesting mix here. Not a surprise really all considered!