An announcement about my future publishing on Literotica

[Actingup]

Good afternoon Em. I concur with your observations and points re this site, and I have noticed a rapid decline in the quality of work on Literotica as the good authors stop writing and adding stories here. Loving wives has become the “cuck” page with very few decent stories published (one writer published 2 or 3 stories a day).
The abuse called “reviews” that some “anonymous” people write is disgraceful.
This site has gone to the dogs. I have read stories here for 20 odd years but the last couple of years has seen the quality of stories and the good authors abandon this site.
Such a shame really. Good luck with your next path in life.
Take care Pete.

LW is tough going, but I’ve had generally good experiences there in terms of very high engagement (for non-‘cuck’ stories). @PennyThompson and I inserted slabs of philosophy and sentiment into our recent one there, as well a reference to abortion, and although we got some of the expected push-back, we also got heaps of thoughtful response and a good score. We haven’t had to delete a single comment yet.

That’s not to say that there aren’t problematic elements or that the site isn’t having issues, as discussed heavily in various threads including this one. I share a lot of Em’s concerns. I’m going to pull back a bit due to life changes, although I’m not planning to stop completely.

(…watches pending queue closely!)

 

[MillieDynamite]

Preaching to the choir!

Good afternoon Em. I concur with your observations and points re this site, and I have noticed a rapid decline in the quality of work on Literotica as the good authors stop writing and adding stories here. Loving wives has become the “cuck” page with very few decent stories published (one writer published 2 or 3 stories a day).
The abuse called “reviews” that some “anonymous” people write is disgraceful.
This site has gone to the dogs. I have read stories here for 20 odd years but the last couple of years has seen the quality of stories and the good authors abandon this site.
Such a shame really. Good luck with your next path in life.
Take care Pete.

Ditto.

I can’t comment on the quality of LW stories. What I do know is that quite a few well-regarded authors (not necessarily AH regulars - this place is really not for everyone) have given up. They’ve either moved on or are pausing publishing until things improve.

The site will no doubt go on regardless. There are plenty more people who are willing to be the product that Literotica sells. But it saddens me when distinctive voices go silent. Maybe it’s normal attrition, maybe it’s more than that. Only time will tell.

 

[FreyaGersemi]

I’ve seen new people ask whether it’s worth publishing here, as they have heard that there are problems.

When I first started writing erotica, I was told by more than a few people that Literotica was THE place to be. According to Emily's comment, that perception seems to have changed. Or is in the process of changing.

But, complacency can be its own downfall. Reputational damage can take a while to be apparent.

And then it probably takes many, many times that to repair the damage.

 

[EmilyMiller]

When I first started writing erotica, I was told by more than a few people that Literotica was THE place to be. According to Emily's comment, that perception seems to have changed. Or is in the process of changing.

And then it probably takes many, many times that to repair the damage.

Sadly I believe both of these to be true. Albeit on the anecdotal evidence of what people have posted here and said in private convos.

At the very least, people are thinking about insurance policies. Some are doing more.

Probably a drop in the ocean, and plenty more where they came from, but still sad, and avoidable with some basic communication.

 

[MindSketch]

Maybe it's time to start a new Literotica! With blackjack! And hookers!

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Maybe it's time to start a new Literotica! With blackjack! And hookers!

And lots n lotsa cocaine!

And fuck blackjack. It's just card counting. Hold'em. That's a game that separates the wheat from the chaff.

 

[kathyisgr65]

And lots n lotsa cocaine!

And fuck blackjack. It's just card counting. Hold'em. That's a game that separates the wheat from the chaff.

All I hear we coke and hoes...is there a sign up sheet?
Just kidding..I love lit..it's awesome and great

 

[Andreas_Kreuz]

All of us authors have woes with Literotica. But looking at the alternatives I still consider it to be the best compromise:
The reading experience is good. I like that it is fairly simple and text-focused and has few bells and whistles, but still looks quite appealing.
I can very well live with the publication rules. (18+, snuff, rape, AI)
I do like that there is a manual review process, even if it has weaknesses.

But I completely agree with @EmilyMiller that the experience as an author is not good and as an IT guy I know the effort to improve it would be simple. Proper preview of the story if one uses formatting? The voting system to be made more reliable? Easy enough. Add some Captchas add some statistics. Treat anonymous voting with suspicion. Better interaction with your readers beyond comments? Some way to better differentiate stories in terms of writing quality? All that is easy enough to implement, but it does not happen.

 

[TheExperimentalist]

I do like that there is a manual review process

Nah, Manu does the technical stuff. They have a Laurelal review process.

 

[old_prof]

Nah, Manu does the technical stuff. They have a Laurelal review process.

I hear Manu pairs up with his new assistant Al to do it.

 

[TheLobster]

I hear Manu pairs up with his new assistant Al to do it.

All this hype about Al is really just marketing campaign for an impending reboot of Married with Children.

 

[Havanawang]

Hi all,

I’ve had a great time growing as a writer on Literotica. I started out writing quasi-biographical stories that relied more on memory than invention. I graduated to more creative works, I began to focus more on plot, and characters, and on dealing with broader themes than just people fucking. I’ve come a long way and my characters have cum an awful lot.

The culmination of this literary journey is my first novel, The Story of Nix. This is something into which I poured every single thing I have learned about writing, along with many of my feelings about the world in 2025.

I’m super proud of the result and even more so of the deluge of positive comments and messages from a wide range of people. I never had any idea that this essentially personal project would resonate with so many, including excellent authors for whom Nix was their first experience of my work. It’s one thing having fans, quite another to reach a wider audience of fellow writers. The response has been truly amazing and humbling.

But, sadly, this writing career peak has coincided with changes at Literotica. The site has never been very writer-friendly. It’s focused on readers and us authors are seen as fungible commodities, and not valued content partners. We provide the product that Literotica sells, and the only recompense is seeing our work appreciated by others.

For years this has been enough. It wasn’t maybe a great deal for good authors, but the views you got allowed writers to ignore how little our basic needs were catered for. But, sad to say, things have gotten worse.

The views have fallen off a cliff edge in many categories. The few pro-author aspects (comp-related sweeps, or the site looking into malicious voting when asked to) have atrophied, and are becoming close to non-existent. The Halloween Competition sweep was something of a joke in its ineffective shallowness. And the site no longer responds to requests to fix clearly malicious votes. The trolls have totally free rein. Literotica is becoming an unregulated, dystopian hellscape for authors. And I know it’s not just me who thinks so.

Add to this the current submission crisis, and Literotica has become much less author-friendly; and that decline is from a starting position that was already very low. For me at least, things have reached a tipping point where the benefits of publishing here have dropped below the hassle factor.

For that reason, the story I have already written for the Winter Holidays Competition will be the last new one I publish. I’m not doing anything as dramatic as deleting my back catalog - to do so would be punishing my loyal readers, rather than the site - but part of me feels that I should, to be entirely consistent.

I’m not so stupid to think that a lack of new Emily Miller stories will bring Literotica to its knees, but I’m no longer comfortable contributing even 0.00001% to the site’s revenue, when the most basic of courtesies and protections are no longer extended to authors.

Maybe there is a crisis of some sort at Literotica Towers. Illness, disability, old age catching up with the principals, a decision to sell the site, the technical infrastructure crumbling… who knows? Absent any communication about this, I see no need to extend the benefit of the doubt to the site.

What is indisputable is that the basic hygiene factors no longer exist, and it feels as if the level of respect towards the other half of what ought to be a symbiotic relationship has evaporated. Authors never mattered much, now they don’t matter at all.

While I won’t post any new stories here (unless things change radically - and I’m not holding my breath), I might consider completing some series in deference to my readers. But any new stories will be published in different ways.

I’m not quitting the forums, I’ll still be here to annoy a range of people as much as always. So if the aim of attacking my work was to make me leave, then fuck you! I’ll also continue to promote my back catalog here from time to time, and to comment on the work of other writers.

I apologize to my regular readers. This isn’t about you, it’s about the environment for authors here becoming intolerable. I’m fine, I don’t need messages of support. If you want to do something positive, consider messaging @Laurel and @Manu asking them to treat authors with greater respect. Not that I anticipate this leading to any change either. The site doesn’t listen to its users and the death spiral - whatever caused it in the first place - already seems well-established.

Thank you to those who have enjoyed my work and said so. You’re the best. I’m not going to stop writing, but I’m no longer going to provide Literotica with a revenue stream when I get little in return.

Love

Emily

PS I’m not going to argue with anyone on this thread. Feel free to call me a spoiled princess, or a drama queen, if you feel like it, I really don’t care.

Your observations reflect my experience with the site. I have not labored to the degree you have but first submission was rejected without cause despite repeatedly asking for an explanation. Sad.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Your observations reflect my experience with the site. I have not labored to the degree you have but first submission was rejected without cause despite repeatedly asking for an explanation. Sad.

Sorry to hear

 

[astuffedshirt_perv]

... as an IT guy I know the effort to improve it would be simple. Proper preview of the story if one uses formatting? The voting system to be made more reliable? Easy enough. Add some Captchas add some statistics. Treat anonymous voting with suspicion. Better interaction with your readers beyond comments? Some way to better differentiate stories in terms of writing quality? All that is easy enough to implement, but it does not happen.

I agree. I wonder why? Funding? Talent? Inertia?

 

[SmilingLez]

I agree. I wonder why? Funding? Talent? Inertia?

ROI - $$$$$ it is

 

[TheLobster]

ROI - $$$$$ it is

Also specifically the fact that the backend is a quarter century of kludges means the "I" part would need to be very substantial indeed.

 

[SmilingLez]

Also specifically the fact that the backend is a quarter century of kludges means the "I" part would need to be very substantial indeed.

My non-erotic story is still in pending purgatory. Submitted 11/26/25. This is the third submission (same story) since August of 2025. Tried all the hacks so far none have worked. This time I added a note explaining my writing process. Perhaps it is now in another queue awaiting human eyes, but I have my doubts

 

[FreyaGersemi]

My non-erotic story is still in pending purgatory. Submitted 11/26/25. This is the third submission (same story) since August of 2025. Tried all the hacks so far none have worked. This time I added a note explaining my writing process. Perhaps it is now in another queue awaiting human eyes, but I have my doubts

I had a story in the same situation. I tried a few different hacks, then eventually just gave up and let it sit there. Then I got a message from a friend that my story had published. So, my suggestions would be to just leave it there and move on with your life. It may get published, it may not. It seems that there's little we can do either way.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I had a story in the same situation. I tried a few different hacks, then eventually just gave up and let it sit there. Then I got a message from a friend that my story had published. So, my suggestions would be to just leave it there and move on with your life. It may get published, it may not. It seems that there's little we can do either way.

Hi Frey

Moving on is probably sound advice at this point.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

I agree. I wonder why? Funding? Talent? Inertia?

Severity and criticality prioritized by impact and availability of resources and complexity.

 

[astuffedshirt_perv]

Severity and criticality prioritized by impact and availability of resources and complexity.

I'm sure we could do gofundme and pay for some improvements. I'd be down to contribute.

 

[Andreas_Kreuz]

I do not believe that this is a business, that makes a lot of money. It still has the feel of a hobby project.

 

[spankmytentacle]

I'm sure we could do gofundme and pay for some improvements. I'd be down to contribute.

A good thought. If that's the sticking point, it could be fixed.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Does gofundme allow funding for erotica?

A good thought. If that's the sticking point, it could be fixed.

 

[spankmytentacle]

Does gofundme allow funding for erotica?

I'm sure SOMEBODY does. Start a Patreon, if nothing else.