Virtual Literotica Convention 2026 Author Challenge Official Support Thread

[dirk2024]

I mean I have a 1,600 word synopsis of the Coleoidphilia Trilogy (which is long novella / short novel in length), but I would prefer to cover what’s necessary in the story. That seems a more natural way to write. Same goes for @PennyThompson’s stories.

I'd want to read a more @PennyThompson focused bio, with an explicit mention of her cephalopod kink.

 

[Actingup]

I do that already - I did that last year

How do I say this politely... not all of the stories last year were of the quality of yours, and not all the hat-tipping and back stories were well handled. One of my characters even had her name and nationality changed, which makes me want to encourage everybody to pay more attention to these details this year.

 

[EmilyMiller]

How do I say this politely... not all of the stories last year were of the quality of yours, and not all the hat-tipping and back stories were well handled. One of my characters even had her name and nationality changed, which makes me want to encourage everybody to pay more attention to these details this year.

OK - I’ve got you now - sorry for being

 

[anthrodisiac]

How do I say this politely... not all of the stories last year were of the quality of yours, and not all the hat-tipping and back stories were well handled. One of my characters even had her name and nationality changed, which makes me want to encourage everybody to pay more attention to these details this year.

I was writing a response, but this pretty much covers it.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I was writing a response, but this pretty much covers it.

So not everyone goes and reads three of @PennyThompson’s lovely stories to make sure that they write sex between [fictional] her and her girlfriend just right?

I guess that was meant to be addressed to @Actingup

 

[anthrodisiac]

So not everyone goes and reads three of @PennyThompson’s lovely stories to make sure that they write sex between [fictional] her and her girlfriend just right?

I have no idea what people do or don't do. I have no experience with what happened last year. I'm new here in the forums, new here as a writer, never came across any of the Lit Con stories before in all my time as a reader. I just liked the idea @Actingup put out. That's all.

 

[EmilyMiller]

These are my endnotes from my second LitCon story last year, if people want a template:

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Endnotes

• Thank you to the lovely, PennyThompson, for initially allowing me to borrow her eponymous character. But, as the story developed, our collaboration became deeper, and this is why she is now listed as co-author.
  
  
• The plot, and most of the characters, are pretty much all me (you can tell, right?). But the characterization of Penny Thompson is pretty much all her. It was actually a super-rewarding process working together and making our individual visions gel. I hope our shared enjoyment in writing comes across in the text.
  
  
• Thank you also to Freya Gersemi for creating and organizing this fun new event.
  
  
• This stand-alone story is not a direct continuation of Djmac1031's Lit-Con story, When Cozbi Met Amy, but it does share some connective tissue with his work. Both also feature his character, Cozbi. WCMA is super fun, so why not check it out?
  
  
• Beyond that, Djmac1031 kinda put a very beautiful and moving bow on our shared Angels & Demons stories with Between Angels And Demons. Please go read his stories if you haven't already.
  
  
• But I love these characters so much that I wasn't going to leave them alone for too long. Djmac1031 wrote a Cozbi story for Lit-Con, so this felt like a natural progression. There are still many adventures for my soon-to-be-married angel and demon to have; to say nothing of the friends and associates they have assembled around themselves. Watch this space!
  
  
• Thank you to the other Literotica authors who allowed me to use therm in cameo at the end: Bassytian, AlinaX, BryanRichardson, and AlexFourways.
  
  
• Finally, thanks also to Djmac1031 for both alpha reading and editing, in his customary, super helpful manner.

 

[BladeSeanchai]

I have no idea what people do or don't do. I have no experience with what happened last year. I'm new here in the forums, new here as a writer, never came across any of the Lit Con stories before in all my time as a reader. I just liked the idea @Actingup put out. That's all.

Same here! I am a newbie but want to participate as much as possible. With thanks to @FreyaGersemi for her guidance so far.

I have finished Part I where my characters have arrived at the hotel and are preparing for the Friday night cocktail hour.

I need to get into last years stories and get a connection for this to make sense

 

[EmilyMiller]

I have finished Part I where my characters have arrived at the hotel and are preparing for the Friday night cocktail hour.

It’s taken me 8,000 words to get them to the hotel ballroom

 

[FreyaGersemi]

@FreyaGersemi, I'd be grateful for your thoughts on this.

As far as back stories and bios for characters in your work... Do whatever you'd like! Bios couldn't hurt. I don't think I had that issue last year with my entries, but then again, I didn't lean too much on a character's back story. One of the characters that I used last year was Tiafell from @Bassytian . And for me to state that he's an elf, tall and thin, and very effeminate, that took about two sentences. And I felt that readers would be caught up as much as they needed to be to still follow my story.

As has been mentioned, many readers will skip a long foreword. I think that I would prefer to incorporate the needed backstory into my new story.

"Move your fat butt," Katie whined, pushing Cynthia to the side.
"Ow! Quit it or I'm gonna divorce you."
"We're not married yet."
"Then after the ceremony -- well, after the honeymoon," Cynthia waggled her eyebrows at Katie, "I'll file for divorce."
"You would never divorce me," Katie sighed wearily, wrapping her arm around Cynthia's soft hips and resting her head against one of Cynthia's massive tits. "I could never be so lucky."
"Fuck you."

You now know what I feel you need to know about them.

Two women engaged.
Cynthia is voluptuous.
Katie is shorter (she rests her head against Cynthia's boob).
They bicker an awful lot.
Cynthia is a bit of a perv.
Katie's the grounded one.
They are very comfortable with each other (childhood friends, but that's not important right now).
And they love each other infinitely.
There's even a little more about their personalities hidden in there.
Katie speaks fairly clearly and uses words like "butt" instead of ass. She almost never swears.
Cynthia swears and speaks with a more... relaxed cadence. "Gonna" and "yeah" and the like.

But then again, my stories in last year's challenge pretty much tanked -- so maybe I did have issues? I don't know.

This probably wasn't much help. Let me know if anyone has any specific issues. Thanks.

 

[FreyaGersemi]

One of my characters even had her name and nationality changed, which makes me want to encourage everybody to pay more attention to these details this year.

I agree, but then again, any character that I used last year, I made sure that I had complete carte blanche to do whatever I wanted. If an author didn't want me to do whatever I wanted to do with their creation (and they had EVERY right to that!), then I either didn't use that character or just stuck it in as a little cameo so that I didn't get too wrapped up in that character and write something the owner wouldn't appreciate.

But then again, my writing style (and I use the term "style" quite loosely!) is just kind of a mele of mayhem that somehow words come out of. If I'm worried about what someone else is going to think, then it messes up my flow.

But, yes, if you're an author that researches and wants the story to seem real and all of that, you should definitely pay attention to the details of someone else's character/creation/hard work.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I made sure that I had complete carte blanche to do whatever I wanted. If an author didn't want me to do whatever I wanted to do with their creation (and they had EVERY right to that!), then I either didn't use that character or just stuck it in as a little cameo so that I didn't get too wrapped up in that character and write something the owner wouldn't appreciate.

But, yes, if you're an author that researches and wants the story to seem real and all of that, you should definitely pay attention to the details of someone else's character/creation/hard work.

First up, we are all different and that’s cool. For me, if I’m going to include another writer’s character, I want to do that character justice. Otherwise why not just create some random character of my own?

So yes that means research and yes - as I know you must be heartily sick of - running ideas and text past the writer. What I want is the writer to feel that it’s still their character, just viewed through a different lens.

When @Djmac1031 has written stories featuring my characters, it’s wonderful. It’s like they are off having adventures that they didn’t tell me about. But it’s still them, the voices, the mannerisms, how they interact with others. I got the same vibe with @EStaccato including a fictionalized version of me.

It takes a lot more work, but - for me, and I appreciate not everyone - it’s kinda the whole point.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I think that I would prefer to incorporate the needed backstory into my new story.

Me too

 

[Djmac1031]

When @Djmac1031 has written stories featuring my characters, it’s wonderful. It’s like they are off having adventures that they didn’t tell me about. But it’s still them, the voices, the mannerisms, how they interact with others. I got the same vibe with @EStaccato including a fictionalized version of me.

On the reverse end, you've written several of my characters a few times now, most notably Cozbi the She-Demon.

And you've absolutely captured her character perfectly. But of course, we've worked together a long time on our Angels And Demons stories so yeah, we're intimately familiar with each other's work.

Which is why I'm sitting the event out this year. Well, one of several reasons. But I'd need to pick an author's character that I was very familiar with and I just haven't had the time or focus to dig into that recently.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Bumping this

 

[PennyThompson]

@Actingup and I are still working on our LitCon submission, I figure the first draft is about 80% complete, or so? It has a ways to go, but I'm really really pleased with it

 

[EmilyMiller]

On @Actingup’s mini-bio suggestion, I ended up having a simple list of borrowed characters (and links to the authors’ pages) up front (as requested by @FreyaGersemi) and a slightly more detailed dramatis personae at the very end which people could refer to if they want. At one point the dramatis personae was up front, but it was way too much (thanks @Djmac1031 for removing the scales from my eyes ) and I relocated it.

 

[BladeSeanchai]

I am near 85% completed with my story.

I need to write the final banquet scene and Sunday morning brunch and departure. I fear I will be cutting it too close for comfort.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I am near 85% completed with my story.

I need to write the final banquet scene and Sunday morning brunch and departure. I fear I will be cutting it too close for comfort.

Cool

 

[BladeSeanchai]

Cool

And thank you for your example of Endnotes posting. I was so confused on how to do it. You saved me!

 

[EmilyMiller]

And thank you for your example of Endnotes posting. I was so confused on how to do it. You saved me!

No problem at all, I hope your story is well-received

 

[BladeSeanchai]

No problem at all, I hope your story is well-received

I hope as well, certainly not posting to Loving Wives, I see daily how folks are being blasted for their stories.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I hope as well, certainly not posting to Loving Wives, I see daily how folks are being blasted for their stories.

My advice: you need a really compelling reason to enter the dragon.

 

[EmilyMiller]

My advice: you need a really compelling reason to enter the dragon.

Which sounds like an @anthrodisiac story TBH

 

[anthrodisiac]

Which sounds like an @anthrodisiac story TBH

Damn you, I was going to make a similar joke!

I do have a dragon story idea sitting on the backburner