Musings from a budding writer

I was quite a prolific author in the early days of LSF. Yes my stories did take on a life of their own and I became very attached to some of the characters. I used to roughly compose my stories while walking the dog and then write and edit them. I still consider them to be the best I wrote as they didn't take much thinking about and almost wrote themselves. I really enjoyed writing them back then.
Since then I have had to work much harder at thinking of plots for adult mainly consensual and somewhat erotic stories. For me spanking will always be associated with libido, which is why I don't like CP of children . Recently a combination of computer and prostate problems (which have massively reduced my libido have altered my enjoyment of writing and reading spanking stories. I still read many stories for escapism.
I'm hoping to restart in due course purely for enjoyable escapism.

I understand, for me it's age and diabetes, but I remember my younger days fondly, and relive them in some of the stories I write. I find I still have a bit of an imagination.

Best of luck starting up again.
-- The variety and quality of stories on this site continues to amaze me. I've had numerous ideas pop into my head, but, alas, my writing skills are virtually non-existent, though I've been inspired by numerous stories. I'd have to be very careful not to be repetitive or commit plagiarism, so it looks like I'll just have to enjoy the spankings vicariously.

To astrosmurf,

In my former (working) life, I was a health care professional and professor. I published quite a bit in my field (almost all essays and scientific studies). Since then, I have published a few mainstream poems and short stories. However, as I said, the competition to publish is intense--for example, an online literary magazine recently declared that out of 1536 submissions, it accepted 38. The odds are not encouraging.

To answer your other question: One of the things I value most about the Library and LSF is the anonymity, which allows us to explore and participate in a world we would probably like to keep secret from our friends and family. Of course, the downside is that you can't brag to your mother that you have multiple publications or list this on a resume. Life is full of tradeoffs.

Catching up after some days with computer problems:


They definitely should! Thanks, I'll try to send you a pm.


Thanks for replying. Sorry about your health problems.


I understand you completely. It does raise a couple of interesting ideas for discussion, such as the tabooisation of sexuality especially of the kinkier varieties, but that's probably better left for another time (and thread):

This is definitely an interesting discussion, and I recognize many of my own experiences in some of the earlier posts. There is, however, one aspect that has so far only been touched upon, and which I think may be of more general interest. I don’t know how it is with others, but when I read and write spanking stories, I often feel like a split personality, where the split is between my spanko self and my literary self. What turns my spanko self on, is not necessarily what my literary self enjoys and vice versa. There are some stories I always return to for "spanko stimulation" that my literary senses tell me are actually not very good, but they still manage to hit me in all the right spots. On the other hand, there are spanking stories that I really admire from a literary point of view, but that leave my spanko imagination totally cold. I have read thousands of spanking stories, and just writing the word "spanking" is no longer enough to turn me on.

For a while, Graham Greene made a distinction between his (serious) novels and his "entertainments" - books (mainly thrillers) written only to keep the reader busy and happy for a few hours. I sometimes feel an urge to make a similar classification of my own stories and separate the ones written mainly for spanko gratification from the more serious ones where I try to explore parts of the spanko universe that I do not understand on an intellectual level, but which I think I may be able to describe on an emotional level. However, in the later part of his career, Greene abandoned the distinction between novels and entertainments (probably because he realized that being Graham Greene, he couldn’t prevent his serious concerns from finding their way into all his books), and perhaps it is equally impossible to separate spanking stories meant for sexual gratification from those with a more serious purpose (and, of course, there are lots of stories I enjoy on both levels).

I think you raise an interesting point Alef. I can certainly recognise the distinction between the types of story, though there are doubtless other varieties on the spectrum, including the ones which do nothing for me on either aspect.

As a comment on the OP's surprise about how seriously we take the activity of writing about Topic No 1 I would posit this: One of the functions of story telling and fiction in general is to explain what people are like and what living is like; 'the human condition' as it's often called. One might be surprised to observe that something as disreputable as a spanking story should be included in this, but it can. The feelings that spanking engenders are quite deeply buried within us, and so spanko fiction is part of the process of trying to explain this part of our natures. In short, the human condition is explained and commented on in part by the spanking story, and that's a very good reason to consider them.

Of course, there are other types of spanking story without this pretence, which seek only to arouse but they don't invalidate this premise, and probably, in a roundabout way, also contribute to our understanding of ourselves.

I am always impressed by the erudition of all the writers in the Library, this topic, and the posts and replies by some of my spanking story-writing heroes. I enjoy hearing anyone's thoughts on my stories, good, bad, or indifferent. To the OP, you are in great company, and you'll never find a more welcoming and supportive community of writers on our "beloved peculiarity" than in this Library.

My only lament is many readers of our stories read without commenting.

I remain,

The Spanking Agent

Thanks for replying, Alef, with your interesting perspective. And morn morn, by the way.


Just to clarify, I wouldn't say I was surprised about how seriously you take it. It was more that I was surprised to find myself suddenly engaged in this activity, so I wanted to hear your perspectives to see if it was a completely bizarre thing I was trying to do. Judging by your replies, I'm glad to say that it seems it's not!


I think I'll write a reply to this later in a standalone post, because I don't want what I have to say to be hidden deep in this long thread. Stay tuned!

-That's sounds intriguing. I've read a couple of good stories where the character in the story is suffering writer's block and either the characters in the story or someone else provides that motivation.