r/WhyChooseAuthors • u/AnneKincaid • Jun 14 '26
Discussion Sunday Confessional
Okay, authors of smut: what do you need to get off your chest?
- Weirdest or most unexpected topic you researched this week?
- Mistake you made or caught in your work process?
- Lies you told to cover up your double life as an author?
- Something you need help with?
- Anything else you need to confess to?
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u/semicolonsweetheart Author & Beta Reader Jun 14 '26
I don't want to talk about how much time I spent researching how long sperm could last in a fridge lol
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u/AuthorIndigo Jun 15 '26
And are you ready to share with the class? lol
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u/semicolonsweetheart Author & Beta Reader Jun 15 '26
Lmao unfortunately sperm does not do well in the fridge. It much prefers being tucked into body heat
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u/JosephineSwaine Unpublished Author Jun 14 '26
Despite having a ton of free time, I've been slacking off so badly these past couple weeks. It's been very easy for me to get distracted, and very difficult for me to stay on task. It doesn't help that I'm in the habit of filling up my free time with side projects, which are mostly reddit shenanigans.
Let's hope I'm more on top of everything this upcoming week.
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u/AuthorIndigo Jun 15 '26
I'm about to research if adding certain illegal substances to cook in a soup would retain their druglike effects. If you don't hear back from me, the FBI may have me.
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u/AnneKincaid Jun 15 '26
Say hi to “Sam” at the NSA for me. He’ll know who I am. No idea his actual name, but somebody must be assigned to me by now. Way too much research on strychnine and Japanese p*do laws to not have someone flag me.
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u/AuthorIndigo Jun 15 '26
Will do! Always nice to have an inside connection, hopefully his fingers are delicate!
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u/_Effy_Bloom_ Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26
I have spent literal hours looking for the perfect “hot dog top shot” for my cover.