So, I just got back a story, saying it was rejected for the following reasons:
- Were there URL links, site addresses, or other advertisements within the story?
- While we welcome authors to publish shorter fiction on Literotica while promoting ebooks or other offsite projects on their profile page, out of respect for reader's feelings, we would rather not publish partial works or excerpts as "teasers".
Here's the problem: The story in question is an unofficial "episode" in my artist friend's universe. It takes place in their main storyline, and includes references to episodes from that storyline. Said friend is not on this site, and I don't expect people to Google their name to find the stories in question. So I put in the author's note "Please visit [so and so's website] and read their free story to get context." This was recommended to me by both of the editors I worked with (who are not VEs here).
I'm not promoting someone else's e-book, I'm merely giving the readers the means to properly parse certain parts of the story. Nor is it a "partial work" or "excerpt," for it's an unofficial, non-canon episode that relies on someone having some knowledge of the series. If I didn't provide the artist's site as a link, people would get confused at key points because they didn't read the previous episodes.
How do I resolve this so that people won't dump on my story? I don't trust readers to actually Google the artist to get the right information. Rewriting the story to add all the necessary context would be impossible, and removing the references to prior episodes would kill the flavor and flow of the story.
- Were there URL links, site addresses, or other advertisements within the story?
- While we welcome authors to publish shorter fiction on Literotica while promoting ebooks or other offsite projects on their profile page, out of respect for reader's feelings, we would rather not publish partial works or excerpts as "teasers".
Here's the problem: The story in question is an unofficial "episode" in my artist friend's universe. It takes place in their main storyline, and includes references to episodes from that storyline. Said friend is not on this site, and I don't expect people to Google their name to find the stories in question. So I put in the author's note "Please visit [so and so's website] and read their free story to get context." This was recommended to me by both of the editors I worked with (who are not VEs here).
I'm not promoting someone else's e-book, I'm merely giving the readers the means to properly parse certain parts of the story. Nor is it a "partial work" or "excerpt," for it's an unofficial, non-canon episode that relies on someone having some knowledge of the series. If I didn't provide the artist's site as a link, people would get confused at key points because they didn't read the previous episodes.
How do I resolve this so that people won't dump on my story? I don't trust readers to actually Google the artist to get the right information. Rewriting the story to add all the necessary context would be impossible, and removing the references to prior episodes would kill the flavor and flow of the story.