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The now fully official Author’s Hangout Halloween 2025 competition support thread

caleb35 said:
As of today, I'm in the bottom third of the list in rating (4.23), but in the top half for favorites and in the top third for views... so, go me, I guess :)
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This has been a really weird comp. It’s always good to treat them as something of a lottery, just a bit of harmless fun. But Halloween 2025 has been a lottery with a meth problem.
 
WendyTrilby said:
In the crowded field of stories for this year's Halloween contest, I decided to add more material. My very short (2 LE pages) story called Not Today Satan made it in at the last minute, and it's been well received. As I said, it's a quick read and was a chance for me to return to writing humor.

If you know my other works, this is far less intense and also my first foray into the Romantic category. Based on the reception, I plan to spend a lot more time in this category. So, read it if you like.

So, there's my pitch for you to read my story. Now, to kill two birds with one stone.

I have a question that isn't for this thread, but some of the savvy LE writers here can answer it for me.

I like to make pulp book covers for my stories, or sometimes movie posters. I don't include them with the actual stories because I don't want to get kicked to the Illustrated category.

1) Can I include a single picture (like below) in my story and keep it in a category like Romantic or Erotic Couplings?

2) Should I create an illustrated "story" that is just a compendium of my pulp art and update it as I publish?

Any help would be appreciated, and my apologies for hijacking this thread, but I'm confident several of you all have the knowledge I seek.

- WT


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You can associate images with series pages, as per:

https://www.literotica.com/series/se/coleoidphilia

You could have ‘series’ with just one entry and use the series page for this.
 
WendyTrilby said:
1) Can I include a single picture (like below) in my story and keep it in a category like Romantic or Erotic Couplings?

2) Should I create an illustrated "story" that is just a compendium of my pulp art and update it as I publish?

Any help would be appreciated, and my apologies for hijacking this thread, but I'm confident several of you all have the knowledge I seek.
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One question to consider up front is 'How' you are creating your art. AI (or AI assisted) work is disallowed, images need to be under your control or with permission of some sort, such as CC content.
 
talemestories said:
Most interesting. New guy here so bear with the questions, please.
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Please don’t waste your time trying to understand how comps work. There are so many random factors at play that it’s essentially a black box that spits out three random stories at the end. Best to just enjoy the comps for what they are, a communal event that normally brings in more and more diverse views (less so in this one for reasons unknown).
 
Tip for newbies... if you're interested in understanding how the end-of-competition sweeps affect your scores, now is a good time to download your story statistics. You might see the number of votes decrease and your scores change (up or down, but usually up) on several stories (not just the competition stories), particularly those published since the last competition ended. There is usually a series of sweeps, with any dramatic changes likely to happen right at the end as the mysterious process of deciding the winner occurs.

Also, just a reminder that if you try to game the system to cut other people down, you will be torn apart and eaten by ravenous demonic beasts sporting 6 cm fangs and 30 cm cocks. That's right, US-based authors: you will be masticated in metric.

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Voboy said:
My favorite one is sitting at 4.83, which is cool (and I think it's a great story, personally)... but it's only got 8,863 views in nearly two years.
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It is a great story. I remember commenting on it. Anyone who enjoys a good vampire tale should check it out.
 
WittyUserName said:
I don't think I've seen any sweeps yet. Is that normal? Have you noticed any?
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EmilyMiller said:
I’ve not been looking, it would take the mother of all sweeps to raise my one bomb battered little story even to H territory.
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Usually these threads become very excited, with all the contest writers shouting about how many votes have been swept and how their scores have jumped. It's like Christmas morning.

But I'd recommend keeping quiet about it. It's just likely to invite the bombers back.
 
StillStunned said:
Usually these threads become very excited, with all the contest writers shouting about how many votes have been swept and how their scores have jumped. It's like Christmas morning.

But I'd recommend keeping quiet about it. It's just likely to invite the bombers back.
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Yeah, staying quiet about it makes sense.
 
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