Series: Jump categories between chapters?

[ltpc]

Hi there,

I'm new around here and just submitted my first two chapters in the Sci-Fi section. Now, already I know that chapter 4 is going to be primarily soft core incest (mother-son without biological relationship), and have strongly alluded to this already in chapter 2.

So here's my question. Do I post chapter 4 (when it's done) in I/T and break the series or do I keep it in Sci-Fi and suffer the risk of people yelling at me that I'm a sick freak and have ruined their category with my smut? Equally, I can imagine the I/T crowd telling me to piss of with my pansy-ass-harry-potter-soft-core-incest and leave it to the big boys/girls.

I know I've seen some incest in Sci-Fi before, but I've also seen some authors split their series into different categories. Advice please.

Cheers.

 

[DeYaKen]

Hi there,

I'm new around here and just submitted my first two chapters in the Sci-Fi section. Now, already I know that chapter 4 is going to be primarily soft core incest (mother-son without biological relationship), and have strongly alluded to this already in chapter 2.

So here's my question. Do I post chapter 4 (when it's done) in I/T and break the series or do I keep it in Sci-Fi and suffer the risk of people yelling at me that I'm a sick freak and have ruined their category with my smut? Equally, I can imagine the I/T crowd telling me to piss of with my pansy-ass-harry-potter-soft-core-incest and leave it to the big boys/girls.

I know I've seen some incest in Sci-Fi before, but I've also seen some authors split their series into different categories. Advice please.

Cheers.

I'd put it in Sci-Fi, people who've been following your story will look for it there and be frustrated if chapter 5 seems to appear before chapter 4. However it is possible that Laurel might move it into incest.

If I were you I would use the moderators notes to tell her that all the previous chapters were in Sci Fi and it would ruin your continuity to put it elsewhere.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Readers lose their minds however you do it.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

If it is mainly sci-fi, keep it in sci-fi.

And "mother-son without biological relationship" is not incest, really. It would just be two people, one older, having sex. It just so happens the older person reared the younger. No pun intended. Honest.

 

[StrangeLife]

And "mother-son without biological relationship" is not incest, really.

Trust me - those of us with adopted children feel quite different. Biological relationships ain't all they're cracked up to be.

 

[electric1]

I'd put it in Sci-Fi, people who've been following your story will look for it there

Is there even a way people can search for new stories in a specific category? How is that done?

 

[StrangeLife]

Is there even a way people can search for new stories in a specific category? How is that done?

Just click on the category you want from the main story page and they're right there...

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Trust me - those of us with adopted children feel quite different. Biological relationships ain't all they're cracked up to be.

I didn't say it was right...I raised two step children myself...I said, legally it's not incest.

 

[NaokoSmith]

Hullo sweet pea, welcome to the board.

Do not worry if people have a li'l fight in your thread, it happens very frequently, just go la la la and go have a virtual drink in one of the party threads. You will get good answers to writerly questions in here, and you can have fun in the word game threads too. (BTW you do not have to post naked pix whatever anyone says, we don't care about physique in here, we are only interested in the life of the mind. What, what? I am interested in minds too! )

Re. your question.

You can indicate to readers that there may be something a little bit out of the ordinary in your Sci Fi chapter in two ways:
1 - tag it;
2 - put a disclaiming sentence in italics at the start of your story. "This story contains sort-of-incest-I-am-confused-if-it-is-incest-now-cuz-of-a-row-in-a-thread-I-started-about-it."

If you list your story in Incest it will still appear in the New Stories list so many readers can spot it anyway. Also, the chapters will be listed down the side of the other chapters so avid readers can quickly go to the whole set of chapters regardless of what category they are in. And they can find the whole dang thing neatly laid out in alphabetical order in your Submissions list.

Hope that helps.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Hi there,

I'm new around here and just submitted my first two chapters in the Sci-Fi section. Now, already I know that chapter 4 is going to be primarily soft core incest (mother-son without biological relationship), and have strongly alluded to this already in chapter 2.

So here's my question. Do I post chapter 4 (when it's done) in I/T and break the series or do I keep it in Sci-Fi and suffer the risk of people yelling at me that I'm a sick freak and have ruined their category with my smut? Equally, I can imagine the I/T crowd telling me to piss of with my pansy-ass-harry-potter-soft-core-incest and leave it to the big boys/girls.

I know I've seen some incest in Sci-Fi before, but I've also seen some authors split their series into different categories. Advice please.

Cheers.

I've tried it both ways and was disappointed in the response both times. In my case it was a NonCon/Reluctance story with no NonCon in the first chapter (but more than enough in the second). In your case, chapter 4 will still be SciFi even if it does have the quasi-incest activity. I would follow Naoko's advice and post it in SciFi, but with a warning at the front of the chapter. Readers generally get less upset when there's peanut butter in their chocolate if you warn them first.

 

[ltpc]

Thanks for the advice, it would appear I'm slightly screwed either way. In future stories I'll remember this and stay away from category blurs.

Also, thanks for the welcome NaokoSmith.

 

[drteetho]

Thanks for the advice, it would appear I'm slightly screwed either way. In future stories I'll remember this and stay away from category blurs.

Also, thanks for the welcome NaokoSmith.

Just my advice, so take it for what it's worth... but I wouldn't stay away from category blurs just because you might get some negative reaction one way of the other. If it feels right for the story you want to tell, I say go for it.

I have noticed Naoko Smith welcoming many newbies lately (maybe she did a lot of this before and I haven't noticed... I'm not exactly a long-serving member of this board which might explain that). Anyway that's certainly nice of her.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Thanks for the advice, it would appear I'm slightly screwed either way. In future stories I'll remember this and stay away from category blurs.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. Not like you're getting paid for it, so you might as well write the stories you feel like writing; if you keep at it you can build up a readership of people who enjoy your style and will follow you across genre boundaries.

 

[R. Richard]

I wrote a series where each of the chapters was in a different category. I simply put a note at the front of each chapter, telling where the chapters could be found. (I have since rewritten the story and published it for pay.)

 

[RawHumor]

Thanks for the advice, it would appear I'm slightly screwed either way. In future stories I'll remember this and stay away from category blurs.

If people want to read more of a story, they can easily click on your author link and go through them that way.

If I'm going from chapter to chapter, that's what I do.

I wouldn't worry about where to put it. They'll find it if they like it.

If it were me, personally, I'd post the chapter in incest if there's not much sci-fi to that chapter, but keep it in sci-fi if there just happens to be incest in this sci-fi story.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I'm amazed readers find their way to LIT without guide dogs and breadcrumb trails. And the intelligence/ethics of LIT writers is no comfort, either. Consequently whatever you do or don't do will produce anonymous complaints and insults, almost always from your most cherished and esteemed LIT writer friends.

 

[NaokoSmith]

I have noticed Naoko Smith welcoming many newbies lately (maybe she did a lot of this before and I haven't noticed... I'm not exactly a long-serving member of this board which might explain that). Anyway that's certainly nice of her.

Oh yes I often do this. Did I miss giving you a kiss when you first appeared? Over the summer, I am up to my eyeballs in piglets so I don't go on the board so much. It kinda spoils my enjoyment when there is someone at my elbow saying: "Oh mommy, what is that huge thing sticking out of that man's tummy in the picture, why does that lady have such huge boobies and why is that person called BigDong69?" although I totally swear it was not my influence that led to one of the cub scouts who come to tea here writing a fanfic version of The Hobbit starring a character called Dildo.

Welcome to the board, my dear. It is a very fun place as you are finding out and you can often find me cooking sausages in Naked Party.

Thanks for the advice, it would appear I'm slightly screwed either way. In future stories I'll remember this and stay away from category blurs.

Also, thanks for the welcome NaokoSmith.

You are v. welcome, sweet thing.


As others are saying above, it doesn't matter if you blur categories. I have readers who followed me into Non-human from Fantasy which was v. flattering and nice. the sweet Anonymice who made such nice secret comments on my stories. (Fantasy romance fans are so shy they won't post even nice things about your sexy stuff except anonymously, LOL.)

Remember too that if she thinks your story could be in a better category, Laurel will move it. She put one of mine in Gay Male when I'd put it in Fantasy and she was quite right, it did nicely there.

 

[drteetho]

Oh yes I often do this. Did I miss giving you a kiss when you first appeared? Over the summer, I am up to my eyeballs in piglets so I don't go on the board so much. It kinda spoils my enjoyment when there is someone at my elbow saying: "Oh mommy, what is that huge thing sticking out of that man's tummy in the picture, why does that lady have such huge boobies and why is that person called BigDong69?" although I totally swear it was not my influence that led to one of the cub scouts who come to tea here writing a fanfic version of The Hobbit starring a character called Dildo.

Welcome to the board, my dear. It is a very fun place as you are finding out and you can often find me cooking sausages in Naked Party.

Perhaps I was the one who missed your initial greeting... if so the error was all mine.

In any event, I thank you!