Cross-Posting to Other Sites

[wastelandwriter]

Does anyone post their Literotica stories to other sites as well?

I'm working on something in high fantasy, sort of fanfic-adjacent as it's in a Dungeons and Dragons setting, but also much more about the sex than about the fandom.

Right now I plan to post it here in the SFF category as it fits there and I have a readership, but I'm thinking about maybe Ao3 as well? Or somewhere else?

I've never seen any rules against this, but I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with doing this sort of thing and if it was worthwhile for you.

 

[KeithD]

All of my stories get posted to other sites as well. Most of them were first published to the marketplace and posted months or more later to sites like this one.

This site publishes with "nonexclusive use" rights, which means the author retains all rights and can publish anywhere else he/she wants.

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

I have 6 sites I post to. They all have different rules so soome stories I can't post here get posted elsewhere. Some stories I can't post elsewhere get posted here.

The policy here and all sites I post on is the author retains the copyright, and grants a non exclusive right to the particualr website to post.host their work indefinitely. the author can revoke this at anytime by simple requesting the site owner to delete a single, group or all stories.

 

[SyleusSnow]

This was discussed recently: https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1530059

Stories you post on Literotica are your own. This site has no rules prohibiting posting elsewhere.

I cross-post most of my stuff over on one other popular erotica site that starts with "L". No other site has the readership as huge as Literotica, but I've foudn posting elsewhere gives different perspectives on stories from different types of audiences.

 

[RejectReality]

Is it a generic D&D setting, or a specific D&D setting such as the Forgotten Realms?

The former isn't an issue, the latter can be a sticky wicket, depending upon the site. Here, it could ( though not likely ) get it forced into the Celeb & Fanfiction category, which has much stricter rules than Sci-Fi&Fantasy.

Lush doesn't allow any fanfiction, so Forgotten Realms would be a no-go there, and it would likely be reported, ( if not noticed right off the bat and rejected ) where that's not so much the case here.

I would avoid specific D&D settings just to avoid having to negotiate that. Once you're in the realm of generic D&D, there's little that isn't common across all fantasy in general.

As Keith said, Lit has non-exclusive posting rights, as do most of the free/freemium text erotica sites that I know of, meaning that you're free to cross-post as you please. Just check the terms and conditions instead of assuming it.

 

[Bramblethorn]

About the only case where Literotica might have issues is if you're seen as using this site for "teasers". For instance, if you post the first few chapters of a story here and then readers have to go to some other site to finish it, that's not okay.

 

[wastelandwriter]

It is, in fact, Forgotten Realms, but I've seen plenty of WoW-like stuff show up in SFF here so I doubt the categories will be a huge issue. It's mostly original characters. All of my other stories on Lit are in SFF, but they're set in the "real" world (except for the sff and sex elements). If this one winds up in Celeb that's fine as long as my regular readers still find it.

Ao3 was my first thought for an additional site because Ao3 is sort of built for this kind of thing. I didn't know of Lush until this thread, so thanks to those who mentioned it.

Not going anywhere on Literotica, but I figured if anyone would be cool with the "seeing other people, too" kink, it'd be Lit.

Thank you for the responses! I wasn't sure this would catch any replies. There's some good info here.

 

[sporkfina]

I have 6 sites I post to. They all have different rules so soome stories I can't post here get posted elsewhere. Some stories I can't post elsewhere get posted here.

The policy here and all sites I post on is the author retains the copyright, and grants a non exclusive right to the particualr website to post.host their work indefinitely. the author can revoke this at anytime by simple requesting the site owner to delete a single, group or all stories.

Can I get names of the sites you post to? I know of only this one and the other L!
Please feel free to PM me if you don't want to reply here..

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

Can I get names of the sites you post to? I know of only this one and the other L!
Please feel free to PM me if you don't want to reply here..

I'll PM them to you after I get some sleep. Send me a PM to remind me.

 

[RejectReality]

D&D settings are a bit of an odd bird. If you're using all original characters, and only putting them in the world, it's not really fanfic. That's what the game is. LOL You're right that it's unlikely to be moved to Celeb here. Laurel can't know every property that there is, and the readership is unlikely to report it unless you do something that really offends them.

Some sites simply don't want to deal with it. If they allow this, then they have to contend with people complaining that they can't post their Harry Potter fanfic, etc.

It is, in fact, Forgotten Realms, but I've seen plenty of WoW-like stuff show up in SFF here so I doubt the categories will be a huge issue. It's mostly original characters. All of my other stories on Lit are in SFF, but they're set in the "real" world (except for the sff and sex elements). If this one winds up in Celeb that's fine as long as my regular readers still find it.

Ao3 was my first thought for an additional site because Ao3 is sort of built for this kind of thing. I didn't know of Lush until this thread, so thanks to those who mentioned it.

Not going anywhere on Literotica, but I figured if anyone would be cool with the "seeing other people, too" kink, it'd be Lit.

Thank you for the responses! I wasn't sure this would catch any replies. There's some good info here.

 

[SimonDoom]

I post stories only here.

I'm curious, for those who post stories elsewhere, whether and how the reception and feedback are different. My impression is Literotica has for more readers than other sites.

 

[SyleusSnow]

I post stories only here.

I'm curious, for those who post stories elsewhere, whether and how the reception and feedback are different. My impression is Literotica has for more readers than other sites.

The red site that also begins with "L" is the only other one I bother publishing to.

Yes, the audience is teeny compared to Lit. Comments, votes and views are minimal, but the some of the comments I've received have been insightful regarding the character and story.

On Lit comments tend to be "loved it... write a sequel." Great for the ego, great encouragement to keep going. I appreciate every single one, but that's not so useful if you're trying to improve as a writer.

The audience is mostly UK and they prefer shorter stories (there's a de facto 10K limit per chapter), though not necessarily strokers. The same story that's been over the top successful here has met with crickets there, and vice-versa.

If nothing else, getting good feedback on both sites means you've written something with broader appeal, even if you may not know why.

 

[RejectReality]

I post stories only here.

I'm curious, for those who post stories elsewhere, whether and how the reception and feedback are different. My impression is Literotica has for more readers than other sites.

SOL typically has a lot of constructive criticism early on. ( or, at least that was the case the last two times I was "new" as Les and RR ) My thought is that it's the paid members encouraging new authors to hang around. The public comment system is new, and off by default, so it's not really much of a thing yet. I actually get a lot more private feedback through there than I do here, but most of it is similar to the kind of public comments you would get here.

Hitting the topists is critical. Either downloads or score will do it. If you don't hit those, you can be scrolled off the front page pretty quickly by other new releases, blog posts, etc. As long as you hit one within the first two or three days, enough new people will find it to get a reasonable response to even a short story. Long form dominates there.

Tag based navigation prevents the phenomenon of warring camps forming in categories, so less trolling commentary. Good place for LW type stories and pseudo incest. If you want to write a Western, they do uncommonly well there even without sex.

Lush is heavy on public comments. It's nothing unusual for 75% of your votes to be accompanied by a comment. Most are simple kudos, but you'll get a smattering of specific things people liked, and some constructive criticism as well. Short work is king there. While the overall numbers are pretty low, short stuff will outperform longer works. Poetry, Flash fiction, Microfiction can all do reasonable numbers when compared to a short story of 2-10k words, and 5k will typically outperform 10k. Absolutely outperform anything that's over 10k and has to be split into multiple submissions.

Unless you have bad luck, you stay on the front page long enough to attract new eyes. More categories ( such as splitting Incest and Taboo, and having a Bisexual category ) give you better options for certain kinds of stories, eliminating some of the pitfalls that Lit has in that arena.

Every site has their positive and negative qualities, but non can compare to Lit's sheer traffic dominance.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I post stories only here.

I'm curious, for those who post stories elsewhere, whether and how the reception and feedback are different. My impression is Literotica has for more readers than other sites.

Generally yes, but it depends a lot on story elements. Ao3 has its roots in fanfic and while it'll accept just about anything, a lot of the readership are there for specific fandoms. If you're writing in a popular new fandom you'll probably get more hits than on an original setting.

But as we've discussed previously in interminable "fix the category system" threads, Ao3 navigation is much more tag-based than Lit, and it's not just the fandom tags that affect views. My most successful story there is "The Floggings Will Continue" despite that being the only one that's not attached to an existing fandom (if the 1001 Nights counts as a fandom) and that's probably because the tags have a lot of sexual content - people want smut!

On Ao3 that story has one comment, 20 kudos (basically a 'like' button), 2 bookmarks, 2803 hits. Over here it has 16 comments, 141 votes, 15 favourites, and 18k views, so roughly 10x the engagement - though it's hard to compare hits to views, since I suspect Literotica views are a bit more scattergun.

My experiences with commenters have been overwhelmingly positive on both sites, but every site has its own dramas. Ao3 has a lot of pairing wars - right now, the Rey/Finn shippers are complaining about the Rey/Kylo shippers because apparently Adam Driver being 33 vs. Daisy Ridley's 26 is a creepy age difference. (As opposed to the many, many better reasons why romance with a Space Nazi might be problematic...)

 

[nylonpunkie]

Are we not allowed to mention other websites?

I can't figure what sites are being discussed here: L? Ao3? RR? Les?
What are the 'six other sites'?

I tried lushstories but found it to be cliquey, snipey and pretty hostile.
I used to publish on adultfriendfinder but my stories became gradually too rude for them.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I can't figure what sites are being discussed here: L? Ao3? RR? Les?
What are the 'six other sites'?

The Literotica site owners (Laurel and Manu) prefer that people don't use these forums to advertise competing sites. There's a grey area between "advertising" (forbidden) and general discussion (allowed) so some of us will give acronyms rather than spelling out the link, mostly as a courtesy to L&M.

(Also because the forum's anti-spam software is sometimes overzealous in blocking links to other sites.)

Ao3 is another major story site, which includes both adult and non-adult content, and if you google that name you'll find it easily enough. "RR" is not a site at all but RejectReality, one of the participants in this discussion, and "Les" is an alt account of his. The other "L" is one you've already mentioned.

 

[nylonpunkie]

Thank you bramble thorn, you're very kind to let me know, x

 

[RejectReality]

I tried lushstories but found it to be cliquey, snipey and pretty hostile.

Concentrate on writing, avoid the social aspects over there — especially the Think Tank, which is their General Board. The readership is friendly, and it's an excellent venue for short-form erotica.

Don't bother with the contests, either. About twenty top tier ( genuinely talented ) writers dominate them, leaving nothing for the rest of us LOL Here, there are benefits ( new readers ) that come from entering whether you win or not. There's no benefit beyond placing or getting an honorable mention there. The more critical voting during contests actually hurts everybody else with the hyper-inflated scoring having such an impact on long-term readership.

 

[mfan2112]

I post stories only here.

I'm curious, for those who post stories elsewhere, whether and how the reception and feedback are different. My impression is Literotica has for more readers than other sites.

I post on one other site ss.com (s _ _ stories) and am about to dump it. I know a few others who are in the same boat. There is some manipulation of the voting going on over there, so only a few others stay on the main page so it is hard for people to find your work over there. Unless you write solely incest stories, stay away.

The feedback I am getting here is much more pleasant and useful.

 

[RejectReality]

I post on one other site ss.com (s _ _ stories) and am about to dump it. I know a few others who are in the same boat. There is some manipulation of the voting going on over there, so only a few others stay on the main page so it is hard for people to find your work over there. Unless you write solely incest stories, stay away.

The feedback I am getting here is much more pleasant and useful.

I've looked at that site numerous times over the years, because it has a surprisingly high traffic rating. The visible statistics on the actual stories don't seem to bear out that traffic rating, though. Makes me wonder if there's some blackhat SEO going on.