Illustrated story category perils?

[andrea_adores]

Dear All,

I am about to submit a story that has images to go along with it. The piece is very strongly themed in the TS genre and it is crying out to go in the "Transsexuals and Crossdressers" category. But, because it has illutrations with it, I suspect it has to be submitted as an "Illustrated" story. I dread to think it will sink without trace in that non-specific category because it won't be picked up by its 'target demographic' i.e. those who enjoy their t-girl goddesses!
Any advice from other authors, please?

Kisses x x

Andrea (all g-girl!)

 

[sr71plt]

If it's illustrated, I don't think you have a choice of putting it anywhere but in the illustrated category.

 

[PennLady]

Could you put something in the tag line that it's a TS story? Instead of any sort of story summary? That might help. I have to agree with SR, though -- if it's illustrated, that's the category it goes in.

 

[estragon]

Yet another reason to revise the category-tagging process. Too many octagonal pegs in square holes.

 

[PennLady]

Yet another reason to revise the category-tagging process. Too many octagonal pegs in square holes.

I know I've said things along these lines before, but I think it would be a plus if Lit revised the pages listing stories. You could still have your title, tag line and category, but it'd be nice even within the categories to have standardized tags to indicate, say, that there will be m/m sex within a nonhuman story and things like that.

 

[mynameisben]

Yet another reason to revise the category-tagging process. Too many octagonal pegs in square holes.

Just for the record, an octagonal peg can fit into a square hole almost as snugly as a square peg can. An octagonal peg can be removed from a square hole more easily than a square peg, because the shaved corners of the octagon provide four convenient locations at which to apply a pry bar when necessary. What's more, an octagonal peg needs to be turned, on average, 22.5 degrees to fit it into a square hole, whereas a square peg requires a 45 degrees turn, on average, before it can be fitted into the same square hole.

 

[andrea_adores]

Well, thanks for all the remarks and pointers...and for the briefing on different geometrical tesselations!
Looks like I am destined for illutrations.
x

 

[Darkniciad]

Just make sure the title ( best ) or description line has "t-girl" or something similar in there. Most of your reads will come from the "New" list anyway, and those two things are what's visible there. That will let the readership you're looking for find it.