New to the scene, a few questions

[MidnightSun]

I have a few questions... I have a notebook or two full of stories about the same two people, a husband and wife, mostly light bondage and light BDSM, but some romantic stories, with a few non-erotic stories that give alot of backround. The notebook and private blog site I have are set up like a journal from the wife's point of view. I have just recently started to submit them onto the Literotica website. My question is what would be the best way to go about this all? Should I submit them as parts of a novel/novella even though there is really no plot to string the stories together? If I do that, would I add a plot line in and turn them into parts of one? Should I just include the non-erotic stuff under the same BDSM catagory to give the backround stories? Would these be considered a chain story? I have two submissions awaiting approval and was just wondering what to do before submitting any more. Any help in this would be wonderful! I am still trying to learn the ropes around here and figured the best way to do it was to jump right in, lol. Thanks in advance for helpin me figure this all out!
~MidnightSun

 

[alias x]

There is nothing stopping you from submitting them all as separate stories involving the same characters. You could name them all something like, "Mary's Diary: Title" where title was the name of the story itself (and Mary is the name of the girl). If the non-erotic stories are separate stories, I'd categorize them as non-erotic so that the people who don't care about background can skip them. Otherwise, those people will be annoyed. Perhaps name one of the non-erotic stories "Mary's Diary: An introduction" and preface it with an explanation (i.e. explain that the stories are in no particular order and whatnot).

Alternatively, and perhaps preferrable, consider prefixing all of the stories with 3-4 sentences to the effect of,
"Mary and John are married and into light bondage. Below is an entry from Mary's Diary. The entries are in no particular order. Read them in whatever order you wish." You should still indicate somehow in the title that the story is from Mary's Diary so that users will be able to recognize that the group of stories is tied together.

 

[MidnightSun]

Thanks! I have decided to do just that and am re-writing alot of the stories to be diary entries, lol, I have written in some back story to some of the entries that I worked on last night, just waiting for the two submissions I have pending to be accepted before submiting any more....