What do you Post on Lit?

[artisticbiguy]

Being an author who posts in multiple locations on the web, I make careful choices as to where I put what kinds of stories. I, for one, though I love lit, do not find the format works for me in serial or chaptered stories. That of course, is just me. I also feel that a story should be rated by the whole thing, and not "per chapter", causing a huge discrepancy in the over-all sense of a tale when you get chapters rated 4.8 and others that don't even get the "hot" level.

So, suffice to say, I only post short stories on Lit. I look at the site as a huge, ever growing anthology of erotica. Anthologies, to me, are best for shorts and poetry.

What do you post on lit, and why?

 

[Guest]

What do you post on lit, and why?

Obviously you know I agree with you on this. I keep my longer, multi-chaptered work elsewhere. First, it can be a little complicated following multiple chapters of a story where ever they are on Lit, since there is a multi-chapter (novels and novellas) catagory and all the genre/orientation catagories. Then, the unavoidale nature of the posting environment can do cruel things to a story's format (I currently have one story that was about 1 line and one blank line "too long", meaning the ending line is on a page of its own).

I like the anthology idea better -- short stories, novellas, flash fiction and poetry, essay and reviews.

 

[matriarch]

I've only ever written short stories, so the problem of chaptered work doesn't apply to me.

I used to post on both Lit and Nifty.
I write poetry as well, and Nifty doesn't 'do' poetry, so I now only post on Lit, although I haven't posted a story in over a year.

Both sites have pluses and minuses. I love the layout on Lit, the other options beside just writing and posting, the contact with other posters, the sense of community. But I do feel that the categories lack diversity. The biggest plus of Nifty is that it diversifies within each category, I just don't like the layout.

 

[Guest]

Being an author who posts in multiple locations on the web, I make careful choices as to where I put what kinds of stories. I, for one, though I love lit, do not find the format works for me in serial or chaptered stories. That of course, is just me. I also feel that a story should be rated by the whole thing, and not "per chapter", causing a huge discrepancy in the over-all sense of a tale when you get chapters rated 4.8 and others that don't even get the "hot" level.

So, suffice to say, I only post short stories on Lit. I look at the site as a huge, ever growing anthology of erotica. Anthologies, to me, are best for shorts and poetry.

What do you post on lit, and why?

I read stories here for a long time before I got up the nerve to submit.

It was the quality of some of the stories that had me scoffing and insisting to my husband I could do better. I think he finally became fed up with it and encouraged me ( ) to add my own works.

But I stick to short stories, not longer works. And I haven't submitted additional poetry here in a long time.

 

[oggbashan]

I started in Yahoo Adult Groups, and like many here I thought that I could write better stories than those I found.

Much of my earlier work was written for one of more specific Yahoo Groups and is Fetish. I still write occasional stories for Yahoo but the response rate is poor compared with Literotica. If there is any feedback, "G8 story" is typical length...

I posted my 2003 NaNoWriMo entry here, edited and posted on Lit before the NaNo month was over. That was a personal challenge but I don't think I'll do that again.

Some of my work is on group sites that are not Yahoo.

My non-erotic work is elsewhere. My work-related stuff was published in books, pamphlets, manuals, magazines, and on my company's intranet.

Og

 

[Owlwhisper]

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[elsol]

I post everything on LIT except the teenage stories.

I usually work in the 16+ range because I prefer that age group for coming of age stories.

If I can convert the story to 18+ (Michelle's Story as an example) by rewriting enough of the story without losing the spirit or at the very least re-writing it into something new, then I'll do it.

Otherwise I won't put it on here.

Long stories I will just drop in as either 'multi-chapter' books or as one big honker of a story.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[Belegon]

My novel is not ready for public consumption yet...

 

[artisticbiguy]

I posted my 2003 NaNoWriMo entry here, edited and posted on Lit before the NaNo month was over. That was a personal challenge but I don't think I'll do that again.
Og

I'm posting my NaNoWriMo2005 entry in my live journal and my yahoo group. As it is much longer than a single post, and I only post shorts here, it won't go up on Lit.

 

[artisticbiguy]

I post everything on LIT except the teenage stories.

I usually work in the 16+ range because I prefer that age group for coming of age stories.

If I can convert the story to 18+ (Michelle's Story as an example) by rewriting enough of the story without losing the spirit or at the very least re-writing it into something new, then I'll do it.

Otherwise I won't put it on here.

Long stories I will just drop in as either 'multi-chapter' books or as one big honker of a story.

Sincerely,
ElSol

Yeah, I have several coming of age stories and one short story between adults where there is a memory sequence of teen-experimentation, none of which can go up here.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Most everything I write, I can find a place for on Lit. Unless it's some super obscure slash, then it only goes to Live Journal. Though, right now I'm writing a novel which could span a bunch of categories and I'm a little concerned about what I'll do with it when it's finished. I'm posting it in installments on Live Journal first and I suppose I'll decide what category works when it's done.