The guidelines for this particular "challenge" are pretty broad. Mushy is nice but not required. Same goes with sexy times as adult situations are permitted (if not encouraged) but also not required. Truthfully they don't even have to be "together" yet for your story to qualify. Just something that highlights their love and undying devotion to one another will be fine ;) Also we're looking for one-shots here, nothing hugely long. No specific word count caps or anything, just use your best judgment.
I'd prefer it if whatever you submit hasn't yet been seen anywhere else. Also, I'd strongly recommend anything you have posted here you wait a few weeks or even more to post elsewhere. Since our readers tend to overlap, you'll get more comments in both places if you space it out a bit. You can email your stories to me and include whatever author name you want it published under. And please have someone beta read before you send it in. Hopefully we get some nice stories to make us all feel a little better!
Ooh! I just wrote something recently that I think might do. But I've never had a beta before (that explains a lot). Anyone here willing or know where to find me one?
ReplyDeleteI would be more than happy to beta for you. I don't know if you're on Tumblr, but @jediprompts as a list of betas as well.
ReplyDeleteI'd appreciate that! Thanks! How can I share it with you?
DeleteI just sent you a private message on FF.net with ideas. :)
DeleteYES YES YES. Let's get this show on the road. *rubs hands together in glee*
ReplyDeleteTHANK THE MAKER!!! I am sooooooo ready to read some romantic fluff.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the email we can send out stories to?
ReplyDeletezrm17 "at" yahoo "dot" com
DeleteThanks!
DeleteZyra, might it be a good idea for anyone submitting a story to put a reminder (link?) on a busier thread, as notifications of new posts seem to be a bit patchy for some, whereas notifications from subscribed threads seem to come through just fine.
ReplyDeleteSorry, JainaDurron7, for taking so long to notice your new fic!
Hey, sorry for the slow reply. As an admin this works different for me, so not sure how you guys get/see notifications. If I put a comment on this post anytime I post a new one, will you get an alert? Would that help?
DeleteNot on this post, no, because it doesn't have much traffic. New comments here won't be seen by as many people as would a new comment on a livelier blog entry.
DeleteI meant that it might be good to put a "new story" heads-up on a busier thread (i.e. one that has many different users actively posting to it) to boost the visibility of the new story post. You wouldn't necessarily have to do that as admin, though. A writer submitting a story to you could then post a notice on a busy thread to encourage people posting there to check for new content on your blog. I don't know how well that would work, but as a reader I wouldn't mind having my attention drawn to new stories that way (although I realize some writers may be reluctant to "advertise").
Of course anyone can "advertise" their stories on other threads, though I can understand reluctance to do so. Also I had forgotten to mention it in the post, although everyone has been good about this so far, comments on stories should only be about the story, unless the author opens it up to other kinds of discussion. I don't want someone's comment thread to get clogged up with comments about TFA or whatever.
DeleteI did just post another new story! I really wish I knew how or why you guys don't get email alerts for every post if you've signed up for that. I guess that is what happens when you use the site for free.
OMG. I haven't been around enough! VALENTINES DAY CHALLENGE. You ladies are the best. And there are submissions already!@!!!!!!!@@!@@#! The BEST. ALL THE BEST. I'm going off to read now!
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