Valentines Day Contest Support Thread.

[Priscilla_June]

Lol. A fragment of a lengthy comment on my story:

"Also, reading about a 'reddened, soupy vag' goes beyond lacking class and elegance."

Well, yes. I agree, in fact. The theme I was going for was not "class and elegance." So thank you, gentle reader. Except that he copped to leaving a 1* for that, which I thought was a bit extreme in a story lasting 25,086 words.

So funny.

Im gonna have to work “soupy vag” into a story now.

 

[Voboy]

Im gonna have to work “soupy vag” into a story now.

I highly recommend it.

 

[Duleigh]

Lol. A fragment of a lengthy comment on my story:

"Also, reading about a 'reddened, soupy vag' goes beyond lacking class and elegance."

Well, yes. I agree, in fact. The theme I was going for was not "class and elegance." So thank you, gentle reader. Except that he copped to leaving a 1* for that, which I thought was a bit extreme in a story lasting 25,086 words.

So funny.

My story is 27,700 words, I can't wait to see which nit this reader will pick.

 

[Devinter]

I highly recommend it.

I remember you saying that we have enough events and challenges already, but you have to admit that a soupy vag challenge sounds quite intriguing.

 

[Voboy]

I remember you saying that we have enough events and challenges already, but you have to admit that a soupy vag challenge sounds quite intriguing.

Every challenge is a Soupy Vag Challenge, lol. You just gotta want it enough.

 

[onehitwanda]

Every challenge is a Soupy Vag Challenge, lol. You just gotta want it enough.

 

[luv2custrip]

Reddened soupy vags (?) deserve respect. They exude class—among other things.

 

[Priscilla_June]

Thanks @FreyaGersemi and @Voboy for the encouraging words on my story always love hearing when ppl enjoy stories I write, better than any rating!

 

[EmilyMiller]

My story, Lily’s First Valentine’s was posted on day one, but I’ve been kinda busy .

It’s a stranger in a strange land tale of an ex-angel trying to figure out the mysteries of human customs (and making sure she is topped up with life-giving semen at the same time).

I loved writing it.

Em

 

[Voboy]

Thanks @FreyaGersemi and @Voboy for the encouraging words on my story always love hearing when ppl enjoy stories I write, better than any rating!

It was good! Lots going on in there.

 

[Priscilla_June]

It was good! Lots going on in there.

In your opinion was it too much?

 

[Voboy]

In your opinion was it too much?

Not at all, but then I like a story with a lot of stuff happening. Not everyone does.

You wrote a story you like and respect. That's most of the battle. Anyone else who likes it and respects it? That's just gravy. Like reddened, soupy vag-gravy.

 

[Eisenloewe]

Another n00b question even though I now have one story under my belt. It was a while ago now. Does the "preview & publish" button only give you a true live preview of your work if you've entered it and done all the html coding by hand in the "Story Text" field? Or will it let you do that if you upload a Word document, just take longer for it to appear in the Drafts section under Works in our profiles? For that matter, does it make a difference if we upload .docx, .doc, or .rtf? I'd like to see a live preview before I hit "submit for publication."

For what it's worth, I remembered this much from last time: Left aligned, Times New Roman font, single spaced with a full space between paragraph, no paragraph indentation.

The real issue is I just have a decent amount of bold and italic print in my Word document and I'd like to see that before I submit. And if I can get that to submit properly without having to code everything in the Story Text field, it would be much better.

 

[Voboy]

I've always submitted as a .doc or .docx, and once I've uploaded it I've not been able to easily take a look at the preview. But none of the italics or bolds I've used in the Word doc has ever failed to show up in the published work; it's always been identical.

 

[FreyaGersemi]

I've always submitted as a .doc or .docx, and once I've uploaded it I've not been able to easily take a look at the preview. But none of the italics or bolds I've used in the Word doc has ever failed to show up in the published work; it's always been identical.

Ah-hah!! I noticed after about my sixth upload that NONE of my italics or anything was showing up. Shame on me for not rereading (for the thousandth time) my story in the preview. Maybe I should Word Doc it from now on?
EDIT: I did learn some rudimentary HTML to insert into my stories, so there's that...

 

[Duleigh]

We authors watch out for each other

 

[Duleigh]

I just have a decent amount of bold and italic print in my Word document and I'd like to see that before I submit. And if I can get that to submit properly without having to code everything in the Story Text field, it would be much better.

I have been submitting in .doc format since 2006 and have never had any missing bold, italic, or underline. It won't do super script or subscript but most odd characters I've used in the Insert, Symbols, More Symbols grid show up too. I like using the interesting symbols for sub chapter dividers. The only draw back I've found is that you can't see it. Being easier with built in spell and grammar checking and the ability to read aloud while editing doesn't impress some people and they use the 1980s vintage text editor (Looking at you @EmilyMiller) I'm not sure how it works out but each page is about 3,500 words.

I did learn some rudimentary HTML to insert into my stories, so there's that..

Ok, there is a plus, but you can't use that HTML code in a word document, it will show up as HTML code in the final product.

 

[Duleigh]

WOW!
I submitted Friend Zoned at 10:00am this morning and I just took a quick look at it - it's going to go live tomorrow!
I have never seen a story of mine go live that fast!

 

[EmilyMiller]

Ok, there is a plus, but you can't use that HTML code in a word document, it will show up as HTML code in the final product.

If you copy paste from Word (as I do) the HTML works just fine.

Em

 

[Eisenloewe]

WOW!
I submitted Friend Zoned at 10:00am this morning and I just took a quick look at it - it's going to go live tomorrow!
I have never seen a story of mine go live that fast!

I submitted mine late yesterday afternoon and it was listed as Pending by early this morning--but then I was OCD enough to be compelled to resubmit to fix some typos I missed the first time, so hopefully I didn't just cost myself the perfect time to submit.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

I don't think I'm gonna have anything this year.

 

[Duleigh]

If you copy paste from Word (as I do) the HTML works just fine.

Em

You type it in word but still paste it into the text editor?
Why?

 

[BobbyBrandt]

If you copy paste from Word (as I do) the HTML works just fine.

Em

I tried that with my submission and the last end bracket got deleted after submission, so most of the story is in italics. I have the original Word file and the end bracket is there, and everything looked fine in the preview, but there you go.

 

[Duleigh]

The contest story page is up

Valentines Day Erotic Story Contest 2024

There's only 26 entries listed, but that number will grow. There's plenty of time to get your story up

 

[alohadave]

You type it in word but still paste it into the text editor?
Why?

Previewing how Lit will render the text is useful. I sometimes see something in the preview that I missed in Word.

It wouldn't be a deal breaker, and on another site, I upload the document (an html version) with no issues. But that site is much easier to update if needed.