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A review, a review! Thank you for the review. Strong elements of fascism and theocracy permeate most of my stories, and Jefferey is similar in that everybody feels justified in what they’re doing.

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You know, writing gay smut for a creative writing class in a conservative small town might prove to be an effective fitness program when you’re trying to outrun the hordes of pitchforks ...

Yep, definitely, that’s why I generally scope out the publishers/self-pub sites, looking at everything, to see if they’d even fit on content. Based on what I’ve seen, self-pub is likely the best option, but that means hiring an editor. Well, when it’s time to move into that, I’ll be doing my research to find good editors that aren’t too picky (or open minded).

I’m no longer in the class-taking mindset (kinda got burned out after finishing that masters). And I still have trepidation because of the content that I am writing, be it a writers group, an editor, or a publisher; those under-18 tags and some religious bigotry too. Of course, my material’s not yet to that publishing point, so there’s that. (I need to revise and get the main story moving along before I’m confident on all the points where my various stories intersect.) There are countries where the mere fact it’s “under-18” is illegal. Others will decline it’s because its sexual. So, some publishers just outright ban under-18 for those reasons. Some will avoid it for philosophical/religious reasons. And that’s before we get to portrayal/presentation/taste.

Quick update, some new episode ideas have come up while I was working on the revision of Jefferey. Thus, an episode posting might take a little while.

I even have to be careful on the self-pub sites, some of them restrict minor1 too. Its annoying because I want my stories to have realism to them, however, people like raising pitchforks when it’s even suggested that everybody’s a perfect angel before their 18th birthday*. This will factor in the editor search because I’d need someone able to read it. * I’m aware that some jurisdictions have puritanical legal standards not distinguishing between fictional stories and picture taking, fortunately, not where I reside

And I’ve got those [minor1] tags, so I’d have to be a bit cautious in any editor search.

Yep, it’s the cost that makes me question whether to publish or not. I see some mention of people hiring an editor before submitting to a publisher, but that has me wondering why bother with a regular publisher if I pay the biggest part myself.

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I’m scratching my head, exactly what are things like CreateSpace called, a self-publisher-assistant? Whatever they’re called, it’s technically possible not to pay anything to publish, they’ll charge a fee per book and pay you the rest. However, I’d most certainly do the whole edit cycle, and register the copyright. To me, taking time to revise and edit, sounds boring when I could be writing new material. I’m guessing the revision/edit/publish will more likely be undertaken by my next of kin than by me. (After all, the writing is a hobby, not a profession, so I want to have fun!) @BronxWench Yep, I remember the ratings, and I had that serial downvoter (seemingly downvoting out of spite), I was pretty close to giving up over it. We do need a fast like system (w/o the dislike), as it’s tough to discern the why with no feedback. I mean, my story Jefferey is the highest in dragon prints (over 5600), but only one review. I do make a point of reviewing the halloween/holiday round robins – this past holiday only has two posted reviews.

I’m not a fool who’d skip an editor with my works for publishing, though I’m sure there’s plenty in the self-pub world. (CreateSpace does offer an “editing” package .. though I’d probably be a little bit more picky on editors.) I’m not sure if/when I’ll make the jump into publishing, that’s kinda where it comes to the feedback thing @Tcr mentioned, if I’m not getting feedback when it’s free, is it worth paying for an editor and putting it out there on amazon?

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@Wilde_Guess If you self pub, you’d be paying. However, if you’re not too picky about quality and skip the editor, and it’s relatively inexpensive with something like CreateSpace (an amazon thing). @Anesor A laundry list of spelling/grammar does mean they’re reading your story Feedback, as a whole, means they’re interested. As @Tcr stated, a lack of feedback can be nasty, and that’s when I use dragon prints as a fallback, as I figure a large jump in numbers between chapter/episode postings hints at some level of interest. @sweetmamajama I try to review when I read. I’m just more of a writer here as I find it more fun playing in my own sandbox. I had a beta for a little while, but then she got busy and now I post without it.

I’ve considered self-pub, but then I’d have to worry about exactly that, an editor and that sort. Think I’ll stick to AFF for the time being (however, if a publisher sees my work and is interested, message me ).

Yeah, that definitely feels like a structural change that I’d be hesitant on too. For me, I try to understand the feedback, even using your case as an example, because there *could* be something amiss. Small things like spelling, grammar, are things I’d mostly takethe hint on and fix as indicated. Larger things, it depends.

I agree it’s kinda on a case by case, IMO. @Tcr mentioned lack of feedback, which is feedback itself, however, the lack is much harder to discern because there’s a TON of reasons for lack of feedback, and AFF readers, in general, tend not to give as many reviews per view as other websites. In the absence of reviews, the dragon print counter is the only feedback I typically have, so I kinda measure “interest” by how much it jumps after I post. In the case I mentioned, I tried splitting a story, based on a setting change, and the dragon prints kinda hinted that wasn’t a great move, so I backtracked. As @BronxWench mentioned, though, sometimes a revision based on feedback might not be best for the story (and in that case, editor feedback carries more weight than a reviewer). So, guess the moral is to take feedback with a grain of salt. Some feedback, like grammar or ambiguity can be better to heed, while others (ie. the mating pairs of characters) might be better to simply thank for the feedback but otherwise not worry about. In the absence of feedback, that’s when you should consider soliciting another opinion before completely rewriting or even pulling a story. That’s my $0.02 worth.

Absolute lack, nothing to go on. However, when it comes to dragon prints, or lack thereof, I’ll use those as reason to look at something again. I reverted a story split awhile ago because of it, and overall, I think it’s stronger if I look at it from the original point of view, a never-ending sort of thing.

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