Question about series listed on both authors’ profiles

Hey.

I am currently writing stories that will be part of a series or better said a story universe.

Some of those stories—like a part 2 of X—will be written and posted by some other authors on their profiles.

For better visibility of the stories on any profile, I have an idea.

(Example)

I could publish a very short part out of XYZ part 2 of X on my profile with a link to the full story on the other author's profile.

The other author will have to consent, obviously.

That way my Lush page gets a certain consistency as part 2 of X is still in my series, and the other author could do the same.

Posting something of the full story, like a teaser, to send my followers / readers to the other person's Lush page. Maybe 100 words? 200? like a Microfiction taken out of the whole 4k story.

I'm unsure what your question is.

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Are you referring to story collabs? If so, you just have to make sure to add your co-author's username in the Contributing Author field before submitting your story. Collab stories appear on both profiles of the authors.

Oh they do? That I didn't know.

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Oh they do? That I didn't know.

Yes. If in doubt, check this collab series by WannabeWordsmith and Jen. You will see it on each of their own story list.

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/exhibitionism/snap-discovering-chloe-pt-1

I'm not quite clear on your idea, but just in case, we can't have stories posted on profiles. Links, yes, teasers or brief excerpts, yes. But not full stories. All stories must be submitted for review.

As Mit said, Collabs do appear con both profiles, so you wouldn't have a problem with that. And you could create a forum post with all the links too, for all the different authors' readerships' convenience

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I'm not quite clear on your idea, but just in case, we can't have stories posted on profiles. Links, yes, teasers or brief excerpts, yes. But not full stories. All stories must be submitted for review.

I think he's just referring to the fact that our stories appear on the Stories page of our profiles and we can promote up to 3 on the main profile page, not that he is planning to post the actual story on his profile. That's my reading, anyhow.

To clarify my idea.

I was going to take a few lines of the part another author writes and submit it as - there is no word for this - teaser story (?) on my profile. With links and all to the actual story. So a reader that was enjoying part 1, 2 and 3 on my page can find the teaser for part 4 on my page to and so s/he can anvigate to the real part 4 on the other authors page easily.

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To clarify my idea.

I was going to take a few lines of the part another author writes and submit it as - there is no word for this - teaser story (?) on my profile. With links and all to the actual story. So a reader that was enjoying part 1, 2 and 3 on my page can find the teaser for part 4 on my page to and so s/he can anvigate to the real part 4 on the other authors page easily.

That's what I thought, and used 'teaser or excerpt' to try to illustrate the notion. No problem with that.

In your example above, if you are listed as a co-author, part 4 will appear in your Stories too, but those who follow you won't receive a notification. So posting on your profile is a great idea. And then, posting on the forum will help to get even more visibility, reaching those that maybe are not following you and/or the lead author, yet.

Would posting an excerpt or snippet or whatever we call it be ok with the guidelines?

In this scenario, the other author is condescending obviously.

And all credentials and links would be added too.

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Would posting an excerpt or snippet or whatever we call it be ok with the guidelines?
In this scenario, the other author is condescending obviously.
And all credentials and links would be added too.

Yes. Like I said, teasers/snippets/excerpts of verified stories are okay.

Just to be clear, it's fine to post an excerpt/link on your blog/status update on your profile. We wouldn't go through the story moderation process to publish an excerpt from a previously published story for it to show in your stories list.

As others have mentioned, if you're a co-author, it will show on your page anyway.

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We wouldn't go through the story moderation process to publish an excerpt from a previously published story for it to show in your stories list.

It wouldn't necessarily be from a previously published story and therefore not being moderated could be a problem, no?