Frustrating indeed. Seems like a very trivial fix, or at the very least, rolling back whatever change broke it.

Any word on when this will be fixed?

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I'm working on a story that spans a girls live from 8 to 18. so far 4K words of nothing sexual, just world building. we will see I'm thinking abotu scrapping the whole backstory and just starting at age 17 or 18

Write what genuinely makes you happy and what you're truly passionate about, because no matter how hard you try, you'll never make every reader happy. Don't waste your energy twisting yourself into knots to appease everyone. That's impossible. There’s already an audience out there that loves the exact thing you describe: slow-burn buildup with no rush to the sexual payoff. Write that version unapologetically for them.

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Audio files can now be uploaded and attached directly at story creation time.

So come on, sexy Lush voice artists. Let's hear you...

That is great and all, but if your story gets rejected for any reason, you would essentially need to re-record.

I would love to see LS allow the approval of stories with the option not to "publish" until you are ready. This would also be helpful when you want to publish a multiple-chapter story at the same time.

I am interested in converting some of my older and upcoming stories to audio.

Where would one find people willing to read and record audio files (for a fee of course)?

Would leveraging an AI site like naturalreaders.com to produce an audio file be suitable or is that off limits?

Thanks!

As a reader, while a story cover doesn't necessarily determine whether I read a story or not, my thoughts as a writer are different. I really enjoy displaying the main subject of the story on the cover, and probably spend way more time on this part of the process than I should. It inspires my writing and helps me visualize things better along the way, and I assume people reading the story leverage the cover image for visualization as they read as well.

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What, I can't have actor Tod Cruze hook up with singer Tyler Fast?🤣

Kravitz Yeltzie wouldn't be too happy about that.

I have an idea for a politically motivated story floating around my head and didn't want to get started until my understanding of the rules were crystal clear

To my understanding, we are not allowed to use real people? Assuming that is correct, what is the criteria for avoiding crossing the line of a story rejection? I.e, if I used similar names and attributes which would make the subjects of my story crystal clear without mentioning names directly, would that still be against the rules?

I am curious to hear people's thoughts on the overall impact a story's cover image has on not only drawing you to read it in the first place but also its impact on the story as a whole.

For instance, if an author depicts a person on the cover who is the subject of the story, does having a visual of the person or people being written about heighten your overall enjoyment, or would you prefer it to be left to the imagination based on the subject's appearance and attributes described in the story?

As a newbie here, I will add my two cents. I would assume that the number of likes/comments on a story has a strong correlation to the motivation of an author to extend a series. Something an author may have considered amazing at the time of writing that didn't spark any reaction from readers would likely be demotivating to continue on with.