You can treat it that way.
My Series Name
My Series Name Ch. 01
My Series Name Ch. 02
But Lush allows you to group things without the need for chapter numbers. For example, my Magic of the Wood series:
Magic of the Wood
Steward of the Wood
Daughter of the Wood
Forever of the Wood ( Pt. 1 of 2 )
Forever of the Wood ( Pt. 2 of 2 )
So on and so forth. As you can see, you can even include multi-part stories in the series if you wish.
The titles don't even have to have anything to do with the series name.
The Ancient Peoples
Serpentine Destiny
Feather and Scale
Tangled Coils
You have a lot more flexibility here, but you do still need to produce everything in sequence in order to link them up as a series. There's no ability to insert a story in the middle of the timeline without editing every single story in the series from where you're inserting the middle story to link them up in the new order.
And another note: As soon as the announcement for 2020 happened, nominations for 2021 opened up.
Well, for one thing, Lush isn't U.S. based, which means they would likely recognize your copyright as defined in the Byrne convention, and could make a reasonable legal argument to defy a U.S. copyright filing by someone else. Technically you do have copyright immediately upon creation of the work. Places like Canada, the U.K., the EU, etc. will recognize that with sufficient proof of origin.
The U.S. is part of the convention, but they throw as many roadblocks in the way as possible to keep copyright cases out of the courts. That's why you need a formal copyright to even get a foot in the door. It would also be prohibitively expensive for either party to actually pursue the matter through the legal system. You would both likely have to rely on moral suasion, and that could go either way on a case-by-case basis. Some are going to recognize the formal copyright, some are going to recognize that you can prove you originally created the work.
Basically, it comes down to a shit fight without the formal copyright. The only way you can ensure 100% that you and only you have the authority to issue take-down notices is to have a formal copyright registered with the U.S. copyright office. You're not going to be able to sue regardless, because once you put something up in public for free, you've established that it has no monetary value. The best you can hope for is to get someone else's name off your work, and/or stop them from profiting from it via moral suasion.
Having proof of origin and a formal copyright simply means you have all the guns in the fight. Anybody else would have to rely on smoke and mirrors.
If you reside in the U.S., and you don't file for formal copyright ( Keeping in mind that you can create compilations of several works and file for a copyright on the archive under a single title ) you have zero protection in the U.S. If someone else files for a formal copyright on your work, as far as U.S. courts are concerned, they own it, and you are the infringer.
Mailing it to yourself, selling it at the mall or on the street corner... None of that means diddly if someone else copyrights it.
As to proving it's yours on another online venue, one simple way is to have a public contact on the site where it was first posted, then contact the new site via that public contact to prove you're the same person. In my case, I have all my work listed on my website, so it's a simple matter to point someone there to see that all three pen names I use are mine.
As often as not, any website that isn't shady to begin with will remove work you point out is plagiarized when you direct them to the original posting with an earlier date. In the case of someone ripping you off on Amazon, check to see if they're in the Kindle Unlimited program, and if so, then use the report form to note that it's available somewhere else for a cheaper price ( free ) by linking to the original, as well as noting that it's stolen. That will often get it removed without having to file an official DMCA request. Amazon doesn't like being undercut. Report enough of them, and they'll nuke the infringer entirely.
( If you see your work stolen and posted on Amazon for profit, be sure to report it on any site you post on, so other authors can take action on their stolen work as well )
Seems to be working from my end. I tried through both desktop and mobile, and it wouldn't record a score without a comment. Double checked my scoring history to make sure, and the aborted vote attempts aren't registering there.
I had the extra spacing problem as well. For some reason, the text processor started doing something weird a good while back. Do this find/replace before pasting:
Find: ^p^p
Replace: ^p
The original document will look horrible ( recommend saving a Lush specific copy, while keeping the final draft as-is in case you need to edit later ) but once pasted, it comes out right. ( At least using the "paste from Word" option )
I micromanage the failings of 300 people in five minute blocks so that overpriced, tiny tin of pork-n-beans is on the shelf when you wander in at three o'clock in the morning.
Just want to go on record saying that I believe the Sharon Carter depicted in Falcon and Winter Soldier is our introduction to the evil faction of the Skrulls that will play out in Secret Invasion.
Congratulations!
I'm still struggling to find ideas I like for four categories, so I know difficult it is.
Yep, it will treat both bench-strapped and benchstrapped as a single word.
It will also treat both bolded sections as 1 word each. "She sat on the bench—strapped down and gagged—awaiting Sir"
Sorry about that!
Still have freebies remaining halfway through the year, so I can afford to weaponize one to make a point.
