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Post by slyn11 on Sept 26, 2012 22:34:31 GMT -5
Does anyone have a LiveJournal? I have been thinking about posting my stories on a dedicated site/blog something, somewhere - most of my stories are not Days related....and I know many people like LiveJournal. When I look at that place I am confused. Does anyone have any experience with it?
Or if you post your stories elsewhere...where do you do it? How do you handle your stories from multiple fandoms?
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Post by blueyed358 on Sept 26, 2012 22:46:52 GMT -5
I use to post on Devoted to Deveraux too but the readers there didn't want to read a story about Jack and another woman so after I finished my Jack and Jennifer story I moved here and made my own website on webs.com. It is free as long as you don't go for the premium package.
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Post by Kpatch on Sept 26, 2012 22:53:41 GMT -5
I signed up with LiveJournal but I haven't made friends with it. It seems pretty restrictive so far.
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Post by slyn11 on Sept 26, 2012 23:07:40 GMT -5
I use to post on Devoted to Deveraux too but the readers there didn't want to read a story about Jack and another woman so after I finished my Jack and Jennifer story I moved here and made my own website on webs.com. It is free as long as you don't go for the premium package. Do you mind sharing a link to your site, so I can see the set up? I am looking for ideas. |
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Post by blueyed358 on Sept 26, 2012 23:13:55 GMT -5
sure..I have my home page set up with the "cast" Myself and several of my friends who read my stories picked out actors/ actresses we saw as the characters..LOL the link is...jackandsara.webs.com
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Post by slyn11 on Sept 26, 2012 23:16:08 GMT -5
Thanks so much!....Ooo Rena Sofer...used to love her on GH with Wally Kurth...Ned and Lois.
I like your set up very much.
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Post by blueyed358 on Sept 26, 2012 23:21:49 GMT -5
Thank you...yes I loved her as Lois..I enjoyed her recently in her recurring role on NCIS too
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Post by slyn11 on Sept 26, 2012 23:24:55 GMT -5
sure..I have my home page set up with the "cast" Myself and several of my friends who read my stories picked out actors/ actresses we saw as the characters..LOL the link is...jackandsara.webs.com I notice you have members on your site. Is that for people to comment? |
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Post by blueyed358 on Sept 26, 2012 23:28:17 GMT -5
Yes..they were they ladies who urged me to write the Jack/Sara story after finishing JnJ "Third Times A Charm" so they joined as members. I have readers on there that aren't members..but I think you have to be a member to comment..not totally sure thought..LOL
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Post by slyn11 on Sept 26, 2012 23:40:18 GMT -5
Yes..they were they ladies who urged me to write the Jack/Sara story after finishing JnJ "Third Times A Charm" so they joined as members. I have readers on there that aren't members..but I think you have to be a member to comment..not totally sure thought..LOL Thank you so much! I definitely will be looking into this. I am about to do some spin offs from my current fic...smaller shorter stories about side characters...and I think a site like yours might help me keep it all organized. |
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Post by blueyed358 on Sept 26, 2012 23:42:08 GMT -5
Your welcome..I really like that site..let me know if you do one I'd love to go to it  Oh I feel like I should mention my friend Karen did the photoshop pictures of Matthew Ashford and Rena Sofer..I love the younger one of them..LOL |
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Post by slyn11 on Sept 26, 2012 23:49:38 GMT -5
Your welcome..I really like that site..let me know if you do one I'd love to go to it Oh I feel like I should mention my friend Karen did the photoshop pictures of Matthew Ashford and Rena Sofer..I love the younger one of them..LOL I noticed those pictures. Very nice job on them. So you said this is a sequel to another story...is that story on your site too or posted only on the Devoted to Deveraux site you mentioned? |
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Post by blueyed358 on Sept 26, 2012 23:52:38 GMT -5
It's not on my site but I did post it here. The readers here were far more responsive to Jack and another love interest. D2D really didn't want to read that. Third Times A Charm is the other one..I started this one as an alternate ending to the other
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Post by jwsel on Sept 26, 2012 23:57:31 GMT -5
I have a LiveJournal, which is where I began posting my first Days fic, but I stopped posting there and am not sure I will resume using it when I return to writing that fic. I am not a huge fan of the site for the following reasons.
1) It's hard to get traffic to the site without cross-posting the link elsewhere. Some sites are fine with that. Others are not. JKJPatch was cool with me posting a link to my weekly websoap, but I also post a link to My Hourglass on that site.
2) The format of LiveJournal can be difficult for readers to navigate. The new chapters are on the page readers arrive at, but there is no way that I have found to permanently link to the first post in the story. And even if people find the first chapter, it isn't very easy to find the next chapter. IF most of the stories are short and only single posts, this may not be that big a problem.
3) Spam. There is nothing worse than getting a comment notification in email, only to find out that it is spam for a Russian porn site. That was happening a lot at the time I was posting regularly. I don't know if it has been fixed.
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Post by slyn11 on Sept 27, 2012 0:04:54 GMT -5
It's not on my site but I did post it here. The readers here were far more responsive to Jack and another love interest. D2D really didn't want to read that. Third Times A Charm is the other one..I started this one as an alternate ending to the other I love that alternate ending idea...I might have to do that since my story is set up as an ongoing triangle...someone is going to end up losing the guy...which means one set of fans might be unhappy. An alternate ending might help! You are just sparking my brain tonight. |
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Oh I feel like I should mention my friend Karen did the photoshop pictures of Matthew Ashford and Rena Sofer..I love the younger one of them..LOL