Deserted Phans
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

+10
RoseOfTransylvania
Viscountess
MlleMusique
LadyCDaae
Paula74
Amberly_Nichole
Amyable_Nature
IamErik771
HDKingsbury
phantomgirl110
14 posters

Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  phantomgirl110 Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:16 am

Since I saw that a few people had posted links to their own fanfiction in the recommendations thread, I thought it might be a good idea to have a thread specifically for the purpose of pimping your own work. So pimp away, everyone!

For the sake of staying on the topic of my own thread, here's a link to my FFN account: I don't really like anything here anymore, though.
phantomgirl110
phantomgirl110

Posts : 246
Join date : 2009-09-21
Age : 36
Location : San Francisco Bay Area

http://freewebs.com/little-meg

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  HDKingsbury Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:46 am

Ta da! Here's the link to my profile on FanFiction.net:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/795874/HDKingsbury

I have 10 stories posted. Two are one-shots inspired by my deep interest in Richard III (and that I was thrilled to have published by the Canadian chapter of the Richard III Society in their journal!) The other 8 are Phantom fics, 7 of which are complete.

My dear friend Lizzy (not a member of this board) and I have got a new story started. It's a blend ALW (stage, not movie) and Leroux...and my own hopeless romantic nature...called To Be Loved. It's my own version of how a sequel might have gone and bears NO resemblance to LND! Laughing
HDKingsbury
HDKingsbury

Posts : 128
Join date : 2009-09-29
Age : 124
Location : Ohio

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  IamErik771 Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:37 am

Ye all can view my account here. Predictable username, no? Laughing

Thus far, I've just got the two one-shots I wrote for the PFN Morbidity and Humor contests, respectively... I may post something new soon, though.
IamErik771
IamErik771

Posts : 328
Join date : 2009-09-22
Age : 35
Location : Hawaii

http://iamerik771.blogspot.com/

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  Amyable_Nature Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:18 am

My FF.net link is in my sig. I'm not at all happy with the first story I posted and actually, I'm quite ashamed of it. So I'm leaving that one up while I am also in the process of re-writing it. It's like a before/after thing. But once I'm done with "Nightside", I have several one-shots and a re-write of the original story in the works.
Amyable_Nature
Amyable_Nature

Posts : 52
Join date : 2009-10-09
Age : 37
Location : CT, USA

http://www.instagram.com/amyable_nature

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  Amberly_Nichole Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:40 pm

Here is the link to my FanFiction profile! I have only written one story for "Phantom" and it is certainly a work-in-progress :]
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1692410/Ambular1013
Amberly_Nichole
Amberly_Nichole

Posts : 18
Join date : 2009-10-02

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  HDKingsbury Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:50 am

Once I get my computer fixed (or replaced), I hope to spend a little time sampling everyone's fics. Unfortunately, I'm depending upon Mom's PC, as mine got zapped on Saturday when a broken ground wire leading into the house caused a nasty power surge throughout the house and...well, let's just say that it made a mess of more than just my computer. Ugh!
HDKingsbury
HDKingsbury

Posts : 128
Join date : 2009-09-29
Age : 124
Location : Ohio

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  Paula74 Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:21 pm

"And After All This Time"

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3022621/1/And_After_All_This_Time

A one-shot that I wrote on the train coming home from Pennsylvania. It's the only story that I feel like pimping lately...in other words, the rest are old 2004 movie-based stories. tongue
Paula74
Paula74

Posts : 629
Join date : 2009-09-22
Age : 50
Location : Monsieur Madeleine's office

http://www.hugh-panaro.net

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  LadyCDaae Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:41 pm

In an attempt to counter the immense character assassination that is Love Never Dies, I have written a Raoul story: Clickaroony Enjoy!

~LCD

LadyCDaae

Posts : 724
Join date : 2009-10-04
Age : 47
Location : Denver

http://musicalhell.blogspot.com/

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  HDKingsbury Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:31 pm

Beautiful story. Not only read it, but left a review.
HDKingsbury
HDKingsbury

Posts : 128
Join date : 2009-09-29
Age : 124
Location : Ohio

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  MlleMusique Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:11 pm

Hmmm....well, I have a short piece (the first chapter) of a story I've been working on, but I don't have a fanfiction account. Can I just post it in full here? It's not too long, I hope. Smile
MlleMusique
MlleMusique

Posts : 106
Join date : 2009-09-22
Location : Australia

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  HDKingsbury Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:18 pm

The first half of my story "To Be Loved" is complete:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5365532/1/To_Be_Loved

It is E/C, but is nice to Raoul. It was my own idea of a sequel...started writing it last year, before we learned the ugly truth about LND.
HDKingsbury
HDKingsbury

Posts : 128
Join date : 2009-09-29
Age : 124
Location : Ohio

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  MlleMusique Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:29 am

So....I don't know if this is quite the right place to ask, but anyway....

I'm writing an unshamed EC romance piece. Well, I'm also trying to make it realistic. (Its the same story I asked if I could post in full (first chapter) here because I don't have a fanfiction account....) Well: as weird as it may sound, I'm getting Christine to marry Erik, and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on what would be the most realistic way to 'stage' their wedding ceremony. Would Erik call someone down to officially wed them, or would he just go through the motions himself, since obviously no guests are going to turn up...

Help? And does anybody actually want to read the first chapter? (Quick summary: after PONR Christine removes Erik's mask, blah blah, he abducts her back to the lair, and before Raoul turns up, Erik and Christine have a bit of a chat and Christine realises she actually loves him. Note, I'm trying to go on 'realistic' love here, not naive fangirl love for Erik crap. So a long term relationship with Erik is what Christine, at this point, thinks she ultimately desires...)

Thanks wonderful people! Very Happy
MlleMusique
MlleMusique

Posts : 106
Join date : 2009-09-22
Location : Australia

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  Viscountess Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:25 am

Shamelessly pimping out the phic I wrote in a fit of being pissed off over all the hate Raoul's getting for not being a deformed musical genius. SRSLY.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6149087/1/The_Love_That_Never_Died

http://www.phantomoftheopera.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=635414#forumpost635414
Viscountess
Viscountess

Posts : 266
Join date : 2009-09-22

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  RoseOfTransylvania Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:32 pm

http://www.phantomoftheopera.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=14434&forum=16

Sing, my angel of music (Dracula/POTO crossover)

Smile
RoseOfTransylvania
RoseOfTransylvania

Posts : 59
Join date : 2011-01-27
Age : 53
Location : Land beyond the forest

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty A short fanfiction: "What the Doctor Ordered"

Post  Countess of Rothes Sat Nov 01, 2014 5:23 pm

Hello all,
Here is a short humourous (well, I hope, anyway) piece for your weekend reading. It is part of a much larger E/C fanfiction that I am working on, but that won't be ready for publication for a couple of years at least. I wanted to post a little something to help get conversations going on this site.

I hope you all like this. I am very open to comments and criticism, especially the latter. Nobody gets to be a better writer by hearing nothing but praise. If anyone has any suggestions on how I can improve my writing, either on this or anything else I post, I'd be glad to hear them.

This is based upon historical fact.

*********

What the Doctor Ordered

"This is absurd!" Erik exclaimed, in ringing tones.

His wife turned from where she had standing at the other end of the parlour and dusting the bookshelves. "What is?"

"Nothing," said Erik hastily, flipping shut the pages of the scientific journal which he had been reading. Not fast enough, though.

"Tell me about it. I'm tired of the silence around here. You've been at those medical books all morning and this is the first comment you've made."

"Only an idle one, I assure you."

"It was not. I saw you; you were staring down at that page with your eyes about to pop out of your head."

"That would be a frightening sight indeed, given my aspect."

"Don't talk like that," said Christine, setting her dustcloth down and putting her hands on her hips. "Now, what is so shocking? If it's about pregnancy, then I ought to know about it."

"It is not about pregnancy," said Erik, in tones which indicated he was finished with the conversation. But to no avail.

"Oh? I thought you were reading up about childbearing, so you'd know what to expect?"

"This is a collection of articles about women's health in general."

"Oh, now I am curious," she said teasingly, coming closer. "What has shocked you so much?"

"I don't like curious women," he retorted, wondering whether he could hide behind the stacks of books on the parlour table. Not likely; they were not tall enough. He hadn't purchased that many. There were limits to even the Phantom's skills at concealment.

"That is too bad for you, as you've married one. Let me see."

After a short marital skirmish, Erik surrendered the article, and waited resignedly for the beginning of what was bound to be a most improper conversation. Christine turned the pages, frowning.

"I don’t see what was so surprising. This is just an article about hysteria."

"Exactly."

"So…what? Surely you knew about that disease."

"As a matter of fact, no. I never paid any attention to women's disorders before now. I never needed to."

"It's very common among women. Several of the ballet girls suffered from it, and saw a doctor for treatment regularly. Monsieur Meurante used to be cross whenever they were gone from practice, because it broke up the line of dancers."

Erik leaned back in his chair, crossing his legs at the knee and steepling his fingers. He stared sardonically at her over them. "And did they tell you what the 'treatment' was?"

"Well…no. I never thought to ask. They just said it worked wonderfully."

"I have no doubt it did," said Erik cynically. "A more ridiculous example of an invented disease I never saw. The Europeans are sometimes quite astonishingly obtuse. Any Oriental physician would fall over laughing if he read this text."

"I don't understand."

"All right, give me that back," he said, reaching for the journal, "and Erik will explain it to you, and then you will be sorry you asked."

He spread the pages open on the table top again, and said, paraphrasing the text, "The patient comes to the doctor complaining of nervousness, anxiety, tension, irritability, insomnia, or a whole host of other problems; look, the list goes on for pages, and it says right here that up to a quarter of all women may be sufferers. Most of the supposed 'symptoms' seem to boil down to being a woman, essentially."

Christine scowled at him. He ignored it, and went on, "Once the physician has examined the woman and made the diagnosis--Christ, anything could be construed to fit--it is time for the treatment. The disease is thought to result from a faulty reproductive system; in order to bring it to its peak, or 'crisis'--God, they don't even have any shame about using that word for this, and yet do not see the connection--the doctor must massage the relevant parts of the woman's body until she achieves a 'hysterical paroxysm,' during which she experiences flushing of the skin, 'voluptuous sensations,' and then embarrassment and confusion after an occasional, but usually brief, loss of consciousness. After all this she feels splendid and is temporarily cured. Close your mouth, my dear, you look like a half-wit. Now you see why I did not care to discuss this."

"Do…do you mean that…that the doctor actually…" stammered Christine. "Like you do? When we're…in bed, I mean?"

"That is exactly what it means. Look here, at the diagram of suggested methods of performing the, ah, massage. See what the doctor's hands are drawn as doing?"

"But that's for a husband to do!" she exclaimed. "How can it be right for your doctor to do it to you?"

"The medical profession, it seems, sees no connection whatever between this farce of a medical treatment, and the activities of the marriage bed."

"But…don't all married couples…do that?"

"Not the way your husband does, apparently," said Erik, thoroughly incapable of keeping the smugness out of his voice. "Travels in the East can be very enlightening indeed."

"You mean…your books?"

"Yes, among other things. The Orientals have no shame about lovemaking, and references to it are everywhere. Spend enough time there and do a bit of research, and you will be left in no doubt that a woman can experience sexual release just as well or better than a man. But it certainly appears that some people do not recognize the sight of such--or the sound."

"But…but…" spluttered Christine. "I thought doctors were gentlemen! How could they be so wicked with women?"

"Being a gentleman has nothing to do with the matter. They don't see it as anything wicked, remember? And it seems the physicians do not enjoy their task a bit. Look here, it mentions that it is most tedious for the medical practitioner, and that it can take up to an hour to produce the paroxysm. Well, no wonder, if the woman is expected to do so in a clinical environment, with a man whom she presumably has no particular affection for."

"An hour? It doesn't take anywhere near that long!" said Christine indignantly. "Why, you'd fall asleep!"

"Or get cramps in my hands, which, it seems, is a common problem. The article says that it is difficult to learn the correct techniques, and that mastering them takes a long time and, hmmm, great skill and dexterity."

"You needn't sound so self-satisfied. Just because you figured it out in, what was it, a week?"

"Four days. No skill is too hard for Erik."

"I suppose previous expertise at sleight-of-hand would be helpful. Maybe your skill at playing instruments, too?"

"I am not sure. The movements are not the same. I do not know that a woman would be aroused by the ones which pertain to music. Come here, and let me see."

She squealed and struggled, but he dragged her down onto his lap and slid his left hand adroitly under the skirt of her cotton print house dress and her fluffy petticoats, searching for the helpful opening in her drawers, till he reached the intended destination.

"And what shall I play for, or rather, on, you?" he purred in her ear, kissing the back of her neck. She was tantalizingly warm and soft under his hand. "Beethoven's Fur Elise? Chopin? How about a bit of Mozart?" He demonstrated the correct sequence of notes for each with tantalizingly light taps of his fingers.

"Wagner," she said, giggling.

"Hah. That would be all wrong. Not the right sort of movements at all. Stop squirming, my love, or I won't hit the right notes."

She leaned her head back on his shoulder, sighing and surrendering. "You always play the right notes," she said, her breathing getting faster.

With his unoccupied hand, Erik dug in his waistcoat pocket for his watch to check the time. Then he replaced it and slid that hand into the top of her corset, taking advantage of the fact that she was wearing a bodice with a v-shaped neckline, and was very pleasantly busy for a brief period.

"Well, well. I see that some of the finger movements do carry over after all. Perhaps music should be included in the courses required to graduate from medical school. Look at that," he said presently, keeping one arm around his quivering wife. "Four minutes. An hour, indeed; I do not know what is wrong with these doctors."

"Perhaps you could…give them lessons," said Christine, who was still gasping for breath. "Or even--" She was recovering now, and snickered into the side of his neck. "If you ever get tired of making automatons and writing music for a living, you could hang out your shingle and advertise yourself as a specialist in the treatment of hysteria."

"Yes, I am sure that my patients would be thrilled to see this face peering up at them from between the stirrups."

"They would be fascinated. Women find a man in a mask to be most…exciting."

"If they do, they never told Erik about it. Running and screaming was more often the response."

"You never gave them the chance," she said, mock-scoldingly. "But you know, I am not so sure that it would be a good idea for you to earn an income in this manner after all. If you spent all day doing…this…for other women, you would be too worn out to do it for me by the evening. Once word of your skill got out, you'd have so many, ah, clients, that you'd get those hand cramps you mentioned."

"As a matter of fact, no I would not, because science has come to the rescue of the exhausted medical professional and produced a mechanical device which will do the same thing that his hands once did."

"Really?" said Christine in surprise.

"Yes. In fact, that was what this article was about. Look at this." He showed her the image in question. "It is a small metal cylinder, connected to a motor, which is claimed to produce the…desired result in mere minutes."

"Will wonders never cease," commented Christine. "Who would ever have thought that science would make a device that would do…that on a woman?"

"My dear, you've never seen some of the things I saw in the Orient--though admittedly none of those were mechanized. The human brain is endlessly inventive. Now, do you require further 'treatment' or was that enough?"

"Oh, but I wouldn't want your hands to start to ache."

"When they do, I will tell you."

"No you won't. It would injure your pride too much."

"Yes, well, there are other parts of a man that could take over and give his hands a rest. Come in the bedroom, darling, and let us see if you can hit that high C. And do me a favour; if you feel yourself suffering from 'hysteria,' don’t go to Doctor Durand for relief."

*********

Author's notes:

Yes, my friends, people really did believe in the existence of "hysteria" as a disease in the past. Women were literally going to the doctor to get orgasms. And indeed, no one did think it was anything connected to sex. An excellent example of truth being stranger than fiction.

Regarding the reference to a "Monsieur Meurante"; my research has not turned up any evidence of female ballet teachers at the Garnier. I'm inclined to think that Andrew Lloyd Webber is historically inaccurate in this respect. Meurante is the one who would have most likely been teaching the classes Meg would have taken.

Hope you liked this. If it gets responses, I may post other little tidbits of the big story from time to time. Nothing that'll give its plot away, though! Smile

The Countess

Countess of Rothes

Posts : 17
Join date : 2014-10-04

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  MarySkater Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:48 pm

When I was at school, I used to think history was a dull subject.  Clearly I had the wrong teachers... Very Happy Very Happy Shocked

Well done.

Mary
MarySkater
MarySkater

Posts : 89
Join date : 2014-06-01
Location : Scotland

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  Bloody_Glass Sat Jul 11, 2015 5:54 am

Countess, that was great!


Last edited by Bloody_Glass on Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:55 pm; edited 4 times in total (Reason for editing : revising content)
Bloody_Glass
Bloody_Glass

Posts : 2
Join date : 2015-04-06
Age : 32
Location : So-Cal

https://www.fanfiction.net/~spookymormonhelldream

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Phantom novel, "An Unexpected Kindness"

Post  MarySkater Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:40 am

It has taken a while, but my first Phantom novel has made it into print!  (And e-book.)   You can find it on Amazon, "An Unexpected Kindness" by Mary Webster.

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion 22551984918_7608b13bde

This started out as a short story on phantomoftheopera.com  (and later on FanFiction.net) but people kept asking me what happened next, so it grew, ending up as more of a novella.  Then Mesadallas on the Phantom forum suggested I turn it into a novel.  I liked the idea, but felt that a published book should offer the reader more than they had already seen online.  So I expanded the background info and added many incidents, and the novelisation is now more than double the length of the original version.  With much help from my excellent beta reader, Countess of Rothes, I've done my best to make it a polished piece of work.

This is the published description/ cover blurb:

Following a chance encounter with a homeless blind woman, the Phantom employs her as his housemaid. A maid in the house by the lake will make things more comfortable for Christine when she comes to visit. But how long will it take him to realise that his secret doors, hidden from view, are not so secret to someone who finds her way by touch?  Or that, lacking sight, her keen ears might let her overhear words not meant for her?

*********
He continued to stroke her, not intrusively, shoulders, waist, the outside of her thighs.  Then he bent his head to kiss her, which he had not done before.  She felt his hesitation and divined the cause, his self-consciousness about his odd mouth. Taking his head in her hands, she drew him more firmly into the kiss, then let her hands cradle his face.  Again she felt his slight withdrawal.  "Don't hold back," she murmured.  "Remember that I have touched you… touched all of you."  She kissed his cheeks, then his lips again.  "This is who you are, the man I desire."
*********


If anyone has any questions about the book, feel free to post here.

Mary
MarySkater
MarySkater

Posts : 89
Join date : 2014-06-01
Location : Scotland

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty My Current Piece

Post  Bloody_Glass Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:19 am

Greetings again!

I'm posting the link to my fanfiction as well as my FFN profile.
Enjoy!

My Profile

"Eternity"

Cheers


Last edited by Bloody_Glass on Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:56 pm; edited 2 times in total (Reason for editing : additional content)
Bloody_Glass
Bloody_Glass

Posts : 2
Join date : 2015-04-06
Age : 32
Location : So-Cal

https://www.fanfiction.net/~spookymormonhelldream

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  MarySkater Fri Dec 04, 2015 10:40 pm

Krystine, I don't think you're presenting your stories as well as it could be done.  In your previous post, you described the story you were talking about then as:
Bloody_Glass wrote:
Anywhoodles, latest phic, modern day, E/C, depressing as hell.  
The usual shit for me.

That did not inspire me to follow your link - rather the reverse.  If an author calls her own work "shit," why would I want to read it?  And I'm not fond of depressing stories, nor of modern-day Phantom stories.  If you had set out to write a description that would stop me from looking at your story, you couldn't have done much better.

However, since you asked for feedback, I've read the first chapter of "Eternity."  And I think you're selling yourself short.  Your style of fiction writing has a lot more dignity than the way you post in the forum.  (If your posts sound too informal to me, probably I sound pompous to you - that's just different tastes, and may relate to different age-groups.)  I found the bit of Eternity that I read quite interesting, but I'm reluctant to really engage my attention to a story that's not finished.  Different tastes again.  I've always had my own stories completely written before I start posting them on FFN.  The other two stories mentioned in your profile are both modern-day.  That puts me off from the start, but obviously plenty of people do like modern-day Phantom stories, so they should still find a readership.

I picked up 2 small typos in Eternity, but (especially compared to a lot of what gets put on FFN) the standard of your writing is good.  The way you switch between past tense and present tense is interesting; you're telling us (or Christine is telling us) what has happened to her, but can't hint about what is to come, because present-tense Christine doesn't know that yet.  Maybe I'll go back to it and read on.

Good luck with the writing,

Mary
MarySkater
MarySkater

Posts : 89
Join date : 2014-06-01
Location : Scotland

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  Jennie Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:53 pm

Mary, how would you "rate" your book? PG or safe for all to read?

Jennie

Posts : 151
Join date : 2009-09-25

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  MarySkater Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:17 pm

Good question, Jennie.  It would have to be PG.  There are 3 scenes which are quite "intimate" in nature.  They make up a fairly small percentage of the book as a whole, but still, they are there.

When I went through the publishing process, I was not asked to give the book a rating.  For research, I looked at the Amazon listing for the notorious "50  Shades," which I haven't read, but have heard all too much about.  But there's no hint on the listing that the content is "adult."

When I published the original, shorter version on the old Phantom forum, I did what I call a "tactful fade-out" on the bedroom scenes.  But I wrote a couple of them out in more detail and posted those on that forum's "Seductive Stories" thread, a specific location for adult material.  Then, while the story-arc was growing on that forum, and the possibility of a novelisation came under discussion, people encouraged me to include the "sexy" scenes in the main text.  So I did.  I was only imagining it as being read by teenagers or adults, and I figured that anyone who finds such material offensive could always skip to the end of the chapter.  I didn't get as far as thinking about people possibly buying it for younger readers.

I don't know that there's anything I can do to clarify this, apart from answering questions like yours should they arise.  Amazon doesn't have a standard slot for indicating a rating.  If I put in the description, "contains adult material," I might get people buying it for the sex content and then being disappointed because there isn't very much. I did try to make it a little clearer by including an excerpt from what is clearly a love scene in the description/ cover blurb.

Thank you for asking.  It's good to get a chance to clarify that issue, at least on this site.

Mary
MarySkater
MarySkater

Posts : 89
Join date : 2014-06-01
Location : Scotland

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  Jennie Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:19 pm

Thank you for the clarification, Mary. I have a teenaged niece who reads voraciously, and was mildly interested in Leroux:s Phantom when she read it... I've been thinking about giving her some examples of fan fiction, to broaden her horizons, but I think that I'd have to read anything I gave her myself first. Awkward sentence, but you know what I mean! I'd want to be comfortable about the text myself, before passing it on...

So 50 Shades doesn't have any kind of "warning"??? Oh deary me. Like you, I haven't read it, but have heard about it....


Jennie

Posts : 151
Join date : 2009-09-25

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  MarySkater Tue Dec 22, 2015 10:40 pm

Jennie, I think you're right about checking any Phantom stories yourself before giving them as gifts. There was part of the set-up process in self-publishing when I could have entered an age range or school grade suitable for the story, but it seemed only relevant to children's fiction. There wasn't any "tick box" to say "more suitable for adults," or Rating PG.

Incidentally, the FanFiction.net website has a stated policy that "Please note FanFiction does not accept explicit content, Fiction Rating: MA (mature adult), and the rating is only presented for reference." But as I've spent some time browsing that site, and there are a lot of stories on there which break that rule. So it certainly a case of "buyer beware" (or "reader beware").

Mary

MarySkater
MarySkater

Posts : 89
Join date : 2014-06-01
Location : Scotland

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  Jennie Wed Dec 23, 2015 10:44 am

MarySkater wrote:Jennie, I think you're right about checking any Phantom stories yourself before giving them as gifts.  There was part of the set-up process in self-publishing when I could have entered an age range or school grade suitable for the story, but it seemed only relevant to children's fiction.  There wasn't any "tick box" to say "more suitable for adults," or Rating PG.

Incidentally, the FanFiction.net website has a stated policy that "Please note FanFiction does not accept explicit content, Fiction Rating: MA (mature adult), and the rating is only presented for reference."  But as I've spent some time browsing that site, and there are a lot of stories on there which break that rule.  So it certainly a case of "buyer beware" (or "reader beware").

Mary


Yes, not so much "caveat emptor" as "caveat lector"... ratings are often relative, anyway, as seen at the cinema.... I can't get over that The Hobbit was approved for children from the age of 7 if accompanied by an adult, or from 11 if alone. In Sweden, that is. Too much violence in it for my taste.

Well, vetting any Phantom stories before passing them on won't be much of a hardship, I think I'll survive. Yet another excuse to do some obsessing Very Happy


Jennie

Posts : 151
Join date : 2009-09-25

Back to top Go down

Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion Empty Re: Fanfiction: Shameless Self-Promotion

Post  Sponsored content


Sponsored content


Back to top Go down

Back to top

- Similar topics

 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum