Good day, dear readers!
This post is informational. Besides, what if someone curious wants to drop by for a housewarming party? I will be pleased))
The background is simple. A couple of days ago, one good person (Vitaly Bashun) nevertheless persuaded me to try to register on the Cellulose website: https://zelluloza.ru
The difference between this site and other electronic stores is that the text here can be read chapter by chapter. Those. read a free introductory fragment provided by the author, decided to read the sequel, paid 10 rubles - got access to new chapters. I didn’t like it - I quit in the middle, spending much less money than when paying for a whole book. Agree, quite a convenient option.
In general, I read it, thought about it and decided that you shouldn’t get hung up only on your site, settling in a cozy mink. Why not go all out wherever playful paws reach? You will laugh, but I myself did not expect that the money “dropped” from the electronics would be enough for me for a new laptop. And even on a cake there will be left to celebrate 🙂
Well, in parallel (I already did this on my own initiative), I started a page on Lit-Ere yesterday at night: https://lit-era.com. If I understood the system correctly, then this is an analogue of SamIzdat, a little more advanced in terms of protecting intellectual property from pirates. And there you can also subscribe and sell books (which Maxim Moshkov completely outlived on SamIzdat).
To be honest, I registered only late last night and still haven’t really figured out all the settings. But I hope I will live there. While the prospects are quite pleasant, the interface is clear and convenient. Though I won't guess...
Since I would also like to develop the pages on these sites, attracting new readers, I posted all the books there. Well, new stuff too. And since I am writing only the second “Luck” now, the continuation of the book will be laid out first there. And for a fee. The same chapters later will be released free of charge with a delay of about a month here.
On SamIzdat, the continuation of the second "Damn Luck" will no longer be posted. There will remain an introductory fragment in the amount of 8 chapters of part 1. I think this is more than enough to understand whether or not the book was liked. In the future, I will most likely adhere to the same principle with all new projects. On SI will lie only introductory snippets. If the situation changes and SamIzdat will be able to upload the text in a protected format, changes are possible.
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Literary Contests
Campus Romance
Created: 11/26/2018 / Number of participants: 31 / Finished
Win a trip to Portland, Oregon: Litnet launches a contest to grant three gifted writers a trip to the 2019 Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference. Win a registration waiver, a return ticket to Portland, and accommodation during the days of the Conference! Three finalists will be chosen from all the participating novels and will be invited to attend AWP Bookfair in March.
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Contest Rules
Campus Romance
Finding the right class might be tough; finding the right friends is challenging; finding oneself in college is as common as losing. With love added to the mixture, college campus becomes that one place where it all happens in the lives of newly proclaimed adults.
CONTEST GUIDELINES
Our contest “Campus Romance” will launch on November 20th of 2018 and submissions will close on March 1st, 2019. Winners will be announced shortly after the submissions close. Choosing a winner is a sensitive matter and a work-in-progress, which will be happening during the contest as much as after new novels will no longer be accepted.
Winner's award
The contest's genre is New Adult. The other major requirement is that the story is set on a college campus. Feel free to improvise, elaborate, and explore all the possible plot twists!
Annotations
text size
55,000 words minimum.
Contest's jury
Restrictions
- Register on Litnet.
The format of the letter:
Topic: “College Romance,” novel complete
Moderator of the contest:
Small Towns Big Stories
Created: 11/26/2018 / Number of participants: 28 / Finished
Win a trip to Portland, Oregon: Litnet launches a contest to grant three gifted writers a trip to the 2019 Association of Writers & Writing Programs () conference. Win a registration waiver, a return ticket to Portland, and accommodation during the days of the Conference! Three finalists will be chosen from all the participating novels and will be invited to attend AWP Bookfair in March.
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Contest Rules
“Small Towns Big Stories”
Every small town has its story. Every story has a secret. A murder? A disappearance? A love affair? A broken heart? Or just an embarrassing crush? Whichever it is, it's time for the secrets to come out.
CONTEST GUIDELINES
The Association of Writers and Writing Programs is a literary organization that unites hundreds of writing conferences, creative writing programs, writers and readers alike. Its annual Bookfair and Conference is a quintessential place for all gifted industry professionals who wish to grow their networks, expand their literary horizons, and simply have fun surrounded by like-minded individuals. Scheduled on March 27-30 of 2019 and taking place in Portland, Oregon AWP Bookfair and Conference is the place to be!
Together with AWP, Litnet launches a contest to grant three gifted writers a registration waiver, a return ticket to Portland and accommodation during the days of the Conference! Three finalists will be chosen from all the participating novels and will be invited to attend AWP Bookfair in March. One winner will be announced during Litnet's very special event at the Conference and will receive an additional monetary prize of $500. Moreover, the winning book will receive extensive advertisement on and from Litnet, helping to boost its author’s reading audience.
Our contest “Small Towns Big Stories” will launch on November 20th of 2018 and submissions will close on March 1st, 2019. Winners will be announced shortly after the submissions close. Choosing a winner is a sensitive matter and a work-in-progress, which will be happening during the contest as much as after new novels will no longer be accepted.
Winner's award
Three finalists will have full coverage of their 2019 AWP Bookfair and Conference Participation (registration, travel, and accommodation), which will happen on March 27-30, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. One winner will receive an additional $500 prize and extensive advertisement.
Novels accepted for participation
The contest's genre is not restricted. The major requirement is a small town: stories and events have to be set in small towns and revolve around a secret. Even though we are looking for romance, any of its subgenres are acceptable (suspense, contemporary etc.). Feel free to explore those small towns where your imagination is the only limit.
Age restrictions for the contest's content
No adult content is acceptable.
Annotations
It is important that a novel's annotation reflects clearly that its plot falls under our requirements above. If an annotation does not reflect guidelines compliance, then this novel will be disqualified by the moderator. Please, do not submit books that are just romance, suspense romance, contemporary romance, or any other genre/topic, which is not the one specified above. Such novels will not be accepted for the contest.
text size
55,000 words minimum.
Contest's jury
Editorial representatives of Litnet (and AWP)
Restrictions
No novel will be accepted for participation if it has been published in full elsewhere on the internet prior to January 1st of 2018. If violated, such submission will be rejected with the exception of works that have been published without the author's consent (stolen) and after those works have been submitted for the contest.
New novels written for and prompted by the contest are welcome. This way, you can launch a paid subscription to sell your participating novel while it is being part of the contest.
Steps to become a participant:
- Register on Litnet.
- Publish the part of your novel you have already written (no less than 1500 words) or your complete book.
- Go to the contest's page and submit your novel. One author can submit no more than three works.
- Publishing or selling participating books through outside retailers (other than Litnet) is strictly forbidden.
- When you complete your novel you will have to send an email to the contest's moderator ( [email protected] website) letting them know that your participating book is complete.
The format of the letter:
Topic: “Small towns Big Stories,” novel complete
Text: I (your name-pseudonym + link to your Litnet profile) have completed my novel “Name of Your Novel” on (date when you have finished) and have published and submitted it for the contest in full. Please include my novel in the list of the finalists.
Please attach a file with your novel's full text. After this, your novel will be among the contest's finalist and you will be considered for the main prize.
It is in your best interest to bring readers to your novel's page on Litnet. The contest’s jury pays as much attention to the book’s popularity, its ratings, and the readers’ feedback as to its literary value. It is, in a way, a method to view a book's success more coherently and to see a complete picture.
Good luck and hopefully your novel will be the winner and will bring you to Oregon in March!
Moderator of the contest:
For all the questions that have to do with the contest, please contact the contest’s moderator only at [email protected] website. There is also a “comments” section on the contest’s page, which the moderator checks frequently, too. You can discuss the contest’s flow, as well as other technical and organizational questions you might have.
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In general, there were 280 comments on this post, and a lot of indignation under the slogan "let the authors write as they want, do not organize a witch hunt." I was surprised to learn that I write very caustically and professionally, and I can hunt down small and touching beginning pisov. Moreover, it was written by experienced authors. I learned a little why such an exaggerated reaction and it turned out - several books have been published and are being prepared for publication, where the rape of the heroine or sex on the verge of violence is the key point of the plot. And all this warm company of authors and x friends attacked me.
Although I remained of my opinion that the author can write talentedly and convincingly about violence, but it will never be romantic fantasy and erotica, but something else. Maybe just fantasy? But now it is necessary to write about it carefully, because the answers on the portal are very tough. After the first post about Marina the Beautiful, which was deleted, I never got into the recommended books (and this brings up to 4 thousand new visits). So my tongue is my enemy.
Hi all! Today I want to talk about the wonderful site-samizdat Lit-era.
I mostly download books on my phone. But often there are books that are in the process of being written.
Previously, I lived on the site [link]. But I will not say that the stay was very pleasant. The site often hangs, comments disappear and are lost. Moderators practically do not monitor the work of the site, and therefore the chance of running into a "fat troll" in the comments to the work is too great.
A couple of months ago, in the comments to one wonderful book, the name Lit-Era flashed, and as a terribly curious creature, I rushed to find out what it was.
So first impression:
The site is colorful and bright. Intuitive interface. You can visit the site both anonymously and using one of the three social networks. networks (Odnoklassniki, VK, Facebook).
On the main page, they immediately catch your eye - this is the simplest choice of genres. You no longer need to rummage through the guide, as in the SI in a futile search for the desired genre and work. Here they are before my eyes.
Moreover, the genre of erotica will appear in your me only if in the profile of your social. network will indicate the age of more than 18 years.
Each work has the status COMPLETED or EDITED if the work is still in the process of being written.
When a work is updated, you will receive a notification in your account. When you click on the text of the notification letter, you are automatically redirected to the page with the book.
Also my favorite option is "My Library". Click on the "add book" icon and voila! Farewell to dozens of bookmarks on a smartphone)))))))
Another interesting idea. This is a personal blog. Most blogs are written by authors. Write interesting or provocative articles. But readers also often post reviews of read works.
The portal contains both free works and a paid subscription to books that are in the process of being written. Payment from 69 rubles and above. A paid book, even after being removed from the library, is listed "behind you" and you can always re-read the work you like, if you wish.
I also want to talk about the grading system separately. Lit-Era has gone from the 10-point system, as in SI, and the work is rated with likes. When you click on the "like" status, a check mark appears. You can always remove the rating if the work disappointed you.
I am extremely satisfied with the site. I didn't find any cons for myself. Solid pluses and positive emotions. Of course I recommend! All the best to you and thanks for watching!