Maelstrom556
Soda Jerk
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2025
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Hey ya'll(sic)!
As you can probably see, I'm new here, and I'm ready to publish some stuff. The problem is that I don't know in which way I should do that. Y'see, I don't really write a continuous narrative like novels. I end up writing in 1-4 part shorter stories that do still happen to be part of a larger world/narrative, usually following some combination of the same characters during different points in the timeline. My issue is with how best to publish these here. Do I have just one Series that acts as a single collection of these stories? Or do I publish the shorter stories separately?
I'm trying to weigh the pros and cons of each, but given my very recent joining, I'd like suggestions from more experienced SH users. On one hand, making one single collection series would allow access to that really neat-looking Glossary function, which would be incredible because of the larger world between these stories.
Unfortunately, this does also present problems. For one, that uses a single cover, which makes the covers I lovingly craft for each story with free stock images and poor design decisions almost useless. The biggest problem, though, would be with tagging. Not every story is going to fit the same tags. Some are more romantic stories focused on the character relationships, others are more action-focused, some might have elements of both. I'd probably need some specific tag that shows that it's more of a non-chronological collection than one single continuous story. And what would I put as a main genre if not every story in the collection would fit? And if I do publish them separately, is there another way to group them together? Like, is it possible to create a reading list of my own stories to group them?
I welcome any suggestions, because I'm dumb and indecisive.
As you can probably see, I'm new here, and I'm ready to publish some stuff. The problem is that I don't know in which way I should do that. Y'see, I don't really write a continuous narrative like novels. I end up writing in 1-4 part shorter stories that do still happen to be part of a larger world/narrative, usually following some combination of the same characters during different points in the timeline. My issue is with how best to publish these here. Do I have just one Series that acts as a single collection of these stories? Or do I publish the shorter stories separately?
I'm trying to weigh the pros and cons of each, but given my very recent joining, I'd like suggestions from more experienced SH users. On one hand, making one single collection series would allow access to that really neat-looking Glossary function, which would be incredible because of the larger world between these stories.
Unfortunately, this does also present problems. For one, that uses a single cover, which makes the covers I lovingly craft for each story with free stock images and poor design decisions almost useless. The biggest problem, though, would be with tagging. Not every story is going to fit the same tags. Some are more romantic stories focused on the character relationships, others are more action-focused, some might have elements of both. I'd probably need some specific tag that shows that it's more of a non-chronological collection than one single continuous story. And what would I put as a main genre if not every story in the collection would fit? And if I do publish them separately, is there another way to group them together? Like, is it possible to create a reading list of my own stories to group them?
I welcome any suggestions, because I'm dumb and indecisive.
