AlanaStark
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Hello, everyone!
I've just joined the forum and everything here looks amazing from what I've read so far! I poked around to get some ideas for my post here, but I feel my conundrum is specific enough to get direct answers from others. I apologize if I haven't poked around enough to find a solution to this myself.
I'm currently in the works of developing a SFF novel heavily based on erotica, originally intending it to be an interlinking short story piece (the proper term escapes me now) where each chapter can be its own stand alone short story, yet they all work cohesively as one larger story with a few of the same characters being in most if not all of the stories. I realize that's basically what a novel is, but each short story would be different enough to stand out individually as I mentioned and the repeating characters are minimal enough that they aren't the main focus. (A very brief synopsis: a pleasure ship has multitudes of sexual fantasies that can be bought from entertainers which is what each chapter is and the characters to follow throughout the whole collection is someone like a desk clerk and a hostess to lead couples to their rooms).
Though while I've been working on it recently, I've been building up ideas for a large plot to play out within the piece (some bad underground stuff happening involving the ship's captain), adding a few sub plots to keep things interesting (relationships entertainers have with each other and/or their clients). Would it be a good idea to introduce my work by self-publishing short erotica stories to introduce some characters in the upcoming bigger piece, or get the novel out first and then publish short stories as extras for readers? I'm also still see-sawing between my original short story/novel idea and just making this a straight up novel with a main plot.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this and any advice/tips given!
I've just joined the forum and everything here looks amazing from what I've read so far! I poked around to get some ideas for my post here, but I feel my conundrum is specific enough to get direct answers from others. I apologize if I haven't poked around enough to find a solution to this myself.
I'm currently in the works of developing a SFF novel heavily based on erotica, originally intending it to be an interlinking short story piece (the proper term escapes me now) where each chapter can be its own stand alone short story, yet they all work cohesively as one larger story with a few of the same characters being in most if not all of the stories. I realize that's basically what a novel is, but each short story would be different enough to stand out individually as I mentioned and the repeating characters are minimal enough that they aren't the main focus. (A very brief synopsis: a pleasure ship has multitudes of sexual fantasies that can be bought from entertainers which is what each chapter is and the characters to follow throughout the whole collection is someone like a desk clerk and a hostess to lead couples to their rooms).
Though while I've been working on it recently, I've been building up ideas for a large plot to play out within the piece (some bad underground stuff happening involving the ship's captain), adding a few sub plots to keep things interesting (relationships entertainers have with each other and/or their clients). Would it be a good idea to introduce my work by self-publishing short erotica stories to introduce some characters in the upcoming bigger piece, or get the novel out first and then publish short stories as extras for readers? I'm also still see-sawing between my original short story/novel idea and just making this a straight up novel with a main plot.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this and any advice/tips given!