Cross-posting hell

[ratherastory]

I just cross-posted a fic for the first time in months. Cross-posting takes forever, and since I'm relatively prolific I'm always worried I'm spamming communities and that people are just rolling their eyes and going "Oh, God, not HER again!"

Yes, neurotic, I know.

It's also time-consuming, as I mentioned. Ten minutes on average per community, because they all have their own posting templates, even if I let myself play fast and loose with the ones that aren't as draconian about their guidelines. So given the number of communities I tend to post to, it can take up to an hour to cross-post everything.

Or else I try to cross-post over the course of a few days, and THEN I forget which comms I posted to and spend even more time double-checking to make sure I'm not posting to the same comm twice, and GAH.

I know some of you, dear flist, cross-post a good deal. Do you have a trick for it? Or do I just have to suck it up and deal?

In short, I hate cross-posting. Meow.

Comments

[embroiderama]

When I cross-post (which is to say, when I have stories that are finished, unlike the last FOREVER), the only thing I change for every community is the tags. I do the specific subject line for supernaturalfic, and I try to switch my icons around for each comm--that's about it. As long as you have a header with the normal info in it, you should be fine. I'd guess my cross-posting takes 1-2 minutes per comm.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

*takes notes*

Thank you!