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

[greeneyes-fan.livejournal.com]

Posting is annoying, it's a fact.

The best thing about commentfic? When it's done, you just post it. No html, no lj-cut, no templates, no headers. Just post and done.

And then realize you want it up elsewhere and kill an hour doing that.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear.

Ah, comment-fic. So easy to write, such a pain to pull into good shape later. ;)