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Summary: rec.arts.erotica Frequently Asked Questions and submission guidelines
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Archive-name: erotica-faq
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Last-modified: 19 Oct 1993

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    INTRODUCTION TO REC.ARTS.EROTICA AND FREQUENTLY-ASKED QUESTIONS
         [ Last changed: October 19, 1993 ]


Welcome to rec.arts.erotica!

This news group is intended to be a low-volume, noise-free environment
in which to find erotic literature, and pointers of where to find
other erotic materials.  It is here for the enjoyment of the Usenet
community and no other reason.

Original submissions, and works either released into the public
domain, or copyrighted but without restriction of distribution, are
welcome.

There aren't many rules here, but there are some. I don't think
they're too outlandish, and I'm always open to change if some policy
is too restrictive.  But your reasons had better be good...

If you have a suggestion or problem with the following answers, please
write me.  Posting to the newsgroup should also work, because most
news systems automatically mail posts to moderated groups (such as
rec.arts.erotica) to the moderator's mailbox.

Do not post or mail requests for stories of names of archive sites.
Such requests will go ignored.

Questions answered in this post:

  1. What will happen if I post to rec.arts.erotica?
  2. What kind of submission is unacceptable?
  3. How about "taboo" subject matter?
  4. What should I include in my submission?
  5. Do you ever edit or modify submissions before approving them?
  6. What if my submission is rejected?
  7. Can I post anonymously?
  8. Is there a publicly-accessible site which archives this group?
  9. My site has dropped (or never received) rec.arts.erotica.  Can I
     get it by e-mail?
 10. Where can I get sexy GIFs?
 11. Where is Amherst?

(If you wish only to read a particular question and skip all the
others, and are using a pager that understands regular expressions,
search for the expression /^##\. / to go directly to the question
numbered ##.)

                               ANSWERS:

1. What will happen if I post to rec.arts.erotica?

   First, your post will be sent to me automatically via e-mail, so
   that I can review it.  Therefore, don't expect your post to show up
   within a few minutes after being composed.  It'll have to wait
   until the next time I log on and have time to review new
   submissions.  If traffic is high, this might be more than a few
   days (and has taken two weeks or more in the past).

   Next, I check it over for acceptability (see below).  If your
   submission meets all of the guidelines required of
   rec.arts.erotica postings, I will "approve" it and have it posted
   to the newsgroup.  I will also save your post in my archives of
   rec.arts.erotica.  Please note that by submitting to this
   newsgroup, you are implicitly granting permission for your work to
   be archived here and at any other archive of rec.arts.erotica that
   someone might be maintaining.

   Before approving a submission, however, I will add a Keywords
   header line to your submission containing a list of the topics
   explored therein.  The reason for this is to permit people who are
   either strongly interested or strongly disinterested in particular
   topics to determine quickly whether they will find your post
   interesting.

   The following keywords are used to describe a post's content:

      admin:     administrative announcements, indexes of stories, etc.
      animal:    bestiality and animals
      bond:      bondage (physical restraint)
      dom:       domination (primarily psychological)
      ff:        female-female contact
      furry:     sentient non-human characters (e.g. "Journal Entries")
      gothic:    vampires and other Gothic subjects (e.g. "Night Music")
      group:     group sex and threesomes
      heavy:     "heavy" forms of bdsm
      humor:     joke posts or amusing stories (e.g. "Barbeque of Doom")
      incest:    incestuous relationships
      mf:        male-female contact
      mild:      "mild" forms of bdsm
      mm:        male-male contact
      nc:        non-consensual situations
      pedo:      pedophilia (pre-pubescent) (e.g. "Misty")
      poem:      poetry
      rape:      rape scenes and other violent non-consensual sexuality
      scat:      scatology and coprophilia
      series:    long stories split into sections (e.g. "Marie")
      sf:        speculative fiction: sci-fi, heavy fantasy, and the like
      sm:        sadism and masochism
      teen:      consensual sex involving teenagers and postpubescents
      trans:     transsexuality, crossdressing and transgender topics

   Before posting an article to rec.arts.erotica, I also add a header
   line entitled "X-Moderator-Review."  This line contains a numeric
   rating which may fall between 1 and 10, and a one-line summary of
   my opinion of the post.  This entire header is purely subjective,
   and may freely be ignored if you do not find it useful.

2. What kind of submission is unacceptable?

                                 NOTE:

        *  Adherence to the following guidelines is completely   *
        *  the responsibility of you, the poster, regardless of  *
        *      the story's original source. I neither edit       *
        *       submissions nor have the time to perform a       *
        *    complete authenticity check on every submission.    *
        *    I will reject flagrant violations of these rules    *
        *    if I notice them, but I disclaim having any such    *
        *                    obligation.                         *

   * Material that isn't sexually oriented. This isn't a place for
     detective stories or politics.  Note, however, that "sexually
     oriented" is a relatively subjective term; Anais Nin, for
     example, one of the most highly acclaimed writers of erotica of
     our time, wrote a good deal of highly erotic material that is
     also completely sexless.

   * Copyrighted work that isn't publicly distributable.  This does
     not include work that has been copyrighted in such a way as to
     permit redistribution.

   * Anything submitted from a temporary, guest, or numbered account,
     unless there's a name attached to it.  Other accounts such as
     "news," "root," or accounts belonging to organizations are
     considered "guest" accounts for these purposes.

   * Non-textual material such as binary-encoded graphics.

   * Something that's already appeared on this newsgroup.

   * Material which exhibits an exceptionally poor grasp of written
     English.  A single proofreading with a spellchecker and a copy of
     Strunk and White should fix most such rejections.

3. How about "taboo" subject matter?

   Most sexually-oriented material is acceptable here.  That includes
   heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, transsexuality,
   bestiality, BDSM, fetishism, and so on.  The sky's pretty much the
   limit.

4. What should i include in my submission?

   Approved postings now carry an "Archive-name:" header, which is
   parsable by "rkive" and other archive-maintenance software.

   Because of this, it would make my life slightly easier if you include
   *both*:

      * a descriptive Subject line.  Note that "story" and
        "submission" are not what I consider to be descriptive.
      * a suggestion for a one-word archive name.  The archive name
        should be no longer than 14 characters if possible, and should
        consist only of alphanumeric characters and hyphens.  If you
        do not include an archive name, one will be chosen for you.

   Please spell check and properly format your submissions. It's
   preferable to use lines shorter than 75 characters. Also, please be
   generous with your paragraph breaks -- it makes your submission
   much easier to read.

5. Do you ever edit or modify submissions before approving them?

   From time to time I have made small spelling corrections and
   changed the formatting of submitted posts slightly, but in general,
   no.  I do not regard it as my place to override authors' artistic
   judgments.  However, as stated above, submissions may be rejected
   if they appear to be written carelessly or unthinkingly in
   violation of the rules of written or spoken English.

   I do reserve the right to edit submitted messages if I find it
   necessary -- mainly to modify the Subject or Keywords headers.
   Regrettably, I may also need to remove some newsgroups from the
   Newsgroups header supplied by the author, for I cannot post to
   certain newsgroups (for example, alt.sex.wizards) from this site.

6. What if my submission is rejected?

   An unmoderated newsgroup for erotica, alt.sex.stories, has been
   created within the last year.  If your post is rejected from
   rec.arts.erotica, you may either edit it so that it falls within
   the guidelines for submission and then resubmit it, or you may post
   it directly to alt.sex.stories.

7. Can I post anonymously?

   I will not accept anonymous submissions from remote anonymity
   servers such as anon.penet.fi or charcoal.com.  When I have the
   time, I will prepare a service on this site allowing you to post
   anonymously to rec.arts.erotica.

8. Is there a publicly-accessible site which archives this group?

   * NOTE: I have neither the time nor resources to make my *
   * archives of rec.arts.erotica publicly available.  Any  *
   * requests I receive for reposts, old submissions, or to *
   * be subscribed or unsubscribed from mailing lists, are  *
   * likely to be dropped in the bit-bucket without comment *
   * or acknowledgement.                                    *

   There are archive sites, but many do not wish to make this public
   knowledge because of the crush of archive requests which invariably
   result.  Please do not jeopardize the existence of erotica archive
   sites by posting their names.  I will include the name of such a
   site here only if the administrator of the service has given me
   permission.

   If you manage such an archive site and are willing to announce it
   publicly, please notify me and I will include it in this posting,
   which I hope will be updated from time to time with new information
   of this kind.  If you are willing to *publicly* archive
   rec.arts.erotica but do not have copies of the archives, I will be
   happy to supply you with copies of past submissions.

   The following archives of rec.arts.erotica have been made known to
   me:

      FTP sites:
        None.  If you manage such a site, please let me know
        so I can include the information in this FAQ.

      Mail Servers:

        * [e-mail]

          Send mail to [e-mail] with the word "help"
      in the body of the message.  Note that this archive contains
      a variety of erotic texts, but does not presently archive
      all posts to rec.arts.erotica.

    * dithots.lonestar.org

          Send mail to [e-mail].  Like the hermes
      server, this archives miscellaneous erotic texts and may not
      comprise a complete rec.arts.erotica archive.

   If you are willing to offer your resources to augment any of these
   services, *please* let me know.  I would like to distribute the
   load of archive requests and mailing list subscriptions over as
   wide a base as possible, in order to prevent any single site from
   becoming overwhelmed.

9. My site has dropped (or never received) rec.arts.erotica.  Can I
   get it by e-mail?

   The following mailing lists exist which duplicate the traffic on
   rec.arts.erotica:

   * [e-mail]

     Send mail to [e-mail] to subscribe; this message
     should contain the line "subscribe erotica" somewhere in its body
     in order to be processed automatically by the server.  For
     administrative questions, write to [e-mail].

   I am deeply grateful to Andrew Finkelstadt ([e-mail])
   for providing readers with this service.

10. Where can I get sexy GIFs?

    I haven't a clue.  Nor do I wish to get one, on this subject.

11. Where is Amherst?

    My Amherst is Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, but I
    have heard tell of Amhersts in New Hampshire; New York; Vermont;
    Ohio; Virginia; Colorado; Maine; Minnesota; Montana; Nebraska;
    North Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Wisconsin; Nova
    Scotia; England; and Victoria, Australia.

That's all for now.  Happy reading (and posting)!

--
Moderator, rec.arts.erotica.  Submissions to [e-mail].
Please, no reposts, first drafts, or requests for "subscriptions,"
stories, GIFs, or archive sites.