Wattpad

[theymp]

I'd heard about Wattpad before - specifically about a zombie story that Margaret Atwood was collaborating on (although who hasn't done something walking deadish these days? - I mean I'm writing one myself, it's just on hiatus).

I thought I'd give it a quick look - I've set up an account at http://wattpad.com/TheYmp even though I've only recently got round to finally posting something at Fiction Press)

I can't help but wonder if this is where FanFiction got the idea of the "covers" from - except they seem to be so much better done at Wattpad - how come no one at FF seems to do them like actual book covers - I've just had a "d'oh" revelation!

But I did have a very swift perusal of their Supernatural fanfic section... oh my... absolutely nothing but Mary Sues as far as the eye could see...

(;,;)

Comments

[theymp.livejournal.com]

Fanfiction definitely has the most content and is where I do my posting - but I'm being gradually seduced away by AO3 - although most of my reading is done via mobile and this is actually quite poor on A03.

I've read several of your SPN/Buffy recs on tthfanfic (again via phone) and I was impressed with the layout.

My main reason for looking at Wattpad was to see if it'd be a good alternative to FictionPress which is definitely FanFiction's poorer sibling!

[womanofletters.livejournal.com]

So the verdict is: Wattpad is good for fiction but not a place for fanfic?

Might I suggest checking out Smashwords? You'd get paid for your work, no? But maybe you're looking to increase your exposure at the moment, not so much looking to make money from it...I haven't actually tried publishing on Smashwords myself so I could be off on that suggestion.