I finished my original one, finished a pinch hit, and am now feeling an odd sort of pressure to write a Yuletide Treat.
What the hell is wrong with me?
Mal: There's plenty orders of mine that she didn't obey. Wash: Name one! Mal: She married you!
'War Stories'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Anne W. - Dec 23, 2007 4:31:29 pm PST #4780 of 10436
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
P.M. Marc - Dec 23, 2007 8:01:03 pm PST #4781 of 10436
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
If I hadn't been struck by a cold today, I think I'd have written a treat. (It was simmering in my head in a nice, simmering fashion.)
If I feel better in the morning, I still might.
shrift - Dec 26, 2007 7:33:37 am PST #4782 of 10436
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
It's funny how extra-special-neurotic you can get while Waiting For Your Yuletide Recipient To Comment when you're only randomly receiving comment notification e-mails. I mean, I'm still waiting, but at least now I know that I need to check the story comment pages every once in while.
DebetEsse - Dec 26, 2007 8:08:52 am PST #4783 of 10436
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I have the comment page open for both of my stories, and hit refresh each time I finish reading a story.
By which I mean, I feel your pain (neither recipient has yet commented)
shrift - Dec 26, 2007 8:13:03 am PST #4784 of 10436
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I've heard from one of my recipients! And I wouldn't be worried about the other, except she's posted to her LJ since the archive went live and didn't mention anywhere that she'd be away, and it's a tiny, tiny fandom that may five people will read.
I'll be patient. It's not like the archive's even been open that long!
Anne W. - Dec 26, 2007 1:10:36 pm PST #4785 of 10436
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
It's nice to know that other people do the same thing.
Does anyone else wade through recs posts and feel their ego getting crushed bit by snivelling bit as their stories refuse to show up in anyone's recs?
DebetEsse - Dec 26, 2007 1:15:46 pm PST #4786 of 10436
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I have avoided that by deciding that I will not look at anyone's recs, as I have a system worked out.
Except that one time when I saw one of my fandoms mentioned, but it wasn't my story. Yeah, a little bit crushed.
shrift - Dec 26, 2007 2:42:49 pm PST #4787 of 10436
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Does anyone else wade through recs posts and feel their ego getting crushed bit by snivelling bit as their stories refuse to show up in anyone's recs?
The previous three years, I wrote in a comics fandom and two anime/manga fandoms, and those aren't fandoms that tend to show up much in recommendations posts. I just assume I'm not going to get recommended, and then I'm pleasantly surprised if it happens.
P.M. Marc - Dec 26, 2007 2:47:02 pm PST #4788 of 10436
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Anne, it's not just you. I am so guilty of that. I felt better when I searched del.icio.us for the story title and saw more people had it saved than had commented. Try that!
Atropa - Dec 26, 2007 3:02:28 pm PST #4789 of 10436
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I felt better when I searched del.icio.us for the story title and saw more people had it saved than had commented. Try that!
Oooh, I should do that. But my recipient really liked the story, thank goodness!