River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.

'Serenity'


Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers  

This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.


esse - Dec 06, 2002 5:25:01 am PST #1355 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

And SA seemed to find the beginning highly amusing, so, hopefully...

That's because it was.

Good on you, both of you. Nice reading, there, for those of us who do not mind reading porn about their friends. Which would be me.


Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 06, 2002 5:26:34 am PST #1356 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

those of us who do not mind reading porn about their friends.

Is it just me, or are there rather a lot of people about who'll read porn about anyone, the key content being porn?


Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 06, 2002 6:46:42 am PST #1357 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

I'm reading Connie's Career Change series.

"A lot of you are mages, you all know your arcane lore, and you're used to leading and training."

"And then there's Wesley."

Snerk!


erikaj - Dec 06, 2002 8:15:37 am PST #1358 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!

That's funny, Plei. Maybe I'm pretentious, too, Fay. Or maybe the story's both hot and pretentious, like Ralph Fiennes.


Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2002 10:46:11 am PST #1359 of 10000
brillig

I've been quoted!! Whee!! I'm either going to expire from delight or cognitive dissonance.

"There were arrows on the platform, but you didn't find me thinking about St. Sebastian." snerk!! (It seems to be a day of exclamation marks)


Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 06, 2002 10:49:19 am PST #1360 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

Oh, don't expire, connie, I need your advice. See Bitchy Fic.


Consuela - Dec 06, 2002 10:51:04 am PST #1361 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

27 months writing the story. Vicious (but worthy) beta from three machete wielders. Occasional stalking from readers and other members of the writing community. "You're gonna finish this, right?" Final size: 258K, four separate povs, half a dozen original characters. And plot, by god.

1400 hits on the webpage in the first 2 days after it goes up. A couple of emails from people saying, "Is there somewhere I can get the story all together?" Cheers on LJ from a couple of friends.

Total feedback emails: fewer than 10. That's less than 1% of the people who've hit the page to read it.

Why do I do this? Seriously. There's one more big fat part to this story, and I'm just... Feh. Why bother?


Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2002 10:53:40 am PST #1362 of 10000
brillig

The hits are the feedback, Consuela, keep telling yourself that. For every person who wrote, there are a hundred who were too shy.

Yep, I look at the counter on my website a lot, just to keep myself going. I put counters on each story so I could tell what people read.


Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 06, 2002 10:54:04 am PST #1363 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

Total feedback emails: fewer than 10. That's less than 1% of the people who've hit the page to read it.

That isn't fun, Suela. It's not right of them. Even allowing that half the poeple have nothing to say or no time to say it in, less than 10 feedbacks isn't good.

{Suela}


Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 06, 2002 10:54:44 am PST #1364 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

Yep, I look at the counter on my website a lot, just to keep myself going. I put counters on each story so I could tell what people read.

I noticed that! I think I might do it, too.