Cool. Thanks.
I just said that you're pretty. Even when you're covered in...engine grease, you're... No, especially, especially when you're covered in engine grease.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Lady O' Spain - Apr 22, 2004 9:29:57 am PDT #7913 of 10000
Red hair and black leather--my favorite color scheme.
Connie Neil - Apr 22, 2004 9:34:39 am PDT #7914 of 10000
brillig
The first time posting is the worst, Lady. Way back in the misty reaches, I spent a good five minutes hovering over the "Send" button before I just consigned my soul to the gods and hit it.
Emily - Apr 22, 2004 9:54:39 am PDT #7915 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Yeah, but the first hit of feedback, man... You're hooked right away. Straight to the pathetic-need-for-approval center of the brain.
Or that could just be me.
Connie Neil - Apr 22, 2004 10:23:45 am PDT #7916 of 10000
brillig
Or that could just be me.
Nope. And then you need bigger and bigger hits, and more powerful hits ...
Lady O' Spain - Apr 22, 2004 10:34:45 am PDT #7917 of 10000
Red hair and black leather--my favorite color scheme.
Or that could just be me.
No. Right there with you. *twitch*
The initial rush has worn off a bit, though, and now I seem to have entered a panicky stage where I'm convinced that it was a fluke and I'll never write anything again.
Which is why I'm a bit wary of the LiveJournal thing...I may wait and see if lightning strikes twice.
Connie Neil - Apr 22, 2004 11:11:10 am PDT #7918 of 10000
brillig
a panicky stage where I'm convinced that it was a fluke and I'll never write anything again.
It's always a fluke. Or it always seems to be.
Yep, I'm just being a nasty ol' fic-writing pusher. C'mon, babe, the first one's free.
esse - Apr 22, 2004 1:36:20 pm PDT #7919 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
LOS, the livejournal thing isn't a big deal at all. At the heart of it, it's just a name that people recognise you by, like here.
Theodosia - Apr 23, 2004 3:36:18 am PDT #7920 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
What SA Said. You can also just use your LJ to post links to cool stuff you've found on the web, or cool posts that friends/acquaintances have made in their LJs -- there's no requirement to ever post anything, but it does let you keep track of friends' journals through the Friends List function, and so on.
And if you're on other people's FLs, then you may get to see their friends-locked posts. (Like for instance, my posting about the reaction of the Due South slashers to a ridiculous gay porn movie. Somehow didn't want to put that one in a public-accessible post that my Mom could accidentally stumble across.)
The Body Swap "novel" is really-almost-truly finished -- I'm waiting for comments (hopefully light) on a rewritten final chapter, so I have great hopes for this weekend as an official pub date. But we'll see!
Dana - Apr 23, 2004 5:52:23 am PDT #7921 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I have a friend who's looking for Kill Bill femslash. I'm pointing her to the few stories on Silverlake -- anyone seen anything else?
Rebecca Lizard - Apr 23, 2004 1:57:58 pm PDT #7922 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
(Theo, I can't wait to read your story!)