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stunt_muppet at 06:23pm on 14/03/2007 under fanfics
stunt_muppet at 06:23pm on 14/03/2007 under fanficsBecause there are few circumstances under which a Pirates of the Caribbean quote is not appropriate.
Yes, I'm posting a new journal before I reply to my old comments. This is because I am, once again, sneaking in an LJ break betwixt my mini-research project and my AT session. Replies will probably come in the middle of the night, when I'm looking for something to distract me from said research project. (Research project . We hates it, Precious.)
Yes, I'm posting a new journal before I reply to my old comments. This is because I am, once again, sneaking in an LJ break betwixt my mini-research project and my AT session. Replies will probably come in the middle of the night, when I'm looking for something to distract me from said research project. (Research project . We hates it, Precious.)
I've been thinking. As you know, I have a fanfiction.net account. I also barely use it anymore, as I haven't worked in any of the fics on it in years. Yes, I feel appropriately guilty about this. All attempts to restart said fanfictions have been abortive, but that was one of the functions of my fanfic list - to remind me not to leave them hanging.
I really don't want to put anything new on that ff.net account until I've got a couple new chapters up on the old stuff, so my old readers (all six of them) won't think I've just abandoned those fics.
However, I'm also rather impatient, and I'm not sure I want to wait around to post some of my newer work (which is all much better than my old stuff). Being the attention sl*t that I am, I kind of want my newer work to get wider exposure, although I'm pretty sure that not many more people would see it on ff.net than already do here. That, and I kind of like the free praise that the Vole Pit can offer. :)
Plus, if I put up my work on ff.net, I wouldn't clutter up the flists of friends who don't care about/don't read my fanfiction; I could just put up a notice saying "Yo! New chapter/one-shot be up. Go look." Of course, I'd end up putting most of it up here anyway for beta-ing purposes, but still.
So, I'm thinking, maybe I should start a new ff.net account? I'd keep the old one, but this one would be where I'd dump my newer work, particularly my TV fanfic (my old ff.net account was all game fanfic). So far as I can see, a new account would have these advantages:
1) Stop spamming the flists of people who'd prefer not to be inundated with fic.
2) Don't make my old watchers think I've forgotten them and moved on.
3) Don't subject my new readers to my old fic. :(
4) Slightly wider readership for my work, which would bring about Intarwebs fame and fortune! (I kid.)
And three disadvantages:
1) Yet another darn account to keep track of, like I don't have enough.
2) Posting something on ff.net miraculously drains my drive to work on it. I might have to hire one of y'all to poke me.
3) Possibility of flaming. I haven't encountered it here because my audience has mostly been my friends (and people who don't flame), but, to be honest, I'm terrified of flames. Not concrit, mind you - that I appreciate. But I'm worried that I shall one day open my inbox and discover a string of hate waiting for me. Does ff.net let you delete comments?
Thoughts?
[EDIT] Wow, it really is 1 in the morning.
Got my research thing done, though. And I should probably go to bed, but Muse is on a roll, I'm finally doing something for my claims, I'm working through a particularly difficult section of one fic, and even though I know I'll hate myself in the morning I just don't want to sleep right now.
[EDIT AGAIN] On a related, but not entirely identical note;
Know what's frustrating? When I've rewritten the same two lines of dialogue seven times. Seven, I kid you not. And I still haven't decided on a final version.
The fact that my OTP has never had a conversation that didn't involve angst makes my job So. Much. Harder. Ack.
I really don't want to put anything new on that ff.net account until I've got a couple new chapters up on the old stuff, so my old readers (all six of them) won't think I've just abandoned those fics.
However, I'm also rather impatient, and I'm not sure I want to wait around to post some of my newer work (which is all much better than my old stuff). Being the attention sl*t that I am, I kind of want my newer work to get wider exposure, although I'm pretty sure that not many more people would see it on ff.net than already do here. That, and I kind of like the free praise that the Vole Pit can offer. :)
Plus, if I put up my work on ff.net, I wouldn't clutter up the flists of friends who don't care about/don't read my fanfiction; I could just put up a notice saying "Yo! New chapter/one-shot be up. Go look." Of course, I'd end up putting most of it up here anyway for beta-ing purposes, but still.
So, I'm thinking, maybe I should start a new ff.net account? I'd keep the old one, but this one would be where I'd dump my newer work, particularly my TV fanfic (my old ff.net account was all game fanfic). So far as I can see, a new account would have these advantages:
1) Stop spamming the flists of people who'd prefer not to be inundated with fic.
2) Don't make my old watchers think I've forgotten them and moved on.
3) Don't subject my new readers to my old fic. :(
4) Slightly wider readership for my work, which would bring about Intarwebs fame and fortune! (I kid.)
And three disadvantages:
1) Yet another darn account to keep track of, like I don't have enough.
2) Posting something on ff.net miraculously drains my drive to work on it. I might have to hire one of y'all to poke me.
3) Possibility of flaming. I haven't encountered it here because my audience has mostly been my friends (and people who don't flame), but, to be honest, I'm terrified of flames. Not concrit, mind you - that I appreciate. But I'm worried that I shall one day open my inbox and discover a string of hate waiting for me. Does ff.net let you delete comments?
Thoughts?
[EDIT] Wow, it really is 1 in the morning.
Got my research thing done, though. And I should probably go to bed, but Muse is on a roll, I'm finally doing something for my claims, I'm working through a particularly difficult section of one fic, and even though I know I'll hate myself in the morning I just don't want to sleep right now.
[EDIT AGAIN] On a related, but not entirely identical note;
Know what's frustrating? When I've rewritten the same two lines of dialogue seven times. Seven, I kid you not. And I still haven't decided on a final version.
The fact that my OTP has never had a conversation that didn't involve angst makes my job So. Much. Harder. Ack.
busy
thoughts indeed
-I returned to my abandoned account with a full six years between my 3 original anime pieces and my new slew of crimeshow/other drama fics. Granted, my old ones were all complete at the time, but maybe you could just tag yours as on hiatus? I kept the same account as a record of what my writing was like at that point in time. Or maybe just because it never occurred to me that I COULD start with a fresh account. Nah, the first one sounds better, let's go with that. :P
Re: thoughts indeed
-Hadn't thought of it that way. And yes, I like the first explanation better. I suppose no harm would come of putting my old work on hiatus so long as I do, at some point, complete it. Hmm.
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I wouldn't worry about it too much. The average flamer is an uberenlightened dumbass with a massive holier-than-thou complex, and generally does not know what the f*ck he/she is talking about. Unless, of course, they're flaming something actually legitimate, i.e. homophobia, racism, etc, which I don't think you're going to have a problem with.
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I know it's not worth worrying about, it's just sort of a discouraging thought. It was for me, anyway.
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Fire extinguisher, flame retardant jar, and a pair of heat-resistant gloves...
Go forth and post with impunity. ;-)
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