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space_weavil

Pimping again

Dec 11, 2005 18:37

My AU Galadriel story seems to be (touch wood) doing really well on Stories of Arda, so, perhaps with a little more confidence than I ought to have, I decided to stick it on the member's only bit of HASA as well. I don't intend to try and get it on the published side of the archive, so I don't suppose I'm breaking any rules by saying that here ( Read more... )

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rhapsody11 December 11 2005, 20:20:37 UTC

Belgian buns? What are those? I made French petit pains this morning with some roasted beef and peanut (spiced) sauce... and am yet struggling again to empty my plate with dinner.

And yay on the AU Glads story at SoA, I am happy to see it doing so well there! I think you have a real reading group there, my experience is, that most reeviewers stick around. *keeps her fingers crossed*

space_weavil December 12 2005, 18:11:04 UTC

Belgian buns (which are probably not Belgian but just called that) are round pastry things with raisins in, white icing on top and a cherry on top. They are rancid, or at least the ones I bought yesterday were.

So far chapter 2 has only had 1 review, but it was a good one, really in depth about stuff (though they're going to lynch me later on...) but it's just so reassuring the number of hits its getting, since it did so poorly on OSA. I'm wondering if I've outlived my time on OSA. *shrug*

rhapsody11 December 12 2005, 22:06:56 UTC

I am not so sure about that... different archives, different crowds. I am just very happy for you :)

space_weavil December 12 2005, 22:12:09 UTC

Yeah, very much so. I just figure I don't produce the sort of thing OSA readers want any more (as is evidenced by the lower hit rates / reviews). I rarely get many hits and hardly any reviews for updates and now my one shots are kind of ignored in general too. Thing is, I don't want to stop writing what I want and swith to subjects I don't enjoy as much (like OFC / *insertnameofelfhere* romances) just to pander to the readers.

Anyway, ignore me. I'm still trying to shake off the horrible weekend I've had. Just feel like I'm fighting against everything at the moment, and feeling slightly unwanted in the world. I'll probably be fine tomorrow.

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rhapsody11 December 12 2005, 22:41:24 UTC

I'm trying to be the voice of reason. Just this weekend a lot of stuff I've been letting slide just crept up behind me and whacked me on the head. A couple of people said some really insensitive things and that just added to it.

That sounds very familiar to me. I had a listening ear today with Binka, because even I sometimes need that to hear if I am not insane or if I really am allowed to have some things working for me (right now it sometimes doesn't).

I just wonder if I'm making an idiot of myself, with this wanting to be published thing. I mean, I put stuff on the internet which is free, and so few want to read it. What chance do I have of getting people to pay for my work?Those two worlds are completely different actually. Most publishers won't touch online stuff. So that is why I hardly have any original fic online. But yeah, I sometimes wonder as well. I know a couple of people who are doing the whole I wanna get published as well routine, bt I decided to put that off for a couple of years. I need to grow a thick skin first ( ... )

space_weavil December 12 2005, 22:48:36 UTC

Those two worlds are completely different actually. Most publishers won't touch online stuff. So that is why I hardly have any original fic online.

Yeah, that wasn't really what I meant. What I mean is the quality of my writing and the subjects I touch on will be similar (maybe not elves and nazgul, but the same kind of story, same build up, same sort of tension and plotting), so if that style is so unpopular, what chance have I got?

But yeah, I sometimes wonder as well. I know a couple of people who are doing the whole I wanna get published as well routine, bt I decided to put that off for a couple of years. I need to grow a thick skin first. I am not that ambitious actually, eager to learn, yes, but not career driven.I don't know if I should be career driven. Lately I've wondered if I haven't been very arrogant in assuming I have the talent to ever work professionally, despite it's always having been my dream career. Several people (including some from OSA) have told me now that I'm not good enough. Maybe it's time to start ( ... )