Old fic is new again

[therumjournals]

So occasionally I read my old fic. Kind of more than occasionally? But this week I really couldn't focus at work and instead read most of my old Pinto fic on my phone. And now I miss everything and I'm like, damn, who wrote this, this stuff is good (most of it) and I could never write like this now. Hopefully that last part's not true, but it's

Comments

[aprilleigh24]

so good to see you again! i noticed you had added a new fic to ao3 right away so please know that there are still a few of us around reading them. :)

Some are like me who've never quite left, but there are a lot of newer fans and writers as well. For example, there is a round robin fic going that has 25 writers participating so that's pretty active for the size of the fandom. There is also a kinkmeme going so if you wanted to write a little something, that might be a easy, poss anon, way.

I don't know how much you've stayed 'up to date' with pinto, but if you'd like to take a step back into the fandom, i'll happily point the way.

(btw- i literally reced your 'merry bachelors' yet again just a few days ago.i know it's been years now, but i still adore it, and i know that it is still finding new readers and love it just as much as i do)

[therumjournals]

So you're actually responsible for this then! I get emails that alert me when my fic gets Kudos on AO3, and I recently noticed a spike in Merry Bachelors traffic. Which made me wonder if it had been recced recently, so I started googling around, and found some old rec lists which led to me going back and re-reading a bunch of fic (mine and others)! So, I blame you! ;-)

It's great to know there are still readers out there. I actually have a Pinto fic that's been about 85% complete for years, I've just never had the motivation to finish it (AKA write the sex). This might be the inspiration that I need (whether life will actually let me ever GET to writing it is a different story, but one can dream...)

Anyway, thanks for saying hi and letting me know that there is still some life in Pinto!

[lousy_science]

I got your AO3 update this morning - it was a nice little LOL, WUT? moment.

I had the urge to go back and re-read some stuff recently. It's a weird kind of nostalgia/kick up the bum to remind me I can, like, do that. I did my first Yuletide last year and also a S2B2 fic, which are nice challenges without all the exhaustion of full-on fandom (though Steve/Tony winks at me across the bar, too...)

[therumjournals]

Well hey there! Sorry to get everyone all excited thinking I posted new fic ;-) I know exactly what you mean about the nostalgia. I had to default on Yuletide 2 years ago (that whole "writing fic while on maternity leave thing" wasn't as realistic as I'd hoped) and haven't really written anything since. But have definitely thought about doing Yuletide again. And I know what you mean about the exhaustion of full-on fandom - I feel like I can't write in a new fandom until I read a bunch of stuff, and that's unfortunately something I just don't have time for / want to put the time into right now. But I could just try to overcome that and jump in feet first. Guess we'll see!

[avictoriangirl]

If you wrote new Pinto fic, I would definitely read it. :D

[therumjournals]

Aww, thanks! That's definitely good to know!

[thesilverwitch]

about the looking back at your own writing and thinking that you are no longer able to write something like that -- that happens to me all the time as well. i don't often reread my old fic (most of it makes me shudder just thinking about it), but occasionally i'll pick up an older piece and be amazed at myself. it makes me think: are my jokes still funny? am i still capable of writing such detailed descriptions? such poetic sentences? most of the time it feels like i just can't anymore. like i've left a part of myself in my old work that i can't get back