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awanderingbard) wrote2013-01-13 04:27 pm
awanderingbard) wrote2013-01-13 04:27 pm
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Things that are happening now...
- I have hurt my back. It is very painful. I do not know how I did it. I suspect it's some sort of vicious writing injury.
- My big story is all beta'd up now by my awesome beta. I'm sure this happens to everyone who looks at something too long, but I've got to the point where I've read through it so many times, I can't tell if it's okay any more. I mean, I know it must be, but it's like when you stare at something until your eyes lose focus. It's all just words, now! But I'm one step closer to posting and very excited!
- There is a sudden influx of people fav'ing my stories on ff.net. Which is awesome! But hardly any comments. Some people have fav'd me, followed me, fav'd and followed every one of my stories and not left a single comment. I'm thrilled anyone's reading them at all, to be honest, but a quick 'hey, I like this' would be spiffy. I understand if you're just passing through, but if you can spend two hours reading and fav'ing, you have time to leave a comment.
G'luck to Benedict Cumberbatch at the Golden Globes tonight! I'll be watching Once Upon a Time and Dowton Abbey, but I'm sure I'll see every micro second he's on screen on Tumblr.
ETA: note to self: never assume it is safe to go to tumblr after Benedict Cumberbatch has failed to win an award. Do you hear that? That is the sound of a million fan girls weeping and beating their chests. Just going to hide quietly until the outrage dies down...
- My big story is all beta'd up now by my awesome beta. I'm sure this happens to everyone who looks at something too long, but I've got to the point where I've read through it so many times, I can't tell if it's okay any more. I mean, I know it must be, but it's like when you stare at something until your eyes lose focus. It's all just words, now! But I'm one step closer to posting and very excited!
- There is a sudden influx of people fav'ing my stories on ff.net. Which is awesome! But hardly any comments. Some people have fav'd me, followed me, fav'd and followed every one of my stories and not left a single comment. I'm thrilled anyone's reading them at all, to be honest, but a quick 'hey, I like this' would be spiffy. I understand if you're just passing through, but if you can spend two hours reading and fav'ing, you have time to leave a comment.
G'luck to Benedict Cumberbatch at the Golden Globes tonight! I'll be watching Once Upon a Time and Dowton Abbey, but I'm sure I'll see every micro second he's on screen on Tumblr.
ETA: note to self: never assume it is safe to go to tumblr after Benedict Cumberbatch has failed to win an award. Do you hear that? That is the sound of a million fan girls weeping and beating their chests. Just going to hide quietly until the outrage dies down...
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I almost never comment on ff.net. Not sure why but my ratio of reading to comments is probably 100/1 there. AO3 it's a little better, maybe 50/1 and LJ is the highest, maybe 25/1. It depends. Maybe it's the format or whatever, but I rarely, rarely ever comment there and I have seen a lot of people do the same.
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That's interesting, because I get most of my comments on ff.net, a decent amount on LJ and very few on AO3. I imagine it's what your demographics are that makes the difference. I don't write pairings or smut, so that limits who reads and ff.netters seem to be a more gen-friendly group than elsewhere. The last story I posted there has 22 comments, whereas here I got five or six and none at AO3.
I know I don't comment as much as I should myself, but I just like to know what it is about the story that made someone want to favourite it. It's like people who rec your stories but don't tell you they're reccing them. I appreciate it a lot, but I'd love to know what I'm doing right! :p