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[alexisjane]

Oh god. Inbox at 395. I feel like my brain is going to fall out...but at least it's going down! : ) I'm not gonna make 0 tonight but I shall persevere!




So, it's taken 5 days for the latest part of my Were fic to get the same amount of kudos on AO3 as my BigBang has received in six months.

I am totally selfish when it comes to writing. I do it for myself and because I enjoy it and if people want to read it that's fine, so I don't worry about hits and stuff (esp. when there are fics with 356k hits out there, coz I'm never going to compete with that!), but it is interesting to me what people read and why.

I hope I've improved as a writer in six months but I'm sure I haven't that much. I have promoted the Were 'verse a bit more but does it make that much difference? Do people really wanna read domestic knotting 'verse more than romantic drama?

Part of me feels a bit gutted that something I worked so long and so hard on, gets less love than something I'm just writing for kicks...but then I guess I do actually love them both equally...and in the end that kinda thing really shouldn't matter. Plus I've received some wonderful comments about my BB so I can never be unhappy with the reception of, what is to all intents and purposes, my first novel.

Sometimes I wish I could see each person reading my stuff, see which bits they laughed at or hated or where they decided to quit...It would be harrowing but so, so interesting.

But then the temptation to write to a formula would probably sneak in, and writing to please other people...I'm just not ready for that yet.

It is kinda nice to get the love though : ) x

Comments

[majestic-duxk.livejournal.com]

I don't really notice the kudos. Comments I like I think because there is an aspect of engagement and also because then you do know what someone enjoyed about it. It is one of the reasons I make great efforts to comment on stuff.

But even a wow I loved it, is nice to hear.

I think I have... Only 3 readers who read on both forums. And most of my posts here don't get any comments at all. Ah! That might be why I luke comments better too, because really lj is where I have spent most of my time, and there is no kudos here.

I know that for the rbb I am trying to read everything and where possible leave the comments here on lj.

And we'll done getting your inbox down! That's a monumental effort :-)

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I generally figure hits mean nothing, kudos means someone actually read it all the way through and comments are super awesome bonus! I have to say, I almost prefer having no kudos here coz then it makes me comment on what I've read (although I've been super slack with that lately, although I've really not been reading here for the last few months)

I feel like AO3 is really just a fic repository for me, and although I read a lot over there, it's not somewhere to engage with people. But most of the people on my flist on here don't read my fic and I don't read theirs. Which is weird.

Somer is going to have an aneurism if I don't do something about it...she's been freaking out about it for so long! : ) x