Gosh, yes. I drifted away for a few years, but I've now been back for three or four, and it's such a good thing in my life! Real conversation with interesting people! I love the shitposts and teasing on Tumblr, but I need this in my life!
I see people who say they never browse AO3 and will only read if the author promotes their fic on Twitter in the tags.
WHAT. Well, I'm screwed then, since I have never had and never will have a Twitter account!
Which is all fine, you know! It's just... it feels like running a business, haha.
YES! I don't want to do that! I am happy to create bookmarks and rec lists and tell all my friends about good fic I read, but I don't want to have to hunt down readers for my own fic!
People just copy these patterns because they're everywhere these days
I think you're correct about this.
and a cosy fandom experience with a few people sharing similar tastes suits me better in general.
Yup! I have found writing for smaller fandoms so rewarding the last few years! In stark contrast to writing for giant fandoms, where I feel like I get lost in the shuffle.
Absolutely--link away! Anything that's publicly posted is fine to link to.
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Returning to Dreamwidth is helping me, I think.
Gosh, yes. I drifted away for a few years, but I've now been back for three or four, and it's such a good thing in my life! Real conversation with interesting people! I love the shitposts and teasing on Tumblr, but I need this in my life!
I see people who say they never browse AO3 and will only read if the author promotes their fic on Twitter in the tags.
WHAT. Well, I'm screwed then, since I have never had and never will have a Twitter account!
Which is all fine, you know! It's just... it feels like running a business, haha.
YES! I don't want to do that! I am happy to create bookmarks and rec lists and tell all my friends about good fic I read, but I don't want to have to hunt down readers for my own fic!
People just copy these patterns because they're everywhere these days
I think you're correct about this.
and a cosy fandom experience with a few people sharing similar tastes suits me better in general.
Yup! I have found writing for smaller fandoms so rewarding the last few years! In stark contrast to writing for giant fandoms, where I feel like I get lost in the shuffle.
Absolutely--link away! Anything that's publicly posted is fine to link to.