I had a fic that was posted primarily on LJ with a more major BBC pairing and a fic that was posted on AO3 with a minor BBC pairing. The fic here on LJ got one comment, and so did the fanmix that went with it. I'm used to the Sherlock/Molly fics I write getting more comments during a round (last round I wrote a nine part fic and it got seven comments in all). I have no clue how many people read the stories or downloaded the fanmix, and it really sucked because I felt it was being ignored. The story on AO3, though, even though it didn't get a lot of reads, I could see exactly how many people read it. Four people liked it enough to give it kudos. I got comments. And that made me feel really happy.
I sometimes wonder if I had just posted all twenty Sherlolly stories and the fanmix on AO3 and they'd all been revealed at the same time if I would have felt the community aspect more. To be honest, until I saw the kudos and comments on the AO3 posted fic? I was actually really close to maybe making this my last round of Holmestice because I just felt like I was getting ignored completely for something I had written. The community aspect was missing, but on the writing end, I really liked having the ability to look over everything at AO3 myself. Every time saw I got a kudos or someone else read it, I felt that I'd done something worthwhile, you know? I didn't feel that with the fics posted here on LJ.
I saw that and I wondered if the silence on LJ contributed to the lack of feedback on the fic hosted here. All the fics posted to LJ got very few comments. At least compared to previous rounds.
But I do understand, and I'm very sorry because yes, it does suck.
I sometimes wonder if I had just posted all twenty Sherlolly stories and the fanmix on AO3 and they'd all been revealed at the same time if I would have felt the community aspect more. To be honest, until I saw the kudos and comments on the AO3 posted fic? I was actually really close to maybe making this my last round of Holmestice because I just felt like I was getting ignored completely for something I had written. The community aspect was missing, but on the writing end, I really liked having the ability to look over everything at AO3 myself. Every time saw I got a kudos or someone else read it, I felt that I'd done something worthwhile, you know? I didn't feel that with the fics posted here on LJ.
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But I do understand, and I'm very sorry because yes, it does suck.
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