Can't figure it out

[mysticmcknight]

I'm told there is a way to post stories so they can be read easier and in order without having to go back all the postings, but I can't figure it out. Plus, I thought this would make my life easier in posting stories...sadly it's not

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[mandykaysfic]

Ah, feedback...a few get it in abundance, a lot don't. I don't, and if I wrote only for fb I would have quit ages ago. I know on Chakotayfest I will get 2 fb's - one from Whoa Nellie & 1 from Darksusie. Anything else is quite frankly a bonus. At TPD you can see your fics have been read even if nobody comments. When was really active on lj, I got anything from 1 - 11 fbs out of 30 or so members. I still post there occasionally.

I've been reading a bunch of posts at metafandom in recent weeks about fb, so I can pass on some of the things I read there:
Specific to lj posting rather than mailing lists/archives-
Join some groups where there are prompts or challenges that are related to your famdom or pairing and post there. There's plenty around that don't have a timeframe, as well as ones that do.
Format - use lj cuts for probably everything longer than a drabble. I cut drabbles anyway.
If a fic has multiple parts, link them all - people are lazy. (It's taken me 2 years to work out how to do a link! Now I'm in the throes of linking everything.)
Use tags and memories to help them find your fics
Code them properly so people searching can find them
Make friends with other with similar interests. Your fics will then show in their flists and vice versa.
Make lots of comments so you get known
Sigh - Accept that most people just don't leave fb. I'm guilty. I don't leave fb anywhere near as often as I should.

oops

[mandykaysfic]

The unknown tag is voyager_week

Mandy

[mysticmcknight]

I'm sorry, Mandy. I do like your work, I just have not been reading any C/P stories in a long time. I've been hooked in and wrapped up in Rodney and I admit it. So, big sorry.

I get people reading my stories average of 500-1000 per a story and if I'm lucky I get an average of 5 Feedback. So, I can only wonder what is wrong w/ the stories themselves...other then grammer and stuff, but as I said I have a good beta so that shouldn't really be it.

I guess I write too different from the norm, and if that's the case, not much going to change as I like what I write. :>)

Thank you, mandy for writting back to me. You can join the dark side and see the delights of SGA...Bwhahahahha.

Re: Mandy

[mandykaysfic]

Hey, Kim. I know you're doing SGA and I don't expect you to read outside where you want to be, so apology not needed!!! I'm just pleased you actually keep your list open, because it would be much easier for you to just close it. I'm sorry if my post sounded bitchy, but it wasn't meant to be.
It's not your stories - I agree the others, and you have some super, absolutely memorable ones in all of your fandoms. Don't change your writing - you have to like it or it won't ring true.
Besides, I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it - I wouldn't have writtten anything without your help and encouragement several years ago, and Susie has said the same. You were very welcoming and encouraging to new people on your list. May that's what the SGA fandom needs - welcoming and encouraging mods and then maybe more people would leave fb?!
(And I've bought season 1 of SGA on DVD...)