Whoa! Those are healthy counts! I am definitely writing in the wrong fandoms. I have one story on ff net--a WIP novel that I really wish I were collecting royalties on because the page click counts are so high--it would be a nearly a bestseller in the real world. Nothing else comes close to that one for me. My absolute highest counts for stories on AO3 are much, much lower than yours.
It's entirely fandom specific, isn't it? These are high hit counts for me, too, especially in comparison to most of what I've been writing recently in tiny fandoms--though they're quite low compared to lots of Sherlock fic.
Tolkien--Lord of the Rings--one of very few I have written based in LotR. I write a lot of fic and non-fiction based on Tolkien's Silmarillion. And then a lot of rare lit. fics of all sorts. Recently I have been diddling around with historical fiction just a little.
Speaking of historical fiction, do you know of any George Mallory slash? I found one on AO3. Finding it hard to believe there are not more.
Interesting! I've never read any Tolkien fic at all--
Well, according to the Wade Davis book, the Strachey brothers were writing their very own Mallory slash avant la lettre. *g* I haven't read the one on AO3--is it good? But yeah, I'm surprised there isn't more--I'm thinking of requesting it for Yuletide next year.
(of course, if this film with Tom Hardy is ever made, we'll be in for a mountain of it, so to speak)
I wouldn't worry about the counts too much, although I know it's nice to see those bigger numbers. It's all about what's popular at a particular time - the fandom, the pairing, whether it's posted as a single chapter (or a bunch of chapters - which add up the hits quickly), etc. It's word of mouth and rec lists and all kinds of weirdly unknowable variables about how people search for things, how things are tagged, etc. Also if you've posted stories that aren't exclusive to AO3, it does split the hits. I've got stories that were really popular on LJ, but you wouldn't know it from the AO3 hits because they were posted to the archive after the initial excitement had worn off.
What I know is that you're a really good writer, and I don't think I've ever read anything of yours that I didn't enjoy. I see your name attached to a story or a rec and I know the chances are good I'll like it (if it's a fandom or pairing I tend to read). *hugs*
Thanks for the encouraging words! I think I sound more glum up there than I really am--I don't usually worry about it (and usually I'm amazed that anyone reads my fic at all). I write what I'm interested in, and sometimes it intersects with the things people want to read and sometimes it doesn't. I'm never going to write long romance/first time stories--just not my thing--so there's that.
On occasion I write something that I wish people read more, it's true--but that's not actually the case with any of the stories on those lists.
First of all, I tend to be weird about feedback, I have issues (solely my own!) with leaving comments, so if I read something not on AO3 (like, say, here), I'm pretty likely not to give any indication that I've read it. I feel bad about it, because I know how much I like getting feedback on my own work (which SO pales in comparison to yours), but it is how I am. Sorry.
Second of all...I have no idea how to say this nicely. Sorry. I'm bad at social stuff. But here goes: I think your RPF is MASSIVELY hot. I love it and read it frequently (from here). But I'm VERY conflicted about RPF, especially RPS, to the degree that, in all honesty, I don't want to love yours. So I would be unlikely to ever leave kudos on it even if I did read it on AO3.
Overall, I would say that your stats are probably being shortchanged by virtue of your fics frequently being posted here (where many of your fans first see them) before being posted to AO3.
No worries! It is nice to get feedback, but I understand the issues with leaving it.
I think lots of people have that relationship to rps/rpf--I totally understand, and have a version of it about writing it myself (which I do rarely). I think the same thing holds true for pain/weapons kink, which is one reason I suspect the hits/kudos lists are so different up there.
I know you know that the numbers don't mean much at the end of the day - I'm so pleased that you like what you're writing and what you're capable of, because I find your writing to be terrific.
Aw, thank you for the encouraging words! It is mostly about experimenting and exploring the things I'm interested in, for me. And it's silly to look at the numbers, given the kinds of fic and fandoms in which I usually write.
That said, if I wanted higher numbers I should write more fic for your prompts! Both "Three Continents Watson" and "In the Belfry" are consistently at/near the tops of these lists!
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What fandom is your WIP novel in?
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Speaking of historical fiction, do you know of any George Mallory slash? I found one on AO3. Finding it hard to believe there are not more.
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Well, according to the Wade Davis book, the Strachey brothers were writing their very own Mallory slash avant la lettre. *g* I haven't read the one on AO3--is it good? But yeah, I'm surprised there isn't more--I'm thinking of requesting it for Yuletide next year.
(of course, if this film with Tom Hardy is ever made, we'll be in for a mountain of it, so to speak)
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What I know is that you're a really good writer, and I don't think I've ever read anything of yours that I didn't enjoy. I see your name attached to a story or a rec and I know the chances are good I'll like it (if it's a fandom or pairing I tend to read). *hugs*
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On occasion I write something that I wish people read more, it's true--but that's not actually the case with any of the stories on those lists.
anyway, thanks for the kind words!
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And, sadly, I can never be funny when I set out to be intentionally, y'know?
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Second of all...I have no idea how to say this nicely. Sorry. I'm bad at social stuff. But here goes: I think your RPF is MASSIVELY hot. I love it and read it frequently (from here). But I'm VERY conflicted about RPF, especially RPS, to the degree that, in all honesty, I don't want to love yours. So I would be unlikely to ever leave kudos on it even if I did read it on AO3.
Overall, I would say that your stats are probably being shortchanged by virtue of your fics frequently being posted here (where many of your fans first see them) before being posted to AO3.
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I think lots of people have that relationship to rps/rpf--I totally understand, and have a version of it about writing it myself (which I do rarely). I think the same thing holds true for pain/weapons kink, which is one reason I suspect the hits/kudos lists are so different up there.
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That said, if I wanted higher numbers I should write more fic for your prompts! Both "Three Continents Watson" and "In the Belfry" are consistently at/near the tops of these lists!
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