Big Pimpin' Pity Party

[lettered]

So this is something I've been wanting to do for a while now, and I hope y'all will all join in...

In comments to this post:
1. Pimp the story whose feedback most disappointed you. I don't mean your best story, or your worst story, or the story you guess could've been better. And I don't mean the story that got the least feedback. I mean the

Comments

[kita0610]

Moving Pictures: Son of a Preacher Man.

I think it got less comments because:

A. It's RPS.
B. The Cracktrailer Heyday is passed.
C. I posted it the day of Writercon. (WTF I was thinking, I have no idea)
D. My Author's Notes were huge and scared people off.
E. It's a sequel.

It's a weird thing, because I feel like that's the first fic I really, truly wrote for me (and Fod), but the number of replies still made me feel bad. Especially because there were a few people I really wanted to read it, who either didn't and didn't like it, or just didn't read it. Which means I actually didn't write it for myself, hunh? Damn. It still feels like I did. Maybe I have shitty self-awareness around these things.

In any case, this is a cool post. I hope people come forward and truthfully answer it.

[lettered]

D. I must admit, large A/Ns turn me out like a light. I've done one on a piece or two and hated it. But for this piece I was *very* pleased to have the links to the other pieces of the 'verse, but:
E. Yes, with something like that, people're going to feel like they had to read all this other stuff to understand your piece, which wasn't true. It stands beautifully as is.

Which means I actually didn't write it for myself, hunh? Damn. It still feels like I did. Maybe I have shitty self-awareness around these things.Well, for me, it's like this. When I have something I've written that I really really care about, I would rather not share it at *all* than recieve a lukewarm reaction, or even just less of a reaction than I expected. The fact that I'd be *more* willing to keep it to myself seems to say to me that yes, I really did it for me, not so other people would squee and jump up and down. But having other people--especially people you care about--not be passionate about something you put yourself into *hurts*. It feels like

[kita0610]

Actually, this felt like not enough people loved *Jimmy*, which is insane and somehow way more hurtful than people not loving me.

Welcome to my neruoses, they are immense and colorful, like an Amish quilt.

[lettered]

Oh, alright then. I like quilts. Also, guilty characters who deny themselves happiness.

[alizarin_nyc]

Are we sticking to Buffyverse fic? Or do you want to hear about that One With the Alien Sex Pods? or something....

[lettered]

I read mostly Buffyverse; most of the people on my flist read Buffyverse (or used to *bursts into frowns*), so if you rec something else, chances are less that people who read that fandom will see it here. So that's a mercenary consideration for people to keep in mind.

But anything is welcome, whether you just want to get it out there, rant, or I dunno, try to entice people who aren't already reading it into the fandom. GOgogogogo!

[p_zeitgeist]

I'm here via metafandom, and I think this is a perfectly splendid idea. But I'm from the anime side of the LJ-verse, so that pimping this post to my flist would at best result in your comments being spammed by a bunch of people you've never heard of, recommending stories in fandoms you've never heard of (or have no interest in, which comes to the same thing).

So in lieu of pimping your post, would you mind horribly if I were to treat it as a meme and steal it? Because I don't want to if you'd rather I didn't.

[lettered]

Go right on ahead! I can't even say I wasn't hoping the idea would spread. Thanks so much for asking, and I hope you get a lot of people participating and reccing each other good stuff. Have fun!

[leni_ba]

did you post it? Where's the link? Did anyone say anime? Eeeeee! *bounces*

Because, apparently, I'm bouncing. huh?

[frogfarm]

1a) Inner Piece (Dana, post-"Damage").

1b) It's not a drabble or ficlet and it's not a full fic, so it doesn't take long to read but it's not over too fast. The background of my established 'verse isn't really necessary, so it can be treated as a standalone piece. It's one of my better ideas, and some of my best execution in terms of the writing, and I'm particularly proud of that because it's from the POV of Dana, who is River-like in being (IMO) difficult to write well. Dana's criminally underrepresented in fanfic, and I figured this story would resonate with Dana fans, Buffy/Faith fans, and basically everyone.

1c) Hmm... femslash is less popular than guyslash? I hadn't yet established my writerly reputation? Posted at a particularly coincidentally bad time? Your guess is as good as mine. Hey, at least it got a really nice banner. But I'd kill for more feedback.

2a) Dawn of the Dead by beer-good-foamy. 48 drabbles, starting with AU S6 "All The Way". Vamp!Dawn; Spawn, Spangel, Spike/anything that moves

[lettered]

Awesome! Both of those sound like excellent, under appreciated fic! I hope to read them myself, and hope that other people give them the attention you think they deserve. Thanks for playing.

[lynnenne]

I've been overjoyed with the feedback I've received on everything I've written. Except that once I wrote a story for a ficathon, and the person who requested the fic didn't even leave a comment--positive or negative. That was kind of annoying.

[lettered]

I'm pretty much happy with fb I've recieved on everything too. So it's possible I was fudging the truth when I said that it happens to everyone. In fact, I've been pretty shocked at a couple things I've written getting as high a quantity and quality of fb as they did, considering they were very dense and had little to no porn.

It's pretty crappy when someone doesn't fb for a ficathon piece (I would think). Least they could do is drop a line that says hey thanks.