Better not to anguish over the hits or how many people arer leaving feedback. Readers may appear from the most unexpected places. Your fics at C5 were the second group of OZ fics I ever read. The first were those by Dargie, from a link to her site, posted by a fellow-fan at the HBO 'Six Feet Under' forum, in the Summer of 2003. I would say I got a link to your C5 fics there, too. Or did Dargie mention a link somewhere at her site ? I can' t remember. I discovered your fics were part of a big archive and plunged into C5. Good times. And I had never seen OZ ( apart from the 'OZ didn't make you a bitch, you were born one' line, shown in 'Six Feet Under' ) . It was the fanfics that introduced me to the show.
Oh, it's not really anguish, don't worry. It's hard to explain, but it's sort of ... not scary, but a little intimidating to think about more than two or three people reading a story.
I do love knowing people enjoy the stories and all, but there's a nutty part of me that would be happy never knowing about it. It doesn't make sense, of course, crazy stuff is like that. LOL
If my fics played a part in bringing you to Oz, though, that's a compliment I will graciously accept, because the fandom wouldn't be the same without you.
I just posted my stories to AO3 and was wondering how the "hits" thing works myself. It does make you wonder. I just keep thinking hopefully the people who do read my stuff like it. Thing is, I write for me so if someone reads what I write and doesn't like it, I'm still happy that they read it at all. Does that make sense?
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We probably shouldn't even think of it. Nothing good ever comes of that kind of thing. LOL
I write what I like to read, but always with the idea that someone else will read it. Otherwise, why go to the trouble of typing it out and posting? If it was just for me, the stories could remain forever as plot descriptions scribbled out in my journals. But that's just me.
And at least the (potentially) 500+ people who read that story didn't send feedback. That truly would freak my mind. LOL
You have a point there...As long as one person likes your stuff that's good right?
Would that many people commenting/reviewing be considered stalkerish? They say stalking is the sincerest form of flattery. No, wait. That's imitation:)
One is definitely enough to make me happy. Especially since I'm such a louse at replying.
It's funny, though; the only fan letters I've ever written have been to favorite authors, and they have invariably replied with gracious, personal notes and postcards, truly sounding like my letter made their day. That should probably be the template: Be gracious and appreciative, even if you kind of thing way too big a fuss is being made. And after all, it's all about the reader and the story at that point anyway; the author just gets to bask a bit in knowing they wrote something that made somebody happy.
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Your fics at C5 were the second group of OZ fics I ever read.
The first were those by Dargie, from a link to her site, posted by a fellow-fan at the HBO 'Six Feet Under' forum, in the Summer of 2003.
I would say I got a link to your C5 fics there, too. Or did Dargie mention a link somewhere at her site ? I can' t remember.
I discovered your fics were part of a big archive and plunged into C5.
Good times. And I had never seen OZ ( apart from the 'OZ didn't make you a bitch, you were born one' line, shown in 'Six Feet Under' ) . It was the fanfics that introduced me to the show.
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I do love knowing people enjoy the stories and all, but there's a nutty part of me that would be happy never knowing about it. It doesn't make sense, of course, crazy stuff is like that. LOL
If my fics played a part in bringing you to Oz, though, that's a compliment I will graciously accept, because the fandom wouldn't be the same without you.
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This comment probably isn't helping at all, is it?
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I write what I like to read, but always with the idea that someone else will read it. Otherwise, why go to the trouble of typing it out and posting? If it was just for me, the stories could remain forever as plot descriptions scribbled out in my journals. But that's just me.
And at least the (potentially) 500+ people who read that story didn't send feedback. That truly would freak my mind. LOL
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Would that many people commenting/reviewing be considered stalkerish? They say stalking is the sincerest form of flattery. No, wait. That's imitation:)
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It's funny, though; the only fan letters I've ever written have been to favorite authors, and they have invariably replied with gracious, personal notes and postcards, truly sounding like my letter made their day. That should probably be the template: Be gracious and appreciative, even if you kind of thing way too big a fuss is being made. And after all, it's all about the reader and the story at that point anyway; the author just gets to bask a bit in knowing they wrote something that made somebody happy.
Not a bad thing, all in all.
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