Fandoms and archiving

[wabbitseason]

musesfool asked about archiving: "The question is, is archiving all over the place - spreading your love around, as it were - is that attention-whoring or just smart marketing?" and seemag continued the question furtherI honestly don't archive in other places. I post in my LJ and in my website and that is about the extent of my archiving. And I'm massive backed

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[marag]

If it helps, X-Men fandom has been around for many years, in one form or another. It goes through ups and downs, but it's probably not going anywhere.

Now, I can't do anything about your feelings about it :)

[wabbitseason]

I'm more worried about my feelings about the fandoms than whether they're active or not. It's a little easier to hide out in a small corner of fandom online than say print zines.

[lasultrix]

I actually had a different attitude to archiving. In HP, I allow my fics to be archived at FictionAlley and FictionAlley only (with the exception of NC-17 fics at RS.org and my own website) because FA have those lovely review boards which encourage people to review. I'm pretty sure that if people read my stuff at, say, the Potter Slash Archive or something, my reviews-per-chapter would dwindle from 15ish to around zero. People can't be bothered to e-mail.

I've written a SV fic, a HL fic and an Angel fic, and I really must get around to archiving them places, because there *is* no FA equivalent in these fandoms, so the best thing to do if you want feedback is to archive in as many places as possible. I did actually submit my Connor/Faith fic to the C/F website, but I think it's inactive or something because I never got a response to my submission.

[jordannamorgan]

I post my fiction at my site, Fanfiction.net, and whatever mailing list (or message board) is relevant to the particular fandom. Sometimes a fandom site will ask to archive my fic, and if the site is well-done and I don't have any issues with the other content, I will usually give permission. My Librarie has links to the sites that include my fic.

Very little feedback comes from my site or from fandom sites, however, and I have accepted this as a fact of life. Honestly, the most feedback I get is at best a small burst after posting a story to a mailing list or to Fanfiction.net. I know you have a low opinion of that site, but popular fandoms like X-Men do get a decent amount of feedback there. As long as you don't expect an in-depth critique, it's a good thing.

Here's a suggestion you might find of interest. On your website, create a page with an email form for sending feedback, and link to it both on your story index and at the end of each story. (This is the one at my X-fic site.) I do think some people have used it who wouldn't

[evangrubbs]

You visit my website. And you have Jean and Scott being all friendly like on your avatar. This makes Evan Grubbs happy. I am sorry to have bothered you.

www.evangrubbs.com

[verdictlesslife]

I'd love to see your worked archived! I think the best thing to do is make a site for them because then you have complete control over them.