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Date: 2017-07-26 05:01 am (UTC)I admit to being very puzzled. When I actually managed to finish or post something I appreciate compliments but very much dread any posters asking for more.... I don't write quickly and have never developed the writing muscles for consistency (yet)... (if ever). Comments are a mixed bag and that is before considering people who aren't going to like it.... Like being an Actor, ugh, getting on stage, I don't think that is something I would do.
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Date: 2017-07-26 05:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-26 11:14 am (UTC)I just read the Rough Trade announcement. Maybe I will try praying...
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Date: 2017-07-26 12:33 pm (UTC)I'm curious, as a writer, do you like/appreciate short review/replies that are just "love your writing" or "I liked this one" but without any useful indication why? Or would you consider that not worth the time posting? Is it better to leave anything or better to leave something more detailed like "I loved this one, great character development, I look forward to seeing what ___ does with ____ situation." and such?
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Date: 2017-07-26 11:54 pm (UTC)It's one reason why I would never dream of demanding feedback OR being one of those assholes who holds a fic hostage for more feedback.
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Date: 2017-07-26 01:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-26 11:53 pm (UTC)I was outraged for like a hot minute and then it was -- yeah, okay, whatever.
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Date: 2017-07-26 04:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-26 04:49 pm (UTC)Personally, I continue to be delighted with all you produce. If something is not my cup of tea (not that there has ever been much of that), I simply hit the back button.
I then practice patience until the next story comes along to sink my teeth into.
As always, thank you for sharing your gift with us.
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Date: 2017-07-26 05:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-26 06:25 pm (UTC)I also cannot believe the lack of respect. Your space; your rules. If someone can't abide by them they need to go. RT is open to the reader as a courtesy, it wasn't meant for the reader, it was meant for the writer. That readers can enjoy it is a bonus for the reader and as someone who reads but doesn't write I totally appreciate it.
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Date: 2017-07-26 06:55 pm (UTC)Okay, what I find really offensive about that email you got is that you made it EXTREMELY clear that Phoenix was meant to be a gift to your niece. That level of entitlement is just.. ugh. I don't have the right words to express how pissed I'm feeling on your behalf. I don't care if they're dying of cancer or not, that's just wrong in so many ways.
Also, I clearly need to log in to RT more often, since I didn't know there until reading the earlier comments that some folks were being stupid on the site.
People are assholes just went up another notch on my opinions meter
Date: 2017-07-26 08:42 pm (UTC)Unfortunately its not the first time I've seen a writer being haunted from the internet by morons. I don't know if anyone here remember Mincka83, a promising fanfiction writer that ended up deleting all of her stories (still sad that her "Tony the Seal" series isn't going to be finished). From what I picked up on the situation, it was entitled assholes like that, that harrassed her to the point where she lost all joy in writing. They stalked her all over the internet from site to site.
It pisses me off. Not just on her behalf. But also all the new authors who runs into these jerkoffs and decides that what could be a fun venture simply isn't worth the effort.
*Thats how my autocorrect insisted it was spelled, but it still looks wrong to me?
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Date: 2017-07-28 06:28 pm (UTC)BarbG/twi
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Date: 2017-07-27 03:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-27 05:03 am (UTC)Thanks, Keira, for hanging in. *hugs*
Oh, completely off topic, I'm re-reading Fall for You for the fifth or sixth (?) time. :) It's one of my go-to happy places. :D
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Date: 2017-07-28 01:06 am (UTC)Entitled idiots
Date: 2017-07-28 10:28 am (UTC)Re: Entitled idiots
Date: 2017-08-02 08:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-28 03:59 pm (UTC)Your work is *your* work, we're just lucky that you decide to share it <3
Maybe you should start having initiation trials to your cult :D
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Date: 2017-07-29 02:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-29 03:38 am (UTC)I can honestly say I didn't start reading Hermione and Harry Fanfic till I started reading your fiction. I really enjoy your work and JillyJames, and a lot of authors you are networked with. I love your writing style, I love the work you put into to it to make it work. I love your creative genius. I love most all of your fiction, I say most because I usually just read the long ones. So I like the fact that you have this iron fist on your site. It's your right, just as it is any other other's right, your site, your rules, if you don't like it leave, or if you're rude be banished. I actually like that. Sometimes people just don't understand boundaries even when it hits them in the face.
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Date: 2017-07-29 06:43 am (UTC)*facepalm* I am so upset with the RT news. I was enjoying that story! How were those idiots pestering the author outside of RT? I didn't think the author's email were available - or maybe they knew her from before? UGH. I hope she give you the info of the idiots to ban from the site and I'm so sorry at what happened.
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Date: 2017-07-31 11:02 pm (UTC)As I understand it it was a reader who has done it to this Author before and had a working email address. The author has a giant body of work and her followers and cheerleaders know she writes what she can when she can, and if derailment happens, well maybe that massive epic only gets three quarters done. As longtime readers we are okay with that, because sometimes she comes back around to a story or scenario or universe.
Several years ago she locked down most of her work and moved it off most archive sites, just so she didn't have to deal with trolls.
She may take a few months off but hopefully she'll be back. As I told her we'll still be here to support her.
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Date: 2017-07-29 09:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-31 02:02 am (UTC)I've posted fics that were basically built from a stray thought that made me smile. Just small fics. But some people's reviews have roasted me for not laying out a whole backstory as to how a character arrived in that point in their life. All this for what was meant to be a small vignette in a character's life.
Then there are the authors out there like you that build whole universes or deal with the big what if's that build an epic developed story. The fact that there are commenters out there who have the arrogance to tell you all what you should be do in you own worlds and when is mind boggling.
Really a PSA is needed, although do you think it would even make a dent?
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Date: 2017-08-02 08:06 pm (UTC)Crazy People
Date: 2017-08-19 05:36 am (UTC)While I have been in customer service way, way too long to have anything like a good opinion of human nature, it's tremendously annoying to consider the dreadful comments y'all have to deal with. My respect and appreciation to you ALL.
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Date: 2017-08-25 02:37 am (UTC)Almost twenty years ago, I was very ill with low energy for over a year. During that time beyond basic necessities, about all I had the energy for was reading. One particular fanfic author's work was very engaging for me at the time. As I recovered, I wrote her to tell her how much her stories touched me at a low point in my life and that I appreciated that she shared them with the public. Basically, I wrote her a thank you letter for the positive impact she had unknowingly had on my life. And that was where I left it, because while it was important to me to thank her, it was not my place to push my emotional connection to the works onto the author. I can't imagine taking that gratitude she engendered in me and turning it into some sort of entitlement to her time and energy.
Sometimes people are exactly what years in the customer service industry have led me to expect. Or worse.
Every so often, I see posts from you in this vein and I am astonished by the sheer obliviousness some people have about where their limits should be.
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Date: 2018-01-19 03:24 am (UTC)As an aside, I read your Harry Potter fics long before I even knew what Stargate was. I recently learned what Stargate was and watched Atlantis a few months ago. I, ofc, never presumed to have an opinion on what fandoms *you* choose to write for, or what projects you feel like focusing on, I was just (at the time) like 'oh, cool'. Correct response (as a reader who didn't know anything about Stargate): minding my own business.
Now that I know what Stargate is, probably the *best* part of that knowledge was getting to read the years of hard work and dedication you put into your Stargate fics, which are just as amazing and wonderful as your HP fics. Let me take the opportunity to thank you for continuing to post your fics online when you certainly don't have to, esp. considering all the nonsense you have to deal with from entitled fuckers.
(Really, your Stargate fics are *amazing*. Just so you know. Every thing you post is just so great and I'm always stunned by the sheer work that goes into your writing. We're all so blessed with your patience in the face of dumbasses.)
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Date: 2018-01-28 11:39 pm (UTC)Unbelievable
Date: 2018-01-27 07:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-02-21 09:39 pm (UTC)Anyway, this was my long-winded way of saying thank you for not letting these people turn you off writing in fandom completely. 😘