Another comment re A03 hits and some whinging about WIPs (mine, that is).

[shapinglight]

Further to this post about A03 hits, I realised I'd made a mistake by putting the original dates I posted them to LJ on my stories on A03, instead of the date I posted them to A03. I actually went back and remedied that in the case of the revised version of Brief Encounter, which I'd posted with its original date in 2006. It now has the date in June this year when I posted it on A03.

However....



....even though it's now second on my list of stories (arranged by date of posting), it still only has six hits. Which is the reason why I re-dated it in the first place. Weird. I've just re-read it, and it's not that bad, surely?

I can't explain the lack of interest in it as being down to the pairing either, as I have several other Spike/Darla stories posted, one of which is quite popular. I also can't explain the lack of interest away as being because it's an historical story. Yes, those don't seem as popular. Then again, my story with the most hits of all (110, which I know is not much compared to other writers, but it looks like a lot to me) is not only an historical, it features Spike and Darla (and Angelus and Drusilla). What's more it's posted with its original posting date in 2007, so comes right at the end, or right at the back, or whichever, of all the stories I have posted on A03.

Oh well, I suppose those of the opinion that I should never have revised Brief Encounter in the first place will think it serves me right. ;)

In other writing news, I managed to do a bit more revision of the penultimate Spike/Giles season 7 story the other day. I'm now at the bit where I have to start doing some major, major re-writing. :Whimper:

I also have three more chapters of that Spuffy thing I started on sb_fag_ends last month written. But I don't want to post them yet. In fact, I really wish I'd managed to draw what I had to something more like a close on the comm. I don't like WIPs. Do you?

By which I mean, I don't like it when I write them. I'm always afraid I won't be able to finish them. Posting any chapters at all until the whole thing's done makes me uncomfortable.

My own fault, of course.

Yeah, WIPs. What do you think?

Comments

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

I once posted a series of stories that I'd worked really hard on, on "Summer of Spike" and got NO comments; not even the moderator had the courtesy to chime in.

[shapinglight]

What? That's awful! When was this?

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

It was Iowa Field Notes - a good 6 + years ago! Obviously I was traumatised!

[shapinglight]

Oh God, I wasn't a mod that year, was I?

:Crosses fingers and hopes not:

You know I love that story, right?

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure you weren't! I think you beta-ed "Reflections" after that, didn't you? So you must have read the ones before.

[shapinglight]

That's a relief!

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

I just checked back - it was 2005! EIGHT years ago! And my memory played tricks on me - I did get a few comments on some chapters - nothing on others.

[shapinglight]

God, that seems like centuries ago!

[ningloreth.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I came here to reply to shapinglight and couldn't help seeing your comment. I know how miserable it is to get no comments -- my Draco Big Bang story got none, but the artwork got several, LOL. And I've never stopped wondering why!

That's why I always, always, always comment on every story at the fic exchange I run. I also warn writers that the stories posted earlier in the exchange will get more comments than those posted later (typically 3 or 4 times more). I don't know whether the readers stop reading, or just stop commenting...

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Well, it toughened me up, that's for sure! Sometimes I guess people just feel swamped ...