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

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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?

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It could be. I have many stories that I will never post n there. I took them down from my own website so am not likely to post them elsewhere.

I know what you mean about the frustration of waiting for new chapters and forgetting what happened before etc. I suppose, like all fic writers, I just hope what I've already written was memorable enough that people will think it worth the time and effort to catch up.

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at I've already written was memorable enough that people will think it worth the time and effort to catch up. Which of course, is what happens. I'm just lazy and forgetful, so most of the time I do have to go back at least far enough to remember what was going on. Sometimes I can just check out the summary and be reminded right away of why I was following the story, but sometimes... Of course this is coming from someone who has to sometimes reread her own stories to remember which one is which, so you shouldn't take my lack of ability to remember to heart. It's me, not you. LOL

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:)