TFW you try to read some legit published fiction but can't get through the first chapter because you've been ruined by quality fanfiction.
Which also leads to the whole 'hmm, maybe I should write some original shit if people are getting paid to write stuff I would be embarrassed to post on AO3' thoughts which never go anywhere anyway because I'm lazy.
@DyingAloePlant I've always felt sorry for non-fic authors tbh - we're closer to our readers - we're part of the same community, you know? We talk to each other, squee together.
Published authors can seem like this distant, almost non-person person. You just have to read some of the reviews on amazon to see it.
The fanfiction community offers support that I for sure would never have never kept writing without.
Another advantage to posting fic to my own site is not having to download the file after posting to AO3 for backup purposes cos it's 1. online in a place I control and 2. backed up to github
@gekidasa yeah, I absolutely am, but it's no longer the first place I post fic (and it's not the one I link to either - if ppl want AO3, there are links on my fic pages).
@gekidasa it's a fact that most of my readers come via ao3, it's been winning for a decade in discoverability and I don't think it's going away any time soon.
But I'm doing my teeny tiny part to seed the idea of spreading it around a bit.
@sapphirescribe tbh it's probably easier to get the foof off of than the huge amount of wool in my wardrobe - the hair just works it's way in and sticks 🤮
I bought a pair of cheap plaid fleece pyjama pants when I was in the US in 2012, which I've thrashed to death, and finally had to replace the elastic.
Now I don't lose the damn things in the middle of the night 😂
But I have questions. If I'd bought them in NZ, and worn them for over a decade, they'd be DEAD by now. There's no fucking way they would have lasted.
I bought these fuckers at a discount store - maybe a dollar type store? HOW WERE THEY SO WELL MADE? The label was completely faded out so I don't know where they were made, but in 11 years, not a single broken stitch or hole that wasn't a cigarette burn (a habit I've long since kicked).