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I'm still working on the finishing touches to Family Matters. I won't say I'm done before New Year, because whenever I say something like that, something else will jump up and chew all my plans. I want this fic to be all shiny and finished and available online in all its glory.
Albeit I'm afraid very few people will notice, since almost all the forums and groups dedicated to TBX are either deadly silent (or have disappeared altogether). I also noticed, that most of my fannish interests have either gone the same way of TBX or come without a blog-presence.
I've started out with writing for a cartoon series: Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, which was centered around a mailing list (it still exists, but posts are few and far between; today I was reminded of it by a post with links to some fics on ff.net). Then I delved into manga, most notably TBX, which started for me on the -still mourned- Clampesque forum and then pulled me to the blogs (1st Livejournal, now I feel at home at Dreamwidth). A few other fandoms (though I never wrote for them), were there as well: Yami no Matsuei, Fake, Gorgeous Carat, Viewfinder... of those, only Viewfinder still sees daily activity.
Now, I'm actually attached to a book series, The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker, for which I've wrote a total of three short fics (< 3000 words) so far and have a gazillion ideas, basically waiting for some important details to be decided in canon. Ironically, EE is centered around a forum again, branching into the author's Twitter, Pinterest, and homepage.
Given all that, I'm not sure that I will continue writing Business As Usual after I finished the editing of Family Matters. At least, the Dekagram will have a working end then. If Seishiro (and the notorious Tree-san) compel me to continue, I'll most likely complete it on my own before seeking help for editing, instead of publishing it chapter by chapter. There's just not much point doing the chapter-dance without a fandom for feedback.
Albeit I'm afraid very few people will notice, since almost all the forums and groups dedicated to TBX are either deadly silent (or have disappeared altogether). I also noticed, that most of my fannish interests have either gone the same way of TBX or come without a blog-presence.
I've started out with writing for a cartoon series: Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, which was centered around a mailing list (it still exists, but posts are few and far between; today I was reminded of it by a post with links to some fics on ff.net). Then I delved into manga, most notably TBX, which started for me on the -still mourned- Clampesque forum and then pulled me to the blogs (1st Livejournal, now I feel at home at Dreamwidth). A few other fandoms (though I never wrote for them), were there as well: Yami no Matsuei, Fake, Gorgeous Carat, Viewfinder... of those, only Viewfinder still sees daily activity.
Now, I'm actually attached to a book series, The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker, for which I've wrote a total of three short fics (< 3000 words) so far and have a gazillion ideas, basically waiting for some important details to be decided in canon. Ironically, EE is centered around a forum again, branching into the author's Twitter, Pinterest, and homepage.
Given all that, I'm not sure that I will continue writing Business As Usual after I finished the editing of Family Matters. At least, the Dekagram will have a working end then. If Seishiro (and the notorious Tree-san) compel me to continue, I'll most likely complete it on my own before seeking help for editing, instead of publishing it chapter by chapter. There's just not much point doing the chapter-dance without a fandom for feedback.
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Date: 2012-10-29 18:05 (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-10-29 18:37 (UTC)From:You and I, we are producers, but without feedback, without "that works" or "that sounds off", it is empty to us. I maintained friends, friends I'd dearly miss (like you, for example), from GR and the list, but when was the last time anything important happened on-list that had to do with GR and went beyond somebody posting stuff and a few scattered "Re: likes"?
I'd love to see your Skollii completed and showcast (in reading order, pretty please?) on a site dedicated to it (and your other works). I know that people occasionally still find my stories, albeit in low numbers. Personally, it feels good to have the stories up out there, totally worth it - whether or not people visit. Though, uploading the finished ones to the AO3, as an archive site, might increase the chance that ppl search or stumble about them. That's why I'm still working on putting my stuff there as well.
I think the GR fandom is as silent - if not more so - than TBX is by now. I just felt the latter more strongly, because it happened comparatively fast. But it's more than just GR or TBX. The majority of fandoms I enjoyed has grown silent or moved to media centered sites that do not work well for writers. Maybe that's why EE feels so special right now, there's a lot of the old vitality I experienced on the list and in the beginning with TBX.
Frankly, I miss our long email exchanges over our various writing projects. Writing these days has become a lonely sport with few exceptions.