The fate of the Dekagram (and probably TBX in general)

[akk]

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.

Comments

[akk]

As I said in some replies further up the comments, it is not a firm decision to end the Dekagram after Family Matters, but a considered option.
Frankly, the final touch of the editing is a very tedious, very cumbersome task and I keep getting interrupted by real life work demands in it, so it's even more cumbersome than it ought to be. Once that's done and I can happily write on ahead, exploring new scenes, new stuff, new adventures, I fully expect to enjoy writing and playing with TBX again (despite delving into Emperor's Edge now and then, too).
Right now is just a very depressing stage of events. Let's hope my winter vacation is long enough to get past that! :-)

[celestiella]

Ah, winter vacation. <3 Can't wait for that one too. And I think too, that writing on is way more interesting than editing, so it's just a stage that needed to pass, probably. :)
If nothing, I'm hoping to see Okinawa trip because it's ought to be awesome! ;)