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[kerravonsen]

I guess nobody wants to do the "Rec your own fic" meme? Would you do it if I begged nicely?

Has nobody got any fic recs for me?

Random thought: The difference between a bug-fix and a feature is that you pay extra for a feature. Which is why some of our clients try to disguise them as urgent bug-fixes.

I got a bunch of enthusiastic reviews (from one person) on http://www.fanfiction.net/~kerravonsen, so I started uploading some more of my stories. They will probably all be ignored. (Iz sad)

Comments

[kalypso]

I don't write very much... and there's not much online... and I wouldn't feel confident talking about it!

[wneleh.livejournal.com]

I missed your rec-seeking post, but I think you've seen all my stuff. I'm writing something right now that's kinda-sorta for you, btw, if it ends up being something you'd like... But I'm very slow...

RE: FF.net - I actually get as many comments there as from all other sources combined; and no trolls. The commenters skew young, but that's fine. I wouldn't say I'm part of the FF.net culture (whatever that is) but I've been happy with my experience there.

Erm, and now I see you *have* been on FF.net a while... never mind...

[kerravonsen]

I periodically upload my stuff to FFN in fits and starts. Alas, I don't appear to be on people's radar. The ONLY reason I upload there is for the hope of reviews.

I don't think I've ever been trolled or flamed about my fic anywhere. I've been flamed about other things, but not my fic. I think that the worst one can expect from FFN reviewers is not malice, but cluelessness. That, and below-minimum standards. I mean, when you get complimented on having correct spelling and grammar, you know that the competition is abysmal...

No, I take it back, I have seen someone flamed on FFN: it was a Wicca flaming a Christian author for writing from a Christian perspective. Even when the story summary warned about it. (rolls eyes)

There was also the case, for someone on my flist, who kept on being told how she was supposed to write her story. I guess that comes with the very low standards; FFN readers do not trust their authors to be competent.

[wneleh.livejournal.com]

I mean, when you get complimented on having correct spelling and grammar, you know that the competition is abysmal...

Yeah, I never know what to think about those! I mean, maybe that's the highest praise they can come up with?

it was a Wicca flaming a Christian author for writing from a Christian perspective.

The flamer probably was trolling for just that type of story. (I'm sure there's plenty going the other direction too!)

[dreamflower]

Almost all my stuff is LotR, and I am not sure that you are really into that fandom. Just about everything I write is gen and hobbit-centric. If you have any interest in that, let me know, and I'll send you a couple of links.

I do enjoy *your* recs, as I read more widely than I write. I've really been enjoying some HP AUs you recced recently.

[kerravonsen]

I do enjoy *your* recs, as I read more widely than I write. I've really been enjoying some HP AUs you recced recently.

Thank you! I think we all read more widely than we write, because reading is faster than writing.

Almost all my stuff is LotR, and I am not sure that you are really into that fandom.

I do occassionally dip into LOTR fic; not a lot, but sometimes.

[dreamflower]

I write fic mainly to explore Middle-earth, more specifically to explore the society of hobbits, and how hobbits fit into that world.

I also try my best to write stories that could fit with canon-- even with my AUs I try to find a canonical foundation for an AU. And with some of my stories, I try to emulate as best I can, JRRT's own style.

A couple of my stories that I think I may have succeeded in doing this with are both gapfillers for The Hobbit:

A Merry Old Inn In which 13 dwarves, a hobbit and a wizard walk into an in in Bree.

Concussion Getting knocked unconscious during the Battle of Five Armies probably saved Bilbo's life, but it also had other consequences. (A bit of Bilbo h/c with a canonical injury.)

I also like to do experiments with POV. This one was for a challenge to write a POV I had not previously written. I chose Arwen. I'd written her before, but never from her POV.

The Token Three vignettes in which Arwen deals with loss.

All of those are fairly short. I also write a great deal of fluff, and a few longer and more serious fics.

I don't actually know that any of them will be your cup of tea, but I am rather pleased with them.

(BTW: both the fics I have written/am writing for the Finish-a-thon were nominated in the Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards-- "Trotter", the one I did last year, and "Ancestress", the WIP I am doing this year! So my thanks to you!)

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

I didn't do it because 1) I didn't have time to pick out my own fics and post them, and 2) I'm pretty sure you've read everything I've written in our fandoms.

The new DW fic is with my beta; it got sent to the wrong email last week, so she just got it yesterday.

[kerravonsen]

I'd still like to hear your thoughts about your own fic, though.

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

I might have time for that in the next couple of days! (Was just out of town over the weekend.) And I never really get tired of talking about my own work. Ha. Do any of us? :)

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

I believe that I've only written four pieces of fanfic, and I don't think that any of them are good enough to recommend. They can all be found at:

http://archiveofourown.org/users/jhall1/pseuds/jhall1

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'm not very good at looking back on my fic, and there's very little DW there. I think you've read everything you'd like.

[kerravonsen]

I'm not very good at looking back on my fic
Really? I don't believe that!
And I'd like to hear your thoughts about your own work.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I never do those memes where you make people ask about your own work, or do commentaries on stories. Once I've written a story, I may reread it a while later, but I don't really feel like analysing any of them.

I do rec fics when someone is looking for something one of them will supply, but just picking ones I think are good? That's so subjective.