3 Things

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

 
Sorry that this one will be mostly based on fandom stuff.

1. Posted the first chapter of my new fanfic about 6 hours ago and the reception has been great! Lots of reblogs with good comments on Tumblr, 2 reviews already (one on Ao3, one on ffnet), 3 bookmarks across both sites, 14 kudos. It's just so good to have affirmation that I can write! I don't think I mentioned that the new fic focuses on two pairing in the fandom: my OTP (who are both minor characters, so it's not that popular of a ship), and the pairing that seems to be the one that's most popular with fans. I did not include the popular pairing just to get reviews, but I have to say I'm so glad to think that my previous works probably didn't get as much traction just because my OTP just isn't as popular. I can write! :)

2. Also, apart from that, I'm at 18,000 words and the writing is still going so well. I'm really pleased with it. And - my beta has been awesome!

3. And one more cool thing. I mentioned that I had done some beta testing for someone else, who gets a lot of reviews and kudos. I asked her to make cover art for my fanfic....and she did! And it's really good. I'm grateful to her, and it also suggests that perhaps my previous stuff didn't do as well because it just didn't have cover art and such.

4. Non-fandom stuff: fun game night yesterday and Scrabble day with Ann today; when I went to the Veggie Grill opening on Thursday, their register was down so I got lunch for free; and I took a coworker to a vegan place on Friday and she loved it. 

Comments

[nytshd3]

It's exciting that you've gotten lots of feedback on this fic, I guess it's kind of a mixed blessing that you had the popular pair in your fic... on one hand, it got more people reading it, maybe even people who would be interested in reading some of your other stuff(!) but even though you didn't include the popular pair to get feedback, it's probably a bit disappointing that you might feel like you "have to" include them in order to get good feedback. Either way, really nice :)

What kind of "cover art" do people make for fanfics? Do most fics have it? Now i'm imagining cover art for your xmen fanfic :)

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

Totally. You know, I've enjoyed writing this one though, and it was good to stretch and include another ship. My other fic has....like 30,000 words on my OTP so I've written a ton on them already. It was kinda cool to make myself write another pairing.

I FB messaged you the cover art. And yeah, it's weird but tons of (maybe most?) fics have it. It seems like you have to market your fic, and that's how people do it. In this case, the person asked me for photos of the 2 ships plus other general imagery from the story, and that's what she put together. I love it.