Actually, I have a theory, that could explain ALL of this. And it only *really* hit me last night and this morning, which is just crazy.
After I posted "Come What May", I noticed that I wasn't getting many reviews. Not like usual, anyway. Okay. So, my fic was part of the Aftermath-verse, and in order to have any clue what's going on, you have to be pretty familiar with the 'verse. They really aren't standalone fics anymore, with so much info crammed in over so many stories. So, I'm starting to think that people jumping in NOW, aren't going to want to bother to read all the back story, and all the other one-shots, so in the end, I get less reviews, and thus, less people nomming me and voting for me in the awards when they come around. A lot of the folks that read Aftermath the first time through aren't even in the fandom anymore, so it's really a net loss.
What if that's happening to all of us, with our established 'verses, and back stories, and epics that the new fans don't want to bother with? It's not a reflection on any of our abilities as writers at all!
And!! I have a feeling that a lot of the reason that a few of my fics even got nommed so much was because I posted them over at the Planet. Heck, Safety Net was a throwaway ficlet that I wrote in, like, 20 minutes! O_O Craziness.
Anyway, please know that I don't doubt your abilities as a writer one bit, and I hate that you do, just like I hate it when I doubt my own abilities, because people are too lazy to read (myself included sometimes).
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Date: 2009-07-16 04:48 am (UTC)After I posted "Come What May", I noticed that I wasn't getting many reviews. Not like usual, anyway. Okay. So, my fic was part of the Aftermath-verse, and in order to have any clue what's going on, you have to be pretty familiar with the 'verse. They really aren't standalone fics anymore, with so much info crammed in over so many stories. So, I'm starting to think that people jumping in NOW, aren't going to want to bother to read all the back story, and all the other one-shots, so in the end, I get less reviews, and thus, less people nomming me and voting for me in the awards when they come around. A lot of the folks that read Aftermath the first time through aren't even in the fandom anymore, so it's really a net loss.
What if that's happening to all of us, with our established 'verses, and back stories, and epics that the new fans don't want to bother with? It's not a reflection on any of our abilities as writers at all!
And!! I have a feeling that a lot of the reason that a few of my fics even got nommed so much was because I posted them over at the Planet. Heck, Safety Net was a throwaway ficlet that I wrote in, like, 20 minutes! O_O Craziness.
Anyway, please know that I don't doubt your abilities as a writer one bit, and I hate that you do, just like I hate it when I doubt my own abilities, because people are too lazy to read (myself included sometimes).
In short: people suck.
/dissertation
*hugglesmishes*