Random fanficcy stuff

Dude. I've been nominated at the Fractured Fairy Tales Awards for War Stories in the Poster Child for Vengeance category. This is the first time I've ever been nominated for anything, anywhere. So I'm honored and flattered and blushing furiously. Wow. Just wow. And a big thank-you to whoever nominated me. *smoooch*

Enhanced stats at FFN have been interesting. Apparently no one is reading the MustardVerse fics, which I sort of get because Christian!Spike won't be everyone's cuppa tea. That being said, it's interesting that people will read (and finish) Salvation and the crapfest that is Reward, but won't touch the (IMO) far superior Pottage (which comes before "Reward" in the timeline) or Mustard Seed. I wonder if people's Sue-dar goes off for the summary of Pottage, so they don't even try--even though I did my best to make Alicia the AntiSue. Of course, it might help if I didn't have freakin' typo in the summary. *fixes*

Well, actually...two people have apparently finished "Salvation" and "Reward." One person finished "Pottage." The farthest anyone's gotten on "Mustard Seed" has been ch5. I realize that MS is a long slog, and maybe they'll come back to it. *crosses fingers* No one has reviewed any of them.

And nobody at all has read Reflections. How...odd. Everything else has at least one hit. Except that one. *pets the lonely little one-shot and changes the summary a little* And no, I'm not begging anyone to run over and read anything of mine over there unless you WANT to. I don't want the stats inflated artificially. Of course, if you want to, then feel free--read, review, give me a happy.

So. What I'll probably wind up doing is paying for six months at FFN so I can finish up my works in progress (one of which is a MustardVerse fic) and see what kind of readership a multi-chaptered Spike/Fred fic will garner, and how much readership a new MustardVerse fic (with no new Slayer) will attract. Of course, the new MustardVerse fic is way experimental as far as POV goes... *headdesk*

Anywho. The Muse has apparently come out of hibernation for the Temp!Corporeality fic, and has been giving me stuff for it. How far I'll take it once Spike is actually solid again is open to question, but at least I know (pretty much) how I'm going to get him there, so yay.

That's my fic life lately. Working on stuff, which is of the good. Also doing puzzles, which gets me away from the computer. The current one is a toughie (yes, it's actually shaped like an elephant), and I'm cheating by looking at the box. Annnnd...I'm coming down with a cold. Ugh.

Random fanficcy stuff

Dude. I've been nominated at the Fractured Fairy Tales Awards for War Stories in the Poster Child for Vengeance category. This is the first time I've ever been nominated for anything, anywhere. So I'm honored and flattered and blushing furiously. Wow. Just wow. And a big thank-you to whoever nominated me. *smoooch*

Enhanced stats at FFN have been interesting. Apparently no one is reading the MustardVerse fics, which I sort of get because Christian!Spike won't be everyone's cuppa tea. That being said, it's interesting that people will read (and finish) Salvation and the crapfest that is Reward, but won't touch the (IMO) far superior Pottage (which comes before "Reward" in the timeline) or Mustard Seed. I wonder if people's Sue-dar goes off for the summary of Pottage, so they don't even try--even though I did my best to make Alicia the AntiSue. Of course, it might help if I didn't have freakin' typo in the summary. *fixes*

Well, actually...two people have apparently finished "Salvation" and "Reward." One person finished "Pottage." The farthest anyone's gotten on "Mustard Seed" has been ch5. I realize that MS is a long slog, and maybe they'll come back to it. *crosses fingers* No one has reviewed any of them.

And nobody at all has read Reflections. How...odd. Everything else has at least one hit. Except that one. *pets the lonely little one-shot and changes the summary a little* And no, I'm not begging anyone to run over and read anything of mine over there unless you WANT to. I don't want the stats inflated artificially. Of course, if you want to, then feel free--read, review, give me a happy.

So. What I'll probably wind up doing is paying for six months at FFN so I can finish up my works in progress (one of which is a MustardVerse fic) and see what kind of readership a multi-chaptered Spike/Fred fic will garner, and how much readership a new MustardVerse fic (with no new Slayer) will attract. Of course, the new MustardVerse fic is way experimental as far as POV goes... *headdesk*

Anywho. The Muse has apparently come out of hibernation for the Temp!Corporeality fic, and has been giving me stuff for it. How far I'll take it once Spike is actually solid again is open to question, but at least I know (pretty much) how I'm going to get him there, so yay.

That's my fic life lately. Working on stuff, which is of the good. Also doing puzzles, which gets me away from the computer. The current one is a toughie (yes, it's actually shaped like an elephant), and I'm cheating by looking at the box. Annnnd...I'm coming down with a cold. Ugh.