Posting what we write on websites dedicated to writing seems obvious, but do you post your fic on websites that are not dedicated to writing, like social medias? Or do you keep the full fic on its fic site but still post about it elsewhere?
I personally have trouble posting about my writing, it always feels like it’s not the right place for that. Like all the people interested in reading fanfic are already checking fanfic sites and it would just be annoying to most users of other sites to see posts about it. And while I’m sure part of it is just personal history with social medias, I’m unsure how much of it has basis in reality, because it’s true that I almost never see fanfic-related posts where I lurk.
What’s your opinion on that?
I’ve been meaning to repost my work on Pillowfort and Dreamwidth. I’ve done a few, but I have a lot more to upload on those. I want to do it mainly in case if a site goes down, I will have other places to upkeep.
About my writing? I have my account here on Kbin and a mastodon account. It’s hard to post about a lot of the time. I’m more of a lurker most of the time. It is hard to always come up with what to talk about. I’ve never understood how it could be easy for anyone to post so much. Maybe other people have a lot more going on than me? Then again, I find a lot of posts (even about writing) not as interesting, so I might just not understand this whole system. The posts I see are so specific that it is hard to relate with them. They are from authors I don’t read and fandoms I’m not in. I usually try to write about a more general topic, so more people could interact if they wanted to.
I went through cycles of spending time on r/fanfiction (before excising Reddit completely from my life). I appreciated how people writing all sorts of stories in all types of fandoms could relate to most of the topics posted there. I’m hoping this place will cultivate a vibe similar to that. Except including fanart and fan comics, which weren’t allowed there for some reason.
I feel you on the “better to have backups” front, I created my neocities archive for this over July and August! (I had… just a tiiiiiiny bit of backlog to upload so yeah, took me two months xD) I’m not familiar enough with Dreamwidth to comment on that, but I’m on Pillowfort and I don’t know how comfortable it can be to post texts that get even a bit long? Is it good for you so far?
I never understood how people even do social medias in general x’) I’m struggling just posting “this new fic now exist” because it feels like spamming to me, but then, well, I’m aware I have a personal problem with social medias… I’m trying to keep doing that on Mastodon though, as a way to liven up the tags for the fandoms I write in. But it always feels like if it’s not fanart or a meme I shouldn’t bother… (Case in point: I offered to write for any prompt in a Pillowfort community, I got one (1) answer, but someone posted a meme that’s not even funny today and there are already 3 likes…)
I never was on Reddit. I just started to get a vague interest in it because my current fandom is apparently surprisingly active on Reddit… a few weeks before the whole “strike” happened. I had barely mastered “reading that one subreddit” x’D I came here in hope more people would jump ship and I could find at least a tiny bit of activity for this fandom but even if someone did create the community, it was already abandoned by the time I came in. I’m now the only poster in there and I have no clue what I’m doing because I wasn’t active on Reddit so I don’t understand what’s expected of this kind of website. I honestly feel very lost. But to get back to r/fanfiction, it’s nice to know a place like this can exist! I hope we can create something nice here now =) (And I’ll try to keep in mind to include fanart and fancomics in the discussions, even if it’s not always easy because I’m just a writer ^^)
There aren’t expectations that you must follow. Just post the stuff you write or share ones you enjoy.
But I’m with you on social media, always feels like advertisement/self promoting (which it is) but in an unsolicited fashion