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 struggle with talking about my fics on other sites. I briefly maintained a blog to link to my AO3 posted fics…but I think there was a sense of “who I am doing this for again?” combined with distractability. XD
Sites like Tumblr really are fandom dependent. Certain fandoms have a home there and you can easily find content, but not ALL of them.
I gave up on Twitter while it was still cool! (That is to say, I just did not keep up with it and what it’s become has not made returning appealing.)
I honestly feel weird talking about my own works outside of the sites on which they’re posted. I become suddenly self-conscious and struggle to go into detail. But, I love hearing about what everyone else is working on and I beta read a lot of my husband’s works.
Back when I was still on tumblr I saw tons of fan content, but it was never fics, which is why I’m wondering if some sites are just biased toward some types of content regardless of the number of fans on them.
Re: twitter: relatable x’)
I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before reading your last paragraph but suddenly I’m remembering that there’s one specific situation when I tend to speak of my fanfics online on websites that are not at all about writing: oddly enough, in the chat of some streams! I never broach the topic out of nowhere but I am regularly on streams where people are either talking about a fandom I wrote for (often art streams doing fanart) or just randomly mentioning a trope or story beat, and I often go “well, I did write about that” x’) Sometimes people want to know more and generally I just give the link if the streamer allows it, but it’s fun that of all types of websites out there it’s streaming sites that get me to mention my writing Oo
It’s super sweet that you beta your husband’s works! Sounds like a dream team =)