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'Fic musings
Jul. 19th, 2004 11:57 amWell, I've been trying to figure out what to do about OGAM updates. It's a given that the chapters will go up at Green Tea first. I'm a flake when it comes to this sort of thing, and it's usually a few days before I remember to upload to Mediaminer. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
senay_chan suggested posting chapters as an LJ cut. It's probably not a bad idea, but it feels hugely self-indulgent on my part. What I may do is try it for a little while, and if it seems to clutter up too much of my LJ, I'll stop. It feels weird to post it HERE, because... because... I don't know why, actually. Just that it does. Probably because LJ is a place for me to rant about work, about people, about the writing process, about fandom, and about the kitten who is insistent upon climbing up into my lap and then onto my desk so she can attack the funny little moving thing that's moving across the computer screen everytime I type or move my mouse. So it would feel strange to post OGAM chapters alongside my regular ranting.
I'm also hesitant to post chapters as LJ cuts, because the archivists I know (likekatmorning) work hard on their sites, and I like the idea of directing even a small amount of traffic their way, even if it's just one or two people. And I put a lot of effort into Green Tea (though sometimes you wouldn't know it -- and, god, I so don't do it alone), so it's gratifying when people actually GO there. (Speaking of Green Tea, I think it's high time that Miroku image gets a makeover...)
I have decided to scribble up a little parody-fic -- G-rated -- set in the OGAM universe, to basically explain everything to anyone who might be wondering where in hell's half-acre the story went.
Actually, the more I find out about the whole FFN mess, the more amazed I am. People can report fics anonymously, and then -- from what I understand -- a bot goes out and searches the fic for "hot words"? No human interaction whatsoever? I'm not entirely clear on whether it only takes one report or several, just that OGAM's been kicked off for something that happened 14 chapters ago, was posted in October 2003, and was edited down to an R-rating. *rolls eyes* I can't imagine that someone would have a "grudge" against me -- that's... that's actually pretty funny. I mean, it'd be pretty funny if you knew me.
I still haven't decided whether or not to pull the rest of my stories from FFN. There isn't much, so it probably wouldn't make a huge difference, regardless of principles. Just trying to be realistic.
I gotta say, part of me thinks it'd be funny if OGAM were everywhere BUT FFN. ;) But it's got a lot of factors working against it, and I realize that. First of all, it's hella long. Hella fucking long. A lot of archives are selective, and I doubt many archivists would want to take as much time as it would take to read it before deciding whether or not to archive it. Also, and this is another huge factor working against it, it's Sesshoumaru/OC. Now, a lot of people have really come to like Teles, and I've gotten some wonderful, wonderful compliments on her (I get blushy whenever I think about that -- hee...mishakatt once said Teles felt as if she should be canon; I'll never ever forget that), but I recognize the fact that people are instantly distrustful of OC's. And there are a lot of folks out there with very specific ideas about pairings in the IY-verse. And I'm all about letting people march to the beat of their own drummer.
Ah well. I'll give the LJ cut thing a try. If it's too annoying, let me know.
senay_chan suggested posting chapters as an LJ cut. It's probably not a bad idea, but it feels hugely self-indulgent on my part. What I may do is try it for a little while, and if it seems to clutter up too much of my LJ, I'll stop. It feels weird to post it HERE, because... because... I don't know why, actually. Just that it does. Probably because LJ is a place for me to rant about work, about people, about the writing process, about fandom, and about the kitten who is insistent upon climbing up into my lap and then onto my desk so she can attack the funny little moving thing that's moving across the computer screen everytime I type or move my mouse. So it would feel strange to post OGAM chapters alongside my regular ranting.I'm also hesitant to post chapters as LJ cuts, because the archivists I know (like
katmorning) work hard on their sites, and I like the idea of directing even a small amount of traffic their way, even if it's just one or two people. And I put a lot of effort into Green Tea (though sometimes you wouldn't know it -- and, god, I so don't do it alone), so it's gratifying when people actually GO there. (Speaking of Green Tea, I think it's high time that Miroku image gets a makeover...)I have decided to scribble up a little parody-fic -- G-rated -- set in the OGAM universe, to basically explain everything to anyone who might be wondering where in hell's half-acre the story went.
Actually, the more I find out about the whole FFN mess, the more amazed I am. People can report fics anonymously, and then -- from what I understand -- a bot goes out and searches the fic for "hot words"? No human interaction whatsoever? I'm not entirely clear on whether it only takes one report or several, just that OGAM's been kicked off for something that happened 14 chapters ago, was posted in October 2003, and was edited down to an R-rating. *rolls eyes* I can't imagine that someone would have a "grudge" against me -- that's... that's actually pretty funny. I mean, it'd be pretty funny if you knew me.
I still haven't decided whether or not to pull the rest of my stories from FFN. There isn't much, so it probably wouldn't make a huge difference, regardless of principles. Just trying to be realistic.
I gotta say, part of me thinks it'd be funny if OGAM were everywhere BUT FFN. ;) But it's got a lot of factors working against it, and I realize that. First of all, it's hella long. Hella fucking long. A lot of archives are selective, and I doubt many archivists would want to take as much time as it would take to read it before deciding whether or not to archive it. Also, and this is another huge factor working against it, it's Sesshoumaru/OC. Now, a lot of people have really come to like Teles, and I've gotten some wonderful, wonderful compliments on her (I get blushy whenever I think about that -- hee...
mishakatt once said Teles felt as if she should be canon; I'll never ever forget that), but I recognize the fact that people are instantly distrustful of OC's. And there are a lot of folks out there with very specific ideas about pairings in the IY-verse. And I'm all about letting people march to the beat of their own drummer.Ah well. I'll give the LJ cut thing a try. If it's too annoying, let me know.
