Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

I was on the road last week, so utterly failed to remember to post! I hope 2015 is treating you all well so far...

--Have you ever deleted one of your published fics?

Not that I can remember! There are some I failed to post to AO3, which is practically the same as deleting them since LJ archives aren't the most searchable, but that's not the same thing. I hope you've never had occasion to either!

Comments

[me_ya_ri]

Yup, doing well and so far I've only missed my new word count goal (4000 words M-F) once. We'll see how I keep it up. *wry smile* The bad thing is that I haven't been getting things published which I really need to work on. *sigh*

Nope, never have. I don't think that I ever would, honestly. I keep my stories up as a reminder to myself when I have those 'everything I'm working on is crap' days that no, it's not. Go look at the early stuff and quit beating yourself up.

Works pretty well. ;)

[mithen]

Nope, never have. I don't think that I ever would, honestly. I keep my stories up as a reminder to myself when I have those 'everything I'm working on is crap' days that no, it's not. Go look at the early stuff and quit beating yourself up.

Eeek, I sometimes have just the opposite problem, which is that sometimes I look at earlier stuff and think I'm not doing as well now as I used to! *grin* When I'm feeling low about my writing nothing much helps except for barrelling on through it...

That word count is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. A cold took me out of commission this weekend, but it's a three-day weekend here in Japan so I'm settling in tomorrow and getting caught back up!

[prince0froses]

I have. ANd I have also done as you have in 'neglecting' to move some fic I'm less than pleased with to Ao3. I look back at most of my fanfiction efforts and am completely mortified to be honest. I find myself much more confident with original fiction...and heck, you've seen how un-confident I can be with my original fiction!

2015 so far is soooo busy, I hope I will adjust to working full time and also being able to write, but the injury threw me for a loop and I'm still also adjusting to the new sleep times.

[mithen]

I have also done as you have in 'neglecting' to move some fic I'm less than pleased with to Ao3. I look back at most of my fanfiction efforts and am completely mortified to be honest.

Sometimes fic is just there for a momentary thing and I don't want it to be connected to me forever! Kink memes are good for that, actually...I can get a feel for whether something is a story I want my name attached to that way.

Even without an injury, adjusting to changes in sleep schedule can be BRUTAL. A regular sleep cycle seems like the only thing that's keeping me going lately...