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SV feedbackathon day 1: new authors
The Smallville feedbackathon is here!
The feedbackathon is an eight-day celebration of everyone who gives us fannish joy. All you need to do to participate is send feedback to someone in Smallville fandom who has enriched your fannish experience somehow, with their stories, art, icons, vids, meta, livejournal posts, or other activities in support of the fandom. So go forth and feedback! If you'd like, take one of our official icons (though that is certainly not required.)
I'll be posting suggestions every day for the benefit of those who like a little structure in their feedbackathon. So the theme for today is: Encourage a new author .
New authors in a fandom do not necessarily get a lot of attention, and sometimes getting positive feedback from a few people makes the difference between those authors who stay in the fandom, continue writing and become our new favorite authors, and those who get discouraged and stop writing or leave fandom.
This is not to say that the search for new authors to encourage is an entirely unselfish act--I myself am making my way through the list below, and I've already found three amazing stories I haven't read before. And I've barely started!
So where do you find these new authors?
Here are lists compiled from the Wild Coyote, Level Three, and Smallville Slash Archives. My scientific method involved writing down all the authors who've posted a story within the past year and then cross-checking to see who *hadn't* posted a story before last year. I may have inadvertantly included a few folks who've been writing in the fandom longer but only recently archived their stories, but I couldn't figure out a more efficient way to do this.
The new authors at Wild Coyote (the het archive) were :
Ferd, Irish guy, June, Katie, Letia, Miss D, Niping, onelittlesleep, snarky1
The new authors at Level Three (the gen and all-pairing archive) were:
Darkwing Duck, Glacis, June, Letia, Ni Ping
The new authors at the Smallville Slash Archive were:
amberjack, Anita, annakas, Antigone, Audra Rose, Ballistic Liz, Belladonna, Bellat, Betsanne, bitchy grrl, chimosa, ciaan, clarkoholic, clexAddict, colored ink, dehc, Devin, Ditzy, Eletryxx, Erynn, Fan_Spagle, Fancyspinner, HRD, JMA, Kate Lewis, keikokin, kHo, knightmare, Lasha, LBM, lilibel, lostmarble, Magdelena, Mindige), MorrPhyc, Polexen, Psychi, Rise Again Phoenix, sc182, Shadowstar, shattered, slash bunny, Smallvilles Girl, Sori, Sorrel, Sterling Dragonfly, Supercaptain182, Super Woobie, Suture, toadstoolsmiles, trieduntrue, Vivian Darkbloom, Yevgenie
The new authors recommended by folks on my f-list were
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allzugern, whose stories are here
audrarose, whose story is here.
bop_radar, whose story is here .
carcassi, whose stories are here and here.
theclexfactor, whose first story is here and whose icon-stories are here.
chimosa, whose stories are here .
coloredink, whose stories are here.
EllenF, who posts on her blog here .
estrella30, whose stories are here.
khohen1, whose stories are here .
kristiinthedark, whose stories are here.
lexsbabymama, whose stories are here.
mskatej, whose stories are here.
robynadele0406, whose stories are at K-site. You can find one of them here .
sadiekate, whose stories are here.
sori1773, whose stories are here .
stir_of_echoes, whose stories are here .
strlngdragonfly, whose stories are here .
supercaptain182, whose stories are here .
teot, whose stories are here .
toadstoolsmiles, whose stories are here.
voldything, whose stories are here .
(I know there is some overlap with the lists above, but since not all of the stories by these authors are posted on the archives, I decided not to worry about duplication).
A couple recommended new authors whose fanfic is posted at other places are:
kdsch123, whose stories are here: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1018002/
Lucy Wiggin, whose stories are here: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/198088/
Know a new author who's not on this list and should be? Comment, and I will add them. Feel free to promote yourself!
So, what are you waiting for? Go send some feedback!
The feedbackathon is an eight-day celebration of everyone who gives us fannish joy. All you need to do to participate is send feedback to someone in Smallville fandom who has enriched your fannish experience somehow, with their stories, art, icons, vids, meta, livejournal posts, or other activities in support of the fandom. So go forth and feedback! If you'd like, take one of our official icons (though that is certainly not required.)
I'll be posting suggestions every day for the benefit of those who like a little structure in their feedbackathon. So the theme for today is: Encourage a new author .
New authors in a fandom do not necessarily get a lot of attention, and sometimes getting positive feedback from a few people makes the difference between those authors who stay in the fandom, continue writing and become our new favorite authors, and those who get discouraged and stop writing or leave fandom.
This is not to say that the search for new authors to encourage is an entirely unselfish act--I myself am making my way through the list below, and I've already found three amazing stories I haven't read before. And I've barely started!
So where do you find these new authors?
Here are lists compiled from the Wild Coyote, Level Three, and Smallville Slash Archives. My scientific method involved writing down all the authors who've posted a story within the past year and then cross-checking to see who *hadn't* posted a story before last year. I may have inadvertantly included a few folks who've been writing in the fandom longer but only recently archived their stories, but I couldn't figure out a more efficient way to do this.
The new authors at Wild Coyote (the het archive) were :
Ferd, Irish guy, June, Katie, Letia, Miss D, Niping, onelittlesleep, snarky1
The new authors at Level Three (the gen and all-pairing archive) were:
Darkwing Duck, Glacis, June, Letia, Ni Ping
The new authors at the Smallville Slash Archive were:
amberjack, Anita, annakas, Antigone, Audra Rose, Ballistic Liz, Belladonna, Bellat, Betsanne, bitchy grrl, chimosa, ciaan, clarkoholic, clexAddict, colored ink, dehc, Devin, Ditzy, Eletryxx, Erynn, Fan_Spagle, Fancyspinner, HRD, JMA, Kate Lewis, keikokin, kHo, knightmare, Lasha, LBM, lilibel, lostmarble, Magdelena, Mindige), MorrPhyc, Polexen, Psychi, Rise Again Phoenix, sc182, Shadowstar, shattered, slash bunny, Smallvilles Girl, Sori, Sorrel, Sterling Dragonfly, Supercaptain182, Super Woobie, Suture, toadstoolsmiles, trieduntrue, Vivian Darkbloom, Yevgenie
The new authors recommended by folks on my f-list were
allzugern, whose stories are hereaudrarose, whose story is here.bop_radar, whose story is here .carcassi, whose stories are here and here.theclexfactor, whose first story is here and whose icon-stories are here.chimosa, whose stories are here .coloredink, whose stories are here.EllenF, who posts on her blog here .
estrella30, whose stories are here.khohen1, whose stories are here .kristiinthedark, whose stories are here.lexsbabymama, whose stories are here.mskatej, whose stories are here.robynadele0406, whose stories are at K-site. You can find one of them here .sadiekate, whose stories are here.sori1773, whose stories are here .stir_of_echoes, whose stories are here .strlngdragonfly, whose stories are here .supercaptain182, whose stories are here .teot, whose stories are here .toadstoolsmiles, whose stories are here.voldything, whose stories are here .(I know there is some overlap with the lists above, but since not all of the stories by these authors are posted on the archives, I decided not to worry about duplication).
A couple recommended new authors whose fanfic is posted at other places are:
kdsch123, whose stories are here: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1018002/
Lucy Wiggin, whose stories are here: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/198088/
Know a new author who's not on this list and should be? Comment, and I will add them. Feel free to promote yourself!
So, what are you waiting for? Go send some feedback!
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I'll try to check one of the authors you proposed, though. I'm enjoying this very much!! :)
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Seriously, you're a peach for doing this. *hugs*
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Her fics (or fic + sequel) are here: http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=allzugern&keyword=Smallville+Fiction&filter=all
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Anyways, have one my part for today, serial-revieweing the heck out of some poor author :o)
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But,
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*hugs*
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Your feedbackathon rocks!!
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One little problem!
I friended her so I could comment on her LJ, but... how do I get her to friend me back??
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the feedbackathon has stolen my sleep!
just got so caught up in all the new fics, you're an evil genius sweetie!
you should make this an annual event!
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Thanks, Norwich!
Vivian Darkbloom
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(Anonymous) 2006-05-18 02:15 am (UTC)(link)no subject
I think it's just true, however, that posting stories on the archives doesn't initially tend to produce a lot of feedback, and that's always been true. People are lazy, and it's easy to drop a line at the bottom of a lj entry than to open up your email folder and have to type in an address. But I still think it's important to post at the big archives, because it gets you a lot more exposure than just posting on livejournal, at least before you're a well-known author. It's a trade-off, I think--but don't get discouraged.
Still, I would encourage you to get a livejournal. It's free, it's pretty easy to do, and we're a friendly bunch. I'd even be happy to make you an icon, if you'd like (I know for me when I started out that was a big deal, because I had *no* idea how to make icons and I really wanted a personalized one, not just some random one I snagged from an icon community).
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Thanks!
(Anonymous) 2006-05-19 12:34 am (UTC)(link)EllenF
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I have written three huge clex novellas that I have never posted because I worked so hard on them and it would break my heart when no one sent any feedback...maybe it's because I'm not a very good writer, but it's hard to keep writing when it seems no one cares to read it.
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Because I notice that your friends list is not very large, and doesn't seem to have a lot of SV folks on it, so a lack of audience might be your problem.
One way to get more people to read your stories is to become more fannishly active in general. Often, if you get to know people, post comments in response to their lj entires (and especially post comments on the stories they write), they get to know you and are more likely to read and comment on the stories that you post.
One thing I really wouldn't do is *remove* stories because they haven't gotten feedback--you are only ensuring that you never get a response, then! And it takes the average person at least 5 posted stories (and I'm talking about posting on SSA or in communities) before they start getting any kind of name recognition/have people seeking them out. So if you have stories, I would post them in communities, because the more your name is out there, the better. But again, I encourage you to become more active in SV fandom, because that's a good way to generate interest in your stuff.
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Благодарю за инфу