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 Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 8:04 pm
Is weird. I've never expirienced this sort of success in all my years of writing fanfiction. Actually, I've never written anything past 20,000 words!
Now, my word count is hovering just past 70,000. I'm averaging around 60 reviews per chapter, and my review count is currently flirting with 800, sitting at 786.
I've got people drawing fanart and offering to translate my story into different languages.
Woah.
I always wanted to be one of "those" authors. The recognizable ones with good stories. When one of "those" authors ever replied to a review of mine, I got giddy. It was like talking to a celebrity, and then suddenly the tables are turned, and I'M the celebrity.
It feels so freaking weird, but not in a bad way. I just feel like I'm still one of those authors who freak when they get 5 reviews.
Ugh. Yeah, yeah, I'm just ranting, but I had to get it off my chest, and I figured this was as good a place as any.
TL;DR --- I've suddenly become a "celebrity" author, and I feel weird, but good about it.
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 8:05 pm
Oh, I'm Quiet on ff.net, btw, just incase anyone wants to look me up, lol.
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 8:45 pm
Sometimes, I think about wanting to be one of "those" authors.
But I fail too hard. AND...mainstream. I hasn't it.
As far as fanfiction is concerned, it's really all about the mainstream, otherwise, you can forget it. (This is of course, only a generalization. It goes without saying that there WILL be exceptions, gaw...) Death Note is obviously mainstream so...there you go. I'd read up on your authoring ability to determine whether it's your skill bringing home a good bit of the bacon, but... DN is not my cup of tea. So my opinion is based on the fact that big name anime fanfiction will naturally get big traffic. Naturally.
And that's where my opinion ends.
): Burn my shin if I sound pessimistic enough, lol. Congrats, though. Congrats makes things alllll better.
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 2:45 am
MOD NOTICE: This is in the wrong subforum so, I'm moving it to the General Chatroom.
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:44 pm
Good for you! You seem to be enjoying it wink
I am not one of those authors, though I do have some recognition in smaller fandoms that I've written in. But not like that.
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:26 am
I have actually never cared for being a celebrity author on FF.net. As long as I get one review in a chapter, I'm happy. But for two of my stories, it just blew up! I was getting all these reviews, whether they were good or bad. It's kind of funny to see someone bash my work & have someone else defend it. I been mainly a Love Hina writer since I love the pairing of Shinobu & Keitaro. So a lot of those reading know my work. What surprises me is that people STILL read those two stories, even those they're now like five years old now.
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:07 pm
I've always wanted to be one of those amazing authors, and I was blessed to be friends with two of them on there for several months until I left the place for various reasons, my friends moving on without me. And now, one of them has even published a book!!
I envy you so much but congratulations!
What is the story under?
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:20 am
Is it weird to want to be a celebrity author to get a message out?
I want to be successful, on reviews and hits and all the like, because I want to connect with as many people as possible.
Trust me illegal moonshine, I know precisely what you're saying. There's this author on fanfiction .net that is one of "those" authors, and I loved her story so much I left rather in-depth reviews (that, and I tend to write longer reviews anyway) and when she said she actually wanted to chat with me, I was like: "ttly, omg, no way!!!" I felt like I was talking to a celebrity.
Long story short, we're internet buddies now. I am her favourite stalker. (At least, that's what she said. xd )
So believe me when I say I totally know what you mean. So please understand me when I say: Man, you suck. >.> I need to figure out that secret.
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