I'm really glad I could make you feel that little bit prouder of your work, it's really fantastic ! And it's so good to find someone who's so totally on the same page as me hahha. I've been reading for years (this journal is so old its password is my very first slash pairing) and at first I think it's easier to be more forgiving, but once you've cut your teeth a bit and read a bit and begun noticing all the little weaknesses in writing that can derail a story's enjoyability, it sort of becomes this slashy holy grail to actually sink your teeth into something that's written well. Plus, when you frequent ff.net more than anywhere else you do kinda find yourself swimming in a proliferation of shite, and nice as it is to help young writers with concrit, it's so refreshing to find writing you can relax into and not be unconsciously betaing the whole way through ! I'm all for PWP but even porn needs some spelling and grammar ahah. It's also nice to come across someone who agrees about the whole 'manliness' thing ! If we wanted to read about girls being into each other we'd have looked for some femmeslash, right ? And even then we'd probably find characters with more cojones !
I definitely will be friending you, but like I said, my journal is pretty much defunct. I've kinda been drifting away from regular fandoming for a while now, and I find myself dipping in and out of forums and LJ just when I've got a particular craving or I'm looking for something specific, so I doubt there's ever be more recent posts in my journal than 2008 (oh God, four years ._.) but you have prompted me to dust off my passwords and delete all my spam and get a new userpic (which you may recognise) ;) so who knows ! Also, can I be cheeky and ask for any recommendations of LJ groups pushing good writing for wwe authors that you may know of ? When you're this out of the loop it can be difficult to root out the hidden treasures from a fandom, I'm sure at least some part of it must be a case of looking for needles in the wrong part of the haystack !
Anyway, apart from all the blather it's lovely to meet you, and I will definitely be keeping up to speed with your posts in the future ! :) And I'm off to my second tab to read One Round now ;)
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Date: 2012-01-20 10:27 am (UTC)It's also nice to come across someone who agrees about the whole 'manliness' thing ! If we wanted to read about girls being into each other we'd have looked for some femmeslash, right ? And even then we'd probably find characters with more cojones !
I definitely will be friending you, but like I said, my journal is pretty much defunct. I've kinda been drifting away from regular fandoming for a while now, and I find myself dipping in and out of forums and LJ just when I've got a particular craving or I'm looking for something specific, so I doubt there's ever be more recent posts in my journal than 2008 (oh God, four years ._.) but you have prompted me to dust off my passwords and delete all my spam and get a new userpic (which you may recognise) ;) so who knows ! Also, can I be cheeky and ask for any recommendations of LJ groups pushing good writing for wwe authors that you may know of ? When you're this out of the loop it can be difficult to root out the hidden treasures from a fandom, I'm sure at least some part of it must be a case of looking for needles in the wrong part of the haystack !
Anyway, apart from all the blather it's lovely to meet you, and I will definitely be keeping up to speed with your posts in the future ! :) And I'm off to my second tab to read One Round now ;)