an experiment, or a sad trolling for reviews

[dbskyler]

I've had an AO3 account since Yuletide 2009, but I've never posted any of my non-Yuletide fic there. In particular, I've never put any of my Doctor Who fic there. I've always felt that the best place for Doctor Who fic is the Teaspoon, and the second-best place for my Doctor Who fic is my journal and sometimes certain LJ communities.

But, I realize that there might be a slightly different audience at AO3, so I've nevertheless toyed with the idea of putting my Doctor Who fic there. It's also occurred to me that some people who only know me from my Yuletide fic might be curious to see what else I have written. Unless they're big Doctor Who fans, they are unlikely to go looking for my fic at the Teaspoon. Actually, even if they are big Doctor Who fans, they are unlikely to go looking for my fic at the Teaspoon unless they happen to already know that I write in that fandom, which they would not know from looking at my AO3 account. When you put it like that, it makes sense to post all my fic in the same place at AO3. In fact, I believe that is one of the main points of having a multi-fandom archive.

But why am I feeling motivated to finally cross-post a fic or two now? Well, the sad fact is that I haven't written anything new in a really long time, and I am kind of missing reviews. I had been thinking that it would be nice to get another review. And then I thought, maybe putting an already-written story onto AO3 would be a good way to get a review.

So, I confess that I have gone and put "Spotter's Guide to the Doctor" up on AO3. This will be an interesting experiment to see if it's worthwhile to put all my Doctor Who fic up there.

And, perhaps I will get a review.

Comments

[pitry.livejournal.com]

It's definitely worth having the fics on both - first, there are people on AO3 who aren't on Teaspoon - not a lot, but there are. And second, new users don't always fnd the oldest fics. So reposting also opens your fic for a bunch of people who have never heard of you because it's been a while since you posted.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

It does feel a little like I'm being one of those people who cross-posts the same fic to 20 LJ comms, but you're right, there are plenty of perfectly legitimate reasons to cross-post to AO3 that are not about banging people over the head with the same fic over and over and over again.

[thisbluespirit]

:lol: At the most, a fic is only in 3 (or 4, with DW?) places - and there are people who only use each one! And lots of people like stuff being on AO3 as well, because it's got an easy option for downloading to e-books (so I gather. Not that I have one of those).

there are plenty of perfectly legitimate reasons to cross-post to AO3 that are not about banging people over the head with the same fic over and over and over again.

I'm now v amused at the idea of you going round banging people over the head with The Spotters Guide to the Doctor. Or Fallacy Somewhere... Yes! If they won't read them, why not!? Heh.

And I'm in all the threads now, sorry. *slides away*

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Hee, yes, I need to print them out and roll them up and go whacking random people on the street with them. Actually, maybe I should do that the next time I go to Gallifrey One. Other people hand out ribbons; I could hand out fic! Plus a whack on the head. ; )

[thisbluespirit]

They'll certainly remember you...