HALP!!!

[mijan]

Okay, my fellow Trekkies and fandom brethren... I need advice.  I have time, so it's not an emergency, but I refuse to wait until the last stinkin' minute to figure this out.

I have approximately 126K words of (hopefully) decent-quality fanfiction that I would like to present to you in a few short weeks.  I need to figure out how best to present it to you.  How would you prefer to read such a fic? 

I've already figured out that posting to LJ would be evil and cumbersome and difficult.  If I had been posting it in sections, daily, I'd certainly do it that way, but I'm posting this all at once.  Even if I break it into pieces... I can't handle getting that many LJ entries cross-linked and activated within that short amount of time.  And yes, it MUST ALL BE POSTED IN ONE DAY.   Trying to do that on LJ would be evil.  Does. Not. Want!  So... how shall I do this?

Options:

1. Archive.  Broken into short pieces, maybe 10K to 15K each.
2. Archive.  Broken into longer pieces, maybe 20K to 30K each.
3. Self-designed web-page, hosted on a server, kinda like last year, but broken into maybe four pieces.
4. Self-designed web-page, hosted on a server, kinda like last year, but all in one gigantic page of doom.
5. Another amazing idea that Mijan has not yet considered.

If I do an archive, which one?  I'd really rather NOT use fanfiction.net.  It's kinda... just no.  So are there any archives that you guys particularly like?  That are easy to use but not crap-tastic?  That the Jim&Bones folks seem to like?

Also... here's another piece of bait... this isn't just a sequel to last year's fic.  This is part 2 of a trilogy.  Yeah, guys, I'm writing a trilogy.  Each step leads to the next step in character and universe development, and it all goes together.  I've had it planned that way since last year.  Whatever I end up doing in terms of posting technique/location, I'm going to want to post all of my fanfic in this trilogy arc to the same website.  I'll probably post AAtKM there before Crossfire goes up.  But before I do any of that, I need to figure out where and how to make this happen.

Ideas?  ANYONE?

HALP???

Comments

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's good for comments... but think about it this way. I just put months of time and energy into the story. If I never hear what people think of it, it's really disheartening. If I'd posted it as it was written, piece by piece, I would have had feedback every day. Instead, I've been quietly writing for months, stressing about deadlines, to write what's essentially a complete novel. And instead of the ongoing feedback that people get with WIP's, I get one shot at feedback. Yes, it's greedy, and I know it is, but it's something I really love. It's part of the fandom writing experience for me.

I'm thinking about all the options right now, seeing what people like. I might do more than one thing.

Also, my fic is PG-13. At worst, it's R for language and some graphic/traumatic stuff. No "adult" content, though.

I'm glad you'll read my story wherever it ends up, though. That's very reassuring. :) ♥

[lothy.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wasn't disparaging comments - I appreciate feedback as much as you, and I completely agree that after months of writing by yourself you deserve a moment in the spotlight! I just meant that it's the one good thing about LJ; sadly LJ's lacking in other areas. Not surpisingly, as it wasn't created with stories in mind!

I'm looking forward to reading it. When's your posting date?

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the benefits and drawbacks of LJ. The debate rages on...

Posting date is November 6th. Saturday. *grins*