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mijanOkay, 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???
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???
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Date: 2010-10-15 03:50 pm (UTC)I think LJ just kinda inspires a "conversational" atmosphere, where people just bounce in automatically to say what they think.
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Date: 2010-10-15 03:58 pm (UTC)LJ also has icons, which are fun and allow for a little more self-expression.
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Date: 2010-10-15 03:58 pm (UTC)Speaking of, would you mind taking a look at my Lynley stuff? I want to see how the stories play with someone who knows nothing of the canon whatsoever - how much of the backstory do I get across? Do I make these characters real people to someone who's never seen a second of the show? Or am I relying too much on my readers' knowledge of canon? Is Barbara too much of a Mary Sue to someone who doesn't see some of her less-than-stellar (okay, downright bitchy) qualities in the series? The usual.
If you're up for it, it's all archived over here at
1. This Sweet Surrender
2. Love Is A Roller Coaster Ride/So Just Let Go and Feel The Rush
3. (You Are) The Answer
4. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
5. Snapshot
6. (Still Together) Still Going Strong
7. (Sometimes I Think) I Glimpse Eternity
*whips out puppy eyes*