[ SECRET POST #3152 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3152 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Biolabs (Ragnarok Online)]


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05. http://i.imgur.com/Y2CLL5n.gif
[moving gif - that Hulk/Black Widow porn one]


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[Dresden Codak]


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07. [SPOILERS for Borderlands 2]
[WARNING for abuse and stuff]



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08. [WARNING for death/suicide]



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09. [WARNING for suicide]

[Final Fantasy X]


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10. [WARNING for rape]



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11. [WARNING for rape]



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12. [WARNING for underage/sexual assault, transphobia]














Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #450.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Do you advertise your own fic?

[(Anonymous)]

And how do you go about it? How do you feel about authors advertising their own fics? Have you seen anything an author has done to advertise that you liked?

Re: Do you advertise your own fic?

[philstar22]

I mostly post on my Tumblr. Since my fandom is mostly active on tumblr and most of the active fandom members are following me, that gets me about as many views as I probably could possibly get.

Re: Do you advertise your own fic?

[feotakahari]

FIMfiction has a "groups" function. I run a group for really short stories, so if your story is short, you can add it. Other groups are for genres, pairings, story elements, author traits (e.g. Christian writers or gay writers), coordinating reviews, and so on. I think it's a good model, though I'm not sure which other fandoms have anything like it.

Re: Do you advertise your own fic?

[(Anonymous)]

1) Not really. I might post it to my own blog because I know there are people following it to keep updated on my writing.
2) For the most part, I think it's obnoxious.
3) See #1, as long as the author keeps it very brief and factual: you've finished a fic, here's header info with title, genre, pairing and an accurate plot summary. No begging (that includes "nice" begging) or pleading with people to go read it, no making excuses for how bad it is (teehee!) or how I'm sure nobody will read it (HINT HINT PLEASE READ MY FIC), in other words, absolutely nothing that sounds like an ad because jesus why do people think that's a good idea...

IMO, the way to "advertise" your fanfic is to write a damn good fic and let other people rec it. There's no more effective method than word of mouth. How could I believe anything the author said about their own fic? So many writers lack objectivity about their writing that I couldn't take their word for it. And frankly, if they "advertise" their fic in a flashy, obnoxious way, that tells me I don't agree with their judgement and probably wouldn't like their fic.

Good writers don't need to resort to desperate measures to get people to read their stuff.

Re: Do you advertise your own fic?

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, do you live in a bubble.

How many fics that are absolute drek become popular while the best written gems get no recognition? It happens all the damn time. Writing an excellent fic in no way guarantees anything.