Fanfiction Fears

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It occurred to me recently that while I have a Tumblr account that I essentially made for my AO3 account I've only really blogged a link to one fic. Yes, the direct links are kind of ugly (a convenient excuse) and I've reblogged posts from AO3 feeds, and I've snuck links into text posts, but I've never really been like "Hey, I wrote this thing, take a look!" It can't be a coincidence that that one fic was a pedestrian pairing.

I made the account for two reasons: to interact with authors that I enjoy and in hopes of finding someone interested in what I'm putting out there. Which, I can't do if I don't actually put it out there.

What the heck am I scared of? Like, I know the purity police are a factor, but that's such a nebulous thing to be afraid of. Do I really care if some person I don't know, and will probably never meet thinks I'm gross and disgusting. That wouldn't be/isn't fun, but in the long run, I KNOW that's not important.

It would suck to have someone take the time to tell me they don't like my writing for whatever reason, but that wouldn't really be the end of the world either. Painful and unpleasant, but it wouldn't kill me.

So what is it? Process please, brain.

Comments

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I hadn't tried the AO3 side. I forgot that was there, I may have to try that.

Thanks <3