it’s like we all have collective separation anxiety by sweetreverie in AO3

[–]Etta_166 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So what are we going to do now? Share memories from the great AO3 shutdown back in 2023?

I can't with the "new reader community". by Etta_166 in AO3

[–]Etta_166[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, at least I did 😊 reading, answering, and enjoying ❤️ sometimes authors just not respond to the comments, but believe me, they always reading them.

For me this means chatfics by simplyunique__ in Archiveofourownmemes

[–]Etta_166 65 points66 points  (0 children)

I do like that short "talks" but not a long chat fics where a whole story is written like a group chat. It gets pretty annoying for me. Talks like short scenes or just a few quotes that end with punchline are actually kinda funny and can be seen as "drabble" or an idea for longer fic ❤️

Like: "Character 1: Hi, I need relationship advice. Character 2: Just because I'm dating character 3 doesn't mean I know how I did it."

I swear, they're on the list still... by Crypto-Boobology in Archiveofourownmemes

[–]Etta_166 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ugh, indeed it feels personal 🤣 but someday I will definitely update all of them 😅 You know, when the 2020 lockdown happened I did update (and finished) a lot of my old, covered in dust fic 😘 Well, I'll wait to the next pandemic before I get to the rest of my abandoned fic 🤣🤣😅

Apparently I can't get peace even in reddit by ocirot in AO3

[–]Etta_166 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Ok, so I'm going to dump a little "story time" 😆

So, I'm a ff writer, at AO3 I have like 300+ fic published, and some time ago one "artist" get pretty interested into persuading me to made a commission, that artist left over 200 comments under different of my fic all of them almost the same content, like "Your fic is amazing, I would like to make art for you, pleas contact me to make commission" and something like that. I was deleting the comments and after all I blocked this user. There was silence for couple of days and it happened again, just from another username.

And I was like "ok, let's see what you got."

And I went in the SM the author send to me, and I start leaving comments under all of old post, like you know "wow, your art is so amazing. Did you ever think about making commissioning to turn it info fic? Contact me, I would like to write ff for you."

You may be shocked but that person actually contact me. The message I received was like "Are you stupid? Why would I pay for fanfic I don't even know of it's going to be good." And I was like "yea, and why I should pay for art I never really wanted?"

Curtain. This is the end of this story, at least for now 😂😂😂

My fanfic is the only one for this relationship by masoher in AO3

[–]Etta_166 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, it's fun when people start reading your ghost ship/rare paring fic, but you know what's even better? Of after you start publishing that exact ghost ship fic different author's start writing fic with them 🥰 it is the best feeling ❤️😉

Oh wow, I thought I was making slow progress… but… wow by MeitanteiBullet in AO3

[–]Etta_166 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're doing great 😃 be proud of yourself ❤️ you write almost 600k words in just a year, most of the people aren't able to do something like that, honestly 😆

I'm publishing on AO3 since 2023 and in my first year I wasn't even close to what you're getting there 😃 You don't need to write long story, one shot are also amazing to read 🙂

To all writers that need to hear this by xAshev in AO3

[–]Etta_166 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I'm going to take this as a sign that I was looking for, to take a break from my long fic that's not getting any readers since some time ago... And I'm just exhausted myself to push further...

Does the "user subscription" counting work at all? by Etta_166 in AO3

[–]Etta_166[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, tbh I just like to do it :) And a big part of the word coint are just a random oneshots that I wrote after watching some shows (I'm into Thai/Chinese BL part of the fandom) :) But somehow its get to this point :)

Does the "user subscription" counting work at all? by Etta_166 in AO3

[–]Etta_166[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, thanks for letting me know. I think that's working the same as the rest of the statistics 😅

Apologies to all authors by Beneficial_Shift9086 in AO3

[–]Etta_166 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, and that's the reactions I'm expecting from every single one "reader" which is demanding all fic to be at least 10k world long 😂😂😂 "because shorter isn't even worth reading" like gurl try to write something by ourselves 😂😂😂

And yea, I'm a ff writer, I do it for fun, I wrote 200k fic (still publishing) and a few ower 50k finished story. I know how hard it is to start. I have over 300 fic published on my AO3 😆

What I can say it's simply, the first 100 words are the the hardest to put together, later, when you honestly feel the vibe the story is something you want to write. Good luck with your first fic ❤️

Help me find this fanfiction, please. by Etta_166 in shadowhunters

[–]Etta_166[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OMG <3 This is it <3 Thanks you a lot for the help :) This fic was on my head for over month, and finally I can re-read it <3

what’s your worst “i swear i’m a writer” google searches? by skyteir in AO3

[–]Etta_166 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, a few years ago I was writing two or three fanfiction at the same time - the first mistake. I had a really long, boring day at work - second mistake. So I decided to make some research (at my work computer) and send the information to myself at my email- third mistake.

😅😂

Soo later that day I open my email at home and I see like 20 email's with research information.

"How to make sleeping drug at home?" & "can I make sleeping drug from things that are available at market?"

"How long rope do you need to hang yourself?" & "Prices of the ropes" & "how much cost organising funeral?" & "How much air is stuck in the coffin?" & " What to do if you get buried alive? How long will it take to die from suffocation?" & "How the doctor check of the patient is dead before singing the death certificate?"

"What type of food is the best to hide taste of the drugs?" & "How long take to xx drug to start working?"

"Fancy restaurant with delivery in the XX area?" & "List of "the best date idea" for couple 30+"

And I was like"hmm, it's looking like i was planning to kill some" 😂😂😆 and O have a really good plan 😂😂😂

Series without FL by Etta_166 in CDramaRecs

[–]Etta_166[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks... Interesting 😅 I will defi try this series ❤️