One Thing I Hate About the Sherlock Fandom

[rusty_armour]

If there's one thing I hate about the Sherlock fandom, it's the lack of support for writers on LJ. When I see a really good fic that has only received one comment, I can't help feeling disgusted. I could understand if it was a small fandom, but Sherlock is pretty popular. I just have to see the number of communities and writing challenges to know that. And, yes, I realize that we all lead busy lives, and I've certainly been guilty of reading a story and not commenting, but the lack of support in this particular fandom is really appalling. It seems as if it's every writer for herself, unless said writer is part of a clique or has a large network of friends. Thank fuck for A03. At least such writers might receive hits and kudos.

When I post what I hope will be my last Sherlock story (mostly because I'm supposed to be retired from fic writing), I might just post it on A03. I'm not sure if there's any point in posting it on LJ.

Comments

[2ndskin.livejournal.com]

Hi there. Just a random person popping in here because I wanted to encourage you not to stop writing. I'm not an experienced fanfic or fandom person--been at it just a year. But my feeling is that if you love the writing and get a little jolt of happy out of the act of creativity--you should keep going. Seems to me that everyone is different in the kind of support they want and need. I was lucky because I happened to find maybe 6-7 people after a few months of reading and posting with whom I felt really comfortable--felt we shared a general outlook on the writing and reading. I think once you find a group--and I did that by betaing and asking for betas from people whose stuff I liked--and yes, commenting a lot--well, once you find those few people--it becomes just a lovely situation. I also think it's super important to find the right comms to post to. Find the niche where there are folks who will get what you're doing. We're all different. And lord knows I read barely 1 percent of what's out there. But I do know that when I'm in the mood to read-there are certain comms and authors I look for. Tons of stuff I know is fabulous, but it just isn't my thing, so I don't read it. I see rusty_armour pointed out a fic of yours she loved. I'll make sure to look at that. Just don't stop making stories--it's really such a powerful thing to do. <3<3<3<3