fan fiction.net

[inzilbeth]

Today, while baby-sitting Pae,  [he's beginning to be a bit of a naughty boy with his stitches and is a complete nightmare with the plastic collar that is supposed to stop him doing that]  I caught up with a few things on the computer including  posting a story at fanfiction.net. Not exactly earth shattering news, you might well think, but I can't believe I've actually managed it. The site has always been a complete mystery to me, so much so that I  usually give up on even finding the simple things like 'home' and the few stories I've read there have mostly been recs where I needed do no more than simply follow a link. So it's quite an achievement for me, though whether I would ever manage to figure out how to post a multi-chapter story like  'A of A' , is another matter again.  Also, since I know there are all types of stories on there, the good and the bad as well as the down right eye-popping,  it does feel a bit like venturing deep into the Edhel Duath and wondering what I'm going to run into when I get there! 

 But at least, as of today,  the site is on my favourites list and I no longer have to google to find it.

Comments

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Hooray for you! I hesitated a long time before posting anything, as you know, and I'm still not sure it's worth bothering with, as that story got only a few reviews. Which story did you post? Your Teitho one?

[silivren-tinu.livejournal.com]

*applauds you* I always find it quite nerve-racking to try out new websites. *g* Fanfiction.net has been my home since I started writing fanfiction, though, so I tend to feel more comfortable there than anywhere else. If you ever have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them! ;-) Which story did you post?

[shirebound]

Good for you!

If you ever need ff.net advice, let me know. I've been posting there since 2002, and have watched it change and grow more complex. I'm happy it's still around, even though it's not the most intuitive site!

[vamp-ress.livejournal.com]

ROFTL, sounds like you're a wee bit technophob:) Once you've successfully tackled down ff.net and you're looking for a new challenge, I can always sign you up with an account at http://www.skyehawke.com:)

[vilwarien.livejournal.com]

Congrats! For me ff.net is a pita because it's so complicated to upload and edit things. I used to post there but gave up a long time ago. My "home" is SoA since, as you already said, it's easy and user friendly, and sometimes I also post at HASA, where I am a volunteer, but I forget it as often as not.

I remember my time at ff.net when I was very new to the fandom. I read every story however bad that featured my favourite characters and was privy to lots of things over the years.

[harrowcatliz.livejournal.com]

I found HASA first and then moved on to SOA which I like because it is easy to use and I can safely have it on my favourites list at work. I have followed a few of my favourite authors around to other sites which is how I got onto LJ. I have never liked ff.net all that much and I can't/won't review there.

Oh, and the big plastic neck collar! I know it well. good luck.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Good luck!I started off on ff.net as it took me a long time to be good enough to be allowed on the other sites!

[peredhellover.livejournal.com]

Everyone here knows how good I am with anything related to computers ;), but I've never had a problem with ff.net. For whatever reason, I've always found it very easy to post there. And I've never hesitated to—I’ve never understood why the good writers should be scared off by the Leggy-lovin' suethors. I also always get the most reviews at ff.net (and I post almost every where— SoA, OSA, LoTRff, Naice a Nilme, HASA....)

Now HASA, on the other hand, is my nightmare site. I can not get anything to ever post properly there.

[rakshathedemon.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on posting at what is sometimes called The Pit of Voles - mostly, I think, because of the sheer volume of lowest-denominater stories, because the site is so huge.

Actually, there are oodles of very high quality LOTR fanfiction stories at FF.net - it was the first fanfic archive I found; and I have fond memories of making my way through almost all the Faramir-centric (and Faramir and Boromir) stories that can be found there. I'd be delighted to post all of my stuff there; but technically, I find it hard. I still don't know how to edit a story on FF.net without getting rid of reviews, and frankly don't want to bother replacing chapters or an entire one-chapter story when I only need to add a word or change two sentences. And there is no tech or other support that I can see. SoA and TolkienFanfiction.com are fare easier to negotiate in terms of formatting and editing, and most of the time I have no problems posting at HASA.

[suzll.livejournal.com]

Cool, congrats!! Fanfiction.net is where I got my introduction to fanfiction so I'm fairly familiar with it, and it's the only place where my (grand total of 2) stories are posted. I can understand how it would seem really complicated though! And it seems like people don't really review there as much.

[estelcontar1.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you posted your story there. The more places you post them, the better, I think. They deserve to be read.

[mysterious-jedi.livejournal.com]

I like the fact that fanfiction.net had so much variety, but SOA is without a doubt my favorite archive for both posting and reading..."so easy to use, no wonder it's [my] number one!"

[ainu-laire.livejournal.com]

A belated congratulations XD

SOA is my favorite for reading, myself, but I do love the fact that I can post my parodies on ff.net with open reception (and some of my parodies are downright weird... some don't contain any of the canon characters xD)