Ready for my close up...

[oddegg]

I put my user-name in google just now (because I’m very sad ok? Also bored – see below) and it turns out that back in June one of my music.blog posts was quoted in a Guardian article!!!

 

I can now die happy – hemp-chewing, sandal-wearing Grauniad reader that I am.

 

Also, someone called bethannsen has every one of my RyCon fics bookmarked at del.icio.us. Which is both rather surprising and immensely flattering. *waves at you*

 

“This is your LJ captain speaking. I see from my googling that we’ve picked up a hitchhiker. Hello, whoever you are! I just wanted to say that you are extremely welcome! I did sod all to get where I am today and I became a slasher-fic writer in order to encourage degenerate freeloaders like myself. I have sent out a search party and when they find you they will feed you tea and cookies! If you’re very lucky I’ll give you an rps fic filled with poetry first.”

 

Or just plagiarise obscure bits from Hitchhikers’ Guide at you. One or the other.

 

Oh, and whoever you are, I’ve nicked a load of your rec’s m’kay? *g*

Comments

[fredbassett]

How cool is that! GO YOU!

Must try doing the same, but I think there's another fredbassett on a different journal that isn't me, or there was a while ago.

Weird how you find that people might read and bookmark stuff but never, ever give you and feedback. I always try and leave some feedback when I've read and enjoyed something, as if no-one ever commented,I'm sure we'd all get pretty pissed off and stop writing eventually, but so many people never leave any trace that they've passed through, so to speak, which is a shame, in my view. It doesn't take long to leave a smiley face, even if they can't think of anything else to say!!

[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

That is so cool! Just tried doing it myself and didn't get anything as interesting as that!

And I totally agree with you, Fred, about people not commenting when they've read your stuff. I always try and comment on other people's stuff, since I figure that if they've gone to all the time, effort and creativity to write it down and entertain me, the least I can do is feedback and give them encouragement. There's nothing worse than feeling like people aren't reading and enjoying your stories - it can be a little demoralising.

[fredbassett]

Haven't tried yet but will have a go later.

I did lurk for a while before I got my LJ set up, and then I was very nervous and a bit embarrassed about commenting, then I plucked up courage to do it, long before I started posting stuff, then I discovered that, gosh, you made friends that way, and it was a fun thing to do, and when I finally started posting, I realised how important comments are to writers.

But it's always worth remembering that even when there aren't many comments, there really are loads of people who read and say nothing. Maybe we ought to start a campaign encouraging comments!!

[oddegg.livejournal.com]

Could be kinda linked to keepaofthecheez's Stalker Meme - which I used to tell a couple of folk how much I liked their stuff.
And - bonus! - checking out the people I hadn't seen yet has led me to some great fic's!

[fredbassett]

Haven't seen that meme ...........

But yes, I've found some great fics by wandering around.

[oddegg.livejournal.com]

It might be someone who has a different LJ name I suppose, or someone new - I did a bit of silent lurking when I first started.
And yeah - go for the google! You could always track down the other fredb and psyche them out as well!

But I am so ridiculously pleased about the guardian thing! Still haven't achieved my ambition of getting something into the final playlist on the music blogs Reader's Recommend though - I'll keep working on that.

[fredbassett]

Just done it! There's definitely more than one fredbassett, as I certainly don't have a My Space page!!

Keep trying, m'dear!

[madambeetroot.livejournal.com]

Hello! Don't worry - I'm not a weirdo stalking you, just bethannsen. I hardly ever use my LJ, it's completely random that I actually saw your message today! Spooky - must be because it's Halloweeen...

Sorry about not leaving feedback earlier, as you can guess I love your stories! I feel embarrassed now that I didn't comment earlier. I have only recently watched Primeval on DVD, and so only recently got hooked on Connor, and found your stories through a mad search for Connor fic. Good old Google, again! There doesn't seem to be much fic around, so I was really pleased to find yours, as it is so well-written and hot, and you keep on writing more...

I'll try to be better at feed-backing in the future. One of these days I'll get the hang of joining communities and regularly logging into LJ...you may just have given me the incentive to get me going on this!

[oddegg.livejournal.com]

Well hellooo, serendipity! : ) *feeds you promised tea & cookies*

Don't be embarrassed luv! Like I say, I did the same when I first got into LJ, took me a while to get the hang of it - and watch yourself! This shit's addictive, honestly...

Glad you liked the fic's! And there should be another one going up - erm - soonish. When I've finished it among the dozens of others I'm working on!
It will be Connor Tops! And may include a hand!porn plot bunny that I saw today the evil lot over at primeval_fanfic have set on me. Or that may have to go in yet another one...
*heads desk*

[madambeetroot.livejournal.com]

Whew - am glad you are not annoyed! And brilliant news about the new stories - I'll really look forward to them. Top Connor should be interesting! BTW, I must say how much I love your Connor voice, and the bits of humour you put in your stories. They always seem so realistic with the little asides in them - that's what made me love them so much.

The more plot bunnies the merrier, I say!