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extrapenguinThe penultimate square of my bingo card! It's a Lovely Day in Dragon City has Shen Wei get treed by a goose (because he can't just reveal that he's the Black-Cloaked Envoy and use Dixing powers or something) and Zhao Yunlan comes to save him. I've had a lot of fun with this bingo card! I'll write the final one – Power – tomorrow. IDK what it'll be yet, but lunch break shall hopefully tell.
I also did some introspection about myself and fandoming, upon realizing that I was actually perfectly positioned to be a BNF in the MDZS fandom had I seized the chance. (On the scale from "popcorn lit" to "doorstopper literachoor", MDZS fandom's preferences were (are?) so much more popcorn-y than mine that it'd have been soulless suffering for me. And I'm not neurotypical enough to do the startup BNF networking and aggressive promo.) I came to the conclusion that I'm 100% fine with being a niche interest, as long as at least one person turns up to appreciate whatever I made. I even prefer being a niche interest, in a way, since then the comments are much better (one comment that digs into the meat vs 10 comments going "omg")! I have my niche, I have people dropping comments and kudos on my stuff, I have a wordcount steadily going upwards (129080 this year!), and I have 74 people who've subscribed to me as an author. My nook is cozy and warm. I'm happy to be in it.
I also did some introspection about myself and fandoming, upon realizing that I was actually perfectly positioned to be a BNF in the MDZS fandom had I seized the chance. (On the scale from "popcorn lit" to "doorstopper literachoor", MDZS fandom's preferences were (are?) so much more popcorn-y than mine that it'd have been soulless suffering for me. And I'm not neurotypical enough to do the startup BNF networking and aggressive promo.) I came to the conclusion that I'm 100% fine with being a niche interest, as long as at least one person turns up to appreciate whatever I made. I even prefer being a niche interest, in a way, since then the comments are much better (one comment that digs into the meat vs 10 comments going "omg")! I have my niche, I have people dropping comments and kudos on my stuff, I have a wordcount steadily going upwards (129080 this year!), and I have 74 people who've subscribed to me as an author. My nook is cozy and warm. I'm happy to be in it.
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Date: 2019-11-11 21:40 (UTC)My wordcount spreadsheet sure has been good for my wordcount. I'm not in your league yet (especially given I only started tracking in July) but if I start next year out like I'm closing out this one, I might be getting close. Words! So many!
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Date: 2019-11-12 08:47 (UTC)All the words! Every single one of them! Honk honk!
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Date: 2019-11-12 11:51 (UTC)I’m the same. I also prefer my cozy and warm nook. :) And wow, 74 subscribers, I’m impressed. I have 8, and I still can’t believe sometimes that 8 people want to get notifications every time I write something new. It’s so flattering. :)
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Date: 2019-11-12 13:21 (UTC)IKR? So many people! Who all want to see me write! Watching the number increasy has been a trip, too - I think last year I had less than 60, and the year before that way way less. Suddenly I'm popular???
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Date: 2019-11-14 19:12 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-14 19:34 (UTC)