A pleasant surprise

[wiseheart]

I've been asked for permission by the Tower of Ecthelion people to post my story "Cold Comfort" in their archive. It makes me really happy, as I usually don't get discovered by new peoples, buried under the heaps of dubious stuff on ff.net.

I feel less like a pariah now. :) It's a nice feeling.

Comments

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Open Scrolls and Stories of Arda seem to be attracting a following these days, too. Perhaps it would be worthwhile for you to post some of your non-slash, non-adult rated fics to one or both of those archives to attract more readers?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm planning to post on Stories of Arda. I've been accepted to author status already. I just need a week or so to figure out how to do it. I'm such an idiot when it comes to follow written instructions. I don't know why.

The problem with most archives is, though, that they only accept a particular sort of stories. So I'm on the Library of Moria with "Innocence" and "Twisted Paths", on The Tower of Ecthelion with "Cold Comfort", on The Trees Remember with my Mirkwood stories, on Anuonnen with "Annúminas" - which is a good thing in itself, but since the majority of my stuff is interconnected, it just breaks my work apart.

But it's still better than nothing, of course. It's my own damned fault to write across All ages and topics. Would I write the same story all over again, I could gather my own fan pack, I guess.

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. I wish there was a site which (like Stories of Arda) accepted or declined AUTHORS rather than individual stories, and which also allowed publication of all ratings and genres. Like ff.net before the NC-17 ban, but with some minimum quality standards. It would really fill a void in the fandom.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, if we ever manage to put together the Edhellond archive again, that's what we are planning to do. But we'll have to be very picky, I'm afraid, as free websites aren't offering very much space.

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

New archive The Undying Tales (http://undying.not-quite-human.net/) is general, all ratings, self-posting. Unfortunately, it doesn't yet have any traffic to speak of, but it's worth a look.

Gemma
(happy new LJ-lemming)

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Thanks for pointing that archive out - I'd never heard of it before now. I'll post a link to it in the HASA URL Library; that might help increase traffic a little.

Oh, and welcome to LJ!

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Ithilwen!