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Anonymous · 9d
Pls know im always patiently sitting on ao3 & my email for ANY fic updates cuz literally your writing is gold and i reread ur stuff on regular basis when I'm sad cuz they always better my mood.
Dunno hope this isnt weird but I wanted to let u know. Ur writing is truely gold
Not to be dramatic... (and not promising anything) but you might have, kind of, single-handedly saved the "LolwhyamIdoingthis" ao3 account with this message.
I have been in such a bad writing slump (and kind of slump about everything in general) for a while now that I did really consider abandoning the account (at least for a little bit).
I just felt so overwhelmed by the mess I felt I had created (on ao3 by starting fics and not being able to finish them in the moment, by wanting to work on so much and not being able to work on anything at all, by having my inbox pile up more and more... and on twt mostly by posting so many wips and snippets and drabbles that I all genuinely loved but that I just could not prioritize in the moment). I genuinely felt like crying when I opened my ao3 at times because I felt like I was letting people down but felt so powerless to stop it?
And then I got your message (I have friends who can confirm this) and it just somehow gave me so much motivation? Like, hearing that there were still people who weren't yet mad at me for being so messy but patiently waiting for an update instead? It just made me want to at least try...
Since then I have replied to over 100 comments (my inbox is still extremely full but it's progress💪) and rereading all of those sweet messages has made me want to try even more.
So... I can't promise anything at all yet. And I don't want things to become even messier so I won't tackle the bigger projects (like Him & I) just yet. But I have been working on some fun things over the past three days and I have some time carved out for writing over the next little bit as well. So maybe... just maybe I will actually be able to come back soon.
Thank you so much for your message💜
Anonymous · 10d
Re: the question about incomplete fics --
I think there's nuance here .... option A can be heartbreaking, but don't those stories deserve to exist and be loved too? Don't authors deserve the opportunity for feedback as they're working a fic? I think that feedback loop on ongoing fic is one of the greatest joys of writing/ posting fic. I also think that the author's feelings and efforts are just as important, if not more important, than the readers' feelings about whether or not it should be posted. And SOME readers will still love and be happy with an incomplete fic, even if other readers might be disappointed.
One of my favorite books is actually incomplete -- luckily, with the place that it was cut off, it reads sort of like an open ending. But what if it had never been published? I would never have had the opportunity to love it.
Of course, the ideal scenario for an incomplete story would be that the author knows from the start that the story is/ will be incomplete and can mark it as such, so that readers who would be disappointed/ upset can know to avoid it. But authors don't usually know that in advance...
So! Sorry for the long answer to say that "it's complicated." I would personally go with option A and did vote for that :)
Okay, first of all: Thank you so, so much for your message?! Wtf? That was so sweet and so thoughtful? Please NEVER apologize for a long message!! I appreciate them so much!
I don't know whether you saw, but the friend that I was arguing with was actually @ReadingCandle_ and they really resonated with your words.
"I would never have had the opportunity to love it." - This especially.
I also love how you pointed out that the feedback that you get as you post is a really, really valuable part of the process as well. Because it is absolutely true. I think I love nothing more than seeing people in the comments of an ongoing stories making up theories about what is going to happen. It is just so much fun!
In the end, I have to admit that I was honestly pretty surprised that so many people did end up going with option A because I personally would have so clearly chosen B. Just with the logic of: I can't miss what I don't know. But I love how you explained your thought process and your reasoning and I can definitely see that perspective more now.
Again, thank you so much for taking the time to write this message and explaining your thoughts💜
Anonymous · 1mo
I just binged the sugar daddy au and Chan and Minhyuks sequel!!! I should be studying but the au was just soooooo good.
I don’t want to pressure you, only tell you that I look forward to anything you write for Chan’s story in the future because I found him so interesting in the original au and his sequel is really compelling. I would love to see him heal a little more and become less anxious and more sure of himself.
Really really loved it…
Hahaha I had to laugh at the studying part - that's just too relatable😂 The amount of times I should have studied and wrote instead... (although tbf that was mainly Cheesecake - the fact that Jisung was a depressed law student questioning everything was not a coincidence😂)
Seriously though, thank you so, so much for reading Chancake! I am so happy that you liked it so far and I promise that I am working on the last two chapters whenever I have the time💜
Thank you so much for your message and your kind words!
Anonymous · 1mo
Who says i alrdy moved on from that live? Nope, never. Please pleaseee write more of this🥹 i told u im not a fan of canon compliant stories, but! This one i believe will be the fluffiest fluffy story to ever fluffy, so please kindly give em a chance🙏🙏
Aw thank you so, so much!! I am always so honoured when someone says that they don't usually read a kind of story but that they ended up liking my work anyways! Thank you for giving it a chance! I really, really hope that I can post this story sometime soon... but we'll see😅 I'm trying my best, I promise!
Anonymous · 1mo
some of my two favorite writers know each other????? what is this, a crossover episode????????
Haha yeah we're friends!
(We used to date actually 😂)
I'm so happy to hear that you like our silly little stories though, thank you so much for reading 💜
Anonymous · 1mo
Hi! I'm curious as to what you're currently working on now ?
I wish I could give you a fun answer... but the honest answer is that I just have not been writing as much as I want to😭 I've been trying to find little windows of writing time... Even if it is just 20 minutes before bed... But yeah, it's not been a ton 😖 When I've been writing, I've mostly been working on Chvncake... I worked on the 5+1 story, the Cat AU... And I've kind of worked on Him & I quite a bit recently as well? I have a little project that I want to do as well but I am not sure whether I'll manage it, so I'd rather not announce it yet🙈
But yeah... Basically, I just really hope that I'll have more time to get back to it soon😭