Sloppiness & carelessness: are why I tend to not read at ff.net (as one example, there are a host of sites in the same vein) much anymore - I had run into so many messy stories... I began to resent the time I wasted looking for fics, reading some, back-buttoning, and then searching again. Unfortunately I also missed a lot of good authors who happen to post there because of my frustration. Good story/good author discovery is a retroactive mission for me.
Ego: I have to admit, I'm always shocked, tickled, and squeeful when I get a review. I hope I always will be. And I'm careful to respond to them all (except one odd bitchy troll I got once on Skyehawke *snrt*). I wish I got more constructive or substantial reviews, but the one-liners are lovely, too. I'm a perfectionist - toss some crit at me and I get all Pavlov drooly.
I don't think I've manifested much in the way of ego nonsense, except my recent frustration with a mod on another site (that we've already discussed) and her setting off every inch of my crabby academic-ness with her tone. [insert Anglo-Saxon here] I have a feeling, however, that my exceptional irritation with a poorly-veiled suggestion of stupidity isn't quite what you're worried about.
Recs: I have noticed the same thing. On the rare occasions I've been rec'd I've been beyond shocked and extremely flattered, and I certainly have no expectation that everyone I know will like everything, rec everything (or anything, for that matter), or nominate anything I've done for whatever award-of-the-week happens to be in play. Honestly, tho, if I write complete shit I hope my friends, betas, mods, friends, countrymen... *cough* will tell me so. Loudly. Twice, if necessary. I've only rarely rec'd on my lj, and that's been stories that blew me away for some reason and that I felt pretty sure everyone would have missed otherwise (like a SS/RH omg!pr0n piece that was so funny I was crying). And I pimp what's been written for me, but I have never gotten a drabble gift or a fest gift that was poor quality... I'm friends with a lot of good writers - they're slumming. :P
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Date: 2008-12-02 07:17 pm (UTC)Ego: I have to admit, I'm always shocked, tickled, and squeeful when I get a review. I hope I always will be. And I'm careful to respond to them all (except one odd bitchy troll I got once on Skyehawke *snrt*). I wish I got more constructive or substantial reviews, but the one-liners are lovely, too. I'm a perfectionist - toss some crit at me and I get all Pavlov drooly.
I don't think I've manifested much in the way of ego nonsense, except my recent frustration with a mod on another site (that we've already discussed) and her setting off every inch of my crabby academic-ness with her tone. [insert Anglo-Saxon here] I have a feeling, however, that my exceptional irritation with a poorly-veiled suggestion of stupidity isn't quite what you're worried about.
Recs: I have noticed the same thing. On the rare occasions I've been rec'd I've been beyond shocked and extremely flattered, and I certainly have no expectation that everyone I know will like everything, rec everything (or anything, for that matter), or nominate anything I've done for whatever award-of-the-week happens to be in play. Honestly, tho, if I write complete shit I hope my friends, betas, mods, friends, countrymen... *cough* will tell me so. Loudly. Twice, if necessary. I've only rarely rec'd on my lj, and that's been stories that blew me away for some reason and that I felt pretty sure everyone would have missed otherwise (like a SS/RH omg!pr0n piece that was so funny I was crying). And I pimp what's been written for me, but I have never gotten a drabble gift or a fest gift that was poor quality... I'm friends with a lot of good writers - they're slumming. :P