Ah artistic types ...

[blamebrampton]

Very quick poll, NB, the first word of the first answer should be care, but lj won't let me fix it. *Damn you, LJ!*:[Poll #1507051]For my own part, after RL attacks of the last option, I entered fandom determined to work solely for myself, and do sometimes achieve that happy state, but more often it's accompanied by occasional wobblies. Having chatted to several friends on the topic, the wobblies seem a common surprise guest.

What about you lot? And how do you combat the wobblies if you're someone they hit?

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[novembersnow.livejournal.com]

this past round of hols was probably my lowest comment count of a fest fic ever, but it also wasn't a super strong fic, so I'm okay with that. Similarly, this fest saw my lowest number of recs/reviews.

Ditto that. (Well, not my lowest count ever, but definitely my lowest ever in H/D Hols.) Though exchange fics are so hard to judge by, since in that case you really are writing for an audience rather than simply for yourself. I tell myself that as long as my recipient liked it, it doesn't really matter how big it went over with other readers. (And there has been more than one fest over the years in which I never got a reply from my recipient. That stings, let me tell you.)

The sad truth is, though, I always say I don't care all that much about comment counts--until the count is lower than I expected it to be. ;)

[bryoneybrynn.livejournal.com]

It's true. You get used to a certain reaction and then when it doesn't come, you wibble. But I've noticed my comments decreasing across the board lately. *shrugs* Fandom's a funny thing, I guess. I find more than the number of comments, I get wibbly about WHO comments. Like "Why has this person stopped reading my stuff?" kind of thing. Like I said, relationship wibbles. *g*