Readers, Lurkers, Rec and Other such People, lend me your ears ...

Readers are the people every writer craves. Someone who will nod at our witty allusions, appreciate our tense cliffhangers, smile at the plot developments and laugh at our jokes. Kind readers* are like the perfect friend or partner, always encouraging, always generous, never snarking when you forget to change the toilet roll just once or come to bed late because the next two scenes suddenly popped into your head.

And whether you're a commenty reader, or a lurky reader, someone who recs, or someone who just flails merrily about in fandom, I appreciate you! You make things much more fun.

The problem, of course, is that I'm a wee bit crap. Those of you on my flist know this, and have kindly become used to the fact that it may take one or two months or years for me to reply to comments or indeed get the next chapter up. That you stay in spite of it is testimony to your decency as human beings!

But saner heads than mine have looked at fandom and thought: you know who has to put up with a lot for not an enormous reward? Readers, that's who. And it's true. So the lovely Alaana and co at serpentinelion  have created Glompfest, which you may well have already seen the banners for.

It's an exchange fest where one of the parties has already given their part of the exchange. So if you're a reader, a reccer, a lurker, a reviewer, an icon maker, a mod ... or someone active in any of the dozens of great ways people can have fun in fandom without writing or producing art, then you've already done your part and are encouraged to sign up and be 'glomped'. (I know, it sounds like something the Giant Squid would do, but the young people assure me it's pleasant!) Glompees post prompts starting on August 1, Glompers nab them from August 11, posting starts mid-September. 

As to you lot out there what write and draw, look, I know it's a tight time of year, but if ever a fest called for comedic or romantic one-shots, this is it! A little something light to say thanks -- go on, you know you want to! I think I have at least a few thousand words of ridiculousness left in me, so I'll be in. (With a bit of luck someone will ask for something political as I have a whole bunch of Labour jokes I've not been able to make work with the H/D in the Clameron Gov fic I am working on -- if not, I might see if I can tweak them for the Australian Labor Party and sell them to someone with an election blog ...)

And thanks alaana_fair  and team! Good thinking!


* Unkind readers are usually telling you far more about themselves than about your writing.

Readers, Lurkers, Rec and Other such People, lend me your ears ...

Readers are the people every writer craves. Someone who will nod at our witty allusions, appreciate our tense cliffhangers, smile at the plot developments and laugh at our jokes. Kind readers* are like the perfect friend or partner, always encouraging, always generous, never snarking when you forget to change the toilet roll just once or come to bed late because the next two scenes suddenly popped into your head.

And whether you're a commenty reader, or a lurky reader, someone who recs, or someone who just flails merrily about in fandom, I appreciate you! You make things much more fun.

The problem, of course, is that I'm a wee bit crap. Those of you on my flist know this, and have kindly become used to the fact that it may take one or two months or years for me to reply to comments or indeed get the next chapter up. That you stay in spite of it is testimony to your decency as human beings!

But saner heads than mine have looked at fandom and thought: you know who has to put up with a lot for not an enormous reward? Readers, that's who. And it's true. So the lovely Alaana and co at serpentinelion  have created Glompfest, which you may well have already seen the banners for.

It's an exchange fest where one of the parties has already given their part of the exchange. So if you're a reader, a reccer, a lurker, a reviewer, an icon maker, a mod ... or someone active in any of the dozens of great ways people can have fun in fandom without writing or producing art, then you've already done your part and are encouraged to sign up and be 'glomped'. (I know, it sounds like something the Giant Squid would do, but the young people assure me it's pleasant!) Glompees post prompts starting on August 1, Glompers nab them from August 11, posting starts mid-September. 

As to you lot out there what write and draw, look, I know it's a tight time of year, but if ever a fest called for comedic or romantic one-shots, this is it! A little something light to say thanks -- go on, you know you want to! I think I have at least a few thousand words of ridiculousness left in me, so I'll be in. (With a bit of luck someone will ask for something political as I have a whole bunch of Labour jokes I've not been able to make work with the H/D in the Clameron Gov fic I am working on -- if not, I might see if I can tweak them for the Australian Labor Party and sell them to someone with an election blog ...)

And thanks alaana_fair  and team! Good thinking!


* Unkind readers are usually telling you far more about themselves than about your writing.