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thefourthvine) wrote2005-04-27 06:16 am
thefourthvine) wrote2005-04-27 06:16 am
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Coming out of the Closet; or, the Secret Life of Recommenders
When I first started this LJ, I had never written FF and had reason to believe I never would.
Really, in retrospect, I should've known better. Eventually, we all write fan fiction; I understand this now.
But to save myself the embarrassment of publicly associating with my FF (and to save you lot from suddenly seeing FF in a recommendations LJ), when I succumbed to the irresistable lure, I did it under a pseudonym. Which is sort of pathetic and sort of psychotic, inasmuch as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thefourthvine isn't exactly my real name, so we're talking about a pseudonym for an alias here, and that's just way too recursive to enhance my sanity.
I've posted a fair amount of FF lately - well, for me, anyway - and that's made me think about this whole thing of having a nom de plume for an assumed name for an entity livejournaling as, or whatever, and I've decided it's time to stop with the spy games. For one thing, it's starting to feel vaguely hypocritical; I mean, I recommend FF and rant about the nine million things that I have decreed to be FF sins; seems like I should give people full opportunity to point to my own FF and say, "But you do it, too!" And then there's the fact that some people guessed anyway, to the point where I've wondered if my FF writing is the same kind of secret as an intraoffice affair: something that everyone is politely pretending not to know.
In short, the time has come for me to own up to my writing. So, for the record: I write FF under the name Littera Abactor, whose work can be found atlittera_abactor.
No one who reads this should feel obliged to read anything in that LJ, of course. In fact, most of you would probably prefer not to, as the FF I write is nothing like the stuff I recommend. The sample size is still too small - I've written maybe half a dozen stories - but early indications are that I specialize in the weird and the humorous, without many detours in the way of plot or smut. However, if you do read anything, you are naturally free to nitpick, grouse, or poke fun, just as you are here. (And I'll read and love your comments, and still only have about a 50% chance of coming up with a response to them. Also just like here.)
This will stay a recommendations LJ, though; I'll continue to use only thelittera_abactor LJ for FF.
So. While we're cleaning out the closet, does anyone else have a secret to share with the class?
Really, in retrospect, I should've known better. Eventually, we all write fan fiction; I understand this now.
But to save myself the embarrassment of publicly associating with my FF (and to save you lot from suddenly seeing FF in a recommendations LJ), when I succumbed to the irresistable lure, I did it under a pseudonym. Which is sort of pathetic and sort of psychotic, inasmuch as
thefourthvine isn't exactly my real name, so we're talking about a pseudonym for an alias here, and that's just way too recursive to enhance my sanity. I've posted a fair amount of FF lately - well, for me, anyway - and that's made me think about this whole thing of having a nom de plume for an assumed name for an entity livejournaling as, or whatever, and I've decided it's time to stop with the spy games. For one thing, it's starting to feel vaguely hypocritical; I mean, I recommend FF and rant about the nine million things that I have decreed to be FF sins; seems like I should give people full opportunity to point to my own FF and say, "But you do it, too!" And then there's the fact that some people guessed anyway, to the point where I've wondered if my FF writing is the same kind of secret as an intraoffice affair: something that everyone is politely pretending not to know.
In short, the time has come for me to own up to my writing. So, for the record: I write FF under the name Littera Abactor, whose work can be found at
littera_abactor.No one who reads this should feel obliged to read anything in that LJ, of course. In fact, most of you would probably prefer not to, as the FF I write is nothing like the stuff I recommend. The sample size is still too small - I've written maybe half a dozen stories - but early indications are that I specialize in the weird and the humorous, without many detours in the way of plot or smut. However, if you do read anything, you are naturally free to nitpick, grouse, or poke fun, just as you are here. (And I'll read and love your comments, and still only have about a 50% chance of coming up with a response to them. Also just like here.)
This will stay a recommendations LJ, though; I'll continue to use only the
littera_abactor LJ for FF. So. While we're cleaning out the closet, does anyone else have a secret to share with the class?
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as for secrets, I've only used another fic pseud once, becasue I was Writing M7 escort fic and it was so very OTT even for me that I wanted no expectations either within or without...only..well, I forgoet to change all my amil settings so when I posted the fic, it indeed had the ",maygra" moniker right there in the emails...
shortest sock puppet life ever....
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You should have an icon for that. Maybe it could say, "Public sockpuppets: the perfect accessory for the confident fan." Hmmm, no. Needs work.
(About those. Um. Stories. Look, do you feel up to reading what I've got? And giving me an honest and critical assessment? I don't have much more, but I'm halfway through - I know now what the structure is, which should stun you rigid - and the hard parts are all ahead of me. Basically, I'm trying to decide whether to ditch them or finish them or post them as-is. Your opinion would be a big help on that.)
**flails**
eh hem...
Of course. I'd be delighted. I would love to
clutch them to my bosom, pet them, and call them "george"look over them and play armchair critic,while hording them and cackling like a mad thing with unholy gleebecause they *are* wonderful and fun. Ditching them really shouldn't be an optionso you should send them to me so I can save them.Seriously. I'd love to. You know that. You *should* know that. As for stunned, no...I'm just excited. And here people say
mind controlpatience isn't rewarded.Absolutely any time you're ready.
Now would be good.Hee! So excited!
:::claps hands like a three year old:::