tick, tick boom!

But It is soo vulnerable to post a story, and even more so to receive clicks and no comments. It leaves you feeling like people actively dislike your work, and does effect whether you decide to continue a story or make more risks with your writing. The audience is our critic and we sit chomping our nails hoping someone will pop by even to just say "love it!" and nothing else.

Even the most prolific authors on AO3 are doing this for fun and volunteer, not pay, and with maybe the exception of those who are also published authors, we often use it as a platform to improve our abilities, test run our ideas, and determine whether we have what it takes to try to publish our own work.

EASTER EGGS-CHANGE

Ebony Mills in Far From Home for @andromedalestrange

EASTER EGGS-CHANGE

Ebony Mills in Far From Heaven for @andromedalestrange