Just to clarify:

[emmagrant01]

This post was entirely tongue-in-cheek. I was actually flattered to see that someone listed LMH on fanfic_hate! I mean, if you scan some of the posts, you'll see it's in some great company!

That comm is, ironically, a huge REC LIST for all the fandoms that get flamed there. Think about it: almost all of the posts are along the lines of, "Everybody loved Fic X, but I hated it!" or, "I hate everything ever written by Writer Y and I don't understand why everybody else fangirls her!" I've actually found some great reads just by scanning the posts there.

People are more than entitled to their opinions, and that comm gives them a place to express a sentiment they're obviously embarrassed to express using their real names. I do know what it feels like to hold an unpopular opinion and feel like I have to bite my tongue about it around everyone else, just to avoid getting into arguments constantly. I am, after all, a liberal in a conservative state.

So, go ahead and post your anonymous comments on fanfic_hate, if it makes you feel better! And thanks in advance for all the great recs! ;-)

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[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I've taken a few recs from there, myself

I hadn't ever read Irresistible Poison until I saw all the flack it got there. So I popped over to read it, and was totally obsessed with it for the four days it took to read it all! It was fantastic, and I found myself wondering if the people who complained about it read the same fic I did.

there are a few very popular fics that don't do a thing for me and I'm not ashamed to admit it: because different people have different tastes, big deal.

Hear, hear. I think part of the "appeal" of anonymous posting is that it allows people to flame the author/fic, something they'd never have the guts to do in person. If I don't like a fic, I feel like I have two options: 1) I can just shrug and move on and not worry about it, or 2) I can formulate a critique of it and share it with the writer. I've done both.

As always: wishing I was in any way into SW, so I could enjoy The Bodyguard :o(

How sweet! I am SO proud of that fic, and also incredibly relieved that it's finally done! I'll be happy if half a dozen people read it. :-)

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I always welcome discussion and how are people going to find me, if they don't know who I am?

Absolutely!

I'm extremely ignorant about the new - or old, as the case may be - SW universe; I really only know episodes IV-VI...

Really? You haven't seen Eps 1 and 2 at all?

If you're seriously considering reading The Bodyguard, little knowledge about the Republic Jedi is assumed. In fact, the first half of the fic is written from the perspective of a character who doesn't know very much about the Jedi. And of course, there's hot sex, and a few plot twists... *grins*

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[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

If it's any consolation, that fic is 100% Jar-Jar-free. ;-)

[helens78]

To help with Emma's self-pimpage, the POV character of the story is a brilliantly-created OC, so you'll get to know her and the world she's in through eyes that you're not supposed to know ahead of time. If you're into adventure stories at all (there is hot sex, but I'd call this more an adventure story with a sex bonus than a sex story with an adventure bonus), it's a great one. :)

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[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Oooo! Thanks so much! That was so sweet of you!

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[sabrinagb.livejournal.com]

I am planning to read The Bodyguard, too. So, at least you have a couple of us reading it. Just had to say, though, that I *love* this icon. I nearly made me spew my tea at the computer screen. The looks on their faces are priceless with that quote.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Irresistible Poison was my gateway drug fic, a mere year ago. I read it and then went on vacation, and all I could think about during the long drive was that great sexual tension she builds up.

ajhall wrote about that site recently as well. I have the same objections she, you, and others do, plus the actual criticism was generally poor and nasty. The anonymity did nothing for anyone's eloquence. It all came off like so many sour grapes.

[helens78]

You're welcome! It's a great story, and you should definitely be proud of it. :D

[slashprincess.livejournal.com]

i stumbled upon that site a while ago, and I thought the same thing you did, this has some great recs on it! some people actually give constructive criticism but for the most part its I hate this or I hate that. Oh well when I looked through it I was surprised to see how many great stories that were on it. I could barely think of 1 good story that was not on it!

[luahoana.livejournal.com]

Just read your conversation with skuf, and I have to say that I feel exactly the way she does.
Everytime you post or update a SW fic, I think "Damn... if only you'd know the movies..."
I love your writing, and I'd love to read those stories as well, but it's just not the same if you don't know the characters (except Jar-Jar Binks ... what a coincidence ;) But I only know him because that was the chat nickname of a guy I once dated *grins*)).

I think I'll have a look at that "rec list" as well ... I've rather run out of fics to read at the moment, and noone seems to update.
I'm *so* looking forward to "Left my Heart" - and the sequel... any idea what the title will be (would you tell, anyway? ;)).
Unfortunately I was a little slow making up my mind to send you my thoughts ... and suddenly, you were gone *sighs* Stupid me.
But I guess there wouldn't have been much constructive criticism, anyway... I'm way to biased! ;)

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

*grins* You're out of stuff to read? Wow, I'm so behind in my reading!

BTW, it isn't too late to send me any concrit you might have on LMH! The rewriting process is coming along, but it's a layered thing, in the sense that I'll make five or six passes over the fic before I'm satisfied. (I'm currently on pass #2.) If you have any comments you think I'd find useful, please feel free to send them my way! (emmagrant01@aol.com).

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[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay! Another reader! :-D Seriously, thanks!

Oh, and I'm glad you like the icon...

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I also think the tension she builds in that fic is amazing! It made me obsessive and crazy for days! I only wish she'd gone for a slightly more adult rating... *sighs* I've thought about writing fanfic for it, actually, with more of an adult bent. :-P

What did she write? I tried to go to her LJ, but couldn't get to it for some reason. And yeah, a lot of those posts do come across as jealous and petty flames, don't they. There are a few that offer constructive criticism, of course. It's just too bad that so many people feel that negative about fanfic that they have to vent there.

Oh, and have I told you that I love your icon? Is he your Draco muse for "A Thousand Beautiful Things"?

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

And that's just why it's an honor to be there! *grins*

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

This young man, my current Draco, is Boyd Holbrook, a truly shaggable attractive model IRL. I've made a shedload of icons from his pictures. Like this one.

AJHall's real address is ajhalluk I forgot the UK part above.

I think IP was one of the first slash fanfics ever. Rhysenn iscaris, I thought, had moved away from HP, but just now checking her LJ, I see she's recently written a very NC-17 twins/Harry/Remus one-shot.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

He looks a lot like Jon Rhys-Myers, doesn't he?

:)

[luahoana.livejournal.com]

*grins* You're out of stuff to read? Wow, I'm so behind in my reading!

Oh, I know that feeling... When I came back from Bulgaria at the end of May, it took me about four or five days to read all the stuff I had missed - and I had only been gone for a week!
But I enjoyed it soooo much! :)

I don't know if you've read it, it's been up since long before you left, but I could recommend "Phoenix Song" by xylodemon.

I'll see if I can find some advice worth sending you tomorrow or on Sunday!