{"id":132159,"date":"2015-10-11T18:58:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T18:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/10\/11\/another-way-to-support-your-fandom-writers\/"},"modified":"2015-10-11T18:58:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T18:58:12","slug":"another-way-to-support-your-fandom-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/10\/11\/another-way-to-support-your-fandom-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Another way to support your fandom writers."},"content":{"rendered":"

azriona<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

I\u2019ve been seeing a lot of posts lately about how fandom can
\nbe better to its writers. \u00a0They\u2019re all
\nwonderful posts, with lots of good things to say about the importance of not
\njust leaving Kudos, but also comments.<\/p>\n

And this might seem self-serving, but I\u2019m going to say it
\nanyway. \u00a0Right now, most of fandom is
\nlocated on Tumblr, and I think these posts are leaving out a very important
\nstep that\u2019s just as simple as hitting the Kudos button. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Reblogs.<\/p>\n

I cannot tell you how many people who commented on Mise said
\nthat the reason they read it was because they saw it appear so many times on
\ntheir dash. \u00a0And I can\u2019t tell you how
\nexcited it makes me to see it appear on my dash because someone else is talking
\nabout it. \u00a0Honestly, sometimes I think I
\nget more thrill out of being on someone\u2019s rec list or seeing someone else
\npromote my story than I do from getting that Kudos email.<\/p>\n

(I do love that Kudos email, though, don\u2019t get me wrong.)<\/p>\n

I feel like this used to happen more often. \u00a0Even a year ago \u2013 I\u2019d see the reblogs of \u201cNew
\nChapter\u201d posts for stories I followed before I\u2019d see the original post. \u00a0And it was great, because I\u2019d see the excited
\nsquee of other readers and that would in turn get me<\/i> excited to read, and then I\u2019d jump in even more excited than I
\nwould have been otherwise. \u00a0These days\u2026
\nyeah, not so much. \u00a0I can\u2019t tell you the
\nlast time I saw a reblog of a story I followed.
\nOr a story I didn\u2019t follow, honestly.
\nI\u2019m not sure what changed.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the thing: just like with artists\u2026 if you \u201clike\u201d that
\nart post, only the artist will know. \u00a0But if you reblog it, then you\u2019re giving
\nsomeone else a chance to like it too<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Want to support your favorite fandom writers? \u00a0Want to make sure they get all the love and
\nattention they deserve? \u00a0Then reblog<\/i> their story announcements. \u00a0Share
\ntheir stories<\/i> on Tumblr or Twitter. (AO3 even has a handy little button that lets you do it super easy.) It takes all of a minute to do – less, in some cases. \u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to be a fic rec blog to tell your flist you like a fic, and that they should read it too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I don\u2019t know about other writers, but I track both janto321 (my ao3 name) and merindab (my blog name) so if you tag either of them \u00a0I\u2019ll most likely see it. And it makes me damned happy to do so.<\/p>\n

And always, always, thank you for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

azriona: I\u2019ve been seeing a lot of posts lately about how fandom can be better to its writers. \u00a0They\u2019re all wonderful posts, with lots of good things to say about the importance of not just leaving Kudos, but also comments. And this might seem self-serving, but I\u2019m going to say it anyway. \u00a0Right now, most … <\/p>\n

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