Musings on participation

[shadowscast]

I haven't posted in a while. Didn't seem to have anything worth sharing. Which isn't to say I do now, but I just posted some actual fic and I figure that gives me leeway. *g*

Oh, I do have happy news: I was nominated for the next round of the Fang Fetish Awards. Thanks, whoever nominated me! I shall now proudly post my button:


Also, I just read frimfram's Halloween story, Reality Ends at the Checkpoint. It is absolutely wonderful, and you should read it now if you haven't yet.

I haven't been reading much at all lately, neither fic nor flist—partly because I'm writing again (though I'm still agonizingly slow) and partly because life has seemed mysteriously busy, even though I'm still unemployed and have virtually no responsibilities. I mean, keeping the dishes washed is pretty much it, and even in that I'm slack.

I worry that if I'm not posting and I'm not responding to people's posts and not feedbacking people's stories, I pretty much cease to exist. I worry that everyone will forget me and move on. At the same time, I realize that's fairly silly—every time I've come back from a posting hiatus, my corner of fandom has swiftly welcomed me back.

Does anyone else have these thoughts?

By the way, speaking of my existence between posts: I actually do have a real-life journal, which is entirely friends-locked. I've started opening it up to fandom friends who are interested; if you'd like to know the mundane details of my life, drop me a line! (No worries if this doesn't interest you.)

Comments

[cindershadow.livejournal.com]

I would actually be interested in the mundane details of your life, though it seems rather snoopy to say so! (Especially since I don't tend to post the truly mundane details of mine . . . it kind of seems ungenerous to take and not share, but then I tend to run on and say little, so . . . )
So--if you'd like to add me, I'd love to listen in, but I won't be at all offended if you want to keep the circle to people you actually feel you know! I just enjoy learning more about the people behind my favorite stories, but that's as scary as my fannishness gets, don't worry.

[shadowscast.livejournal.com]

Okay, cool! Don't worry, it's not at all stalkery if I invite you. :)

Go [here] (http://www.livejournal.com/users/shadowscast/60310.html) to find out my secret identity. It's a locked post which, assuming I've managed the technical details correctly, should be visible to you now. (I'm being all mysterious and dark alley about this because I still reserve the right to not give my identity to anyone who scares me! Or who I suspect might be friends with my mother...)