At 11:12 15/06/97 -0400, you wrote:

At 08:18 PM 6/15/97 +1000, Andrew wrote:

Okay, I'm feeling very depressed at the moment because it's been one of
those days where absolutely nothing's gone right for me, so I need to let
off some steam.  If you think you're gonna be offended, do not read any

forther.

You 

have 

been 

warned.

PRIMARY RANT:

A couple of days ago I sent chapter 4 of my Iczer fic "Guardian Angel" to
the FFML. Since that time, however, I have recieved ABSOLUTELY NO FEEDBACK
WHATSOEVER! Now I realize that there are not a great amount of people (even
amongst the anime community) who like the Iczer series as much as I do, but
at least somebody out there must have read it. PLEASE, SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT
YOU THOUGHT OF IT!  SEND A FLAME IF YOU WANT TO, BUT TELL ME YOUR OPINION!

YAHHHH!! (rubbing his ears) Okay! Okay! Personally, I think it is good, but
as Monika-san said, this list is usually called the Ranma Fanfic ML (and
for a good reason) and thus the lack of C&C's. Also, it is quite rare to
get many C&C's if your story happens to be small in size and short in
duration, unless your story happened to touch on the readers' emtions. The
recent fics by Claire Francisco is a good example.
 

*Sweatdrop...
Well, get used to it. Not to be offensive or anything, but typically,
feedback is somewhat nil on anything not Ranma, BGC or Sailor Moon. Trust
me, I know... 
*monica looks at the RGVeda, LoGH and RuKen fics she sent to die a bit of a
death on the FFML...

ahhh....I don't know what to say....
 

Recommendation? Get onto other mls that are more diverse- IE, I send the RGV
fic to CML, LoGH fic to the LoGH ml, and the Rurouken to other places...

SECONDARY RANT:

Okay, this is something I've been meaning to bring up for some time, but
never gotten around to: The excessive amount of Ranma stuff on the FFML.

well, it is usually called the Ranma Fanfic ML... 

When I first joined I read it, then I started thinking "Oh, another Ranma
fic. Delete."  Now I have started to think "Oh, no, here we go again."
People, I know that Ranma is incredibly popular with you, but surely there
are some other shows that you like. I mean, the Two thirds of the total
stories in the synopsis list this week were Ranma stories for god's sake! Do
something else before I start actually hating Ranma fanfics, and then hating
the real thing as well!  Please, I don't wanna hate Ranma but you guys and
girls are forcing me to!

*Shrug* I personally don't see the appeal of Ranma, but if people want to
write it, then fine. I'll skim, and if it's boring, I delete (terrible, I
know, but I don't have terribly large amounts of time.

 Even worse than the Ranma fics are the questions

about the Ranma series.  If you don't know what would happen in a given
circumstance, do what I do and make up the answer yourself, or 
*ASK IN R.A.A.C OR ON A RANMA MAILING LIST INSTEAD OF ADDING MORE #%&/ SPAM
TO THE FFML!!!!!

Well, not on RAAC- on RAAFandom, right? Or on RAAMisc, whatever...
And if it pertains to a story, it's not to bad... (but asking on the Ranma
ML is a good idea...)

Actually, I'm slightly depressed myself... I'm wondering whether I should
even bother posting here... whatever ^^;;

Hey, don't be (depressed, that is). I realised I am probably not the best
person to say this but if your gains are more than your losses.... you must
have some/lots of feedback from the other ML's where you posted your
respective stories to, right? Your stories are good (I have read them),
it's just that they are somewhat outside the common interest of the
majority of the FFMLers, which is rather unfortunate. Whether you decide to
continue posting here is your own choice but trying to diversify to an area
which is related to the common interest of a ML is really a good idea - for
allowing you to feel that you are not neglected, and that you somewhat
belong, even in a small way.
 

Monica
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