Nostalgia for things I'm glad are gone

[crantz]

When I joined fandom you had to submit your fics to an archive if you didn't run one yourself, or hope someone contacted you wanting to archive your fic from a mailing list. Or you had to, gasp, use fanfiction dot net which had a habit of deleting your fics at the random and coded like a cow but I think also had the sting of not having met some sort of editorial approval.

I'm glad fanfiction dot net is still among us, but I'm also glad archive of our own has become a hub. It's so useful! It has so many options! And no shame in uploading to it!

(that said, I really do want to use my webspace to make a fic archive for myself. I've got one for my original fiction but what if the worst happens? How then will people see my fic about Howl and Chrestomanci on vacation??)

Comments

[crantz]

It got lots of compliments!

[phosfate]

Yay!