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How to experience the ultimate ego trip:
1. Post fic to wildly popular mailing list (extra bonus points if it has 1000+ members). It doesn't matter if your fic is crap; there is a high enough idiot percentage to guarantee that SOMEONE will think you're the greatest thing since Tolkien. Or at least Danielle Steele. Watch the feedback pour (or at least trickle) in. Expect mainly one-liners, but hey, at least they're telling you that you're the greatest thing since Tolkien! (Or Danielle Steele.) Stroke ego.
2. Post a Popular Pairing (TM) fic to that pairing's personal mailing list. Your fic can really be utter crap now. Ratio of idiots to competent readers: astronomical. Expect deluge of misspelled feedback. Count the smiley faces. Extra special bonus points if there are more correctly-typed smileys than correctly-spelled words. Continue stroking ego.
3. Post ANYTHING to fanfiction.net. Well, anything they still allow, anyway. Don't be worried if your feedback mainly consists of "this is grat!!!!!1!! can u read my fic? :):):) its at [insert url here]. thanx!!!!!!!11!!!1 u roxors." This is just their way of expressing their undying love and devotion. Also, they can't spell "Tolkien" (or "Danielle Steele") so it would be hard for them to compare your greatness to his. Take pity on the poor creatures -- just bask in their worship. Bonus points if you get more trolls than actual reviews -- this just means you're REALLY cool. Feel free to post scathing responses to trolls, then continue stroking ego.
4. Post a twelve-billion-part-long elf-related saga to Slashlords. You won't get much feedback, but you can take pride in the fact that your art is just so far superior to everyone else's. ::sniff:: Pedestrians. Besides, you're too far above Tolkien (and even Danielle Steele!) for them to understand. They are not worthy to stroke your ego. Stroke it yourself.
::kaydee bashes her head into a wall::
Why, yes, I've been reading too many mailing list fics, how could you tell?
1. Post fic to wildly popular mailing list (extra bonus points if it has 1000+ members). It doesn't matter if your fic is crap; there is a high enough idiot percentage to guarantee that SOMEONE will think you're the greatest thing since Tolkien. Or at least Danielle Steele. Watch the feedback pour (or at least trickle) in. Expect mainly one-liners, but hey, at least they're telling you that you're the greatest thing since Tolkien! (Or Danielle Steele.) Stroke ego.
2. Post a Popular Pairing (TM) fic to that pairing's personal mailing list. Your fic can really be utter crap now. Ratio of idiots to competent readers: astronomical. Expect deluge of misspelled feedback. Count the smiley faces. Extra special bonus points if there are more correctly-typed smileys than correctly-spelled words. Continue stroking ego.
3. Post ANYTHING to fanfiction.net. Well, anything they still allow, anyway. Don't be worried if your feedback mainly consists of "this is grat!!!!!1!! can u read my fic? :):):) its at [insert url here]. thanx!!!!!!!11!!!1 u roxors." This is just their way of expressing their undying love and devotion. Also, they can't spell "Tolkien" (or "Danielle Steele") so it would be hard for them to compare your greatness to his. Take pity on the poor creatures -- just bask in their worship. Bonus points if you get more trolls than actual reviews -- this just means you're REALLY cool. Feel free to post scathing responses to trolls, then continue stroking ego.
4. Post a twelve-billion-part-long elf-related saga to Slashlords. You won't get much feedback, but you can take pride in the fact that your art is just so far superior to everyone else's. ::sniff:: Pedestrians. Besides, you're too far above Tolkien (and even Danielle Steele!) for them to understand. They are not worthy to stroke your ego. Stroke it yourself.
::kaydee bashes her head into a wall::
Why, yes, I've been reading too many mailing list fics, how could you tell?
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