Finding Courage

[amberfocus]

I've been trying to decide whether or not to post Wolf Moon on Time and Chips.  I know, big chicken, me.  But part of it is that I'm just not sure Alt!Nine is really considered the Doctor for their purposes, though it does say any Doctor as long as it has Rose.  So probably, but I dunno.  Why am I so freaked out about this?  Teaspoon has treated me so well.  I know my stories are really liked.  I know I can write.  I know it.  So why does a new place to post in just bring up the major "freak out they're not gonna like me" fear?

I suppose maybe I should look for some place that has AU Doctor Who stories.  There's got to be a community on livejournal for that.  They have everything else.  Maybe if I google it I'll find something.  Still haven't learned my way around livejournal itself well enough to figure out how to search for it here.  Yeah, I'll have to get that figured out.  I've just been spending so much of my free time actually writing and then the little that is left over reading, that I haven't had time to explore here.

Course even if I do find one I'm still going to have to work up the courage to post it there, now aren't I?  Oh, grow up and get over this, girl.  You're how old now?  You can do this.  Squeak. 

Comments

Hey

[inwe-amandil.livejournal.com]

I followed you here from teaspoon when I saw your note about posting chapters of wolfmoon over here. (which by the way is absolutely brilliant, I hope we get to see some more rose Tardis interraction in the future :)) And while I realise posting at T&C can be nerve wracking considering it took me months to post my first piece of fanart there I have to say you should definately go for it if only for the pleasure of letting more people read your fabulous fic. :) I have to admit that I'm really horrible at reviewing I just tend to get so caught up in a story reviewing doesn't often ocur to me afterwards . I'm sure I'm not the only person around here like that but heaps of people at T&C would enjoy your story also theres an alt doctor rose comm (where incidentally your fic was recommended already) its http://community.livejournal.com/altdocrose/

-Inwe

P.S I see you got the hang of LJ cut thingie ma bobs TELL ME YOU'RE EVIL SECRET. Please

Re: Hey

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Oh, my, wow. Thanks. Glad you like Wolf Moon enough to come over here. Um, the LJ-cut thingie problem for me was that every time I tried to press the cut button I'd get my popup blocker saying I had to temporarily allow popups, so when I did, I had to once again hit the cut button and then it brought up the little screen and from there I was able to do it. My problem was expecting it to just continue once I hit the temporarily allow prompt. It didn't. My popup blocker makes me do it every single time but at least I've got it working now. Thanks for letting me know about the altdocrose community, too. I had no idea.

[lostwolfchats.livejournal.com]

Fancy you being nervous! They're a lovely bunch and have made me feel very welcome so just go for it!

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

I'll be fine once I start. It's the starting that's the hard part. Just have to push myself over that bump.

[sunnytyler001.livejournal.com]

As I've already said it on "Second chances", your story is amazing. People will enjoy reading it.
You've got adult!Rose still in love with her Doctor, a very sexy Alt!Nine, a prophecy about the Bad wolf & time!babies and a cheeky Tardis playing the matchmakers... plus you writing is brilliant.. what more can we ask for?
I'm honest, you're fic is one of my favourites for the moment. Not to publish it on other communities would be a shame, really!

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm so glad you like it so much.

Well liked stories

[slvrcrystalc.livejournal.com]

Of course your stories are well liked! So well liked that you've been recommended in the Quite_Right_too comm. Aparently, if you hadn't posted, someone likes you well enough to get you out to the LJ community anyway.

You didn't comment in the post, so I thought you might like to know about it.=)

http://community.livejournal.com/quite_right_too/16196.html

Re: Well liked stories

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, HonorH told me she did that. I was floored but happy and finally got over my case of nerves to post it in a couple different places. Thanks for saying something, though. *smiles*

[lac.livejournal.com]

I followed you over here from time and Chips...and I have to admit, I'm really liking the story. I read the last bit you posted and then came over here to read the rest of it. You can write and the story is really good.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that is so kind of you to say. I'm glad you liked the story enough to come on over.

[katecarter.livejournal.com]

So, I know this is old(er), but I stumbled across this tonight...it's a newer Doctor/Rose site. The downside is there seems to be some familiar LJ/Teaspoon people, but it's a potential new audience...

http://shiverandshake.paperthin-hymn.com/index.php

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

I think lostwolf mentioned that site, too. I'm not sure how much I'll go outside of Teaspoon or my own journal after I'm done with Wolf Moon because all the cross posting is time-consuming. Teaspoon has settled down so my earlier frustration with them is pretty much gone. But I think I'll keep an eye on shiver and shake anyway. It looks promising.