I guess it's also that most of my friends are far more into slash and, while they support me with the femslash that I do write, I therefore don't have much sense of community with my femslash readers – it's easier to write something that I know my mates will enjoy, and harder to write something that I don't even know will be liked (though I don't consider myself a feedback-writer). Which is a shame.
Reading this makes me very sad. As a femslash reader and writer, I personally don't understand this lack of community you're experiencing. Ever since I dipped my toe in writing I've known nothing but support and encouragement from the lesbian and femslash community -- from other writers and from readers via comments and feedback. Though, admittedly, since I've been involved in small or rather inactive fandoms I've never really had a lot of comments, they've been consistantly supportive.
I'm also confused, because almost all of the femslash writers I've become friends with are just that -- femslash writers. They aren't slash writers, except in very, very rare instances. And it's not a regular occurance for them to write het. Perhaps the disconnect you feel has to do with being a slash writer rather than primarily a femslash writer???
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Date: 2011-04-29 12:55 am (UTC)Reading this makes me very sad. As a femslash reader and writer, I personally don't understand this lack of community you're experiencing. Ever since I dipped my toe in writing I've known nothing but support and encouragement from the lesbian and femslash community -- from other writers and from readers via comments and feedback. Though, admittedly, since I've been involved in small or rather inactive fandoms I've never really had a lot of comments, they've been consistantly supportive.
I'm also confused, because almost all of the femslash writers I've become friends with are just that -- femslash writers. They aren't slash writers, except in very, very rare instances. And it's not a regular occurance for them to write het. Perhaps the disconnect you feel has to do with being a slash writer rather than primarily a femslash writer???