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1. So, ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
slhuang, who I would like to state for the record is a bad influence, talked me into doing Camp Nano. (By "talked me into", I suppose it was more like "invited me to join her cabin" and I said sure. XD So, yeah, much arm-twisting was required.) The only problem is, I don't have the first clue what project to work on. I feel like any of my bigger projects need more prep time than I have. I suppose my options are:
- Work on multiple smaller projects, all counting toward one "novel" for Nano purposes.
- Just pick something kinda short, and call that one my Nano project, but work on other things too.
- Pick one of the novels already. Outlining is for the weak!
2. The poll to pick April's theme is still running at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
collarcorner. Right now, AU and h/c are way ahead of the other options, and tied. If it's still a tie in the morning, I'll break it via random selection. If anyone has a specific preference between the two and wants to change their vote, go for it!
3. I was thinking about how differently the pace of posting works on LJ/DW versus Twitter and Tumblr. Not that I've been doing much on either of the latter two lately (though I really DO mean to start posting more Kismet stuff over on Tumblr) but I find myself thinking about timing of posting things over there, which I never really do on LJ/DW. That is, if I have an LJ post to make and it's 2 a.m., I'm just like, okay, gonna post it, people will find it. (I expect there is probably a little difference in exposure based on when you post, but it's not something I ever really think about. And half the time, I'm just posting for myself anyway.) Similarly, relinking to stuff I've already posted is not really a thing I do, though I notice it's something I'm increasingly seeing people do on LJ, which I suspect might be a carryover from Tumblr. (It actually is useful -- I've noticed the more I see people link to things, the more likely I am to overcome general inertia and check them out. Which I consistently ignore when it comes to my own projects like Kismet, because I'm pathologically worried about annoying people if I talk about them all the time. >_>)
Tumblr, though ... if you post at a "dead" time, it's quite likely only a few people will see it and then it'll get lost in the shuffle of incoming posts/reblogs, and vanish into Tumblr purgatory forever. Unfortunately, my primary goofing-off-online time -- late in the evening, Alaska time -- is one of the Tumblr dead times. But I find myself thinking a LOT about the timing of when to post stuff, and trying to calculate it for maximum exposure if I'm going to post a piece of fanart or whatever. It feels terribly mercenary and I'm not even sure it helps, but ... yeah. Do most people do that?
slhuang, who I would like to state for the record is a bad influence, talked me into doing Camp Nano. (By "talked me into", I suppose it was more like "invited me to join her cabin" and I said sure. XD So, yeah, much arm-twisting was required.) The only problem is, I don't have the first clue what project to work on. I feel like any of my bigger projects need more prep time than I have. I suppose my options are:- Work on multiple smaller projects, all counting toward one "novel" for Nano purposes.
- Just pick something kinda short, and call that one my Nano project, but work on other things too.
- Pick one of the novels already. Outlining is for the weak!
2. The poll to pick April's theme is still running at
collarcorner. Right now, AU and h/c are way ahead of the other options, and tied. If it's still a tie in the morning, I'll break it via random selection. If anyone has a specific preference between the two and wants to change their vote, go for it!3. I was thinking about how differently the pace of posting works on LJ/DW versus Twitter and Tumblr. Not that I've been doing much on either of the latter two lately (though I really DO mean to start posting more Kismet stuff over on Tumblr) but I find myself thinking about timing of posting things over there, which I never really do on LJ/DW. That is, if I have an LJ post to make and it's 2 a.m., I'm just like, okay, gonna post it, people will find it. (I expect there is probably a little difference in exposure based on when you post, but it's not something I ever really think about. And half the time, I'm just posting for myself anyway.) Similarly, relinking to stuff I've already posted is not really a thing I do, though I notice it's something I'm increasingly seeing people do on LJ, which I suspect might be a carryover from Tumblr. (It actually is useful -- I've noticed the more I see people link to things, the more likely I am to overcome general inertia and check them out. Which I consistently ignore when it comes to my own projects like Kismet, because I'm pathologically worried about annoying people if I talk about them all the time. >_>)
Tumblr, though ... if you post at a "dead" time, it's quite likely only a few people will see it and then it'll get lost in the shuffle of incoming posts/reblogs, and vanish into Tumblr purgatory forever. Unfortunately, my primary goofing-off-online time -- late in the evening, Alaska time -- is one of the Tumblr dead times. But I find myself thinking a LOT about the timing of when to post stuff, and trying to calculate it for maximum exposure if I'm going to post a piece of fanart or whatever. It feels terribly mercenary and I'm not even sure it helps, but ... yeah. Do most people do that?
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It's good to know that timing didn't matter too much for you, though. I suspect it doesn't actually make as much difference as it feels like it does.