Loved this article by Kirsty Logan at the Pank Magazine Blog on her experience with joining the Fictionaut group:
Some of it is genius, some of it is crap, and some of it is probably amazing if I could only understand it. I read Fictionaut more avidly than I read any other magazines or websites, and I feel more connected to it; maybe because I feel like I know these writers.
It’s a lonely calling, this writing business, and it’s ego-bruising more often than it sets you flying, but the support of other writers is something that keeps one going sometimes. Kirsty says it well:
Because that’s what I love best about all this social media – the blogs, the status updates, the trackbacks. I love when people comment on one another’s words. I love dialogue. I love that people are responding to the thoughts of others.
On top of this, I found two messages today in response to my own commenting on there:
“Thanks for your comments on my story. I always look for your picture in the comments column, and if I don’t see it in a day or two, I delete the story!”
and
“Susan, your comment makes writing the story so worth it!”
That for me, as a fellow writer, is one of the best comments I could get back.
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I’m so glad you liked the article, Susan!
I believe that this sort of dialogue is the best thing about this shiny new internet age. Well, that or online Scrabble…
It’s kind of neat that stories inspire other stories, and challenges come up out of the blue that keep us all writing. Love the quality at fictionaut, though I wonder if it keeps me from reading the lit journals since so much is available right there.