How Do Y'all Post?

[phoenixtears]

So I'm writing this fic.  It's at 29K now and I predict it will wrap up around 45-ish.   I don't have a paid account (and I wouldn't know how to do one anyway), so I can only do my own super lame totally old skool bad-ass non-bubble-button poll:

When you post long fic, do you:

a) Post the whole thing all at once in one hugeongous post?

b) Post it in pieces, say 10K each or so?

c) Eat Fig Newtons?

d) None of the above and let me tell you why...

Thanks so much!  My fear is that it just won't get read -- because it's long, because I'm new and don't have a huge readership yet, because I've only just begun to recruit Sirius/Harry shippers and I have a long way to go, because y'all's BUSY -- so ANY help/advice anyone can give on how best to post in this wonderful HP world would be so gratefully received!  And if you answer and then prompt me, I'll write you the drabble of your choice!  \o/

Comments

[abrae]

Just chiming in to say that I'm an equal-opportunity fic whore, and I'll pimp it just about anywhere; which, in practical terms, means that I have accounts at LJ/IJ/DW, AO3, as well as ff.net and HPFandom. In my experience, AO3 has the most pleasant reading interface (although I do 'read later' on Instapaper for the best, although this is sometimes flaky depending on how something is coded), but as shellydkitty says above, comments are few and far between there. I've found that, for sheer volume of feedback, ff.net is the best, but they have no-porn rules there that, while wildly flouted by almost everyone, it seems, I take seriously. HPFandom is nice if you want to watch hit counts (as is AO3, as shellydkitty says), and might have some luck with a 'niche' pairing (although I think there's maybe more Sirius/Harry than you might think? Maybe?). All this said, I also do most of my reading on IJ/LJ/DW, and it's easily where the 'good' comments live.

As for breaking it up - if it has natural breaks, break it up. If not, I kind of prefer fic - even long fic - in one place when feasible. But that's just me - when I'm reading on my iPad, I HATE having to go back and forth to get chapters to put on Instapaper. If it's all in one place (or you can get a printer version, like on HP fandom), then I far prefer that. Just my $.02. :)

[phoenixtears]

Great, great, great! I bow in thanks. *bows*