lunabee34

I'm crap at coming up with titles and thus then crap at remembering which story goes with a given title, but (perhaps because I've written relatively few stories) once I actually see a story I remember it fairly well, often including why I made certain authorial choices.

I know the "stale" issue is one reason people give for not feedbacking (though I had forgotten it during this conversation). Personally I always welcome feedback on my work, regardless of how old it is -- though I know people have rightfully complained about getting thorough crits on old work when the crit really isn't relevant anymore because they've improved on those scores or for whatever other reason.

Basically what it comes down to is that I am going to continue acting towards other people as I would want them to act toward me, but it is good for me to learn/be reminded of how other people prefer to act/be acted toward, and most of all I wish that people were clear about all this. It makes me sad that people might read a fic of mine and not send me fb because they don't feel comfortable critting a stranger or because the fic is "old" but I also wouldn't want to waste my time sending fb (crit or no) to someone who honestly doesn't want it. I'm not sure I could be any clearer re: my own fb preferences in my story headers, but so many people don't mention anything in their headers so I default to my safest position: sending praise if I have any, mentioning typos only if I also have praise, etc.

P.S. Ah, got it. :)