Music and a poll

[geoviki]

I just posted four songs on audiography, one of which is a gorgeous jazz ballad by Les McCann, With These Hands. Songs available to upload for one week.

My next topic was going to be "Why Frozen Strawberry Daquiris are the Adult Equivalent of the Slurpee, and Why I Need to Find a New Drink To Order In Bars", but I think I covered the whole discussion in the topic sentence. Which means it's time for a poll.

I don't do enough polls. For "not enough" read "more than the lone one I did about a year ago". This one feeds my little worried obsession about whether or not I'm normal. You know the feeling? Am I doing it as often as everyone else or am I abnormal? I'm talking about reading Works In Progress; why, what do you think I was talking about?

I glance through a few of the Harry/Draco comms on occasion, because I can sometimes help with recs or fic searches, but I find I cruise right on by all the WsIPs there, because I rarely commit to an unfinished story. I have a few that I keep up with, but it has to be compelling to tip me over the edge to read them in the volume I used to as a newbie. And it's not only the fear of being left hanging, although that is a concern. Sometimes I want to wait and indulge in one fell swoop - I think it helps my enjoyment of the fic. Well, plus I have a spotty memory these days from being a young adult during the '70's and a menopausal mother now.

What about you? You can even tell me which WsIP you follow in the comments if you like.

[Poll #645057]

Comments

[murklins.livejournal.com]

I am a statistical anomaly. I follow far more than twelve WiPs and I definitely read more of them now than I did as a fandom newbie. But how could it be otherwise? WiPs are far more likely to drag on and on for years than they are to finish. And new WiPs are started at a *much* faster rate than ongoing WiPs are completed. As a WiP-lover, the list of WiPs I am following will only ever grow.

I do read WiPs in a different way than I used to, though. Initially, I would check on a bi-weekly basis for new installments of all the WiPs I was following and then read the new parts immediately. Now, I voraciously read all the available chapters, then go away for a few months and let the updates pile up a bit. Sometimes I even wait for the story to finish, or go on indefinite hiatus. I really like to read a lot of words in one sitting. Exceptions to my mandatory waiting period policy are WiPs with individual updates that are so massively long that I can wallow in them for long enough to really feel satified.

Everyone's mentioned Shadow of His Wings and Maya's current WiPs, so I'll note caligryphy's Snape/Lupin story, A Soft Place to Sleep (http://www.livejournal.com/users/caligryphy/5442.html). Seven chapters so far, marvellously detailed, last updated in November.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Wow! I admire your diligence. I am afraid that my memory is not quite what it used to be, and if I try too many WIPs at once, I'll explode! But like you, I like to read a lot of words at one sitting.