Royal Canterlot Library Second Anniversary Dealie · 2:55pm Oct 4th, 2015
Looks like I'll be coming in fourth among authors, fifth among stories (The Descendant had two stories in the contest). That's a pretty good result for me, given what The New Crop was up against. There were a lot of really well-respected authors there.
I never expected to win that contest, but I definitely exceeded where I thought I'd come in. That's a really nice feeling. I'd like to thank Inquisitor M for tirelessly campaigning for that story. His belief in it means a lot to me.
So in the end, I didn't win, but it barely matters. I got a lot of visibility and it was great just to be competitive with that kind of a field. A big thanks to all of you that gave me a vote. It was amazing for me.
I fucking knew it...
The only story I didn't want to win is in the lead. Ho hum.
Did they convince Desccy to resubmit?
3442173 The Descendant and I had a little conversation about it, and I believe some other people spoke to him, as well. He decided to stay in the race. He was just a little sensitive that his followers would make it unfair to those of us without thousands, but that's kind of against the spirit of the thing. It's the voters choice. In the end, he didn't even win unless there's been a last second surge, so it didn't end up being a big deal.
Besides your story, the only one of these I've even read is my own nominee, now second to last above a Blueblood shipfic. I guess I'm out of touch with the tastes of the fandom.
3442900 There are so many stories on this site that it's pretty hard to have even read one percent of what the fandom collectively considers to be top tier fics. I've only read a couple of the stories I'm up against, but I've read other stuff from most of the authors.
3442173 Yes, but he took down his advertising blogpost.