Review Roundup: December 7th - 18th

Do you ever have people start noticing a particular story of yours, seemingly for no reason? Because I've had four or five people add The Showmare's Tale to their libraries in the past couple of days, and I have no idea why. I mean, I guess it was probably linked to somewhere, but I don't know where. If any of you happen to have the answer, I'm always curious to see what people are saying about my writing, even if it's some of my older stuff.

And on the subject of people liking to know what other people say about writing... here's what I've spent the last two weeks saying about peoples' writing! If you haven't visited One Man's Pony Ramblings recently, here's what you missed:

Monday, December 7, 2015: Mini-Reviews Round 109

Short reviews of Under a Willow Endlessly Weeping, by Emilia Hawke; On Target, by Kestrel; My Path, by Silver Moon; and Anarchive Reigns, by Aragon.

Wednesday, December 9, 2015: Fandom Classics Part 138: I Look Into The Flames And See

My review of Tramper's short story about Twilight Sparkle traveling far into the future, and learning exactly what she needs to.

Friday, December 11, 2015: Mini-Reviews Round 110

Short reviews of Tastes Like Heresy, by Bugsydor; Sundowner Season, by Cherax; and The Great Ponyville Snowball Fight, by 8686.

Monday, December 14, 2015: Fandom Classics Part 139: A Finer Vintage

My review of Sunchaser's tale of Celestia's post-A Canterlot Wedding drinking, and the conversations (and more) which came of it.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015: Mini-Reviews Round 111

Short reviews of The Royal Proposal, by Everyday; The Curious Predicament of the Princess of Friendship, by MidnightDancer; and The Meaning of Hearth's Warming, by Ezio Auditore.

Friday, December 18, 2015: Fandom Classics Part 140: Awakening

My review of solocitizen's tale of a far-future pony society where magic is nothing but a story told to foals... and an interplanetary shipper who can hear Twilight Sparkle speaking in her head.

Comments

[DannyJ]

Do you ever have people start noticing a particular story of yours, seemingly for no reason?

Yes.

All the time, yes.

Please, people, tell authors where you found their story if you came from somewhere unusual.

[Georg]

I get bursts of activity on other stories when I update anything. Sometimes, it's really nice.

[psychomotorboat]

You are the quintessential reason why that happens to other authors Chris and for that, I salute you

[Everyday]

Thank you for reviewing my story. I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as you did.
If I may ask, how did my story end up in your line-up?

[ponichaeism]

I mean, I guess it was probably linked to somewhere, but I don't know where.

You say that like you can't just click the "Statistics" button and get a color-coded pie chart of every link to your story.

[Chris]

3636345

But that doesn't track intra-FiMFic linkage! If someone, say, posted a link to me in a FiMFic blog, or put my story on their frontpage, the referral links don't tell me that.

3634004

I frequently trawl FiMFic for stories that look interesting, and I like Yaks. I found yours by typing "yaks" into the stories search bar--nothing more exciting than that, I'm afraid. Glad you appreciated the review!

3633453
3633433

Well, I'm hardly complaining; people reading my stuff is always nice. I'm just a little confused, because it's a fairly old story. Still, it's always pleasant to see those little notifications pop up, innit?