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Questions to ponder part 11
balance:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 05, 2014, 05:08:32 PM --- It seems silly now, but I was only 14 and paranoid about giving out any kind of personal info over the internet (which I wish today's 14 years olds still were!).
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I teach at an elementary school, and the number of kids who have facebook and twitter accounts, and post selfies and their locations is scary! :o
mare:
I don't actually remember who I sent feedback to first, technically but I do know it was either Jenna and Swenglish or Chaos. The whole idea of emailing strangers was kind of weird to me as well, Julie. I was kind of shy and so new to this whole fanfic thing, I had no clue what I was even going to say.
I think my first review was probably really generic, like I really loved what you wrote blah blah blah! I don't think Chaos ever wrote back to my original one because in all fairness to him I read it off of a site where Ground Zero was actually not complete so who knows if he ever even got the email. I was really happy when Swenglish answered my feedback though. I'm not sure if I heard back from both of them. I think it was just Kris that replied.
I also sent feedback to Kat and Amy for Can You Keep a Secret and they responded right away.
I think when I started writing, the first real feedback I got in the form of an email was from Kat as well as Swenglish which I did fangirl over as well. LOL
We all developed a bond through mutual admiration and it stayed strong for many years. Sadly, I lost touch with Kris but I still consider Kat and Amy two of my best BSB buds. I love them both to death and would have never ever gotten to know them if it hadn't been for giving them feedback and responding to feedback. Which is once again why I think it is so important! I honestly think that's how I became friends with mostly everyone in this fandom! Because I took the time to either review their stuff or respond to their reviews and obviously they did the same.
balance:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 05, 2014, 05:08:32 PM ---Good question! I remember the first piece of fanfic I recieved for the first story I posted anywhere, Heartache. It came about a month after my story was online, which was super exciting for me because I wasn't expecting feedback at all. I don't remember exactly what it said, but it was an email from a girl named Heidi, who went on to become my first online friend after I replied to her and we started exchanging emails. It turned out she was a Brian fan too and liked the same kind of stories I did. She wrote, too, and had a website, so she started hosting me, and eventually I started my site and started hosting her, and then we starting writing together. I guess the fact that we became friends through a piece of feedback shows how much it meant to me.
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I know feedback is the reason why most my online friendships occurred! We'd exchange e-mails about a story and move onto conversations about health problems and exchanging recipes. ;D
mare:
--- Quote from: balance on July 05, 2014, 05:23:16 PM ---I teach at an elementary school, and the number of kids who have facebook and twitter accounts, and post selfies and their locations is scary! :o
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I agree! In fact I put my twitter on private because I get too many of them trying to find me on there! Same with facebook! Ugh these kids grow up too fast!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: balance on July 05, 2014, 05:23:16 PM ---I teach at an elementary school, and the number of kids who have facebook and twitter accounts, and post selfies and their locations is scary! :o
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I know!! I didn't know you were a teacher too! :) What do you teach?
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