I got a third comment yesterday. This one is pretty successful. And yes, I think that Gerri and Roman together make a huge difference. I am pretty sure most people do searches according to pairings, so they are more apt to click on this one than they were my other one. It's kind of funny though, because Roman has been alone this entire story except for the first chapter so besides being 'together' in name, that's all there is because part of the plot behind this is the fact that Gerri doesn't want anyone to know they're a couple. So, I've managed to totally Gypsy Rose Lee their relationship. LOL Which is fine by me because even though I've grown more comfortable writing female characters, I still don't enjoy making them couples.
LOL Genius! Great way to lure in people who ship them without actually having to write much about them together.
Considering how I write, surprisingly I don't really write myself into corners all that often. Most of my ideas for the next chapter comes to me during the night as I'm failing to go to sleep. So, I might feel stuck, but then a lightbulb pops up on top of my head and I'm able to move forward. I think one of the reasons the lack of readership or whatever it is concerning the MINE story is because of how intricate the plot was. Not that anyone would get how hard that is to write a complicated suspense storyline unless you've tried it yourself, but the fact that no one is reading what I consider to be some of my best work is annoying! LOL
That's good! Lying in bed at night is a good place to get ideas. So is the shower. I'll also get them driving to and from work sometimes. I always feel so inspired on my way home, and by the time I get home, I'm too tired and hungry to write anything. Hence why mornings work better these days.
That is so frustrating when you put all that effort into writing a complicated plot, and it turns out well but gets little to no response from readers. I've been there before, and it sucks. But so much is dependent on readers' preferences. For example, AU stories rarely do as well as canon stories, and gen fics are not as popular as romance.
Okay, interesting. I think writing them became increasingly difficult for me as they got older. At first people really enjoyed reading the bromances, but then I feel like as they settled, everyone became more about romance. It's weird you don't really hear Romance as a genre anymore. It seems like it's all about 'shipping' more so than calling it a romance.
Yes, we probably sound old-fashioned calling it "romance," but that's what it is. In the BSB fandom on AO3, there seem to be more slash stories shipping the Boys together than platonic bromances. Romance with original female characters is still pretty prevalent there too. But slash has made a big comeback. I don't mind slash as much as I used to because at least it's still centered on the guys, but I still prefer bromance. It is definitely harder to come up with those bromantic storylines now that they're middle-aged men who don't really hang out with each other much outside of work. That's where a little creative license and occasional killing of wives comes in handy LOL.
I had forgotten you wrote and ER crossover. I was going to ask as a question, do you find people are asking for crossovers more? It might just be because this is a show, but I find that so many people are just taking shows or movies that already exist and plopping the Succession people in them. Like Bridgerton, or The Bear, stuff like that. I don't think I'd ever really be successful at anything like that because unless I really knew the show, I would feel lost. I know you're a huge ER fan so I'm sure it was easy for you, but I had toyed with the idea to do a BSB Supernatural crossover back in the day, but I couldn't handle it.
I do think an Only Murders in the Building crossover might be fun, but again, not that comfortable with that show, but that might be a fun one to play around with. LOL
Considering it took me like 8 years to write the ten-chapter ER crossover, I'm not surprised you forgot about it LOL. I talked about it here way back when I was first planning the idea, but it was always a side project, so I didn't devote much time to it until 2020. I had fun writing it, though, and I think it turned out pretty good.
No, I don't think anyone has ever asked me to do a crossover LOL. It may just be due to differences in fandoms. Most of the BSB crossovers are with other musicians. I still see NSYNC and Eminem being paired with BSB in the tags. I have mixed feelings on crossovers because they only really appeal to people who are familiar with both fandoms, but they are fun to write. They're also a challenge, though, because you do have to be really familiar with both. The ER one was a natural fit for me because I love ER, and so was the Harry Potter one I was writing until The Cursed Child ruined it for me. But I'm not sure what other fandoms I could write that knowledgably. Maybe The Walking Dead? But I don't think I have another zombie apocalypse story in me LOL. Only Murders in the Building would be fun and a great opportunity to write a mystery! But that does sound like a challenge.