thanks, AO3!

[marcicat]

I’ve been striking out finding awesome fic via pinboard recently, so I’ve been working my way through other peoples’ bookmarks on AO3. (Pick a fic I like, click through to the author’s page, scroll their bookmarks.) Surprisingly successful!

…and it also brings me to a mention I’ve been meaning to make about subscriptions. Every once in a while I’ll see a comment pop up on tumblr expressing surprise (and sometimes lols) about people subscribing to works that are clearly listed as complete. Yes, because subscriptions are a fantastic and (possibly? based on those comments?) underused tool for *invisible bookmarking.*

Let’s say you’re reading fanfic (::cough:: at work ::cough::) somewhere other than your usual computer. And a fic seems good, but you haven’t finished it and your lunch break is almost over. You don’t want to lose it, but you’re not sure yet if it warrants a bookmark, and you have a limited amount of time, since you still need to clear the browser cache before you go back to work. Easy solution! Hit the subscribe button, and the fic will pop up on your list of subscriptions — a list which is not visible to your myriad fans. Or your family, if they know your AO3 author name but not, say, your interest in reading fic about Jack Frost and the Easter Bunny raising alien babies together.

(Also, from the writing side of things, I’m pretty sure there are a couple fics that I’ve posted as 1 of 1, and then later changed my mind and posted a second chapter as 2 of 2. Stories aren’t always as simple as done or not done.)

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.

Comments

[bluemeridian]

If you have viewing history turned on (at the bottom of Preferences, under Misc), then that's another way to do it. I've gone that route when switching between devices.

[marcicat]

Thanks! I'll give that a try!