I got a lot of comments, at one time, and still do occasionally, about how I'm wasting my time on shortfics/drabbles, and how I should really concentrate on more worthwhile work and not flood people with smaller fics. And to an extent, I understand what they were saying -- I was turning out subpar work for the sake of it, sometimes. Still, what I write now is intended mostly to be, like you say, a 'quick fic fix', and I don't like the way I'm made to feel inconsiderate for it.