'I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness, too, so I stayed in the darkness with you...'
I had a fantastic week over the past week, riding on a wave of euphoria and giddiness. Then I got knocked off and dragged under by the usual unpleasant vagaries of life. Because my joy never lasts long before it gets tainted with some misery. But I use my journal to complain about trivial things too often- now I shall celebrate some of the small
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The relationship I have with my parents can only be described as tense!
Oh? *squishes* Do they have expectations you can't fulfil and that kind of thing? There's always some way you disappoint them? *sighs* This crap never gets old, no matter what age you are.
That's great that you're doing beta work, it's the best way to get involved. And Kathryn is lucky to have a wonderful beta :)
Thank you, sweetie, that's a lovely compliment and I confess, participating in fandom like this really makes me feel so proud and fulfilled.
It's just so hard to write and then have the fic go unnoticed. Sometimes, I have to wonder if I'm asking the wrong question! It's not, "When will the fic get its following," but rather, "Is the fic just bad?" Sorry for all this depressive, whiny rambling :( I've been having a tough week writing-wise.
*huggles* The muse is capricious, huh? I've always been terrible at keeping mine on a leash and making her work for me, such a flighty thing she is. Hope you sort out your fic issues, and you know, you're always welcome to come find me if you want to vent or whinge. Sometimes it helps to get it out and then go back with a clear mind.
Also, your fic has quite a decent response, I think, though it's a shame that you don't have more of a devoted following. IDK, sometimes it seems to me that the fics that jump to the physical intimacy and bypass realistic character development have more 'appeal' and I hate it, because I want the writers who actually care about a cogent storyline and character growth to get support, damn it!
I see crappier fics get hundreds of reviews on how amazing they are with much less merit. I don't get it, honestly. Some fics, I really think need to be weighed down with rocks and thrown into a deep well, and yet they're so popular, baffling!
You know I adore your fic, and I'm planning to read through and review it later on [I actually had a memo on my phone that just went off- 'rev labrt', lol, I'm so off-schedule *ohnoes*] but I have the worst cramps right now and it's all I can do to reply to the people I've been putting off for ages in case they think I don't love them.
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Yep, all the above :-) I am an old hand at parental hatred...
You know I adore your fic, and I'm planning to read through and review it later on [I actually had a memo on my phone that just went off- 'rev labrt', lol, I'm so off-schedule *ohnoes*] but I have the worst cramps right now and it's all I can do to reply to the people I've been putting off for ages in case they think I don't love them.
Thank you so much! It means a tremendous amount that you think that. *squishes you* Are your cramps any better?
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I think healthy, positive relationships with parents are a myth, really, just something out of Seventh Heaven and never intended to be emulated in RL. It's impossible!
It means a tremendous amount that you think that. *
Dude, I friended you so I could keep track of your writing, so obviously I like your fic more than a little bit! Lucky for me, you turned out to be a great friend as well. ^_^
And yeah, I'm feeling all right today, a lot better than before. I hate my body, honestly: [TMI alert!] last time I didn't get my period for three months, so I thought I was safe for a while yet, and now a month later, it shows up on time, ugh. Didn't help that I went and played a brutal session of tennis with mother, further punishing my body...yeah, it was not happy AT ALL, lol. It hurt so much just sitting down on a comfy chair and being on the internet, which says a lot, 'coz usually I'm never happier than when I'm online. So you see why I left reviewing til later- the state I was in, I'd've been like 'good chapter, then end. Bye now'. :P
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