Modern art makes me giggle. (Or should that be new-age art?) Particularily pieces like this:
*snicker* I love that! I wonder if Nerdanel's "strong and strange shapes" ever took that particular shape. *evil grin*
Do you know, I had a mad urge to post a bunch of my Silmfiction, unedited and completely devoted to Feanor, Nerdanel, their Sons, and etc., when the thing with LtoH/TBB happened.
Ai. Well, if you ever decide to post there, you know that I have your back. ;) She's learned her lesson about messing with me and, more importantly, messing with my friends. ;)
How about another archive? HASA, Tolkien Fan Fiction, SoA, LotR Fan Fiction ... I'd suggest OSA as they're so supportive over there, but it's an adult archive. :^/ The SWG LJ community doesn't get a lot of feedback but lots of people read there.
I'm not sure what my stance towards my writing/drawing is. >.> The only concrete thing I have is that I'm really cagey about them/it.
I think that's normal. I see my writing/painting as full of flaws. Sometimes, I think that you all say nice things about my stories just to be nice. (This isn't an invitation to deny this, btw ... just the truth of how I perceive my work.) I've noticed that the writers whose stories I like the most are the writers who are the harshest critics of their work. I think that's why they're so good: because they're always striving to improve to meet their impossible standards versus being content with work that is "good enough." I hate stories that I wrote just a year ago. In five years, I suspect that I won't even be able to read AMC anymore; parts of it, I wince to read now.
So I understand your unease. :) But you're work is certainly good enough to share, imho; just let me know when you do so that I may review the heck out of you. ;)
I don't know whether I should feel guilty or proud about this...
Oh, it's not a bad thing! I'll admit that I sometimes try to cross lines because it's easier to shock people than to clearly create a more banal emotion, so this sort of piece is a challenge that I need.
Ai. Well, if you ever decide to post there, you know that I have your back. ;) She's learned her lesson about messing with me and, more importantly, messing with my friends. ;)
Ah yes, I saw that. *grins* February seems to have been the flaming month. (Flamer Flaunting Festival...I can see it now.) Everything has quieted now.
How about another archive? HASA, Tolkien Fan Fiction, SoA, LotR Fan Fiction ...
Funnily enough, I joined up at HASA on the 24th. It seems to have a wonderful atmosphere. And eep! I feel extremely bad about not giving feedback over at SWG, and basically being inactive. :| *must try to remedy that*
Yeah, February was ... weird. Entirely too much time was wasted on stupid stuff.
Not that I regret standing up for what I did, but my stomach lining doesn't need the petty foolishness of a few eejits. ;)
On HASA ... I was kind of slow in getting readers there. Now, I get the second-most feedback there of the four archives where I am posting AMC. (The first being, of course, the Pit of Voles. :) I've always gotten along well there, but then, I've gotten along well at all of the archives I belong too. That might be more my easy-going nature than anything. :)
But when you post there, please let me know! I've gotten readers from people who saw my stories reviewed in the comments section, so I'll leave you lots of comments! ;)
(And hopefully, in a few months, SWG will have a real archive for posting too!)
*snicker* I love that! I wonder if Nerdanel's "strong and strange shapes" ever took that particular shape. *evil grin*
Do you know, I had a mad urge to post a bunch of my Silmfiction, unedited and completely devoted to Feanor, Nerdanel, their Sons, and etc., when the thing with LtoH/TBB happened.
Ai. Well, if you ever decide to post there, you know that I have your back. ;) She's learned her lesson about messing with me and, more importantly, messing with my friends. ;)
How about another archive? HASA, Tolkien Fan Fiction, SoA, LotR Fan Fiction ... I'd suggest OSA as they're so supportive over there, but it's an adult archive. :^/ The SWG LJ community doesn't get a lot of feedback but lots of people read there.
I'm not sure what my stance towards my writing/drawing is. >.> The only concrete thing I have is that I'm really cagey about them/it.
I think that's normal. I see my writing/painting as full of flaws. Sometimes, I think that you all say nice things about my stories just to be nice. (This isn't an invitation to deny this, btw ... just the truth of how I perceive my work.) I've noticed that the writers whose stories I like the most are the writers who are the harshest critics of their work. I think that's why they're so good: because they're always striving to improve to meet their impossible standards versus being content with work that is "good enough." I hate stories that I wrote just a year ago. In five years, I suspect that I won't even be able to read AMC anymore; parts of it, I wince to read now.
So I understand your unease. :) But you're work is certainly good enough to share, imho; just let me know when you do so that I may review the heck out of you. ;)
I don't know whether I should feel guilty or proud about this...
Oh, it's not a bad thing! I'll admit that I sometimes try to cross lines because it's easier to shock people than to clearly create a more banal emotion, so this sort of piece is a challenge that I need.
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Ah yes, I saw that. *grins* February seems to have been the flaming month. (Flamer Flaunting Festival...I can see it now.) Everything has quieted now.
How about another archive? HASA, Tolkien Fan Fiction, SoA, LotR Fan Fiction ...
Funnily enough, I joined up at HASA on the 24th. It seems to have a wonderful atmosphere. And eep! I feel extremely bad about not giving feedback over at SWG, and basically being inactive. :| *must try to remedy that*
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Not that I regret standing up for what I did, but my stomach lining doesn't need the petty foolishness of a few eejits. ;)
On HASA ... I was kind of slow in getting readers there. Now, I get the second-most feedback there of the four archives where I am posting AMC. (The first being, of course, the Pit of Voles. :) I've always gotten along well there, but then, I've gotten along well at all of the archives I belong too. That might be more my easy-going nature than anything. :)
But when you post there, please let me know! I've gotten readers from people who saw my stories reviewed in the comments section, so I'll leave you lots of comments! ;)
(And hopefully, in a few months, SWG will have a real archive for posting too!)
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