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A few things --
--- I need to refresh my list of LJ friends. My list is way too full of people who update about once every 2-3 months and every post is a "gee, I haven't written here in a long time" post. I get it, I'm guilty of that, but I need an active friends list to read. As it used to be, one day of reading my friends page would occupy me for a few hours and now I'm lucky to see one post in a day. Or every other day. That's sad, guys. I suppose it's easier to write a one-liner and put it up on Facebook or Twitter, but I don't care for one-line updates and things like "its cold in here" and "some guy flipped me off earlier wtf" every now and again is obnoxious and... typically not worth even sparing a comment. I like my social networking without a character limit, thanks. Life doesn't come in drabbles.
Adding spree inc? Somewhat. I peruse a lot of random journals -- if so many weren't flocked, I'll never know if they're someone worthwhile, but whatever is whatever -- and if I happen to think I'd hit it off well with someone, I might add them for the reading material.
Which brings up something else entirely:
--- I need to be networking. After a few months of digging in places both escalated and advertised to the lesser-known quiet circles, I'm not seeing an RP in existence that doubles as both PB and Writing-based. While there is one in the makings by someone else who I REALLY WANT TO WRITE WITH, the setting is really outside of my range of interests and no matter how I try to wrack my brain for a premise, I'm coming up dry and uninspired and I'm pretty emo about this. The only solution that draws to mind is that I set in motion the one idea that's been growing inside of my head, all of this inspiration I've been drawing from reading so many classics lately that focus more on the philosophy of the age than the story itself, my head just goes fucking wild with different notions and paths I could take in putting it into practice.
That the book I just finished was The Picture of Dorian Gray should say something about just how fklsagm;lamgslkng I am -- it added so much to the premise as all of the ideas of morality and circumstance touched together in all the right places... and yet....
I don't have the social network together right now after being absent out of writing circles for too long to create a solid community for a new RPG. Strong, prolific writers just don't grow on trees, especially ones who haven't been scared out of original writing by all the baddies shitting out mary sues left and right. Sigh.
And last:
--- scarletmeans <--- my OC and muse writing journal. It's friends locked as I can't imagine that anyone who doesn't know me would care to read it, unless they are browsing for something to plagiarize... in which case, yes, lets lock it, these stories are my treasure. Add it, if you like.
My old fanfiction all now exists at lastofromance. Although I only have a slim amount of writing posted thus far, its functional at the moment, regardless. Though I don't know that I'll ever update it with fresher material. I want to, but something feels out of place with my writing style versus RPS. I'll likely be better off hitting up an exchange the next time one rolls around to push some motivation into fic more recent than 2005. It seems like without flaily spammy AIM conversations in caps, I can't churn out fanfic at all -- I was always coerced into darkness inspired by friends and wrote for my friends. We'll see.
Belatedly, Happy New Year! I had a vacation from my computer for a bit as Jikate was hogging me, my attention, and often my computer too. Boyfriends are a joy, I assure you -- only not a joy to the people who might have actually wanted to get in contact with me. D:
But the holidays were hectic, and now they are over with.
Life as normal.
--- I need to refresh my list of LJ friends. My list is way too full of people who update about once every 2-3 months and every post is a "gee, I haven't written here in a long time" post. I get it, I'm guilty of that, but I need an active friends list to read. As it used to be, one day of reading my friends page would occupy me for a few hours and now I'm lucky to see one post in a day. Or every other day. That's sad, guys. I suppose it's easier to write a one-liner and put it up on Facebook or Twitter, but I don't care for one-line updates and things like "its cold in here" and "some guy flipped me off earlier wtf" every now and again is obnoxious and... typically not worth even sparing a comment. I like my social networking without a character limit, thanks. Life doesn't come in drabbles.
Adding spree inc? Somewhat. I peruse a lot of random journals -- if so many weren't flocked, I'll never know if they're someone worthwhile, but whatever is whatever -- and if I happen to think I'd hit it off well with someone, I might add them for the reading material.
Which brings up something else entirely:
--- I need to be networking. After a few months of digging in places both escalated and advertised to the lesser-known quiet circles, I'm not seeing an RP in existence that doubles as both PB and Writing-based. While there is one in the makings by someone else who I REALLY WANT TO WRITE WITH, the setting is really outside of my range of interests and no matter how I try to wrack my brain for a premise, I'm coming up dry and uninspired and I'm pretty emo about this. The only solution that draws to mind is that I set in motion the one idea that's been growing inside of my head, all of this inspiration I've been drawing from reading so many classics lately that focus more on the philosophy of the age than the story itself, my head just goes fucking wild with different notions and paths I could take in putting it into practice.
That the book I just finished was The Picture of Dorian Gray should say something about just how fklsagm;lamgslkng I am -- it added so much to the premise as all of the ideas of morality and circumstance touched together in all the right places... and yet....
I don't have the social network together right now after being absent out of writing circles for too long to create a solid community for a new RPG. Strong, prolific writers just don't grow on trees, especially ones who haven't been scared out of original writing by all the baddies shitting out mary sues left and right. Sigh.
And last:
--- scarletmeans <--- my OC and muse writing journal. It's friends locked as I can't imagine that anyone who doesn't know me would care to read it, unless they are browsing for something to plagiarize... in which case, yes, lets lock it, these stories are my treasure. Add it, if you like.
My old fanfiction all now exists at lastofromance. Although I only have a slim amount of writing posted thus far, its functional at the moment, regardless. Though I don't know that I'll ever update it with fresher material. I want to, but something feels out of place with my writing style versus RPS. I'll likely be better off hitting up an exchange the next time one rolls around to push some motivation into fic more recent than 2005. It seems like without flaily spammy AIM conversations in caps, I can't churn out fanfic at all -- I was always coerced into darkness inspired by friends and wrote for my friends. We'll see.
Belatedly, Happy New Year! I had a vacation from my computer for a bit as Jikate was hogging me, my attention, and often my computer too. Boyfriends are a joy, I assure you -- only not a joy to the people who might have actually wanted to get in contact with me. D:
But the holidays were hectic, and now they are over with.
Life as normal.