Something sensational to read in the train
I have been reading old journal entries, from about the time I first started working at Brandeis. It entertains me to see who I was ten years ago, and how I have changed. And, sometimes, just how funny I was.
What have I learned?
1) I apparently met shogunhb originally in 2003--probably at BSCF?--and we commented back and forth for a while, until I pretty much forgot who he was. I think he must not have been married to shadowravyn at that time, either, because I don't remember meeting her.
2) Hahah, I didn't know who Tim Powers was.
3) ketsugami has always shared his wisdom about writing. I realize some of the things I remember him telling me (like his concept of the "motivation point") date even this far back. I also find it entertaining that this was when he was often starting and restarting novels many times before finally writing through to the end. Good thing for him he ditched that habit :)
4) Apparently I was once leery of writing LGBT characters, because I didn't want them to turn into stereotypes? I mean. To some extent this is something I'm still aware of--non-essentialist sexual orientation reads the easiest, guyz--but it comes off as awfully small-minded, to re-read it now.
5) Even then, I had a goal of making a living off my writing.
6) In which I give my teenaged novel the MST3K treatment.
7) Of course, I read my unfinished One Piece fanfic that I wrote, circa age 23, and the writing is really not that much better.
8) The saddest thing about this post is the fact that I think I threw all this stuff out, when I was going through a phase of melancholic "I'll never write again!"
What have I learned?
1) I apparently met shogunhb originally in 2003--probably at BSCF?--and we commented back and forth for a while, until I pretty much forgot who he was. I think he must not have been married to shadowravyn at that time, either, because I don't remember meeting her.
2) Hahah, I didn't know who Tim Powers was.
3) ketsugami has always shared his wisdom about writing. I realize some of the things I remember him telling me (like his concept of the "motivation point") date even this far back. I also find it entertaining that this was when he was often starting and restarting novels many times before finally writing through to the end. Good thing for him he ditched that habit :)
4) Apparently I was once leery of writing LGBT characters, because I didn't want them to turn into stereotypes? I mean. To some extent this is something I'm still aware of--non-essentialist sexual orientation reads the easiest, guyz--but it comes off as awfully small-minded, to re-read it now.
5) Even then, I had a goal of making a living off my writing.
6) In which I give my teenaged novel the MST3K treatment.
7) Of course, I read my unfinished One Piece fanfic that I wrote, circa age 23, and the writing is really not that much better.
8) The saddest thing about this post is the fact that I think I threw all this stuff out, when I was going through a phase of melancholic "I'll never write again!"