Oh god what.
Advice would be sooooo welcomed.
Let be not be the first person to admit that I have family who are anti internet. But they are very few and far in between because we are spread all over this globe and therefore the best way to stay in contact is the internet. Right? Right.
So my mom is- was one of those people.
Yeah, you see were this is going?
She doesn't own a computer, but everyone else around her does. Only two members of my family know I have DA (and with that all of the other fandom things). For everyone else as far as they know I only have email and possibly some obscure internet accounts. Now family/friends KNOW I do conventions. I'm not ashamed to say I draw fanart and the like. I occasionally show my work to them. It's a part of my life that can't be denied. It's clear to say if you hate nerds you are going to hate me. You hater.
Now I realize I have a unique situation.* Most people would have multiple accounts on the same site to separate their fandom world and their "original" art world. I've never felt that way because hey, this is me. I do both and have fun. Sure, I don't share my original stuff as often, but you could say I'm just not ready yet.
*(How many people complain that their father quotes Hetalia way too much? Hell, my mom saw my "Freedom of Speech" piece before I watermarked it for DA. I don't know if she was aware that was Yao, but she knows I draw fanart. Dammit she has some of it framed in her house.)
The reason why this is bugging me more than ever is because I sorta won a drabble contest involving one of my mom's favorite writers. The author has been busy doing book signings all over the place and to help pass the time she would take fan's prompts and use her favorite ones. Wouldn't you know it she took one of mine, but forgot to ask my name at the signing. So she asks on her sites that the person she got the idea from would tell her their name.
My mom is so exited, "Share this with *insert family here*!" So going with the flow, I do so.
Then she tells me to go forward and tell my name on the internet- no, more than just that she tells me to draw fanart for the drabble the author wrote based on my idea. I'm sure some of you right now are wishing to kill me just so you can have my mother, but hear me out.
For now, to stall for time I told I'd think about it. But she really looked upset that I didn't just jump at the chance. "*Insert author here* is famous and has connections! She liked your ideas!"
I've already sent the link of this page to other family members. If I put myself out in the open, family are going to know I go to this site! They are going to read other things I write there and then...
A friend of mine told me I had it coming. That I need to set up a different account for my original work and make sure I'm just not as talkative on it as I am with my 'fandom' stuff.
Thank god for that friend, I would still be in a major panic without them, but I just feel lost...
Let be not be the first person to admit that I have family who are anti internet. But they are very few and far in between because we are spread all over this globe and therefore the best way to stay in contact is the internet. Right? Right.
So my mom is- was one of those people.
Yeah, you see were this is going?
She doesn't own a computer, but everyone else around her does. Only two members of my family know I have DA (and with that all of the other fandom things). For everyone else as far as they know I only have email and possibly some obscure internet accounts. Now family/friends KNOW I do conventions. I'm not ashamed to say I draw fanart and the like. I occasionally show my work to them. It's a part of my life that can't be denied. It's clear to say if you hate nerds you are going to hate me. You hater.
Now I realize I have a unique situation.* Most people would have multiple accounts on the same site to separate their fandom world and their "original" art world. I've never felt that way because hey, this is me. I do both and have fun. Sure, I don't share my original stuff as often, but you could say I'm just not ready yet.
*(How many people complain that their father quotes Hetalia way too much? Hell, my mom saw my "Freedom of Speech" piece before I watermarked it for DA. I don't know if she was aware that was Yao, but she knows I draw fanart. Dammit she has some of it framed in her house.)
The reason why this is bugging me more than ever is because I sorta won a drabble contest involving one of my mom's favorite writers. The author has been busy doing book signings all over the place and to help pass the time she would take fan's prompts and use her favorite ones. Wouldn't you know it she took one of mine, but forgot to ask my name at the signing. So she asks on her sites that the person she got the idea from would tell her their name.
My mom is so exited, "Share this with *insert family here*!" So going with the flow, I do so.
Then she tells me to go forward and tell my name on the internet- no, more than just that she tells me to draw fanart for the drabble the author wrote based on my idea. I'm sure some of you right now are wishing to kill me just so you can have my mother, but hear me out.
For now, to stall for time I told I'd think about it. But she really looked upset that I didn't just jump at the chance. "*Insert author here* is famous and has connections! She liked your ideas!"
I've already sent the link of this page to other family members. If I put myself out in the open, family are going to know I go to this site! They are going to read other things I write there and then...
A friend of mine told me I had it coming. That I need to set up a different account for my original work and make sure I'm just not as talkative on it as I am with my 'fandom' stuff.
Thank god for that friend, I would still be in a major panic without them, but I just feel lost...