Geeks studying geeks

[forsquilis]

I know I've been delinquent about responding to emails and comments lately. I've just been...not depressed, but having no desire to participate in life, either real or online. I am not sure what the problem is. Every time I think I'm starting to pull myself out of that, something happens to knock me back down.

So, I want to post this quickly.

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[forsquilis]

Thank you for the good wishes! I kind of want to hole up and do nothing for a bit. The problem is that I have so much to do, still, that I both freeze up and can't get much done, and I can't kick back and relax for a bit to rest up and get things done. So it's kind of a spiral, of running all the time but accomplishing little, which adds to the stress level, which makes it even harder to get anything done... Oh well. Hopefully I can get things in line soon!!!

[barhaven]

Maybe you just need some down-time for a bit? I doubt I could offer much help, but if there is anything, ask away. :)

Some of those essays and books look like interesting reads. I'll have to track them down after I move back home.

Wicked is totally fanfic. An extremely well-crafted and creative one, but still fanfic. So are any of the thousands of alternate takes on fairy tales or classic stories published out there, even if they're no more or less "original" than a lot of the [insert fandom here] online fanfics that are doing the same thing. Anyway, sounds like it was a nifty lecture. :)

[forsquilis]

Aw, thanks for the nice wishes! I am just one of those people who gets overwhelmed when I have too much to do - whatever I pick to work on, my brain immediately starts thinking I should be working on something else instead. So I tend to run in circles and be far less productive than I ought to have been for the time I've put in to working, which just makes me more tense about getting things done... *shakes head at self

[etoiledunord]

Books on fanfiction and fandom?!

*rushes to buy them*

Also, I hope you feel better soon. I suggest meditation.

[forsquilis]

I shouldn't have been surprised that there were that many, but I was. And when I get settled down a bit, I am totally going to the library to see if I can get them from local colleges via interlibrary loan

[rathera]

Actually, it's a doctorate in Communications Design and an MFA in Children's Literature--the Masters, thankfully, is quite done. :) I'm glad you enjoyed the panel. [I have a bad habit of googling myself when there's work to be done...]

Best,

Anastasia Salter