Comments | kowaiyoukai: RL sucks

kowaiyoukai

RL sucks

Jul 22, 2010 15:13

Well, it does though! And it keeps me away from the internet for long periods of time. I do not appreciate that. AT ALL. I will eventually write a post about RL drama, but in the meantime, know that I am very angry at reality and have decided to smite it down with wrathful anger. And also slash.

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writing: original novels, rl: sucks, writing: fic, rl: too busy

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kuhekabir July 22 2010, 20:01:55 UTC

well i cant say if i would prefer updates now or later. there is something to be said for being able to read everything in on go...the other side is that i am not very patient!

but do what feels right by you, that's all anyone can ask for...:)

kowaiyoukai July 28 2010, 19:58:22 UTC

LOL, it's true, it's a difficult decision. Thanks for your input, though! It'd be nice if I could just psychically project the fic into existence. Then it would be finished all at once immediately. Ah. Yes.

Your icon is awesome, even though I can't make out who it is. XP

kuhekabir July 29 2010, 07:22:07 UTC

inanna_maat made it for a story i just posted and it is sam :) and i love it, which is why i am now using the icon all the time! :)

kowaiyoukai August 19 2010, 00:28:47 UTC

LOL, now I see Sam! I can't believe I didn't recognize him before! *headdesk* Clearly I need to re-watch SPN. OH NO HOW TERRIBLE. XD

yaoi_slut July 22 2010, 21:15:01 UTC

RL does suck! I totally agree! Hope things calm down for you soon!

I can really relate to the whole internet fic thing. The stories I post online are often neglected, and I feel so bad about it. I really need to write it all out, or most of it out, first, too. I'm with you on that one, cause it takes me forever doing it chapter by chapter. Plus sometimes I change things and have to go back and fix them. >.>

As for your novel, seriously, just go with it. I've felt that way before, but write it and see what happens. Once it's out, you can decide what to do with it. And who knows, maybe there'll be a market for it eventually. What's your novel about, anyway?

kowaiyoukai July 28 2010, 20:04:10 UTC

I think it's just a matter of balancing RL with the really important stuff, like fandom. XD

Shit, I haven't updated some stories in YEARS. It's just I find that time passes quicker than I thought it did. I'm like, in the time it takes me to update some fics, I've got classes or work or what-have-you, and the fic gets pushed aside. It's a shitty system, truly.

The main thing that would stop my novel from getting published would be the gay characters. There IS an audience for that, but I'm not sure the people who read published gay lit are going to want to read sci-fi/fantasy stuff too. My series is urban fantasy--the real world but with demons, and only three people can see them. They're my three main characters.

How's your writing coming along?

yaoi_slut July 28 2010, 21:17:13 UTC

Oh okay, I was going to ask because many of my stories have gay characters, so I've done a lot of research. There are actually numerous successful authors in all sorts of genres who regularly write with gay main characters. So that itself isn't a deal breaker. No worries! I thought you were going to say something about a kinky fetish or graphic sex every other page, and honestly, sometimes those aren't deal breakers either. XD haha ( ... )

kowaiyoukai July 28 2010, 22:22:32 UTC

Well, when I gave some parts of this one novel series to my grad classes, they tended to be either really ignorant about the gay characters (one girl was confused about why a guy hit on both a guy and a girl in the same section), or else they thought I should, like, tone it down or warn for it or something. IDK ( ... )

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kowaiyoukai July 28 2010, 20:08:38 UTC

I AM TRYING. I AM MAKING A CONCENTRATED ATTEMPT.

k2_on_alcatraz July 27 2010, 01:39:18 UTC

Honestly, I don't mind a long wait between Apogee (or any fic) updates, as long as I know that the author does, in fact, plan on continuing said fic, and hasn't dropped off the face of the Earth. (LANAEA, HOME, I'M LOOKING AT YOU.) If they mention when the next update will be, even if it's in seven months, great; at least I can have expectations. :)

kowaiyoukai July 28 2010, 20:10:21 UTC

I HATE it when I'm reading a WIP and the updates take forever, which is why I feel so bad about Apogee. It was never meant to be a WIP, but it just kept growing and then I was like OH NOES!!1! That was what happened there.

I've got no idea when the next update will be. But there will be one! I've got a bunch more written, it's just it's not the very next part. *headdesk*

k2_on_alcatraz July 28 2010, 22:34:18 UTC

*applause, applause* That's brilliant, it means you don't have any plans on quitting in the near future! (And as the last chapter was so great, it's okay that it's taking so long. I mean, I've been playing game of T. Possible with anyone I can convince it's a good idea.)

kowaiyoukai July 28 2010, 22:42:36 UTC

LOL, NO WAI! You've actually played Theoretically Possible?!?! *snorfles* I never thought anyone would try to play it. That is just so freaking awesome, you really have no idea. ♥

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kyosanimebitch July 27 2010, 19:38:57 UTC

hey.... i know how RL can be. I haven't seen nor spoken to you in like a year and it suckx. I miss you guys. I should make plans to visit sometime soon.

kowaiyoukai July 28 2010, 20:11:24 UTC

I know!! Why did you disappear off the face of the planet? You really shouldn't do that. It's not nice. *kicks*