Thoughts with numbers: telling a story in easy mode.

[m_mcgregor]

I've been going through the merry-go-round of medication lately, hence the quiet. So here are a few things I'll mention real quick.

1. To the person who sent me a message asking if they could write a continuation of Rewards. As per some of what I've written here, my basic policy is that if you want to write something based off of what I've written

Comments

[selene2]

I'd skip the FlashForward reviews since it is off the air. I am really interested in hearing your MST3K-style reviews instead! Hope that you feel better soon.

[m_mcgregor]

Thanks. I'm trying to figure out the best way to do it, software wise. So far it's more complicated than I thought it would be, so we'll see if I ever get it done.

[wittgens]

I just hope you feel better.

[m_mcgregor]

Thanks, but I suspect feeling better is a scam perpetrated by the New World Order and refined by the Illuminati to control us. There's no such thing as feeling better! It's all one big ruse! The truth is out there!

Rewards continuation

[dsample]

Thanks for saying that. I've got basically the same policy toward my fanfic, and have given a couple of people permission to write sequels to things I've done, when they asked, (and wouldn't have objected anyway, if they hadn't asked.)

I hope you do chose to read what I've written, when I get it into good enough shape to post anywhere, and promise there will be no drama from me if you chose to incorporate any of my ideas into your own continuation of the story, if you get around to writing it. (I've always considered a fanfic writer complaining "Hey, you stole my idea!" to be the height of hypocrisy, especially if they're complaining to the person whose ideas they appropriated in the first place.)

Re: Rewards continuation

[m_mcgregor]

We'll see. Truth is I hardly read fanfic at all anymore, but that's partly because I hardly read ANYTHING at all anymore. My aforementioned brain isn't so good with the reading when it's trying to pound its way out of my skull.

Have fun though, and I hope people like what you come up with.

choices

[anonymous]

Whatever you think will be the most rewarding to you on a creative level, do that. If the muse takes you away from fanfic, so be it.

Take your time. Get your head straight. And try to have some fun during the creative process. Make that your priority, and you can't go wrong.

Ray Rivera, aka Wicked Raygun

Re: choices

[m_mcgregor]

Taking me away from fanfic would suggest I was at all with fanfic in the last six months. At this point I'd love to be able to write much of anything, but until I get this under control...blah.

Anyway, thanks for the well wishes.

[eleas]

Having some (read: a lot) of experience battling my own brain (The Only Foe I Ever Feared, or so I vow history shall remember it), I can only wish you good luck.

Taking on the Psych carousel can be a Herculean task, and takes a long time to get results. But (and this is speaking solely for myself) it's the best thing I could have ever done. I'm not going to pry, but I hope you're getting a decent followup in addition to medication. Far too often, the symptoms are addressed, but not the root cause. Which is understandable but... meh. Medication alone is a temporary measure IMO, though often effective.

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So I wish you good luck. In the meantime, however, I also thought I'd see if I could steal the copyright to all your works. Some of your original ideas would also be v. nice. Please note them down them using newspaper clippings and enclose in a nondescript brown bag. The CIA has my address.

Sincerely,
The Hooded Masquerado

[m_mcgregor]

Thanks, although it's not actually a psych (which isn't to say I haven't dealt with that in the past too) thing. It's a neurological-brain-stabbing-me-while-also-making-me-blind-dizzy-and/or-sick-to-my-stomach thing. Every day. For over a year now, with only a few brief respites as various medications seem to have a short-term effect of halting them.

I seriously feel like I've been in hibernation for the last year, and as an insomniac who doesn't like to sleep...that's not fun.

[eleas]

My apologies. Since I entered that particular merry-go-round, I tend to see similarities where none exist. Also, it seems to make me prone to cracking awkward jokes without punchlines, as in the previous post.

What you describe looks, in my layman's impression, like migraine (the serious kind, not headache by another name). A friend of mine has had it, but not with that frequency, and it sounded harrowing.

Whatever it actually is, I hope you'll beat it. Good luck.