Does anyone else hear violins....?

[terrayndian]

First, the update - I finally got around to finishing another chapter of ‘Blind Sight’ and it’s a fairly long one, so good luck reading it. Also, I recently received a yummy picture of Seifer from ‘Broken Wings’ by Ruth, so I hope you enjoy it. She’s a wonderful person to send me gifts while she’s so incredibly busy

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[lobo_solitario]

*blushes* I hope I'm not one of the ones that bugged you.

*hands you a Seifer plushie doll to snuggle, while also handing a stress ball* I hope things work out for you and they start settling down sometime soon. My mom is sometimes on a similar schedule for her job and sometimes she only gets 2 hours sleep before going off to work again, but she never even had time for family and what not. Not to mention all the health problems she has from standing on her feet for so long. I hope the same thing doesn't happen to you and things do settle down and the rush is over so you can get back to doing things that are relaxing and enjoyable.

I'm easily distracted too. But I don't take long periods of time to write something, I take snippets, usually when I'm not busy during school and am bored. I hope you can manage to get that quiet time that you deserve.

[terrayndian]

*laugh* Trust me, you aren't. It's only a select few people who emailed me and said the wrong things to set me off into a rant. It doesn't help that I'm a bit tense anyway. =P No, you're awesome about saying how you hope for more of a story and never point out that it took me a month to update with a single chapter. You make me feel appreciated. ;)

But yeah, I'm not really wearing myself thin. If I do more than seven hours of sleep, I feel groggy for the rest of the day, so six hours isn't bad. But if I attempted to write during the week, I'd certain drive myself crazy. That's why I haven't been able to write much lately - I'm not going to kill myself over fanfiction.

[lobo_solitario]

I'm glad ^^ I know how you feel about the whole emailing thing. I've had countless emails from various people asking me why I haven't updated certain stories, or they point out something that I've already clarified with a big sign.. *sigh* shutting up now. ^^ lol

[terrayndian]

*grin* I'm glad someone else said it first that I've spoiled everyone. I guess that's how I felt hearing these things, as if I wasn't doing my best to write in a more frequent manner so that others would have something to read once a week. I'm certain that the people didn't mean for it to sound that way, but I tend to be sensitive to certain wordings. Ie, I can't remember how many people 'reminded' me months ago that I hadn't finished 'When I Heard Your Voice'. Thank you, but I knew very well that I hadn't finished my own story. *sigh* I guess I just get overly defensive when people question my productivity.

And yes, living life is a wonderful thing. For the first time in a long time, I actually feel like I'm doing something with my life. I have a full time job with wonderful people, I'm going out to parties with coworkers, I have my wonderful sister trying to help me better my view of myself, and overall, I'm loving everything I've been doing. Frankly, I'm glad that I'm not stuck in front of a computer all day writing about

[andrews23]

I'm one of those who read but rarely comment. Let me just say first I've read all of your FF8 fanfics (well, all that are posted on your site), and I think you are quite talented. I don't read many fanfics anymore lately (and I'm getting more and more picky about the writers whose work I want to read - blame RL), but yours are among the few I follow failthfully. Thanks for having brightened my days these past few.. um.. years? (*sweatdrops

[terrayndian]

Heh, it's my fault for spoiling people when I was in college and unemployed. I had plenty of free time then. ;) And I think I'll get back into a regular schedule once I get accustomed to it all. There have been so many up and downs that I haven't been able to find a stable writing time. Unfortunately, my mind hasn't stopped in the least when it comes to thinking up ideas. Though it makes the time pass while I'm waiting for results. ;)

Anywho, I'm so happy that my works have kept you around for so long. I've kind of wondered how many people have bothered staying around since pretty much the beginning. I can't believe that I've been writing for over three years now. I usually give up hobbies at this point, but I've really found a certain kind of comfort while writing, so I doubt I'll stop writing anytime soon. I hope that I continue writing readable stories for you. ;)

[galerian_ash]

You said it best yourself; you write for yourself. So you should never feel obliged to write or update, because that will surely overshadow your own enjoyment. I can't begin to tell you how much I love your fics and how many times I have read and re-read some of them, but I would rather never read anything by you again than read something that you didn't enjoy writing yourself, and that was only written to please the masses. Know what I mean? I hope I made some sense atleast ^_^;That said, I'm sorry to hear about all the stress and hectic stuff you're going through. I really hope it'll ease up for you soon! I hope your grandma won't say anything mean to you next weekend, and that everything will work out for you. Big *hugs* bout the wedding thing, I know exactly how you feel

[terrayndian]

*laugh* Yes, you made perfect sense, and I would never force myself to write for everyone else's sake... well, I sometimes do that with finishing a certain fic, but it's good practice to finish what I start. ;) It's just so much easier to begin a story as opposed to ending the damned things.

Eh, it hasn't been too stressful, really. I love everything that has been going on (well, sans the Philly trip which I could live longer without), but I don't like feeling guilty that I'm suddenly doing all of this other stuff and having fun while I'm not taking the time to write. Bleh, but enough whining. I really am feeling better about things now after all of this support I wasn't expecting toward a rant session. ^^;

Heh, I don't know if I want to post my original pieces online. Like I said above, it's so simple to create a beginning, but doing the rest of the story gets quite painful. I may decide to post snip-bits here on LJ with the clear warning that I may never do the full stories. We'll see.

[nobara_chan]

Oh, my, I'm so sorry about your schedule, I hope you don’t burn yourself out too much....;.; *hands you a squall plushie

[terrayndian]

*blush* Wow, I doubt I deserve all of that, but thank you very much for the comments. And of course I'm alright with you adding me. I can't imagine a reason why I would stop somebody from doing that, especially since the main purpose of this journal is to mention updates and explain story ideas. ;)

But yeah, I understand where people are coming from with this issue. I know I get anxious at times when stories I keep an eye on have slower and slower updates. I think I just needed to release some pent up energy into a nice long rant session. I feel a whole lot better now, and I really appreciate all of the support. Hopefully it'll stop me from agonizing over my update time, which can only serve to block my desire to write. =P