New Fic, A Rec, Some Blathering

[the_moonmoth]

The parents are still with me but they've taken themselves out for the day so I've got some time to myself *happy sigh* Even when they're not being hard work it's still hard work because I'm on tenterhooks waiting for them to become hard work... if you know what I'm saying. Anyway, I have two new Spuffy fics from seasonal_spuffy to present to you all (or those of

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[the_moonmoth]

*sigh* It's like this constant low-grade stress - I can't wait for them to leave! D:

[quinara]

Aww, thank you for the rec!! You are far too nice. I read my fic through again the other day and I somewhat wish I'd been a bit more indulgent, because it whips along at quite a pace, but I've never been good at pausing to take in the scenery, so I'm thrilled that you like it as is!!

And I'm so glad you are now playing seasonal_spuffy - your fics were great!!

Otherwise - meh; parents... I've been watching Mad Men, and can't figure out if they got better or worse when it became normal for them to take an interest.

[the_moonmoth]

I actually like the pace, I think it works very well. That's not to say I don't enjoy indulgence too, but the way that you didn't linger added to the subtlety of it, and this is a thing that's often very lacking in fannish work, so was very refreshing to see :)

And thank you! I have a patchy history with challenges (as in, meeting deadlines) but this was definitely a good one for me. Already looking forward to the next round :D

[torrilin]

I'm always deeply grateful that my parents Aren't Here. I love them, and they tried hard to do good things. But they're not me and I'm not them, and it's hard for them to deal with that.

And eh, make stuff. It's totally ok to make stuff that doesn't wind up working as planned. The drawing program I use most has a kind of journal metaphor. I used up about 95 pages doing sketches to produce that 3 frame comic for Seasonal Spuffy. No joke. I know writing doesn't remotely work the same way, but still. So many sketches that might not seem to have anything at all to do with what I made. But there wasn't really a faster way for me to get from where I was to something that did what I wanted. (and that's not counting all the gesture drawings I did for practice that go in another journal)

[the_moonmoth]

My mum is a pro artist (an illustrator) and I've actually always thought the two disciplines (writing and arting) have a lot in common, esp in the development phase. Thinking about how she develops a finished piece has actually helped me improve my writing, particularly original writing where so much more of it has to come from your imagination.