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After watching the first season of Veronica Mars, my daughters are ardent Logan/Veronica shippers. *is proud* My eldest said something along the lines of: "Can't wait till I've seen all 3 seasons, so I can write fanfiction." *is even prouder*
Little one (at 12 not quite so little anymore) was so worried about Logan on that bridge that I had to tell her that no, Logan does not jump to his death.
And suddenly I feel mega-nostalgic, remembering the time between S1 and S2 and all the stories dealing with who is outside Veronica's door in that last scene...
And I feel like reading a nice Logan/Veronica post-series fic. So, if anyone has a bookmark saved for such a fic....
Two years ago, I submitted a 100 page text sample of my original vampire novel to a fantasy novel competition. I didn't win, and forgot about the whole thing. Yesterday, the publishing house sent back the manuscript together with the gift of a book and a nice rejection letter saying that they thought long and hard about my text, but that it does not fit into their program. I should continue to write and maybe submit something else. Unfortunately, there was no editor's name under the letter. :( And I read in a forum that someone else received such a letter - in February. Very odd. They had 1400 entries. I doubt Random House mailed out 1400 boooks, so I'll take it as a compliment.... :)
Unfortunately, my muse is still gone. I seem to have misplaced my passion or writing. I feel like an amputee, I can still feel a ghost or shadow of that old passion, but it's not real enough to do something with. Okay, so I tinker with my Giles/Ethan fanfic, but how many times can you rewrite a scene? 50 times? And if I were to finish the next chapter... would I even find a beta to look at a story that hasn't been updated in years? *sigh*
Little one (at 12 not quite so little anymore) was so worried about Logan on that bridge that I had to tell her that no, Logan does not jump to his death.
And suddenly I feel mega-nostalgic, remembering the time between S1 and S2 and all the stories dealing with who is outside Veronica's door in that last scene...
And I feel like reading a nice Logan/Veronica post-series fic. So, if anyone has a bookmark saved for such a fic....
Two years ago, I submitted a 100 page text sample of my original vampire novel to a fantasy novel competition. I didn't win, and forgot about the whole thing. Yesterday, the publishing house sent back the manuscript together with the gift of a book and a nice rejection letter saying that they thought long and hard about my text, but that it does not fit into their program. I should continue to write and maybe submit something else. Unfortunately, there was no editor's name under the letter. :( And I read in a forum that someone else received such a letter - in February. Very odd. They had 1400 entries. I doubt Random House mailed out 1400 boooks, so I'll take it as a compliment.... :)
Unfortunately, my muse is still gone. I seem to have misplaced my passion or writing. I feel like an amputee, I can still feel a ghost or shadow of that old passion, but it's not real enough to do something with. Okay, so I tinker with my Giles/Ethan fanfic, but how many times can you rewrite a scene? 50 times? And if I were to finish the next chapter... would I even find a beta to look at a story that hasn't been updated in years? *sigh*
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For me, I had to carve our writing-specific time (and had to leave the house) to get any writing done. I started doing free-writing and have been moving up to more serious things.
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I love your icon!
More serious things?
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Even with my own office in my house, I find that being at home distracts me. The phone rings, the dishes need washing, emails come in, a million little chores beg to be done. When I go out to a cafe and sit to write, writing is the only thing I can do.
I started out freewriting, meaning I just let myself write whatever, it didn't have to make sense, it didn't even have to be a story, it just had to be word after word on a page. As I did that, I remembered how much I love writing and realized what I wanted to write about, so I started writing short stories, then long stories. I'm planning out a novel at the moment. I can't do any of this at home, though. I just can't.
I hope you find your muse. Maybe it isn't in the Jossverse. Maybe it's something new and different.
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A few days ago I talked to my kids about our trip to Disneyworld. Seems like a century ago...
I recced your Teaser Pony to a friend of mine, btw.
Still think it's a great story.
Are you still writing?
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Riff whatnow? That sounds almoct Chinese... And yeah the Jossverse was unique in many ways. It's fun to explore it with the kids. Have i mentioned that they LOVE Firefly?
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And of all of the Jossverse, I particularly like revisiting Firefly. There was just something about that show that resonates.
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I hear you on the losing of the muse. I've been forcing myself to write snippets in the hope she'll (or he'll) come back, but no luck so far. Not that I ever wrote all that much, but a bit is still more than currently :(