Wonder where that came from?
Jun. 3rd, 2001 11:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deathpixieI posted a new Midnight Nation fic tonight, one that I didn't even know was there until I sat down and opened Word. Very strange. It's a bit dark and angsty, but for once the angst doesn't come from me. It just... happened.
Still, it's the first thing I've written for a week, apart from these journal entries, so that's a good thing. Hopefully I've broken the impasse I was in.
Writing isn't for me the Grand Obsession it seems to be for others. It's rare that I feel compelled to write, that I have to get the words down no matter what. Most of the time it's like reading, or riding my bike - it's something I feel like doing. But I do enjoy it, and I'd like to think I was good at it - the feedback seems to indicate it, although you can't trust OTL. I mean, I get more feedback for the dime-a-dozen mood pieces than I do for anything I actually work at, which is a bit demoralising. But I'd like to be able to do it more often, and perhaps even one day get financial recognition - not because I'd solely write for money, but because it does take time, and that's a priority in my life right now.
Interesting tidbit - BRM's brother has a friend who works for Lonely Planet, and he was asking BRM about writing some bike-related stuff. BRM suggested maybe I could do it - nothing hugely technical as far as the bike part goes, more along the lines of travelling with/by bike. I don't know if the offer's still open, or what it entails exactly, but I'm thinking I should ask. Could be a start.
Still, it's the first thing I've written for a week, apart from these journal entries, so that's a good thing. Hopefully I've broken the impasse I was in.
Writing isn't for me the Grand Obsession it seems to be for others. It's rare that I feel compelled to write, that I have to get the words down no matter what. Most of the time it's like reading, or riding my bike - it's something I feel like doing. But I do enjoy it, and I'd like to think I was good at it - the feedback seems to indicate it, although you can't trust OTL. I mean, I get more feedback for the dime-a-dozen mood pieces than I do for anything I actually work at, which is a bit demoralising. But I'd like to be able to do it more often, and perhaps even one day get financial recognition - not because I'd solely write for money, but because it does take time, and that's a priority in my life right now.
Interesting tidbit - BRM's brother has a friend who works for Lonely Planet, and he was asking BRM about writing some bike-related stuff. BRM suggested maybe I could do it - nothing hugely technical as far as the bike part goes, more along the lines of travelling with/by bike. I don't know if the offer's still open, or what it entails exactly, but I'm thinking I should ask. Could be a start.
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MORE ROSSI MIDNIGHT NATION FIC?! WHERE?!
Date: 2001-06-03 07:06 am (UTC)feedback after reading...
Date: 2001-06-03 07:19 am (UTC)Really powerful, Rossi.
You have such a handle on this universe and the poignant stories there are to tell between Laurel and the others.
I'm feeling mused.
I may try my own hand at writing another MN story.
And I have you to thank for it.
*hugs*
Re: feedback after reading...
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