the joy of violent movement pulls you under

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i've been ripping a bunch of my old teenage-era CDs, which has made me feel a wee bit shameful.

shameful because i've discovered how mallet-ly relevant a bunch of, say, pop-era metallica songs are to certain themes in my writing. hahah.

if i were completely shameless i'd add such unsubtle songs as Mama Said or the live/orchestral version of Nothing Else Matters to my Stroke of Luck playlist, but yeah. *whistles*

speaking of Stroke of Luck, my head is back in that space of late (which is somewhat aided by aforementioned lyrical anvils). i still have scenes of a sequel curling around like smoke in my head, but am yet to figure a way to get it down that doesn't make it too contrived before i write anything concrete. I'm desperate to do it, but the desperation is warring with a wariness of it as well. I love the story lots, but don't want to weaken it with pseudo-fanfic of it.

Also? recently i've seen it spoken of in a couple of places, by people who didn't even leave feedback on the story itself. liek, i love love love discovering people praising my stories and talking about how much they like them, but the thought of people liking stories (enough to rec them, for example) and not saying anything about it to the author baffles and pains me in somewhat equal parts.

so, here i am being shameless not for the first time in this entry - if you've read a story of mine and you like it? please tell me. just, let me know. i will (shamelessly) love you forever.

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I'm desperate to do it, but the desperation is warring with a wariness of it as well. I love the story lots, but don't want to weaken it with pseudo-fanfic of it.

Hah! We've had this conversation. I know how you feel. It's a connundrum. I say - write it if you want to. Write it for yourself. You don't have to post it if you decide not to. See what happens as you're writing it. Even if it just stays on your hard drive, at least you won't regret NOT doing it.

love love love discovering people praising my stories and talking about how much they like them, but the thought of people liking stories (enough to rec them, for example) and not saying anything about it to the author baffles and pains me in somewhat equal parts.

Yeah, I do not get that. It seems very strange and oddly anti-social.

Is it sad to admit that I actually live for feedback? Well, not live live, but everytime I write something, and post it, I'm just dying for feedback. And knowing that, I try to be good about feedback too.

Hah! I like everything you write. Although I think I missed some things over the Christmas holidays and have to catch up still (oh, shame; oh the curse of the Christmas dial-up).

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Is it sad to admit that I actually live for feedback? Well, not live live, but everytime I write something, and post it, I'm just dying for feedback. And knowing that, I try to be good about feedback too.

oh yes, i know that feeling. of 'living for feedback'. liek, i sure do enjoy writing stories, but yes, i'm die for feedback. i couldn't even write if i knew i didn't have an audience, i'm sure of it.

and speaking of feedbacking, i like everything you write too! and i've been reading your little snippets in my mornings before rushing off to work, and have been busy and lazy about feedbacking them. but let me just say, i love them all and they give me much glee. you get those two just so perfectly, i'm in constant awe and gratitude :D

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i couldn't even write if i knew i didn't have an audience, i'm sure of it.

Yeah. Audience is cool.

and i've been reading your little snippets in my mornings before rushing off to work, and have been busy and lazy about feedbacking them.

*g* Don't worry about it. I'm glad you're enjoying them. They are fun to write (although I'm stuck on the last few now).