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bluewater9 replied to your post “FWW, a bit late”

Thank you for bringing this universe alive. While I will miss it, thank you for giving us this iteration of Pinto. It is a beautiful, kind universe. I have enjoyed Nathan and Margo. Babbo has become a favorite nickname. Be happy with how you finish it. If you are, we will be, too!! Appreciate you sharing your talent.

What a sweet thing to say!  I’m so glad to hear you’ve enjoyed it.  I really have, too.  I don’t know why I’m having such a difficult finishing it. 

I so appreciate your kind words.  And it’s inspiring for me.  So thank you for that.  I hope the end lives up to the rest, but I think maybe I’m moving past my paralysis.

doctorginsberg replied to your post:
FWW, a bit late

Please update and publish this

I know, I know…I’ve had crazy rl and writer’s block from hell and all that’s really left is fluff and smut and it’s just not flowing well. I have more than 3k words and probably two or three more scenes to write, and it’s making me crazy. Add to that the pressure that it probably really is the last thing I’ll write for Bleary!verse and therefore it CANNOT SUCK, and I’ve basically become paralyzed. I’m sorry. It will come when it does, and I really haven’t given up, but I’m not going to force it (or it really will suck, and how anticlimactic would that be). I’m trying to post a snippet to get myself excited again…

I like the way your characters reveal so much about themselves in their reactions to every day things. It stuck with me in Bleary how Chris was so organized and collected (and making graphs and taking notes!) while Nathan was sick, and then when he and Zach realized Nathan was getting better, how during that intense relief and removal of pressure, that was the moment that he broke down. It was such a great comment on his strengths and his very human vulnerabilities!

Oh, thank you so much for that!  It was something I did really deliberately – giving Chris and Zach different reactions to the stress of Nathan’s illness.  Some readers took it as Chris being stronger in a crisis, but you read it the way I intended…they just fall apart at different times.  Chris’ “organization” is also sort of avoidance.  He’s dealing with minutia so he doesn’t have to think of the big picture.  Zach is focused on the big picture, what he might lose, savoring what he has. In a way he’s being braver, even though he looks like a wreck on the outside.  And when the crisis is over, it hit’s Chris all at once.  I’m so glad that it worked for you.  I was honestly never really sure that it did.

seepunkrun:

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seepunkrun:

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seepunkrun replied to your post:
Announcement: (brace yourselves) I actually wrote…

yay for writing!

It felt so fucking good, punk! I considered asking you to beta, but I don’t think it’s your ship, and I also think that submissions are “anonymous” for voting, and then owned after “winners” are announced. So sharing it ahead of time is probably not allowed. But I feel like a winner regardless, just for submitting.

It’s not my fandom, but you can always ask, especially if it’s something short.

I accidentally wrote four hundred words last night because I was like, “well, this won’t go anywhere,” but it did. I might add it to the story I’m working on, but even if I don’t, it was a nice feeling to just write a bunch of words in a row. I’m editing a fic now and it’s nothing but stressing over commas and trying to fix sentences that don’t make any sense. I mean, I enjoy editing, but it’s a different feeling than just sitting down and writing.

Yay you!   400 is amazing.  And I know you do a great job with my sentences that don’t make sense, so I’m sure you’re doing the lord’s work with this one, too. 

If I thought it wouldn’t have potentially disqualified me in the challenge, I would have totally hit you up.  I was excited, and wanting to share.  But thanks for your assurances…it’s good to know.  How do you feel about The Martian?  That’s my latest obsession.

To be clear, the sentences that don’t make any sense are mine, which makes them both easier and harder to fix. I’m excited to get this thing posted, though, so I can pick one of my many other WIPs to finish.

I liked The Martian the movie, but haven’t read the book yet. Which are you into? Or does it matter?

I love both!  My headcanon is sort of a merge of the two… sme of the streamlining that happened in the film, a few things they removed that I think are critical.

seepunkrun:

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seepunkrun replied to your post:
Announcement: (brace yourselves) I actually wrote…

yay for writing!

It felt so fucking good, punk! I considered asking you to beta, but I don’t think it’s your ship, and I also think that submissions are “anonymous” for voting, and then owned after “winners” are announced. So sharing it ahead of time is probably not allowed. But I feel like a winner regardless, just for submitting.

It’s not my fandom, but you can always ask, especially if it’s something short.

I accidentally wrote four hundred words last night because I was like, “well, this won’t go anywhere,” but it did. I might add it to the story I’m working on, but even if I don’t, it was a nice feeling to just write a bunch of words in a row. I’m editing a fic now and it’s nothing but stressing over commas and trying to fix sentences that don’t make any sense. I mean, I enjoy editing, but it’s a different feeling than just sitting down and writing.

Yay you!   400 is amazing.  And I know you do a great job with my sentences that don’t make sense, so I’m sure you’re doing the lord’s work with this one, too. 

If I thought it wouldn’t have potentially disqualified me in the challenge, I would have totally hit you up.  I was excited, and wanting to share.  But thanks for your assurances…it’s good to know.  How do you feel about The Martian?  That’s my latest obsession.