Hey Reader,
Well it seems that the plot bunnies have finally woke up. I have started the next chapter, and I'm hoping that if things go well, this one won't take as long to write and post. Wouldn't that be a nice change? I'm already on page two and have almost a thousand words, so it shouldn't take me a million years to get it written.
The problem seems to be the fact that I have about ten or more other stories I've made notes for that might want to be written, too. Gah. So much to write, so little time! We'll see how things go. It seems that I either have no luck with any plot bunnies, or I have way too many going on all at once. It tends to be a winter thing.
It's been a quiet couple days, which is kind of nice after the long couple months I've had. I'm hoping they'll settle more so that I can get more writing done! Wouldn't that be nice?
Until next time,
Far Away Eyes
- The Plot Bunnies Are Multiplying
I have a ton of ideas, just not a lot of energy. I'm hoping I'll wake up or something cause I don't want to waste time not getting something done while I have ideas actually working!
Now if I could just get a few more reviews at AFF. . .or anywhere. Is it just me or does AFF have less and less reviews than it used to? I've dropped from about 5 or 6 to two reviews for a chapter. . .
My oneshots seem to get more hits and reviews than my longer fics. It is frustrating - you put all the time into them, and then, nothing, or very little. And like you said, they come demanding updates, but when you do, they can't be bothered to respond. I kind of think part of the problem at AFF is the people who are reading -
manysome who are probably too young to be there, and don't really have the reading comprehension skills to understand.BTW, how the hell does one actually post a frigging story on AFF? I had a pen-name there at one point, but after 6 or 7 unsuccessful tries at uploading something, anything, I kinda gave up... Am I just an idiot? Were there some sort of directions there I just missed??
Anyway, hope you get loads more reviews!
And how do you upload at AFF? I always do all my html formatting in my word processing program, then copy and paste it into the blank white box they have, rather than upload a file, which is the other option. I don't know why, it's just how I've always done it.
I hope all of you get to finish your plot bunnies... Mine like to bug me until I pay attention only to die of fright the moment I do.
Other than that, yeah, most of it has violence or sex, but I'm keeping a note of my plot bunnies and adding them as I get them. I have three original stories I am musing on, and I hope to add more to that list. (I'd like to be able to put a short story manuscript together someday. . .but that's another story). I will admit that just about all of my, ahem, Inuyasha stories are sexual in nature or if they're not they're violent. Okay, so one of them would be more angsty than anything, but then I'd actually have to sit down and write it to find out.
I, as a writer, want to be diverse. I know most of the time I will be writing for an adult audience, be it with erotica, violence, or other adult themes, but that doesn't mean I can't tackle the tough issues and do a kiddie story. It's good that you're diverse and all over the place as a writer. It means you're not stuck in one genre, fitting to one formula and trying to generate new stuff within that same arena. I have nothing against genre fiction, because in reality, ALL fiction is genre fiction of some sort. It just takes a great writer to take the "rules" of any genre and bend them if not break them to make an excellent story. To transcend a genre is to make it better, or so one of my professors kept telling me while I was in school.