I Keep Trying to Get Out...

[crazydiamondsue]

...and they keep pulling me back in. So I gave a friend (who's always been very supportive of my writing) my website address because he wanted to see what I've been working on lately. Gulp. Okay, first of all, he's never watched anything from the Buffy 'verse and I tried to explain that he wouldn't get it. He insisted, and I'm never one to turn down fb, so I acquiesed. He's a gay man, so I figured some of the slash might intrigue.

He thought my little vignette Hair Like Chinese Silk was charming, but basically said, "Sue, why are you wasting your time with this? We've been telling you for years that you have the ability to make this a career, and you're never going to do that sitting around at 30 (I'm 33, so that was nice) writing stories about monsters." (Seemed to work okay for Joss...) So basically his thought process was "all this effort - nothing to show for it." Hey, I resent that - I've had squees aplenty!

It just kind of pulled me out of the B-verse and back into RL, which isn't always of the good. I've also been exploring aspects of my (former) RL, writing up a fic for nashmaveric . She wanted gay cowboys, so I dug my George Strait box set out and I've been stalking members of the IGRA (International Gay Rodeo Association) for tips. My first human AU, Angel/Xander will be roping its way toward you soon. So, country roads are taking me home, but things are not quite as I remember - hee! Please join me as I waste my time. Sorry, that'll be burnin' my ass for the rest of the night.

Comments

Re: Hmmm.

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

You couldn't alienate me with a crowbar, baby! He'll turn around when he sees the gay cowboy story (ah, yes he will.)

Yeah, there's definitely opinionation bulldoggin' the fic world.(Sorry, I'm just not backing off the cowboy metaphors.) But considering I've written more in the past 4 months than I have in the past four years...the fic burst of writing even has me dusting off that long laid aside novel and going, wasn't I going to be a writer when I grew up?

And you know, more dogs being eaten by eagles wouldn't be a bad thing...

Re: Hmmm.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

*Ptooey* *ching!*

Yup. Them words musta come outta ya 'cause you gots them fancy pants learnin. Best go use it, now. (Oh, and were you channeling a little Cheri O'Teri in that fic from our email? And when i say email, I'm talking about your man milk. And when I say man milk, I'm talking aboutcha seee-men.)

Rambling tastes like burning!