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

[paperk8.livejournal.com]

*shakes head*

I really don't expect anyone to understand. Writing is writing is writing. Every bit you do, if you're insightful at all, improves the whole. This realm is great for getting the essential FB about what works, otherwise you would be writing in a void. Because it's not like review boards do anything more than accept/reject.
*shrugs*
Exercise, baby. It's good. Would he rather have you writing tripe you care nothing about in order to try to sell it to a particular audience? The time is yours, the effort is yours. Do whatever you want with it, and I think working on your craft, however you need to do that, is time damn well spent.

*hugs*

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

*hugs you back* I really do think any kind of writing is a good thing. I can't ever repay the hours of entertainment I've gotten from my B-verse friends. We don't read this just 'cause it's Buffy, we read because of the incredible crafting of the stories. Great voices, plots, characterizations, settings...and aren't those part of any story? Okay, off to rope some gay cowboys - which will be a damn good story - fic or no! *lurve you*