Whinging - feel free to ignore

[lady_karelia]

Admining a fic today had me really upset. Like, seriously upset. The author's response, which was ignorant at best, and certainly defiant, made it worse. I don't know, maybe I'm just burnt out. I want to write, and as much as I love mentoring authors to the point of validation, sometimes, I just feel overwhelmed. Like today. So, yeah, I'm hopelessly behind with betas right now. I had, until tonight, not written a word in about four days. We're extremely short in the admin department this week, and for some reason, there were loads of really long chapters in the queue.

Thankfully, tonight Lucius suggested a hot bath, which was a brilliant idea, since I went to Lush yesterday. And wow, did that bath help the Muse. About 350 words written for the LMHG exchange. Not a lot, but it's a start, and what's more, I have the entire outline. So, yeah, I'm feeling better now. But I still wish people would apply brains before uploading fic. Anyways, Lucius, with the help of Mozart and Sibelius, fixed my mood.

Comments

[melenka.livejournal.com]

I, too, am baffled by people who don't take your generous advice to heart. I learned so much from the admins at TPP and I try to pass what I've learned on to other people so that all ships are lifted on a tide of proper comma usage and coherent narrative. Yeah, yeah, mostly we're still hull-deep in silt, but it doesn't stop us from trying.

On the other hand, a bath allows you to lift your prow above it all for a while. There, I've beaten that metaphor nigh unto death for you.

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

Thanks for making me smile! It's thankfully only a minority of writers who act in such ways. But then, if there were more, I don't think I could cope, LOL!