Bad luck & other depressing things

[wiseheart]

I've missed the nomination window of the MEFAs. Granted, I haven't written any new Tolkienfic for oh, two years or so? But I tend to have my old stuff nominated, just to be remembered in the fandom until I can pick up writing for it again. Well, I've missed the opportunity this year, and nobody in the yahoo groups where I'm semi-present posted a reminder. Too bad, but it can't be helped now.

Reading Torchwood fic on FF.Net is increasingly nauseating. Save from a few heroes like milady_dragon or aviv_b, the Gwack is rising; and so is Miracle Whip related drivel. And I can't even help even out things - the stuff I write is at the moment strictly episode-related AU, with a lot of original dialogue rewritten and used differently. It would be still enough for some idiot to report me and have my account yanked. I can't risk that. So I can't post my stuff to the Pit of Voles. Well, at least I don't get flames this way, either.

I'm so frigging depressed it isn't even funny. It's strange how little it takes to reach that stage in these days.

Comments

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Why not do some reading and reviewing at MEFA as a way of being part of it?

I know it is stupid with life's uncertainties, but I'm already thinking of some of my stories that I wrote to late for this year and hoping they will be nominated for next time!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm not active in the MEFA's myself. Had a really unpleasant fallout with the founder right at the beginning, got booted out as a moderator and that was that. My stuff got nominated by friends, but that's about what my involvement has been.

There are lots of unfinished stuff I should be finishing, plus one new project in the planning (the Umbar story, to which I've posted all that background info to edhellondawards, but I'm too busily involved with other fandoms at the moment. Two stories, "Vox Angelica" and "A Big, Fat Torchwood Wedding", are just a chapter or two from being finally finished, and I didn't have the time to look out for the MEFAs this year.

Usually, someone posts an alert to the SoA group - I wonder why it didn't happen this year.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

The SOA Group doesn't seem to be active nowadays. I'm sorry you had an unpleasant experience with MEFA.

Good luck with your projects.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

The SOA Group doesn't seem to be active nowadays.

Yes, which is strange, considering how active the archive is.

Thanks for the good wishes. I dream about returning to Tolkienfic one day, but right now, I seriously lack inspiration. That's why I regret having missed the nomination window. I always get some nice reviews, which are, well, inspiring. ;)