Living dangerously...
Aug. 22nd, 2012 09:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheart... means lowering yourself to housework. Obvoulsy. I was frying potato slices yesterday when I got a spash of hot oil into my right eye. Most unpleassant. It doesn't exactly hurt, it's rather the same feeling as when one gets a splinter in one's eye - every time I blink, it's irritated, presumably when the eyelid slides over the place. I wonder how long it will take it to heal. Eyedrops are of no real use, nor is the eye salve I have, so it's sitting out and waiting for it to get better, I guess.
The last chapter of "Atonement" found to little to no echo among my fellow antigwennites. The blatant lack of sledgehammer Gwen-bashng might have something to do with it. This is actually the first time I got more reviews for a chapter on FF:Net than on LJ.
Ah, well, I know that most of my stuff simply means too much effort for most readers. I write stuff I'd like to read but hardly ever find elsewhere: with long, intricate, multiple plotlines, lots of worldbuilding and detailed descriptions. That's the sort of stuff I like, but few people share my weird tastes. As a friend of mine once put it: "We've got a layered taste - it's a thin layer nobody else shares with us." Unfortunately for me, my friend isn't into fanfiction at all.
Yesterday wasn't a good day writing-wise. Injured eye issues and all that; I was fairly depressed again. Did a little bit of translating for the Elfhelm story and am about to type it up right now. There may or may not be any excerpts tomorrow.
The very last day of summer holidays. Weatehr forecast promises temperatures close to 40°C. God, I so hate the heat wave!
The last chapter of "Atonement" found to little to no echo among my fellow antigwennites. The blatant lack of sledgehammer Gwen-bashng might have something to do with it. This is actually the first time I got more reviews for a chapter on FF:Net than on LJ.
Ah, well, I know that most of my stuff simply means too much effort for most readers. I write stuff I'd like to read but hardly ever find elsewhere: with long, intricate, multiple plotlines, lots of worldbuilding and detailed descriptions. That's the sort of stuff I like, but few people share my weird tastes. As a friend of mine once put it: "We've got a layered taste - it's a thin layer nobody else shares with us." Unfortunately for me, my friend isn't into fanfiction at all.
Yesterday wasn't a good day writing-wise. Injured eye issues and all that; I was fairly depressed again. Did a little bit of translating for the Elfhelm story and am about to type it up right now. There may or may not be any excerpts tomorrow.
The very last day of summer holidays. Weatehr forecast promises temperatures close to 40°C. God, I so hate the heat wave!
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Date: 2012-08-23 10:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-08-23 03:20 pm (UTC)The eye is getting better. The heat wave is supposed to get worse until the weekend but they promise it will subside next week. *crosses fingers*
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Date: 2012-08-24 11:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-08-24 06:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-08-24 07:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-08-26 02:21 pm (UTC)Hopefully the heatwave will end soon for you!
*hugs*
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Date: 2012-08-26 07:21 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-08-26 09:58 pm (UTC)I am so glad to hear you are recovering! Luck was with you this time...
I'm sorry to hear the Dr. Who-dom is a fickle as the rest of fanfic. Alas, I'm useless reading it because I haven't seen the show regularly since Jon Pertwee was playing the Doctor and not at all since Tom Baker took the role. The former (JP) was OK, if a bit stuffy, but I preferred more sci-fi things such as Space:1999. The latter (TB) annoyed me so much -- working too hard at being quirky, IMHO -- that I lost what little interest I had. Still, I wish folks who *do* like the show would pay more attention to your work! I'm sure you write just as well and create interesting storylines and OCs that are just as good was what you've done in Tolkfic, so by rights, you should have a lot of fans. No accounting for some people's taste, or lack of it, I guess... [sigh]
40C??!!! Oh my! Do take good care to stay as cool as you can and well-hydrated, both you and Mum!
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Date: 2012-08-27 04:39 pm (UTC)I got myself some Tom Baker stories because of Harry Sullivan, a companion of only a few episodes. Yes, he tends to overdo it a little, but he's still a hundred times better than Tennant, IMO. But that's just my heretic opinion. *g*
Temperatures have eased a little, and I'm really grateful for that.