LONG Day

[queenoftheskies]

Did I mention...LONG!!!

And stressful. Can't forget stressful.

The owner called me half an hour before time to go home and gave me a huge list of stuff he needed me to do and e-mail to someone before I went home.

Needless to say, everyone else was gone. I had to set the alarm, lock the doors, lock the gate. Ick!

I was soooo EXHAUSTED and starved by the time I picked the kids up...who had been waiting patiently for me all that time.

I was already pretty down because someone told me in a critique that there was "no market for the stuff I write". Sniffle. That came as part of a critique on my first two chapters of Beyond the Darkness, which is set in my huge novel series universe. It's the introduction of a character, Koji, and how he meets up with the main characters in that universe. (Though he has a pretty big part in some of the novels himself.)

It was like someone knocked the wind out of me.

I've written hundreds of thousands of words in that universe. Really. Literally. And, of course, I'm my own worst critic and already had doubts about whether people would like my characters and my plots cause I haven't seen anything else quite like it. Sniffle...after that, I'm just kinda...I don't know...wondering. You know?

Sigh...

It's been bugging me for a couple of days. Actually, several things have, but I have been really, really good about NOT ranting about them. I'm just trying to figure them out in my head. Which is hard with stress and overtime.

Almost Friday.

Almost time for a three day weekend, too.

Ick...almost time for a birthday. I'm too old for those any more.

But, the three day weekend sounds good. :)

Haven't gotten much writing done for a couple of days because of trying to figure out things in my poor, tired brain. Just a little. Better than nothing.

I'll rebound. I always do. It's just that I have to come to terms with things and realize that what I'm writing might just be for myself if it's so quirky people won't like it. I have to wonder if...sigh...I should start trying to split my time between my universe I love so much and some other things I started, too.

Sigh...I'm very tired. I should sleep.


Ancient Secrets 1,000 words today

1,000 total words to date


No, not really another new novel, but, yeah, kinda. It's going to be combined with Rosemont when I get far enough along. It'll actually be a new framework, and then the guts of Rosemont will go inside. But, I wanted to concentrate on getting this framed the way I wanted it first, before I gut Rosemont and combine the two.

Comments

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

If your journal isn't for ranting, then what's it for?

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

Just remember, according to the wisdom of the workshop, there are no bones in the human neck. Take such reviews with salt. :)

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

Bzuh?

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

Actually, I was told there were no bones in the human throat, which is a little different, but still really stupid in the context of the review.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

I don't know who would say something like "there's no market for your work," but I would submit that said person is a buffoon. I'd take that with a LOT of grains of salt, lady. Don't worry about what one ignoramus says. Blow it off and keep up that good work you're doing.

[pet-hypothesis.livejournal.com]

What did the other critiques say?

[jmeadows.livejournal.com]

Sweetie, I just read all the reviews and I didn't see anyone saying that... Was it not on the OWW (because there are a few OWWers I can see actually saying that, which is sad...).

But don't believe them, whoever it was, because there IS a market for the things you write! Just keep going with what you're doing, because you do it well, all right?

*hugs* And you can rant on things if you want. This is YOUR journal, all right?

And hey, you should get on IM some time so we can chat. :)

[jmeadows.livejournal.com]

...okay, I have an "all right" obsession I think. Stupid ML messing with my head!

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

::stares at your comment::

OMG CUTENESS!

[irysangel.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't believe them. I could give you a grocery list of authors that were different from the norm and it didn't hurt them. Heck, I'd rather stand out in the sea of query letters than just be like the rest.

[navicat.livejournal.com]

What? Who said that? WHO? Let me at them...*kitten growl*

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Whoever said there is no market for what you are writing is an idiot and should be ignored. No, I'm dead serious. There's a market for just about anything, if you look hard enough. Right now the story looks to me, from the outside, like an Urban Fantasy set in Japan with heavy anime and manga influences. There is so a market for that. Editors are always looking for new settings and ideas. Whoever told you there was no market for your piece should be poked repeatedly with a red hot spork.