Been Awhile!
Hey, all!
I know, it's been awhile. Not even months and this blog is underposted in, huh?
Problem is, I kinda don't wanna talk about this writing project too much! It's going very good, but as I have like 50 ideas of where to take it, I don't want to start having Vaporstories. How do you make vaporware refer to storytelling? I don't know. I don't want to get hopes up or confuse people, because thats just a shit thing to do.
So, I've been kinda quiet. Updates have just been meh overall, so I haven't commented on them. I decided to take the stance of "unless this is so painfully bad I need to say something, I'll only comment if its good" if only because I'm sick of being told I'm only negative just because I'm responding to things that I react to negatively. If I were writing about politics after the 2004 US Presidential election? It would be even worse.
Legacy was a good trilby story, but it left me feeling disappointed. I enjoy a lot of trilby's stories, and it hurts to see a good writer become so predictable. I know some people really like formulas, but this felt like it was being spiced up. It made me a little depressed and doubt my own writing that it failed to deliver.
Taken has so far held my interest, but failed to really feel all that full of life. Maybe I'm bored with the genre? It doesn't feel like that's the case at all. I'm full of ideas and I've been enjoying some older stories I didn't get a chance to read when they were new . . . sigh.
I know it makes me sound awful, but I'd love a thrall or Tabico story for 2008 so badly. I know there are other good authors - and I'd love to see something from them too - but sometimes you just need to see writing from the people that inspired you to write in the first place that doesn't resonate as being hollow and oddly unfulfilling.
Sigh. I'm getting snarky in a melancholy way. That can't be any better than angry.
So I'll close this by saying that posts by me are likely to be somewhat infrequent.
The Spiral Awards also failed to meet their deadline. One thing I've been looking forward to in the MC Community was the chance to see if even with the animosity I've inspired if my writing is worth even being nominated.
Them dropping the ball like this really disappoints me. The Spirals have done very little to establish themselves as a valid MC Story award. They can't happen every year, keep to their own time tables . . . and their site shows no changes for two years, nor is it quick loading or efficient. Most people I've sent there get confused.
I screamed in support of them before. I wanted to do so again as a sign that I do believe parts of the community have good to them that can even get me involved.
Also, the website does not indicate this, and as far as I know, the only place you can see voting is extended is if you're a member of the forums. So, instead of being able to . . . oh . . . I dunno . . . actually look at the HQ for this thing, I have to reload this page to know what's going on. This feels to me like a train wreck so far.
Way to drop the ball.
Well... If ten people, different people, comment on this post... I might post the rough rough draft of the intro to the story I'm working on. Tell your friends!
~Madam K
I know, it's been awhile. Not even months and this blog is underposted in, huh?
Problem is, I kinda don't wanna talk about this writing project too much! It's going very good, but as I have like 50 ideas of where to take it, I don't want to start having Vaporstories. How do you make vaporware refer to storytelling? I don't know. I don't want to get hopes up or confuse people, because thats just a shit thing to do.
So, I've been kinda quiet. Updates have just been meh overall, so I haven't commented on them. I decided to take the stance of "unless this is so painfully bad I need to say something, I'll only comment if its good" if only because I'm sick of being told I'm only negative just because I'm responding to things that I react to negatively. If I were writing about politics after the 2004 US Presidential election? It would be even worse.
Legacy was a good trilby story, but it left me feeling disappointed. I enjoy a lot of trilby's stories, and it hurts to see a good writer become so predictable. I know some people really like formulas, but this felt like it was being spiced up. It made me a little depressed and doubt my own writing that it failed to deliver.
Taken has so far held my interest, but failed to really feel all that full of life. Maybe I'm bored with the genre? It doesn't feel like that's the case at all. I'm full of ideas and I've been enjoying some older stories I didn't get a chance to read when they were new . . . sigh.
I know it makes me sound awful, but I'd love a thrall or Tabico story for 2008 so badly. I know there are other good authors - and I'd love to see something from them too - but sometimes you just need to see writing from the people that inspired you to write in the first place that doesn't resonate as being hollow and oddly unfulfilling.
Sigh. I'm getting snarky in a melancholy way. That can't be any better than angry.
So I'll close this by saying that posts by me are likely to be somewhat infrequent.
The Spiral Awards also failed to meet their deadline. One thing I've been looking forward to in the MC Community was the chance to see if even with the animosity I've inspired if my writing is worth even being nominated.
Them dropping the ball like this really disappoints me. The Spirals have done very little to establish themselves as a valid MC Story award. They can't happen every year, keep to their own time tables . . . and their site shows no changes for two years, nor is it quick loading or efficient. Most people I've sent there get confused.
I screamed in support of them before. I wanted to do so again as a sign that I do believe parts of the community have good to them that can even get me involved.
Also, the website does not indicate this, and as far as I know, the only place you can see voting is extended is if you're a member of the forums. So, instead of being able to . . . oh . . . I dunno . . . actually look at the HQ for this thing, I have to reload this page to know what's going on. This feels to me like a train wreck so far.
Way to drop the ball.
Well... If ten people, different people, comment on this post... I might post the rough rough draft of the intro to the story I'm working on. Tell your friends!
~Madam K
Labels: EMCSA, life, Madam Kistulot, reviews, spiral awards, Update, Writing
posted by Madam Kistulot at
3:47 AM
6 Comments:
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I always like to see new stuff.
...I don't really have more to say at this point. :)
I wouldn't advise posting the rough rough draft. At least use the edited version you'll have in a few days! But, do post that version! You need more than your girlfriends telling you this is a good story.
Spirals . . . Are you really surprised? This is not the first time Rinky Dink has disappeared, and Darkmind maintaining a website is laughable. I honestly wonder why you care so much about these awards. Neither of us respects them, most of the people we're friends with don't respect them, and the panel is flaky. Also, given some of what won last time . . . I'd almost be embarrassed to see your work, or any good author's work, listed among the winners, or even the nominations. You can be a weird Kitty sometimes.
Legacy's predictable 'twist' would have been stunning from any other author. I really wanted to see him write from a Domme's POV, just once! Maybe trilby stories are like Lovecraft stories. One doesn't read a Lovecraft story to see what happens; one reads such a story to see how the signature descent into insanity unfolds. Any trilby fan knows the protagonists in his stories don't have a chance. There is going to be an illusory struggle, a treacle-like defeat, and likely a serpentine explication of what Slave Life is like. Somehow, this is yummy coming from him. At least I can find it yummy when I think of it in the context of reading to see how rather than what. "Legacy" was a bit rote and unsatisfying, though. I haven't read enough of "Taken" to have a clear opinion, but I get the same "this is standard trilby" impression from it that is predictable rather than gripping. Individual scenes are delicious, though, and the mystery would intrigue me more if I didn't already have a decent clue about the answer from simple familiarity with this author.
You could always post flashes in the Kistublot. Keep us entertained!
I love you. =P
Posting! Gimme gimme :D
Valbot counts as a person! That's 3!
(Just playin, Valbot :p)
And up to four. I do appreciate hearing your opinions, though I'll readily admit to also appreciating peeks at upcoming fiction!
Mew! Previews are yummy ~.~
I'd love to see a preview! Also, why need an award to validate your worth as a writer? Reminders from your fans not enough? *pout* :)
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