Good news. Of sorts.

[marycrawford]

"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by." (Douglas Adams, RIP.)

The HXFQF challenge deadline has been extended until Saturday. This is undoubtedly good news, especially for procrastinating shiftless idiots me. OTOH, now I have no excuse not to try and do a good job.

How come I can fiddle around with vids and Photoshop, not knowing how to do half the things I want to do, and be perfectly happy, but writing a story - any story - always turns into this great big thing where everything has to be perfect and then fails to be so and I begin to hate myself and never want to write another word?

Well, never mind. Maybe I should just not post at this time of the month, huh?

Comments

[ltlj.livejournal.com]

Yay, by the time I get back maybe the HXFQF stories will be posted.

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

I think there's a waiting period of a week or so before the stories are made public, so maybe you'll have to wait longer. But not by much. :-)

[halimede.livejournal.com]

How come I can fiddle around with vids and Photoshop, not knowing how to do half the things I want to do, and be perfectly happy,

Heh. That's not how *I* remember things going... ;)

Also? Write, #*$^$*it! It will be fine. Honest.
And *pets* for time of the month.

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Heh. That's not how *I* remember things going... ;)

Hush, woman! Let me retain some fond illusion that I'm not neurotic in all areas...*g*

Also? Write, #*$^$*it!

Yes, ma'am. After dinner. :-)

[halimede.livejournal.com]

Oh, and it looks like I might not be near the computer at all on saturday, so your beta-deadline is Friday. {does best to look domineering and stern and stuff}

[thunderatiger.livejournal.com]

Hey there! You said in the email that I could friend you, so I did. Here I am!

...but writing a story - any story - always turns into this great big thing where everything has to be perfect and then fails to be so and I begin to hate myself and never want to write another word

Well, because most good authors are natural perfectionists when it comes to their writing, and if something seems off, it will bother them until they figure out how to fix it. And this *bothering* will overlap into other aspects of the story that are fine until the entire thing feels strange and foreign. Don't let the little things slow you up. Or the big things, for that matter. Just remember that you *are* a good author, people enjoy your work, and that some stories take longer than others.

Oh, and that there's nothing wrong with being a procrastinator. ;) I should know because I'm one. I've been meaning to change that, but I keep putting it off...

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Here I am!

Hey, welcome, you! :-)

Your explanation of authorial paranoia makes sense to me - and thanks for the encouraging words, too. I could really use them today.

I've been meaning to change that, but I keep putting it off...

Snerk. And yeah, me too. *g*

[falzalot.livejournal.com]

Oooooh! Shiny icon!! :-> :-> One of my cats occasionally deigns to let me pet her when she's been soaking up the sun. I always call her my 'sun-baked kitty' when she does that. And now I'm picturing sun-baked Iolaus... which just made me think of he & Herc on the beach in The Apple. In the sun. With very little on. For a large portion of the day. And... And... Wow. Happy place. :->

Um. Was I supposed to be saying something supportive here? I've totally lost my train of thought.

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Hee! Happy place, all right. *g*

You remind me that I still have to make screencaps of The Apple. I think I kept that one back because I was afraid that once I started making caps of the beach scenes, I'd never finish...

(Oh yeah, and the icon is by dbw.)

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

Good news for me, that's for sure. ::is still stressed::

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Oh, you too, huh? I wish you tremendous vibes for the challenge. At least you know you're not alone. :-)

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

Me too. It's good to not be alone.

Are yours refusing to have sex? Because Xena and Gabrielle are being really difficult on that score. (Me: "Time for smut!" Xena: "But there's a monster." Me: "But look! Naked Gabrielle! In your bed!" Xena: "But there's a monster...")

[barbaraa.livejournal.com]

Sounds like Xena has her priorities in the right place. Hard to be sexy in the belly of a beast. :)

[cookatwork.livejournal.com]

Geez - may I join the club?

I feel terribly guilty but also really relieved about the extension ( plus I got my beta back and have now even less reasons to procrastinate ). At least I got a very excuse to do so because Candace posted my birthday fic onto StrifeLust.

:: VERY big happy grin ::

All I'm going to say about it is that Iolaus most probably would throw a fit if he knew what Hercules and Strife are up to in the mummy's tomb.

But I'm sending good writing vibes to the Netherlands ( shouldn't be a problem since Friesland shares the same coast-line )and Good Luck!

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks for the vibes - I'm glad we have a club, now.

And a belated happy birthday! It's lovely when people write fic as birthday presents. (She said guiltily, never having done it yet. :-)