So it's labor day

[cornerofmadness]

I have no pithy thoughts for this. I posted some old union pictures on FB but they were depressing me so I'll leave it as I sat at home alternatively typing and cleaning.

The writing is going pretty well with one exception. The cleaning took a detour into weirdness. I'm totally out of all the things anyone would need to clean. I got the stove and one counter cleaned before I found out the spray was out. So was the back up spray. Was I high from fumes last time I cleaned that I didn't notice this? Then I couldn't find the swifter. I had the wet jet, the broom, the swifter extender but not the original fricking swifter. WTF? Where it could possibly be is anyone's guess. At least, I suppose, this place is so wrecked that picking up things and putting them away counted as cleaning.

The exception to the writing is that I looked at a review from a review site for The Darkest Midnight in December and it hit on my deepest fear with all this stuff. That sex scenes feel tacked on and there is no real romance in my story. Okay I'm NOT really a romance writer. I'm just not. I'm glad we're starting to see the LGBT literature moving back out of that after it's current resurgence via the romance/erotica vein. But now all I'm thinking is there no emotional content in any of my stories. Does it only count if there is no established relationship like in several of mine? My simmer story will only be a few days long. No way are they in love, but lust and like yes. Will it feel real? Arrigo and Luc have a strange relationship. Does it even feel romantic? Will I always second guess myself.

Also in the writing lines, here is a good article. We're all good at making up excuses for not writing so have this how to be a full time writer with a day job. I used write or die and written, kitten today to get stuff done. In Queer SciFi's talk today, I think someone mentioned you can even temporarily block your computer from the internet to give you distraction free writing.

And just for fun, here's some FMA art I found while looking for something to post up as a sign for the students. Roy & Riza I really liked their pose in this.

Roy & his transmutation circle This one is just glorious with the detail

Roy in more of a 3-D style I thought this was a very interesting style.

And I got hosed by student loans again. They moved my payment date without telling me. Fuckwits.

Also just for fun. OMG this looks great! I'll have to netflix it after the fact.

Watch on YouTube

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

That second piece of art is really amazing. The first one is good, the third one reminds me of that piece of art of Ed where Ed looks like a woman cosplaying Ed - that's the feel I get for the third piece. But it's very lovely.

whee for your student loan company, seriously.

Yay for cleaning, I guess?

And writing.

Sigh for the commentary.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

isn't it fun? might make it a wallpaper. Yes I can see your point about #3. i think he needed to look more Asian really.

they're idiots

I need to clean and write

i wish I knew what I were doing

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

It'd be a nice wallpaper. Roy looking more Asian in #3 would help, I agree. Still looks feminine to me.

Yes and sadly, you can't have someone else do your loans for you. GRR.

I need to write more. More.

I don't know what to say to help you. Sigh.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Yes he does look a bit feminine, I think it's the rounded cheeks

I've considered looking into that

me too.

not sure anyone can

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

That could be the reason, yes.

Can you do that? Really?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

can I do what? write more? today, not so much

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Get your loan changed to a different company or whatever. You said you'd looked into it.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh that. yeah I did and no one wants to buy that much debt

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Ah and blah

[bay115.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing the links to the FMA art! The first one the two indeed has a nice pose there! The other two I think are great too!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

you're welcome.

I really like the solo one of Roy and his array

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

Not so weird about the cleaning supplies. I also do that. XD

I have to get that one of yours. I could have sworn I ordered it too with my sister, but I guess not. Maybe I did in an alternate time line. ;p So I can't really say if the smexy fun times feel tacked on or what.

We've talked about Arrigo & Luc elsewhere. :D I think Santino & Ryan definitely are attracted to one another & I think you can pull off a summer fling. :D Maybe emphasize it more that they both would jump each other's bones & that it at the time it doesn't mean anything & that they're both not really looking for anything long term, despite Santino's longing for something like that. And if you leave it open enough, if they meet up again in another story, you can show how lust & like as a person/would definitely be friends in another time & place turns to romantic love.

Love shouldn't be rushed, falling into bed also shouldn't be rushed especially if the intent is for a long term relationship. I can't tell you how many times I've read fanficcage where character A has sex with character B & while they're basking in their sexual high, they're suddenly a couple that loves each other deeply. *sighs*

The art is awesome! :D

LOVED the writing article! It's amazing how time one can waste when sitting there, trying to write. XD It's nice to know there are ways to overcome that. :D

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Glad I'm not alone

I can send you a PDF of that one in exchange for a review if you'd like

Thanks. I could do that. I think it will definitely be more of a fling thing for now but at the end they're going to ask Ryan to join the Apsida.

I agree that love shouldn't be rushed and it's not just fanfic. I've seen it in published books right along with the completely perfect virgin. There is a reason why the sex scenes with Luc are so awkward. I know I'll catch hell for it should it ever see the light of day but....

the art is and so is that article

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

Me too! :D

Yeah. Let me know where to review it & I'll happily review it for you. :D

You're welcoem. Okay. Sweet! :D

Published books do it too? o.0 I would think those authors would know better. Perfect virgins too? Geeze, first time sex is supposed to be awkward & painful & not rainbows & unicorn poop. And fluids and mess & even if the two peeps involved have had a string of lovers a mile long, it's still awkward when you care about the person you're with. *sighs* Why would you catch hell for it? If everything else is sunshine & applesauce, that lil dose of reality, I'd think, would be welcome, no? o.0

Yup! :D

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

amazon and/or goodreads.

hahahaha Geeze, first time sex is supposed to be awkward & painful & not rainbows & unicorn poop. I might have to quote you on this. And yes, I agree but seriously I read one recently when the virgin became the perfect middle in a threesome...like 20 pages in. I almost stopped reading but I paid money for this thing.

I think people like the fantasy sex more than the real so...

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll look for it & review it. Probably on good reads since I belong there. :D A book that looked like something I'd be interested in came out the other day. I wish there were bookstores still around here so I could go & check it out & see if I'd actually like it.

Glad you liked it & go ahead & use it. :D Really? *blinks* Wow! those other two peeps must be great teachers & that virgin a fast learner! ;p I hear you on that. I picked up a book on Cleopatra that looked good, but it's not what I had hoped it would be. *sighs* Thankfully, I found it in the dollar store & only paid a dollar for it, so I don't feel so bad if I don't like it & never finish it. I'm 4 chapters in & Cleo is summoning a demon to beat Octavian & his Roman army. Mark Antony feels he's been betrayed by her, you moron it's just a trick to get you to give up. *face palms* Which is why this was probably in the dollar store in the first place. ;p

*sighs* Sounds like it and that's kinda sad, cuz fantasy sex is just porn in a fancy dress. XD Which brings us back to peeps complaining about the sex in books not being to their liking. XD

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I sent you the story. that works. ANd in cases like that I always hope the library has the book.

hahaha, yeah I know right, the world's quickest learning virgins here at your service.

Oh geez to the Cleo book

yep you're right

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

Got it thanks! :D Yeah.

*snorts* Yup! ;p (maybe the book's a comedy? ;p)

I know, right? XD

*sighs*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

you're welcome

and yeah...probably not to that book. Makes me wonder how they get book deals and no one I know can

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

:D

No? o.0 I'd like to know how they managed that.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

me too, trust me, me too. I have read SO much mainstream going EVERYONE in my writers group is better than this so how did this get in print?

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

*nods* Wow! That is just... I think my brain exploded. XD I'm sure they are. I wonder if you have to know someone, or maybe mindless drivel sells.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I have yet to figure it out

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

Let me know when you do. :D

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

hahah will do

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

[seta-suzume.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for sharing all that great FMA fanart! They were all new to me and an interesting variety of styles.

I'm pretty partial to written, kitten myself.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

you're welcome I had the same thoughts on the art, all new and all different

written kitten is cute and helpful