Writerly Ways

[cornerofmadness]

Okay not really, just something I want help with because I'm still making exams, nearly midnight and I'm still making the first exam and grading all the things.

Anyhow what I wanted help with is the big sale Dreamspinner is having. If you ever wanted to get any of my stories and if you know anyone who'd enjoy m/m literature (or something in a yaoi vein) send them here. You get 40% but I get full price!!


Lord knows I could use the sales.

And before I forget, happy Beltane!



And I am sad tonight. fma_fic_contest is shutting down. I'm not surprised mind you, but still I'm sad. It was my last fandom thing. I don't like tumblr (does anyone? All I see is people bitch about it) and all the new stuff I'm reading isn't really giving me the fandom bug. I've never not written fandom.

You'd think that would give me time to write more original fiction but so far that's been true. I feel more and more isolated from all the things that made fandom great. The microblogs have really changed things and not really for the better.

I guess I can whip things out to AO3 and maybe see a trickle back but that's not the same.

And I didn't even remember to sign up for the FMA big bang. Ah well. So damn busy.

I wish it were 1985 again.

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I am also sad at Fic Contest shutting down. D: Where else will I get inspiration for odd little FMA story-lets?

I haven't really found anything else I like well enough to write about, either. And I haven't actually read much fanfic in the past...two or three years that's over 3k long. If that. Which is also kind of sad.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I don't know.

Same here and yes it is. I'm not ready to have that part of my creative outlet die

[bay115.livejournal.com]

Yeah it wasn't easy for me and a_big_apple to make. We discussed this around a month ago when I noticed things were turning for the nosedive and decided to do this on May if this keeps happening.

I too haven't been active writing FMA stuff lately, or writing anything for that matter. I also admit to not being more active/leaving comments on LJ as before (though I still lurk and read entries here). Yeah, Tumblr has more flaws but people my age still seems to vastly prefer it over LJ and that's where the younger fans now moved to.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it wasn't. That said, I've been expecting it for a while. The decline has been obvious and geez FMA is an old fandom these days.

I've heard the younger fanbase is leaving tumblr for something else but what that is I don't even know. I suppose if I had a fandom I really wanted to play in I'd go there but I don't. And that's just a little bit sad.