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So let’s pretend for a second that ghosts are real…

And one died like… 300 years ago… Do they like, learn new things as technology comes along? Like, see people with phones and learn about texting and computers and emojis?

Things to ponder.

jandjsalmon

*whispers* I hope you find a new fandom family to help encourage and include you. My corner of this blue hell site is pretty amazing and fun. You should join us.

I confess I like this little corner from what I’ve seen. I’m lurking for now until creativity spikes again. Eeee thank you for replying ❤

jandjsalmon

Oh wow. It seems like quite the challenge. It’s so much money and time and effort for you… to put it into a program that you don’t love? It seems counterptoductive. I don’t envy you this choice.

Yeah, it’s… complicated. But basically illness in my second and third year of undergrad tanked my GPA, and several of the schools I want to go to have suggested I do a Masters at a lower ranked school, or redo a year or two of undergrad to raise my GPA. My partner’s dad is a long-term faculty member at one of these lower-ranked schools (not dissing the lower ranked schools! They still get you the piece of paper!!) and has connections to put me in touch with the relevant faculty for me. Won’t get me in, no nepotism, but… it feels like the choice is swallowing some topics I’m less keen on for a year or two, or going back to undergrad for a year or two. YAY choices 😛

Tag Yourself: Fanfiction Authors Edition

the newbie: has written like 1 super cliche fic, doesn’t space paragraphs, everyone secretly hates them but doesn’t want to be rude
the high schooler: only writes high school aus, is actually a middle schooler, writes 3 chapters then gives up and writes a new fic, wants to be more creative but nahhhh
the firecracker: CRACK FICS, just writes weird shit, usually only writes one shots but when they do go for chaptered it’s super creative and well done, likes body swap a lot, always uses overdone memes
the fluffmaster: their stuff is short and sweet, always G rated, but they secretly have ten million kinks
the texter: can literally only write group chat fics, not creative enough for anything else
the infamous: wrote only one fic ever but it was super long and it’s the most popular in the fandom
the smut addict: only writes smut, probably really kinky, seriously though you haven’t even heard of half of these, this is messed up
the nonexistent: writes such average fics that you forget them, but they’re actually really creative
the procrastinator: chapter 2??? what chapter 2???
the wattpad: writes self insert fics for one direction, uses wattpad, probably 9 years old, always adds vampires, generally hated
the monster: likes hurting the characters, will make you cry, kills off a lot of the characters, wHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THIS???
the deadliner: only writes when there’s a deadline of some sorts. Excel at Secret Santas and that sort of thing
the glutton: writes it all, smut fluff angst all mixed up, sometimes in one fic
the AU-lover: the one that flees into different universes to hide from a messed up canon.

ao3commentoftheday:

My two cents on kudos and comments:

Receiving kudos on a story is always welcome. It’s a validation and I take it as a mark of appreciation. Every kudos email is refreshing and brightens my day. On a new story, it’s a sigh of relief that this fic didn’t go overlooked and someone out there has already had a chance to enjoy it. On older stories, it’s a smile at realizing that people are still finding and enjoying something I finished so long ago.

Receiving comments, however, is both validation and also inspiration. When a reader notes what they liked in a story – maybe something I did intentionally, but often it’s even something I hadn’t realized myself when I was writing it – that element sticks in my mind; it’s likelier that sort of thing will make it into the next story. When a reader has questions or speculation about where a fic is going to go, that gets me speculating too and can motivate me to pick up a stalled tale and see where it’s going to go myself. Anytime readers liked a fic enough to talk to me about it, I can’t help but think more about that fic myself, logically, right? And the more I’m thinking about it, the more new plots are suggesting themselves to my subconscious. When a new reader finds an older fic of mine, in a fandom I haven’t frequented lately, and tells me what they liked about it, suddenly I’m thinking about that fandom and that storyline again and maybe the urge to write in that world returns.

Plus, readers using comments – or tumblr messaging, or anything available to us – to talk to me about something I wrote (and vice versa, when I as a reader tell another writer what I loved about their fic) have led to some of my most treasured online friendships. That’s the best part of all.

This echoes what I’ve seen on a lot of the tags on my kudos ask. Kudos are lovely and like a thumbs up of approval or a like on a post. Comments are more of a connection between reader and writer. 

Thanks for sharing!

Interesting commentary… When I look for new fics, I always sort by kudos because I figure more kudos = more individuals who liked the story… 

Butttt as a writer, I alway loved getting the comments. Hmmm. Maybe I should comment more.

New Fandom… We can only hope.

I used to be such a Fandom person. There was such an amazing period in quite a few Fandoms…. So much fanfiction… So much love. And it’s been a while since I’ve been able to get into fandom.

I find new things… Try to find good fanfiction… Get frustrated…. Try to write myself… Cry… And quit. But every time I find a new show, I feel the spark of hope that maybe… This new Fandom will be home again.

Streaming Services

It cannot be said enough just how much I love my various streaming services. One of the things I used to bitch about incessantly was how I wanted to pay for my music and TV shows… but that they weren’t available to me here in Australia. 

I used to eagerly get money for iTunes, as a pre-credit-card-unemployed-because-my-parents-were-strict-on-school kid, so excitedly… Go to download music that I wanted… and find it never available in the Australian iTunes store. So I’d ask my friends in the USA to send it to me. 

And it sucked. I wanted to support things, but… if you don’t make it available, I can’t do it. 

But Netflix and Spotify just changed everything for me. 

I know it’s a weird thing to be passionately excited about… but I’m actually really impressed and pleased with both services. I never run out of things to watch, to listen to. I hear new things. 

Last year, I listened to over 42000 minutes on Spotify. That’s 13hrs a week. I pay $13/month for the service… MONEY WELL SPENT I SAY. 

And I really LIKE Netflix series. Like, they’re weird, and different, and push the envelope, and not like every other TV show. And that won’t last, but fuck I’m enjoying it whilst it lasts.

IDK. I’m just about to watch Riverdale, and I feel excited because if I get bored of this, I’ve got so many other shows to watch. It’s awesome.