the sad thing is...

[idiosyncreant]

Today I'm working on Nemesis, not World Domination 101

...and who knows if WD101 is worth even working on. That's what I'm thinking about as I take a break, really.


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of course, right now all I want to do is watch K-Dramas, because revising is hard. But Nemesis is THIS close!

So. No k-dramas. I won't lie and say I haven't been reading manga in between, though.

imps stealing my life away

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The weird thing about being into the pop culture of a country other than the one you're writing for is that I end up having these ideas playing in my mind based out of tropes that are totally foreign to the body of work in my native language.

Am I in trouble, I wonder?

Comments

[rhinemouse.livejournal.com]

Yes! And I thought it was super fun. I kept picturing it in the same art style as Natsume's Book of Friends.

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

Okay, good! Just making sure, because you're practically...THE audience for that one.

I don't know if there's anything that could be done with that one, it's such a one-shot XD but I like it, in a way.

...that's the problem with my short-stories. They're all YA one-shots, and then I look at all these uberserious literary magazines and think, "Ye~ah, I'll just sit over here and play with some sticks."

[rhinemouse.livejournal.com]

I look at all these uberserious literary magazines and think, "Ye~ah, I'll just sit over here and play with some sticks."

THIS. You have just summed up my entire writing career.

(at least sticks are fun?)

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

At least we have each other?

I do have a problem of thematic resonance in short-form, too, so no doubt some of the stories I'm sending around would be accepted if they were actually awesome, despite their YA bent.

Hah.

I always tell myself someday I'll have fans with a desire for bonus content...
/self-delusion