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Jun. 8th, 2017 01:27 pm A huge thank you to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
akatnamedeaster for her very thoughtful and timely care package. It was waiting for me when I got home from work, and it's chock full of goodies:
The HP-POA review has a large copy of the Snape art I loved so much, and all these buttons have inspired me to create a 'badge box' for all the cool buttons I possess - they are just NOT getting the love they need. Thank you, Kat, for reminding me that I have the best friends in the world.
The book is extremely timely - I've just been talking toannietalbot about self-publishing, and she's been giving me some really good advice. It is costly, as self-publishing is, but I don't have the courage to do another year of rejection. It nearly destroyed any love I had for writing at all, and it's taken me a long time to get the courage to come this far again.
On the writing front, I've been doing a lot of work on a 'Steampulp Murder Mystery' that I started about a year ago. I've got the outline kind of mapped out, but mystery is a tough genre for me, and pulling all the strings together is tough. I've been taking notes, and feel more confident that I can actually do this. It was inspired by a render thatlemonade8 created for me called Oubliette, and I'm having a ball researching all things steampunk, victorian, gothic, and forensic.
To get me in a proper frame of mind, I started watching Murdoch mysteries. It's a Canadian show, much loved there, and it's been going about 10 years. It started off a little dry, and I wasn't sure I could deal with it, but the characters are very well defined and likeable. It's droll, tongue-in-cheek, and the more I watched the more I liked it. It doesn't hurt that the actor playing Detective William Murdoch (Yannik Besson) is very handsome with the more gorgeous brown eyes I've ever seen. I also love his almost innocent yet passionate demeanour. I've become a bit of a fan, so my 'researach' is quite plesant, and I'm shamelessly hooked. It is a rather gentle series, for all the murder and mayhem, and usually the tone is light and sunny. However, they left the final episode of this last series on an horrific cliffhanger, the bastards. October is a long way away.
I'm also working on a sooper seekrit fanfic, a collab job I'm also very enthused about. I've done a full synopsis on it already, and now I'm in the process of filling in the blanks, as it were. It's proving to be a lot of fun as well.
Well, I'm off to do a little paperwork, guzzle down a glass of ice tea, and immerse myself in late 19th Century London. Thank you, Kat. You've given me a real booster shot.
akatnamedeaster for her very thoughtful and timely care package. It was waiting for me when I got home from work, and it's chock full of goodies:The HP-POA review has a large copy of the Snape art I loved so much, and all these buttons have inspired me to create a 'badge box' for all the cool buttons I possess - they are just NOT getting the love they need. Thank you, Kat, for reminding me that I have the best friends in the world.
The book is extremely timely - I've just been talking to
annietalbot about self-publishing, and she's been giving me some really good advice. It is costly, as self-publishing is, but I don't have the courage to do another year of rejection. It nearly destroyed any love I had for writing at all, and it's taken me a long time to get the courage to come this far again.On the writing front, I've been doing a lot of work on a 'Steampulp Murder Mystery' that I started about a year ago. I've got the outline kind of mapped out, but mystery is a tough genre for me, and pulling all the strings together is tough. I've been taking notes, and feel more confident that I can actually do this. It was inspired by a render that
lemonade8 created for me called Oubliette, and I'm having a ball researching all things steampunk, victorian, gothic, and forensic.To get me in a proper frame of mind, I started watching Murdoch mysteries. It's a Canadian show, much loved there, and it's been going about 10 years. It started off a little dry, and I wasn't sure I could deal with it, but the characters are very well defined and likeable. It's droll, tongue-in-cheek, and the more I watched the more I liked it. It doesn't hurt that the actor playing Detective William Murdoch (Yannik Besson) is very handsome with the more gorgeous brown eyes I've ever seen. I also love his almost innocent yet passionate demeanour. I've become a bit of a fan, so my 'researach' is quite plesant, and I'm shamelessly hooked. It is a rather gentle series, for all the murder and mayhem, and usually the tone is light and sunny. However, they left the final episode of this last series on an horrific cliffhanger, the bastards. October is a long way away.
I'm also working on a sooper seekrit fanfic, a collab job I'm also very enthused about. I've done a full synopsis on it already, and now I'm in the process of filling in the blanks, as it were. It's proving to be a lot of fun as well.
Well, I'm off to do a little paperwork, guzzle down a glass of ice tea, and immerse myself in late 19th Century London. Thank you, Kat. You've given me a real booster shot.
