I'm Writing A Lot - But Is It Art?

[teddy_radiator]

Just turned in my hp_halloween gift. I love that fest - I guess it's understandable why I totally forgot about it last year, but it's lovely to be writing again.

My sshg_giftfest entry is zooming along. I'm on the home stretch. It's a funny thing; I started it last week, and I'm sitting at 10K words. When did that happen? I know a good bit will go by the wayside once stgulik really gets stuck in, but for the most part I really like most of what I've written. I'm hoping that means it might be good and not self-indulgent wank, but I suspect the latter is in there as well.

I also have started writing in a journal nightly. This is something I haven't done in a long time, and it's just the most shallow, trivial journal. Just stuff that I did during the day, what I'd like to do tomorrow. A little section about positive things that happened on the day, etc. Nothing deeper than that. It's like I don't have the time or energy to write down all my feelings in longhand. I don't even go back and read it. It's just a brain dump at the end of the day. I hoped it would enable me to sleep better, but last night I had some really disturbing dreams. So much for the brain dump.

Work this week was dismal, but the next few days are going to be very busy. I've trotted out my few Halloween/Autumn decorations, just the opening ceremonies for Christmas, really. I always decorate early in November, but I also take them down bang on around New Year, so maybe in the grand scheme of things I don't have them up all that much more than most.

I'm also getting a lot of stuff in my head for the third and last book of the series. It will be called Silverbirch, and it's going to be more action driven than sex-driven. I'm hoping that means I can actually sustain people's attention long enough from smut to smut and actually say something someone wants to read. You get a little tired of thinking that the only thing people might want to read of yours is the sex stuff. I did get a beautiful compliment the other day on FB when I mentioned I was writing for the Gift fest. Thank you, worrywart1966, for that. She said: "If I received a piece of fiction from you, I wouldn't care if it were 1000 words or 10,000 words. I know that each word would have been chosen carefully and with love." That's about the nicest thing anyone has ever said, and something I can actually whole heartedly agree with. I do try and choose the best words. All 10,000 plus of them.

Comments

[mywitch.livejournal.com]

I absolutely agree with worrywart! your writing is always top-notch and I am so excited to have a new teddy to read! Hope this week treats you kindly my friend. ♥️

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sweetie.

[hbart.livejournal.com]

It might just be me, but I tend to over praise good smut and good comedy because both go horribly wrong so often, that when it is done well it makes me happy. If someone tries a mystery and I figure it out quickly, or they write a sad story and it doesn’t really move me to tears, for example, I can still enjoy the story. But poorly done comedy or smut make me cringe a lot. Long story short, if your sex scenes get mentioned more than your character development or dramatic scenes or whatever, it may not mean the other parts are lesser. I, for one, enjoy many things about your work and am super excited for your new offerings.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Thank you for putting things into perspective. I just didn't want to be known as the 'smut writer' and nothing else. I do know people who love my fanfiction but have absolutely no interest in reading my original novels, which hurts me right to the core. But it's one of those things. I appreciate your encouragement, and I hope you enjoy it.