Heh--I just went through trying to remember who asked me to write more about my writing. Turns out it was you!
I feel so silly about that because I'm all paranoid about real life and lj colliding. So when it comes to stuff I'm writing or have written that's published I think, "Uh-oh, somebody could look me up!" Then when it comes to things I'm struggling with and want to publish it's either a) don't jinx it! or b) this really sucks and if you talk about it it will be very pretentious and people would expect it to actually be good. It would be very embarassing for them to see it wasn't.
Iow, I'm neurotic. So I post about writing in a roundabout way. But my flist actually just helped me writing-wise this weekend. First the_gentleman happened to mention how long his chapters were in comparison to PS/SS, and I realized that the thing I'm writing isn't as godawful long as I thought, I was just accidentally breaking down the chapters for younger kids. And then pauraque posted this link to critique of The DaVinci code that made me think, "Hey, that guy's being laughed at for doing something I just avoided because it was stupid. I rock!!"
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Date: 2004-11-15 07:22 pm (UTC)I feel so silly about that because I'm all paranoid about real life and lj colliding. So when it comes to stuff I'm writing or have written that's published I think, "Uh-oh, somebody could look me up!" Then when it comes to things I'm struggling with and want to publish it's either a) don't jinx it! or b) this really sucks and if you talk about it it will be very pretentious and people would expect it to actually be good. It would be very embarassing for them to see it wasn't.
Iow, I'm neurotic. So I post about writing in a roundabout way. But my flist actually just helped me writing-wise this weekend. First