witty, smart, well-thought character, with a rich background, complex past, and (s)he has lots of interesting quirks and skills…
Tumblr: YEAH, OKAY, BUT IS (S)HE TRANS? HOMOSEXUAL? POC?
Show creator: why does it ma~
Tumblr: BOOOOOOORING!!!!
Show creator: actually yes Tumblr: this is their only defining characteristic and this show is now only for people represented by that quality if they also agree with me on every subject
Show creator: And they have some flaws/ or they’re a villain Tumblr: This show is a homophobic, transphobic, racist, misogynistic pile of crap and all it’s fans are crap too.
Tumblr: *harasses and sends death threats to people over the show*
Show Creator: This is not why I made this show, I wanted to be inclusive and subversive but also make people happy, and this isn’t good, please stop it.
Tumblr: OMG So you like child porn and hate gay people!?!?!?!?!?!?!
The fact that every single one of these has happened exactly like this is really depressing.
Last post as I’m getting into bed… Today @mamodewberry finished reading my book, too. And I gave Cori a hard time, but both of these lovely ladies left me so much positive, helpful, encouraging feedback… The fact that they read my book all the way through at all is making me overly emotional. Seriously. You guys don’t know how much having someone read your stuff read means unless you’re a writer… I’m just gonna bury my face in my hands and cry because holy crap thank you for being so supportive, my friends. ;_;
More red pandas.
I pretended to be my train friend today and sketched people that I saw on the commute home.
Because it’s a theme that interests you as a writer? (Or at least that’s the slightly pompous answer you can use)
I guess I sure think about it a lot! Good point!
why are all of my books about death?
@anyahatesbunnies finished reading the first draft of Fishsticks. She said that it was “readable” and “salvageable” which is very high praise from her.
Honestly, though, I am so excited. The synopsis is almost done, then I gotta finish polishing my first 20 pages and finish the proposal… then this whole next week will be chopping my book down to 75k.
Her feedback was pretty positive. There’s a LOT that I can clean up which will do a ton for cutting it down… and @mamodewberry has been giving v v encouraging commentary as she reads through it, too… I CAN DO THIS.
I realized that my hairdryer was 10+ years old, so bought a new one on Friday and my hair drying time went from 25 minutes to just under 10. Holy moly.
My extremely thick hair is dry and smooth and silky and happy. This is amazing.
