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grey_damaskena

a song of ice and fire

Nov 12, 2010 12:18

First, for anyone who's not aware, saiunkoku_fic is holding their annual Secret Santa exchange. Everyone should head over and sign up, it's going to be awesome!

Here's an interesting blog post for anyone who reads George R.R. Martin-- basically a critique of his story structure in writing A Song of Ice and Fire, and how it might be linked to the long delay in ( Read more... )

geekery, life stuff, emptiness

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Please forgive me for intruding... beyondthemoor November 13 2010, 19:05:36 UTC

Delete this if I'm intruding or walking in in the middle of the conversation. ^^; It's none of my business... but I have been (am?) where you are ( ... )

Re: Please forgive me for intruding... grey_damaskena November 16 2010, 12:33:04 UTC

It's not an intrusion, so don't worry at all. :-) Anyone and everyone is welcome to read and comment on my journal, and it makes me happy whenever someone does. Especially when they leave such a complete and thoughtful response ( ... )

Re: Please forgive me for intruding... beyondthemoor November 19 2010, 04:37:08 UTC

"learning them can be the hardest of all ( ... )

misspaulette November 16 2010, 08:31:44 UTC

You learn more from 1 'failure' than from 100 successes... I'm sure someone important, historical & smarter than me said that, a long time ago. But it's true. You are a fantastically-minded individual, but dangit, you can't expect to know how to do everything right off the bat. Give yourself a chance before you beat your self-confidence into a pulp (and by chance I mean more than a measly 3 months). I have the feeling that, knowing you, you'll figure out what you need to go from "unremarkable" to "fabulous" soon enough.

I use the term 'failure' because I, too, often see mediocrity in my work as a failure. Then I go back & figure out how to make it better. You can too ^__^

grey_damaskena November 22 2010, 15:14:02 UTC

It's hard to say . . . I look at my work and wonder how it can possibly be better than the work of those around me. Theirs always seems so much better . . . I guess it's that "the grass is always greener" syndrome at work. But we shall see how it goes. The marks determine it, for good and aye . . .