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talktooloose

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Jul 04, 2011 11:12

My X-Men fanfic novel, Days of Becoming, has been read by 523 people. Many more have begun it, but 523 have consumed all 400,000 words. Additionally, approximately 100 people have downloaded the book in pdf format. Soon I will have it available as an ebook. There is a huge spike in readership on chapters 17 and 18 which are the highest romantic ( Read more... )

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lady_drace July 8 2011, 14:46:28 UTC

Believe me, you will never be ordinary. :o) Good luck with your writing!

talktooloose July 12 2011, 18:13:18 UTC

Heh, thanks. True, I'm weird.

blackcattights July 23 2011, 19:46:22 UTC

That's awesome. Congratulations!

We saw Dan Savage on Colbert a few weeks ago and it made me think of you. I know that the open relationship thing would not work with me, but I'm curious how it works with those who practice it. You and your huzb do, right? How do you avoid jealousy issues, headgames, etc?

Hope you're well!

talktooloose July 24 2011, 01:12:17 UTC

As far as I can tell, the presence of jealousy issues and headgames has nothing to do with whether one's relationship is open or closed. In fact, I would say that if you're a couple given to those kinds of irrational manipulations, you shouldn't open up your relationship. In fact, in fact all couples should work on cutting out mind games, and jealous people should learn to take ownership for their own feelings ( ... )

blackcattights July 29 2011, 00:51:33 UTC

Thanks for the reply! I really find this topic fascinating, and I definitely appreciate your willingness to address it candidly.

Things here are well. Summer is going great, but it's turning out to be much busier than I anticipated. I'm not complaining, but it's keeping me from playing around online as much as I normally would. Hmmm...maybe not a bad thing...

Unfortunately, I'm also suffering through some writer's block, which has me a bit bummed. I think the general busy-ness of life right now is a contributing factor. One of these nights I need to sit down with a couple glasses of wine, get a bit buzz-y, and then just write! In the past that's helped clear out whatever "performance anxiety" I have, at least enough to give me something to edit and work with.

How do you handle writer's block? Or maybe you're one of those never affected by it?

talktooloose July 29 2011, 12:32:14 UTC

I'm glad you're fascinated by the topic. Try reading the book, Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá. They argue very convincingly that humans are not naturally monogamous. With this in mind, as Dan Savage points out, monogamy becomes a conscious discipline that some people undertake rather a natural state ( ... )

anonymous November 6 2012, 01:31:35 UTC

Hi,

I'm interested in reading your non-fanfic novel. Where can I find/buy it?

Thanks,
E

talktooloose November 6 2012, 16:00:03 UTC

I'm interested in it, too! I've written 10 chapters out of 25 at this point. I want to finish, but all my artistic energy has gotten sucked back into making music. I wish I could quit my day job, because I could totally finish this and other novels at the same time as making music, but for the damned job.

Maybe in a couple of years I'll be able to realize that dream, but for now, I hope to have time to finish the novel in 2013. Thanks for your interest. Did you read Days of Becoming?