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Nagash

Sage
News of Lemmy's death left me a little shaky...

It seems your whole universe shrinks as time goes on and people you knew, loved and/or admired pass away.
 

SeverinR

Vala
Someone bought one of my DJ-sets. They actually paid real-world money to download it - even though you can listen to it for free online. It feels weird, but pretty good too.

I'm pretty sure it's not someone I know. I uploaded the set back in July and haven't linked it to anyone for ages, so someone randomly came across it a few weeks back and decided they liked it well enough to pay for it.

Link is here: Dreams in the Rain :: Beatport Mixes (yes, you can listen for free there)

This is also a little bit encouraging when it comes to the writing. If someone can stumble across and buy a five months old DJ set, then people can stumble across and purchase stories I've written and put up for sale too. :p

People can listen for free, but at least one person liked it enough to support you with funding for it. They know that support is needed to fund the arts. Free is nice, but everyone has bills.
So this is a call to everyone, if you like a persons work, find a way to show that support in dollars, it means more when you can get it for free but you are willing to pay for it.
 

SeverinR

Vala
I saw Star Wars again. This time it was different. This time, a bunch of dicks were in my seat. So I walked up to some of the dicks and said, "These are my seats. Do you guys have tickets with the same row on them?" The teenage dicks smirked and giggled, but the dick dad (and/or uncle and/or 40-year-old boy) had the audacity to not produce a ticket as evidence but instead flash his phone confirmation. Of course the manager was a bit suspicious because I had tickets in my hand with the seat number and this other guy didn't have tickets, and his tickets were unable to print. Finally, the manager looked up the guy's order and found he had seats A1-10, a.k.a., the break-neck section. Not the best seats in the theater which were reserved by me and two other families.

All this was resolved before the movie began, and this guy insisted the computer gave him the wrong seats because "there's no way I would've bought those seats." I didn't call bullshit because pretending to believe him got him to cooperate. But there was no effing way I was gonna let him go talk to the customer service guy on his own and no way I was gonna give up the best seats to a bunch of jerks.

Am I gonna confront a jerk every time I see a movie twice in a theater? (Last time, it was the Two Towers. I tackled a shoplifter.)
The guy should have tried the mind thing:
"These are not the seats, you seek."
 
That's why you shoot first. Then when video evidence is produced it will magically look like you shot second and that the other guy is a really bad shot.
 

T.Allen.Smith

Staff
Moderator
I would've whispered the big moment to them as they passed, hoping that was their first viewing.

Yes, I fully embrace the dark side.
 

Legendary Sidekick

The HAM'ster
Moderator
That is evil... in a good way. Wow...! I didn't even think of the leverage I had.

"You got 10 seconds to get out of my seat, or I start announcing major spoilers. Think I'm bluffing? Find out in 5 seconds, 4... 3..."
 

Ireth

Myth Weaver
That awkward moment when you're going through your novel to revise, and you decide to flesh out a minor character to make him more sympathetic -- and he gets an idea in his head that winds up taking over your novel. Your nearly-completed novel, which you've been working on for five years now and really don't want to rewrite from scratch... But the new ideas are so much more interesting than the old ones.

*flails helplessly*
 
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Legendary Sidekick

The HAM'ster
Moderator
When in doubt, go in the more interesting direction.

I'm not sure if that's good advice, but it's what I do. My old ideas bore me, and when they bore me, there's no passion. Without passion, I write crap. (Maybe I write crap anyway, but it's different if I have fun writing crap.)
 

Ireth

Myth Weaver
I see where you're coming from LS... but it's taken me five years to get this far, and I'd rather keep on with the version I've got and get it ready to send within the next 1-2 years, rather than following the rabbit hole and not being published for another 6-7 years or so. I have other stories to work on; I don't want one to dominate my life for the next decade. The new ideas will work well as fanfiction when/if my novel finds its way out into the world. And if my novel isn't interesting as it is, I'll make it interesting, while still keeping certain characters reined in.
 
Ireth, maybe tone him &/or his ideas down, plant a few seeds that can seem quirky now but can be used in a sequel later, i.e. a type of foreshadowing that will gain more shape/depth in the sequel?
 

Ireth

Myth Weaver
Ireth, maybe tone him &/or his ideas down, plant a few seeds that can seem quirky now but can be used in a sequel later, i.e. a type of foreshadowing that will gain more shape/depth in the sequel?

I hadn't planned on writing a sequel, but then, how often does writing go as planned? :D We'll see. I'll definitely keep the ideas aside for possible use, regardless. The character in question is a King of the Fae, so it will almost definitely turn out interesting however I do it. ^^
 

Legendary Sidekick

The HAM'ster
Moderator
Ireth, you've obviously still got a passion for your 5-year-old novel, so don't let the new idea worry you. If it's that wonderful, you'll use it later. If it's a distraction, it will fade as you stay the course.
 

ThinkerX

Myth Weaver
Ireth's experience reminds me of how my 10-15,000 word tale has now hit two volumes and 140,000+ words with more to come.

At first, it was, 'well, I need to better account for this.' Then it was, 'hmm, this guys backstory is both interesting and necessary.' Plus several, 'Wow, this is cool. I just gotta include it!' That was just the first volume. A lot of that stuff didn't survive the rewrites. Then I realized the story could and should continue.
 

Tom

Istar
Going to see The Force Awakens tonight! :D

I might have accidentally spoiled Kylo Ren's identity for myself, but as I've fastidiously avoided all other spoilers for nearly two weeks, I'm sure there'll be plenty more new revelations in store to make up for it.

Also, lesson learned. Never, ever look up a spoiler-y character's Wikipedia page to see who plays them. That innocent-looking little sidebar listing their info (including, I don't know, THEIR REAL NAME)? It is not humanly possible to scroll away fast enough to avoid glancing at it.

Oops.
 
Going to see The Force Awakens tonight! :D

I might have accidentally spoiled Kylo Ren's identity for myself, but as I've fastidiously avoided all other spoilers for nearly two weeks, I'm sure there'll be plenty more new revelations in store to make up for it.

Also, lesson learned. Never, ever look up a spoiler-y character's Wikipedia page to see who plays them. That innocent-looking little sidebar listing their info (including, I don't know, THEIR REAL NAME)? It is not humanly possible to scroll away fast enough to avoid glancing at it.

Oops.

Hope you like Jar-Jar
 
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