3 things: embarrassment, complaints, and a request

[edenfalling]

1. Over the past few days, a whole bunch of my Homestuck fics have been going up on The Atheneum, which is a Homestuck fic rec blog thingy. It's run entirely by reader submissions, so I guess what happened is that longroadstonowhere submitted several of my stories all at once. It's flattering, don't get me wrong! But it makes me feel vaguely as if I'm spamming the journal by proxy. :-/

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2. I continue to maintain the firm belief that whoever invented menstruation should be harpooned through the nose and then drawn and quartered by wild horses. Seriously, this is not anyone's idea of a good way to run a reproductive system, especially when I have no intention of using it for actual reproduction.

*kicks evolution in the teeth*

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3. I will get out of work by 6pm on Monday and will thus have the entire evening free for writing. Which of the following things should I work on?

A) "Trollstuck" part 28
B) still-untitled Jade/Dave/Terezi crossdressing porn
C) "The Guardian in Spite of Herself" ch. 16
D) "The Corners of the World" (what Jadis did between MN and LWW)
E) "Lemonade" ch. 19
F) something else

Comments

[krait]

Re: Thing 2 - THIS!!!! *fistbump of solidarity* I can get my dog spayed for $50, but I can't get myself spayed? What kind of nonsense is this. I have put up with this failure of a reproductive system for fifteen years, I think that is about fourteen too many and also proof that society is owned by men, because if women were in charge 1, hysterectomies would be free, and 2, there would be nonsurgical alteratives also freely available. (Really all I want is Essure and an ablation; hysterectomy is easier to type, though.)

Re: Thing 3 - Any of the above? Although of course I love Trollstuck and would never turn down threesome porn... Hmm. Can't decide!

[edenfalling]

I can get my dog spayed for $50, but I can't get myself spayed? What kind of nonsense is this.

Ha. Yeah, that is telling.

[askerian]

1. There's barely a post a day, I don't think that can be called spamming. XD It's happened before with other authors too, and anyway with the wide variety of recs even if someone doesn't find your stuff to their tastes it's likely they'd spend just as long waiting for a rec they'd like if the mods posted other things instead, so I really don't think anyone minds.

2. yeah. ;__;

3. OH OH OH uhh what's the closest to completion? Because it's been a while since you posted some Trollstuck, but the crossdressing porn ahhh want... but Lemonade...?? but but argh. Cannot decide.

[edenfalling]

Yeah, it's less a complaint and more of an embarrassment (which is why I changed the subject line of this post). I just get all twitchy about... the appearance of bragging, perhaps? Which I think is largely cultural bullshit imposed on girls and women -- the idea that we can't put ourselves forward, can't promote our work and creations -- but even so, while I like being liked, the volume of the recent recs does feel to me like it's too much too fast. Hence embarrassment. One a week would be more to my taste. :-)

"Trollstuck" part 28 and "The Corners of the World" are probably closest to finished. *ponders*

[cherokee1.livejournal.com]

I vote for "Lemonade"!
You have been very productive. It must feel good.
C

[justicevoles.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, I vote Lemonade too. Poor erstwhile trio have been stuck in that hell dimension longer than Angel was stuck in his by now.

[red-volpe.livejournal.com]

Oh man, you too? I kind of wish I could just remove my uterus.
I'd like to vote for Trollstuck!

[akatsuki210.livejournal.com]

I vote for working on "The Guardian in Spite of Herself."

And I agree with you about mestruation. It always seemed kind of wasteful to me--you spend all this energy building up all that tissue and blood and stuff, and then most of the time you end up getting rid of it because it isn't actually needed.

[jomanflea.livejournal.com]

Oh noes!
I have to decide between Guardian and Lemonade?
Ummm......

...... Lemonade.

(runs off before she can dither any more)