Jul 22
Hey guys,
The story’s going to have to take a few weeks break. I’ve emptied my backlog that I’d intended to keep me ahead, but real life has gotten in the way, as it does. This week I’ve been sorting a visa nightmare which ended in my fiance going back to the United States. Not a good place for writing, you know?
Again, the management apologizes for the inconvenience. I’ll give you candy if you promise not to hate me too much for it.
Miranda
July 23rd, 2010 at 6:30 am
Now have I ever done more than tease you… I wouldn’t mind some candy though. See how you are, now I have to goto the store and get some.
I hope your nightmare gets sorted out soon, and I will see you in a few.
July 23rd, 2010 at 7:08 am
Quote: First you must examine why you suffer. If you can do something about it, there is no reason to worry. If you cannot, there is also no reason to worry.
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:01 am
@daymon: I was shocked to learn that candy isn’t a breakfast food. Who’da thunk it, right?
@Manoa: Exactly that. The situation can be helped, but it’s exhausting, so I’m taking a much needed step back.
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Candy??? Hmmm I will take a box of 600g Cadbury Favourites please ^_^
Hope things turn out better for you soon ^_^
July 24th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Candy bribes are all well and good, but how am I meant to know it’s Friday without new Shimmer to remind me?
July 31st, 2010 at 12:14 am
Incidentally, one of my roommates is importing her fiancee from Ireland pretty soon. They haven’t known each other long, but they’re cute together (and he introduced us to some fun bands like Mixtwitch)and a lot of fun. I think he’s applying a for a fiancee` visa, but they’re planning to get married pretty shortly after he gets here. I’m rather excited about the whole thing.
July 31st, 2010 at 12:17 am
That sounds really awesome, and I’m vicariously happy for them both.
It was the same sort of deal with me and my boy. He flew over to Australia after we’d been talking online for sixth months then proposed two weeks after arriving. A year later we’re still together, but struggling with there suddenly being distance again.
July 31st, 2010 at 3:44 am
Take care of your boy. These things are always important. Even distance, to a degree, from time to time. It lets you clear your eyes and ask: This separation, is it hard because I am used to being close, or is it hard because I so very much want him. I ask this every time the girl I am seeing is far away for any appreciable length of time. Being of a normally solitary nature (I’m not prone to sharing, amazing as that might seem) finding someone you not only feel comfortable sharing your life with, but in fact are eager to do so with, is a rare thing. I commend you for that. ^_^ I look forward to hearing a satisfactory resolution to your fairy tale. I’m sucker for ‘and they lived happily ever after’, especially in a world where scarcity equates value. ^_^
July 31st, 2010 at 10:14 am
I believe that I’ve been blessed with a great deal of clarity in this. I’ve taken steps away and tried to be objective just as you’ve said, only for the question to be answered without hesitation. I even went and questioned that lack of hesitation just to be sure and I still come to the same conclusion.
Were things different and we were not a couple me and my boy would still be best friends, and that’s okay, and I would still be joyous, enriched and an all around better human being for knowing him. It isn’t about finding your other really, but rather finding your same: someone who values and appreciates the things you value whose core beliefs run in similar veins. I used to be a really clingy person who loved only because she needed, and only when I became consciously aware of it did I dare to step away.
Then I found *him* and things were different. I was scared it was going to be the same as everything else but it wasn’t: I needed him because I loved him, and I still do. It’s… I don’t know how to put it, grown up and mature: two words that don’t describe me at all. For someone who’s been so terrified of being an adult I was able to smile and realize “this is why people want to grow up.” (Well, one of the myriad of reasons, but you get my drift. Heh.)
Happily ever after, probably not. Happy despite (and sometimes because of) the road bumps? Oh, you betcha!
August 3rd, 2010 at 5:07 am
You’re fun. ^_^
August 3rd, 2010 at 11:20 am
So goes the rumor.
August 4th, 2010 at 1:48 am
How /DO/ you find the inspiration to write with such consistency? When I do any, I do it in fits and starts and tend to have the attention span of a kleptomaniacal hummingbird with a sugar addiction and a love of shiny objects.
August 4th, 2010 at 7:49 am
Actually it’s all a grand illusion. When I write Shimmer I usually have about 6-7 issues written in advance, then slowly release them and write sporadically in the meantime. It’s a bit painful sometimes, especially when I write a really good bit and realize I can’t share it with my audience for several weeks.
August 4th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
A friend of mine once told me, when playing pool, the first phrase, no matter the shot, out of your mouth, should be,”I meant to do that.” Even if you didn’t. The credibility is strained since that very night, I was awakened at 3 AM to find Mike Got Spiked sleeping on my living room floor (their guitarist was very loudly making food in the kitchen, and I have no idea where they came from to this day). So this may have been a sleep-loss induced hallucination on my part. Whatever the case, if you don’t say anything, the illusion remains grand! At any rate, my writing suffers as much from performance anxiety as it does from paper thin attention span. Aiiiieee. The television monster (Satisfaction, this week) calls me.
August 4th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Oh well. I was never all that married to grand illusions anyway.
What are you writing? I can understand performance anxiety. For a long time I didn’t write because I’m surrounded by authors much more talented than myself both in real life and in my online circles. The only reason I push on sometimes is because of inspiration I pull from Kurt Cobain and other punk rockers. It’s the idea of “you don’t need talent, only enthusiasm.” If you can tap the feeling that drives it you’re going to find at least one soul who shares the same spirit.
That, and every author I’ve ever met has told me that if you have a story that hasn’t been written anywhere else then it is your *duty* to write it. I think I would be letting them down if I didn’t say the same thing. Heh.
Laziness? Well, yeah, that happens too. *returns to watching Kamen Rider*
August 4th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
I waffle back and forth between two ideas. The one I get the best feedback from (I’ve re-written it half a million times) revolves around a host of ordinary people stumbling through extraordinary events, centered around a middle-aged office worker taking care of a teen runaway, and the rather unconventional woman whose romantic interest he is oblivious too. The few people who saw any of it said the ‘supporting cast’ was the most interesting part.
Weird, huh? Anyway, if I could finish something long instead of surrealist two-page monologues, I think I would feel more confident. But it’s never good enough for myself! It doesn’t help that I’m mired in the deep south of Texas where creativity is decidedly not encouraged (people are not the problem, the cultural mindset of being raised here is). Incidentally, I envy your access to Kamen Rider! Ever see Infra-Man? Love it!
August 4th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
That can only be a good thing. It really is the supporting cast that makes a piece, imo. After three years of writing Shimmer it’s seriously writing the out of costume drama with Tanya and Kaira’s parents that really excite me. Weird that.
I can understand the uncreative mindset. I was raised by some firmly insular fundamentalist Christians to whom imagination and free thought was not a good thing. Whenever I would write I draw they would tell me that “the Bible says we should put away childish things.” Really says something, doesn’t it?
I have not heard of Inframan, but I have now! I shall have to get it.
Kamen Rider has only been something I’ve been watching for a few months when my cousin (a rather fervent mecha fan) showed me a few episodes of W. After that I went and got my hands on Kiva, Decade, Kabuto and now I’m working my way through Den-O. Unfortunately I’ve not had a chance to see any of the Showa riders but am really psyched about getting my hands on Black and Black RX.
August 5th, 2010 at 3:01 am
Funny how a lot of people like to twist verse. A rich history (moreso of Catholic, then protestant) of patronizing the arts is part of Christian history (go anywhere in Italy and see the murals, frescos, statuaries, hymns, or look at Paradise Lost, even). Regardless of status of believe, art used to be seen as a thing of God, one of the things that Clergy and underclass so often clashed over. Anyway, Tanya’s personality (so very delightful) seems to stay more stable than any other part over the remake (probaby because she’s a fun character).
I have heard two amazing things today, one about a “Bell Memorial Hospital” and one about “Warren Buffett”. On is a travesty, the other is unbelievably commendable. Sometimes my country is an odd duck, frustrating and surprising in turns. Of course, now, the mention of Kabuto (unrelated) makes me want to go play Giants: Citizen Kabuto.
August 5th, 2010 at 9:27 am
Ugh. Don’t even get me started on Bell Memorial (though the sentiments expressed on their facebook page say more than enough.) Also, good for Warren Buffet, and Bill Gates.
America, more specifically the US, is a strange place, especially for an outsider. I’ve not yet had the luxury of being able to visit, but ever since I was a little kid I had a fetish for the United States. Maybe that’s the reason that, despite all the madness and stupidity that you hear about all the time I could never bring myself to hate or resent it like some people do. (It also helps that I know some pretty liberal USians who aid my perspective.)
Seriously, I’m pretty sure I’m an American spirit who had the mis/fortune of being born in Australia, which is why come November when I visit for Thanksgiving I’m going to: a) cross the $#@% out of the Delaware, b) show some British people what I think of their taxes, then c) shed a tear for liberty. (Thank you, Kate Beaton.) Pretty sure that’ll make me an honorary American. Heh.
Tanya is a fun character. I say Kaira is my author avatar, but there’s a lot of me in Tanya as well. If they were to fuze I would then be a character in the story and I’d require even less imagination than what I’m tapping now. XD
August 17th, 2010 at 5:51 am
OK Miranda, it has now officially been one full month since your last update for GG. You said you were taking a break, but c’mon! Please, tell us, should we keep on checking every day, setting ourselves up for more disappointment and heartbreak, or IS THIS THE END OF GLIMMER GIRL??? (insert dark, ominous music here)
August 17th, 2010 at 8:44 am
*checks* Holy crap, it has been a month.
Um… let’s see. If I really applied myself I could have something up for Friday, but all things depending it could be next week.