alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)
let me hear your voice tonight ([personal profile] alexseanchai) wrote2018-06-07 03:05 pm
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Totally open thread

I am at work, having done nearly 2h worth of work in 1h. Aaagh.

Entertain me? Talk about stuff? idk art maybe?
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[personal profile] niqaeli 2018-06-07 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
My brain is full of *muttergrumble* magic robot cats, with only a small sideline at the moment into teenagers and werewolves, so i am not sure how entertaining I can be to you, but. Would pics of gorgeous scenery or Good Dogs be of interest?
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[personal profile] niqaeli 2018-06-07 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)

Posted! because the create entry page is ever so slightly easier for me than the comments page, on mobile: https://niqaeli.dreamwidth.org/671531.html

alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)

[personal profile] alexseanchai 2018-06-07 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Gmail, wut? Bc it decided your link reads "https://niqaeli.dreamwidth.org/671531" which predictably 404s!
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[personal profile] niqaeli 2018-06-07 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I... have no idea! Whut. Have a properly formed hyperlink now that I am on the chromebook and not my phone.
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[personal profile] tptigger 2018-06-07 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm taking a drawing class? And having fun playing with charcoal, which is totally a new medium. It's a little like chalk pastels, except monochrome, which is something I'm still getting used to
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)

[personal profile] alexseanchai 2018-06-07 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooh!

I want to figure out monochrome—maybe charcoals? idk—bc desaturated colored pencils to grayscale comes out looking like mud.
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[personal profile] tptigger 2018-06-07 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It's really new to me--I've previously worked with oil pastels and chalk pastels and watercolor. Notice a theme? It's been an interesting experience.
Hopefully when we talk about shading next week I'll be less confused?
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)

[personal profile] alexseanchai 2018-06-07 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Hopefully! ♥
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[personal profile] the_rck 2018-06-07 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Just signed my daughter up for driver's ed. Am now panicking about logistics.

Also, am trying not to just post that long thing that I recently finished in first draft. Part of me is thinking that the story could be improved, and part of me is just wanting to clean mental house which requires shoving it out the door. I know which direction is better for the story but not which is better for me.
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)

[personal profile] alexseanchai 2018-06-07 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
*sympathy*

Maybe stick it in a drawer for a couple weeks?
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[personal profile] the_rck 2018-06-08 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'm having trouble letting go of it to that extent. I've been working on it for three months, spending most of my creative capacity on it. My mind doesn't want to let go of it. If I post, I'll check for hits and kudos for a few days and then be able to let it go.

Right now, I'm just stopping myself from writing more in the interstices. I can't tell, at this point, which gaps would benefit from more material and which would distort everything else. I'm bad at stopping without something external to tell me I'm done, that I need to step back and just accept that I've got what I've got (I'm kind of picturing the end point of some of those competitive cooking shows). Does that make sense?
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)

[personal profile] alexseanchai 2018-06-08 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh yeah gotcha.

Send to beta? I'd volunteer except uh. Stuff. Also I'm not sure if Netflix has the canon! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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[personal profile] the_rck 2018-06-08 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
Erm. Well, it's been with the beta for almost a month. They've been brain fried most of that time. Yuletide fandom combined with 93K words combined with darkfic and multiple POV extremely close third person... I've gotten some feedback from a person on Discord, but the beta I'm waiting for is very, very good at making me realize what I need to alter and/or expand. They'll say, "Um... I think I get this, but it's *extremely* oblique," and be completely and inarguably right.

I know that, if they ever have time, the story will be helped quite a lot. I'm just not sure how long I can continue waiting. The confounded thing has grown by 30K words since mid-May.
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)

[personal profile] alexseanchai 2018-06-08 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Ohh gotcha.

Iiii don't know how to help. :(
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[personal profile] the_rck 2018-06-08 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... I just wish it were an easy question.

Maybe I need a Magic 8 Ball? Or to flip a coin?
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[personal profile] pauamma 2018-06-08 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Flipping coins is often? sometimes? part of a balanced lifestyle.
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[personal profile] silveradept 2018-06-08 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
I'm perennially jealous of people who can do visual art. It's not like I couldn't learn, certainly, but I am to be more of a words person than an art person at this point.
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)

[personal profile] alexseanchai 2018-06-08 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
words are also art!
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[personal profile] silveradept 2018-06-08 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
They are art, and I tell myself this, but the eye seems more readily drawn to the visual arts instead of the wordy ones.
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)

[personal profile] alexseanchai 2018-06-08 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Calligraphers do some amazings. *flaps at a bunch of Islamic art*
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