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My Fourth of July, swimming, HikaGo, Skip 30, and fanfic squee behind the cut! XD
July is going pretty good, so far. ^^V
First, I received the most amazing review ever, for my beloved first fanfic. Allow me to share it:
Just reading it again fills me with joy! That they wanted to reread years later badly enough to slog through FF.net to find it--and even using the Gaara character tag in Naruto--they had to search through 13,325 fics! OMG!
My fave thing about the review, though, is how they said they get so much more out of the fic now that they're more mature. :3 All the subtle hints I leave to let my readers realize things on their own seems to be working!!!1! *flail*
You might think I'm over-reacting a bit, but across all my fic on all three sites where it's posted, I receive an average of one review every 2 months. I'm not exaggerating. And it's been over a year since this particular fic has had a new review ANYWHERE, so of course I'm ecstatic. And also this fic will always hold a dear place in my heart, since it's my first and probably most personal one. *happy sigh*
Yesterday I took a stab at my current fic WIP, a crossover for Summer Wars/Skip Beat, and actually managed to add 1,000 words to chapter 1! This pleases me greatly. :3 So far, chapter 1 is about 9,000 words long, and I have a surprising chunk of banged-out rough outline to expand. I estimate the final form will be around 15,000 words long, which is a massive chapter for me. ^^; My usual chapters are about 2,500 words, and the longest single chapter/oneshot I've managed so far is the 10,000 I wrote for Yuletide '11. This new writing style I've been doing (which started with the Yuletide fic) makes a biiiig difference.
The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday, and this was the first 4th I've had since moving to OR when I didn't have a ton of work keeping me indoors. I decided I wanted to continue my family's tradition of imbibing copious amounts of ice cream on the holiday. And to justify it, I walked for 50 minutes to my fave self-serve frozen yogurt place, did the tradition justice, and then hiked all the way back. :D
At the last minute, I invited![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
knastymike to join me, and he was free, and thus we chatted about fun things while giving ourselves brain freezes. I also tried not to be too obvious about oogling the guy behind the fro-yo counter, for he was a fine-looking young man who made me think naughty things. Oh my! *fans herself*
We swung by my fave bookstore, since it's in the same strip mall as the fro-yo place, and I found a copy of "Cactus Secret" 4 for only $3.50! I bought it, since I quite enjoyed vols 1 and 2. Some good retouch in that series. Props to the letterer! I also tried the first half of one of Viz's new shoujo series, "Jiu Jiu". I like the art, but the pacing and framing made the story difficult to follow. I must admit, it is difficult for me to concentrate on reading in a public place (particularly when I'm in a sports bra and tank top, thus showing a lot of skin [for me]. IOW: I was feeling rather self-conscious), so I'm sure that affected my reading comprehension. If you like shoujo, try the series yourself. I'm going to give it another read when I can focus more. I did have a couple of funny moments while reading when I turned the page and had to check for no nearby kids or over-protective parents. Nothing technically naughty, but there was an awful lot of mixed-company skin showing on the page! XD
Today I went for a good run, and even with my water bottle along, I was HOT when I finished. I decided I was going to use my apartment complex's pool for the first time this year, regardless of how many kids or obnoxious teenagers or anyone else who might already be in it. Lucky for me, the pool was empty anyway. ^^ I took along my fave black river-rock diving stone and splashed in cool, wet goodness for 10 minutes. It was great. *happy sigh* I love swimming! I wanna go to the beach this summer!
I'm continuing my reading of the amazing manga "Hikaru no Go", which is just as good as I remember. This time, I'll be able to finish the entire series!! Some of you might recall my previous post on this manga, the last time I read all the volumes I had. Here's the post. Be warned, I was overwhelmed when I wrote it!
Speaking of which, when I sat down to do some artwork this afternoon, what do I find waiting for me but script for the first chapter of Skip 30! And the raw pages from Japan on the server! WOOT! XD
To review: I received an amazing review on my beloved fanfic! My current fic is going well and being so much fun to write! I had delicious frozen yogurt! I swam! I'm reading one of my fave manga titles, and it's still completely amazing! I have Skip again! YAY!!! *dances through a field of flowers, just like Hagu in her icon*
Now, back to work for me. *dopey grin*
First, I received the most amazing review ever, for my beloved first fanfic. Allow me to share it:
I read this a couple of years ago and it left a deep impression in my mind with its emotion, so tense and thrilling. So today I sifted through pages and pages of stories to read this this fic again. It definitely was worth all the effort (I was rather worried that I'd look over it...never have I been so grateful for a one-sentenced summary).
Just as breath-taking as I remembered, and now that I've 'grown', I am able to understand the mature hints more clearly. The way that you pay attention to the small details like the sound of shifting sand and body language is admirable; it adds that extra dimension to my imagination as I read. There is much I can learn from this beautiful fic. :)
Just reading it again fills me with joy! That they wanted to reread years later badly enough to slog through FF.net to find it--and even using the Gaara character tag in Naruto--they had to search through 13,325 fics! OMG!
My fave thing about the review, though, is how they said they get so much more out of the fic now that they're more mature. :3 All the subtle hints I leave to let my readers realize things on their own seems to be working!!!1! *flail*
You might think I'm over-reacting a bit, but across all my fic on all three sites where it's posted, I receive an average of one review every 2 months. I'm not exaggerating. And it's been over a year since this particular fic has had a new review ANYWHERE, so of course I'm ecstatic. And also this fic will always hold a dear place in my heart, since it's my first and probably most personal one. *happy sigh*
Yesterday I took a stab at my current fic WIP, a crossover for Summer Wars/Skip Beat, and actually managed to add 1,000 words to chapter 1! This pleases me greatly. :3 So far, chapter 1 is about 9,000 words long, and I have a surprising chunk of banged-out rough outline to expand. I estimate the final form will be around 15,000 words long, which is a massive chapter for me. ^^; My usual chapters are about 2,500 words, and the longest single chapter/oneshot I've managed so far is the 10,000 I wrote for Yuletide '11. This new writing style I've been doing (which started with the Yuletide fic) makes a biiiig difference.
The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday, and this was the first 4th I've had since moving to OR when I didn't have a ton of work keeping me indoors. I decided I wanted to continue my family's tradition of imbibing copious amounts of ice cream on the holiday. And to justify it, I walked for 50 minutes to my fave self-serve frozen yogurt place, did the tradition justice, and then hiked all the way back. :D
At the last minute, I invited
knastymike to join me, and he was free, and thus we chatted about fun things while giving ourselves brain freezes. I also tried not to be too obvious about oogling the guy behind the fro-yo counter, for he was a fine-looking young man who made me think naughty things. Oh my! *fans herself*We swung by my fave bookstore, since it's in the same strip mall as the fro-yo place, and I found a copy of "Cactus Secret" 4 for only $3.50! I bought it, since I quite enjoyed vols 1 and 2. Some good retouch in that series. Props to the letterer! I also tried the first half of one of Viz's new shoujo series, "Jiu Jiu". I like the art, but the pacing and framing made the story difficult to follow. I must admit, it is difficult for me to concentrate on reading in a public place (particularly when I'm in a sports bra and tank top, thus showing a lot of skin [for me]. IOW: I was feeling rather self-conscious), so I'm sure that affected my reading comprehension. If you like shoujo, try the series yourself. I'm going to give it another read when I can focus more. I did have a couple of funny moments while reading when I turned the page and had to check for no nearby kids or over-protective parents. Nothing technically naughty, but there was an awful lot of mixed-company skin showing on the page! XD
Today I went for a good run, and even with my water bottle along, I was HOT when I finished. I decided I was going to use my apartment complex's pool for the first time this year, regardless of how many kids or obnoxious teenagers or anyone else who might already be in it. Lucky for me, the pool was empty anyway. ^^ I took along my fave black river-rock diving stone and splashed in cool, wet goodness for 10 minutes. It was great. *happy sigh* I love swimming! I wanna go to the beach this summer!
I'm continuing my reading of the amazing manga "Hikaru no Go", which is just as good as I remember. This time, I'll be able to finish the entire series!! Some of you might recall my previous post on this manga, the last time I read all the volumes I had. Here's the post. Be warned, I was overwhelmed when I wrote it!
Speaking of which, when I sat down to do some artwork this afternoon, what do I find waiting for me but script for the first chapter of Skip 30! And the raw pages from Japan on the server! WOOT! XD
To review: I received an amazing review on my beloved fanfic! My current fic is going well and being so much fun to write! I had delicious frozen yogurt! I swam! I'm reading one of my fave manga titles, and it's still completely amazing! I have Skip again! YAY!!! *dances through a field of flowers, just like Hagu in her icon*
Now, back to work for me. *dopey grin*