I thought I lost you somewhere.

[dejana]

I just got what I believe to be one of my favorite reviews. Short and sweet, but containing so much. I only regret it's for a story I will never finish.

Fantastic story. I--and a good many others--wish you'd finish this, though.
You've managed to finish Against All Odds (which has been printed out into a
3-ring binder and tucked away with my other favourite books, thank you), so I
have no doubt you can finish this one too. :)

You're quite a talented writer and to be quite honest I'm just waiting for
your first publication so I can pounce on it at book stores.

So many things about this made me smile in "aww."

1) She actually read Sailormoon: Eternity and liked it, and implied lots of other people did too (although I find that part hard to believe).

2) I'm not the only one with a hard copy of AAO in a binder (although it's currently in the hands of a friend, who I'm pretty certain will never read it *sigh*).

3) She'd actually pay for my original fiction.

4) She still has faith in me as a writer. :)

Most of this is stuff I've heard before, but something about this was just... special. It's hard to explain why. Maybe because I've been burned out for so long, to the point where I've been pretty certain people have forgotten about me. Maybe because I'm starting to feel I might be ready to write again. I don't know, but it was special. :)

As long as I'm here... there's not much of interest going on with me. I'm enjoying a bit of extra breathing room now that I've finished the Anime North fanfic contest judging and gotten voting started for the UFO Awards. Pretty soon I have to seriously start preparing for Anime North (the PGSM panel needed one more person so I threw my name in, I suppose I should finish watching the series then huh? ^^;;), but for now I can afford a little time to enjoy the decrease in stress. Of course, there are always things to be done, .moon bugs to fix and improvements to program, video to be edited, plenty to be stressed about, but for now I'm just... good. I've also finally gotten reasonably serious about eating better and getting exercise, because I'd really like to get "drop dead" off my list of Things to Do Before I'm 30. So that helps. Hopefully I can stick to it when I'm working nights.

Things are good. Boring, but good.

Still no Absolute Boyfriend, though. Tomorrow I'll go looking for it at the Source, which is what I really should've done in the first place instead of trying all these big-chain stores.

ETA: Okay, I'm not seeing papirini's posts on my friends page anymore as of this week. Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening?

Comments

[ryou-lover15.livejournal.com]

Don't you love when these type of comments cheer you up? Years ago I started a fanfiction that I didn't think would become a hit with a couple of people, well it did and I haven't updated since 2005 since I just can't write -_-. I think this summer I shall try.

~Patricia

[dejana.livejournal.com]

Unexpected hits can be pleasant surprises or curses. ^^;; I know what you mean by the "can't write" problem, I think. :\ I'm hoping to give it another try this summer myself. Good luck. :)

[desdiamonds.livejournal.com]

I always say that I write fan fiction regardless of the reviews. Then I get sweet, well thought out reviews and I totally change my mind. lol. But seriously, I think receiving messages like these are always good for lifting spirits but ultimately writing fic has to make you happy.

Glad to see you around lj. :)

[dejana.livejournal.com]

Hee. I know you're supposed to write for yourself, not for feedback, but... I'm totally an attention whore. ^^;; I think at some point I did write for myself... but it's been a long time since I felt that way. I'm starting to feel like that wheel may finally be completing its circle, though. :)

[aarana.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Absolute Boyfriend, there is a Live Action Drama airing now based of the manga ;) Maybe your sister will like that too!!

[dejana.livejournal.com]

I know, you told me. ;P I'd like to check it out sometime. My sister's mostly hoping there will be some Absolute Boyfriend merchandise now that it's on TV, hee.

[baine.livejournal.com]

Are you looking to read it b/c it just started airing as a drama, or were you interested before that? (If you didn't know it's a drama, well, ep. 4 just aired the other night! It's not exactly the same as the manga, though, esp. age stuff, but that's to be expected.)

If you can't find it at the store, try Amazon? BN and Borders and such should be able to order it, too...? Hmm.

I remember reading it way back when it was in scanlations. I think the licensed version came out when I was overseas, so I'll have to re-read it when I'm back!


And aren't fabulous reviews like that inspiring? You ARE a good writer. Get your esteem back up! :) And you never know, you might go back to the story someday!

[dejana.livejournal.com]

I've been following the official translated manga for two years now (geeeez, did it really take that long to print six volumes?). I only needed the final volume, and I finally got my hands on a copy yesterday. :) I could've ordered it online, but it's so much more fun to find it at a store and immediately have it in your hands. :D I just had to go to the right store. ^^

aarana told me about the drama, I hope I'll get a chance to see it sometime.