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31_days prompt was perfect. Thank you, Crystal, for inspiring me to try again. **hugs.**
One thing the horrible state the canon is in has done for me, it's virtually eliminated my shyness over posting my Once vignettes to FF.net. I've worried that I just don't relate to the characters as deeply as some Rumbelle writers do and that hence, my offerings are paltry by comparison to theirs. I still think that. But canon is such a horrible mess that I know I write for them better than the canon is doing. **headdesk.** So I may start posting the pieces on FF.net soon.
One thing that's definitely a stumbling block, however, is that as long they're talking and emotionally bonding everything is fine, I'm great with that and I find it very fascinating and intriguing, but the necessary kissing bores me and I know I don't write that well. I also have no desire to write some of the characters, like Hook, and that will prove problematic since to be IC, he has to be involved in the arc I'm doing. I'm also nervous as to how I'll write Emma when the time comes for her to come in. Henry will probably be fine.
And I finally decided what to do about Amazon. As is what happens sometimes when I just can't decide at all, I did something completely and entirely different from anything thought about.
It started when I saw that the Pony book about Celestia and Luna's early life was discounted to $7.17. Of course, that immediately meant I had to get that. I added Gidget, and then I decided that maybe I'd get the Rarity doll I've longed for, because she's at $11.60 and her price never seems to come down at local stores. I just hope they'll be careful shipping her. I've always been leery of getting dolls from Amazon because I'm afraid they'll be damaged in the sending. I'll get more from them in the future if they do well with her.
I could still get some more stuff (and had to, since the free shipping minimum is $35), so I debated between some Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books I've been wanting. I finally chose one of each, but it was torture, as I wanted many. I decided on a Hardy Boys book set in the Caribbean, as I hoped it might provide inspiration for my Riptide multi-chapter, and a Nancy Drew mystery with an Oriental plot that I don't remember at all even though I know I read it many years ago. (I read all of the yellow hardbacks.)
I definitely think that the next time I buy stuff on Amazon, I'm getting more Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys. I made quite a good dent in getting a lot of the Nancy Drew books, but I don't have too many Hardy Boys. I'd have more of each if Borders hadn't closed. I was using their coupons to get some of the Hardy Boys books shortly before they closed. Barnes and Noble rarely has decent coupons and they don't have many of those books in stock anymore. Ugh.
Of course, I had to buy them at full price on Amazon, but eh. I got great deals on the other stuff.
31_days prompt was perfect. Thank you, Crystal, for inspiring me to try again. **hugs.**One thing the horrible state the canon is in has done for me, it's virtually eliminated my shyness over posting my Once vignettes to FF.net. I've worried that I just don't relate to the characters as deeply as some Rumbelle writers do and that hence, my offerings are paltry by comparison to theirs. I still think that. But canon is such a horrible mess that I know I write for them better than the canon is doing. **headdesk.** So I may start posting the pieces on FF.net soon.
One thing that's definitely a stumbling block, however, is that as long they're talking and emotionally bonding everything is fine, I'm great with that and I find it very fascinating and intriguing, but the necessary kissing bores me and I know I don't write that well. I also have no desire to write some of the characters, like Hook, and that will prove problematic since to be IC, he has to be involved in the arc I'm doing. I'm also nervous as to how I'll write Emma when the time comes for her to come in. Henry will probably be fine.
And I finally decided what to do about Amazon. As is what happens sometimes when I just can't decide at all, I did something completely and entirely different from anything thought about.
It started when I saw that the Pony book about Celestia and Luna's early life was discounted to $7.17. Of course, that immediately meant I had to get that. I added Gidget, and then I decided that maybe I'd get the Rarity doll I've longed for, because she's at $11.60 and her price never seems to come down at local stores. I just hope they'll be careful shipping her. I've always been leery of getting dolls from Amazon because I'm afraid they'll be damaged in the sending. I'll get more from them in the future if they do well with her.
I could still get some more stuff (and had to, since the free shipping minimum is $35), so I debated between some Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books I've been wanting. I finally chose one of each, but it was torture, as I wanted many. I decided on a Hardy Boys book set in the Caribbean, as I hoped it might provide inspiration for my Riptide multi-chapter, and a Nancy Drew mystery with an Oriental plot that I don't remember at all even though I know I read it many years ago. (I read all of the yellow hardbacks.)
I definitely think that the next time I buy stuff on Amazon, I'm getting more Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys. I made quite a good dent in getting a lot of the Nancy Drew books, but I don't have too many Hardy Boys. I'd have more of each if Borders hadn't closed. I was using their coupons to get some of the Hardy Boys books shortly before they closed. Barnes and Noble rarely has decent coupons and they don't have many of those books in stock anymore. Ugh.
Of course, I had to buy them at full price on Amazon, but eh. I got great deals on the other stuff.
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Date: 2015-05-16 07:28 pm (UTC)Indeed, the horrible direction of the canon is definitely aggravating, and I am sure your vignettes will be welcome!
Ah, yes, us and our captains that we don't like but need to eventually write about. For you, Hook. For me, Harkness.
I think you'll be fine with Emma; I've written for her before in one or two of my drabbles, so I can help look over things, if you'd like.
Glad you figured out the Amazon thing! Ooh, yes, Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books are nice indeed. Are these the reprints of the old ones or are these newer ones? I read a lot more of the older reprints and the Casefiles, but I have read some of the new(ish) ones (well, they were new at the time around 2005) and can probably recommend you some. There was a really fun one where the brothers and Callie and Iola go find an adventure in Hawaii. Makes me sad to think about Iola's fate in the Casefiles timeline, though, even if there's a ton more h/c and angst in those ones, though. I also did get a few of the manga-esque graphic novels that they tried, some of them are pretty good, too. I did get those cheaper in India, though; I'm not sure if they're still in print/what the price is here.
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Date: 2015-05-16 10:30 pm (UTC)LOL. Yes, such a problem.
Aww, thanks! If I ever get that far, I'll probably take you up on that.
They're the blue and yellow hardback ones. Not sure I'd call them reprints, since at least up to a certain point they were revisions of the originals. I think the Nancy Drew one I got has only ever had one version, though. (It's #38 and I think there were two versions of the books up through #34.) Not sure about the Hardy Boys one.
The Hawaiian one does sound fun! :) I don't think I read many of the paperbacks from around 2005, so recommendations for those would be cool. The only more recent ones (recent being within the last ten years) I recall reading are Top Ten Ways to Die, the Lost trilogy, and Haunted.
Yeah, I never liked that they killed Iola off in the Casefiles. And it made Chet distant from the brothers, too. The Casefiles got really dark sometimes.... That early one where they see people they love supposedly killed in grotesque ways was horrifying to me, especially what happened to "Callie". That haunted me for a long time. Regardless of the person's real identity, what happened to her was another of the things I absolutely can't stand.
I've looked at some of the Nancy Drew graphic novels and liked them okay, but I liked the novels better. I think they're still available and still coming out with new ones for both Nancy and the Hardys.