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Today featuring on fandom_wank:
Sep and Snacky's Guide to Pseuicide: How to Fake Your Death In Fandom for the Fun and Enjoyment of All, with help from Ms. Ann Larimer Md. Phd. Esq. The handy guide comes complete with kitty makros.***You reccers out there: ever taken heat for reccing the stories you like (as opposed to reccing the stories others like)? If so, go to this entry by

fairestcat for a cathartic giggle. Or a shared groan. (via metafandom)

And my initial question still stands. And a corrolary to my initial question. How is my telling people what popular stories I like preventing other people from telling people what obscure gems they like.

Sigh. Back when I was modding bbf, I felt like posting that exact sentence on more than one occasion. In all caps.***Back to the drawing board, I'm still on a roll. Haven't read most of flist but I'm making good progress work-wise. Even though yesterday I suddenly realized I'd switched paper brands... and that does not go over well at the print shop. So rather than taking chances with the quality of the printed artwork, I bit the bullet and re-drew the first three pages. Cost me over an hour but my peace of mind is worth that.

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So rather than taking chances with the quality of the printed artwork, I bit the bullet and re-drew the first three pages. Cost me over an hour but my peace of mind is worth that.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH you DID?!? Holy mother. Just reading that made my head explode.

Thanks for the heads up re the Snep and Snacky thing. I wondered what was cooking with that. And I so love kitty macros. !1!!!eleventy!1!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH you DID?!? Holy mother. Just reading that made my head explode.

Well, I've handed in illu work on two different kinds of paper once. I added detailed notes which papers were differently structured and thusly needed to be scanned separately. Then I saw the result. Let's just say, I'm never doing that again. Book's still in print; I cringe each time. People don't seem to mind, it sells well, but I know what it could look like, you know? It bugs me.

Besides, drawing it the second time went a lot faster since I could just trace the finished pencils on the lightbox, instead of the rough sketches. And luckily it wasn't colored yet.

(But I loathe doing the same drawing twice, yo.)

That reccing thing is making me feel ill. Some of the stuff I rec is obscure. Some is incredibly popular. All of it is a labor of love on my part. Don't like it? Don't read it, how about.

As someone who has found some wonderful stories via your recs, and others on my flist, this makes me go bwah? I mean, isn't the point of reccing something that it's a story you enjoyed and think is worth sharing?
I have rec'd things I've read, just for that reason.
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Oh, and the wank about the pseudocides? hilarious. :shakes head: People really do that???

Well, I never had any trouble since I started reccing in my own journal... that would be beyond ridiculous - though several times I've read about other reccers who had people bitch about the recs they'd posted in their private journals, wtf.

But yup, over the years I've had a bit of shit flung in my general direction when it comes to BetterBuffyFics recs... some people seem to be under the impression that a recs community is some sort of institution and thus owes to give an unbiased spectrum of fanfic recs, while indeed it's just a couple hundred individuals, each one reccing what they like.

It's kind of bizarre to find yourself being called member of the Spike Cabal (if you're indeed a C/A shipper who couldn't care less about Spuffy)... or, better yet, a homophobe (even if half of what you rec happens to be slash). *deep breath* Countless times people were actually complaining when recs of their favourite stories didn't get seconded... rather than taking the 30 seconds it takes to become proactive and second the rec themselves. *deeper breath*

That's really a major advantage to reccing in one's own journal - it would take a lot of nerve to bitch about someone's private recs (though it still happens, apparently ;P.)

Oh, and the wank about the pseudocides? hilarious. :shakes head: People really do that???

They do that a lot. I've seen three or four of those since I'm reading Fandom Wank. There was a hilarious one where the dying one typed from her hospital bed, like this: "I... I don't think I'll... m-make it."

There's a name for it, Munchausen by Internet Syndromey.

(syndrome)...

I... I don't think I'll... m-make it."

Bwaaaahaaahaaaa! Oh, the angst! the melodrama!
So Camille....*hand to forehead* farewell cruel LJ!!
hee.

Well, here are the cliff notes (http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/You_cannot_deny_the_emotional_impact_of_the_stutter-typing%21). Or the long version (http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/970081.html).

I-I'm going to bed now. I'm so... tired *moans theatrically*
Good night, cruel internets. :)

Don't like it? Don't read it, how about.

Yup. Or as I like to say, "Go write your own recs, you lazy gits." But of course that would be actual work, while bitching about others is more fun and easy. (I have a bit of pent-up rage when it comes to this topic, as even the casual observer might notice *g*)

[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] sent me over here to pass on some huge kudoes and wowsers on your cover art for his BONES fic. It is utterly perfect for his story and your capturing of Emily Deschanel was astonishing!

Beautiful! I am in awe of your talents!

Smoochies

Thank you so much. This was one of those occasions where I just had to draw something... almost like an obsession. I don't experience that feeling often but it's always cool when I do; great source of creativity, for an artist :). Ch27 delivered such a kick to the gut, and we had to wait an endless week for the continuation, that I just had to get it out of my system this way. So I was very happy when

newscaper was into the idea as well.

If you're interested, I have a few more sketches of Brennan & the rest of the gang in two older posts, here (http://astridv.livejournal.com/45009.html) and here (http://astridv.livejournal.com/44074.html).

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