Seriously, I mostly write for myself, but that doesn’t stop me from changing some things and gearing them toward other people.
Whenever I write a story, I always have an ending in mind. Sometimes it’s even the main part of what I imagined when I thought up the idea. I love HEAs, but sometimes I like some angst too. And it’s not happy or miserable unless you know how a situation came about; who cares about these guys until you get to know them, right?
But once you get to know them, your feeling toward them dictates how you want them to end up. A story should make you feel something for the characters no matter how their life turns out: Happy, sad, or dead.
I will admit that I have a certain fondness for the bad guys, from the simply mischievous to the darkest murderer. I love writing those guys — either from someone else’s perspective of them, or from the depths of their own twisted minds. (Though in the Panic Pure I’ve hung back from truly going into the head of the bad guy there, mostly because there’s a twist coming up and because that guy is just too crazy. I’d rather focus on Danny/Marshal and the whole hurt/comfort thing they’ve got going on.)
Anyways, my whole point is that I come from a fanfic background. I’m used to receiving reviews and getting into stupid conversations with people on LiveJournal. The only thing is that when you go semi-legit, it’s like starting all over again as the n00b and I totally hate it. So I thought I’d post a few free stories on my own site and let people come and discuss and whatever, but it doesn’t seem to be working out. Without my fanfic name wrapped around … Read the rest “Why Kimichee: I like to get feedback on things I’m writing”
I’ve completely fallen in love with my new toy (anyone that follows my babbling already knows that) and it’s basically been attached to my hand from the moment I opened the box. I would marry it if I could. Though I admit that there are some flaws:
I can only run one app at a time. I tried to leave the text-to-speech running while I ran notepad, but that didn’t work. Bummer. (Can you imagine taking notes about something you’re “reading,” or being able to IM someone while reading? That would be very cool.)
I would have really liked to be able to change the look of the front screen, but that doesn’t seem to be an option. At the very least I would have liked to be able to move Web, Docs, and Apps to the first three spots. I understand that they’re trying to shill their products, but I just want the things I use the most to be first on the list.
If you don’t want to spend a ton of money, turn in-app purchasing off. Some games really want to force you to buy their extras and try to trick you into hitting the wrong thing — app developers: that kind of trickery is lame and is a good way to make me never use your app again. Just saying.
The whole faves thing is cool, but I wish there was some way to rearrange everything. It would be cool if I could hold down on the icons and be offered the chance to move things around.
Enough with the complaining. Here’s some cool, FREE apps:
ColorNote Notepad — this has been incredibly useful to me. I can write a note and send it to myself through email either as a message … Read the rest “Kindle Fire HD 8.9”
Through a window darkly gazing
At a sight afraid to see Breathing deep the salted water
Dreaming dreams, of you and me.