I just got an amazing "review" of ff.net ...

[butterflydreaming]

Someone with the username Salinethesaltlakequeen left me the kind of review that I *wish* to get. (It's on Ch. 1, if you're curious.) I've gotten some great one for "Take Comfort" lately, articulate and appreciative. This one, though, talked about how it made her (?) feel personally, and the chapter that she liked and affected her most is the one that means the most to me.

So maybe I'm not as pointlessly alone as I always feel.

I wish that I had more of the next chapter, but it has been so hard to find the mental peace to bring Yue his [inner peace]. With the cats and the job change and getting my heart stomped on on a semi-regular basis, I've been the one that needs comforting... and even if I believe the message that I'm trying to write into that story -- that you don't have to put all your love in one place, that you can find comfort in the love of your friends -- I still feel like I'm the one who needs to be convinced.

And with all the craptastic fic that crowds the CCS fandom, I usually feel like I'm muttering to myself. Fanfic = pairing too often, and I've been finding that tiring. It would be okay if the writer made a case for it out of canon, but they almost never bother... especially if it *is* canon.

I do write for me, but I also write for the chance that someone will find a personal note in what I write. I'm a reader, foremost, who is looking for someone else's voice that says what I would want to say. Being on the other side of that, the one who finds someone else's words, is a worthwhile calling.

Comments

[kokyu.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Always nice to be recognized, let alone praised.

[cygna-hime.livejournal.com]

*hugs* It's always good to feel you can touch someone. I'm glad you did.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

That's so cool! I wish I'd get a review like that.

Take Comfort?

[ladybugnixie.livejournal.com]

"Take Comfort"...I think I've read that one. Don't really remember it though, maybe I'll reread it. Glad you got a review you like. I just (and by just I mean like two days ago) joined FFnet. My screen names the same as here, look for my stories please (Don't have any up yet, but yet is the keyword here. I'll get something posted soon)