What’s going on with me lately

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

- Lately looking at the computer screen has really been making my eyes sore. Not good since I basically look at one all day at work.

- I’ve also been re-reading my looong X-men fanfic and really getting into X-men, especially the Northstar/Iceman pairing. However, reading this fic after work is not helping my eyes much.

- So I have fallen behind on my emails to people. Sorry. I will try to rest my eyes and catch up.

- I am thrilled to see a pretty active Northstar/Iceman following on LJ though. There are sooo many fanfics I need to catch up on reading. I know it's silly but I think of myself as one of the first fanfic writers to pair these two up (I might be wrong on that, but still) and now there are LJ communities dedicated to them and lots of fanfic as well.

- Oddly, I’m not as into Spiderman as I was just a couple weeks ago. When I think of writing fanfic now, I think of writing more X-men again instead of Spiderman. Weird.

- The X-men fic I want to write is basically a re-write of my long X-men trilogy. I
want to do it, but what’d be the point? I feel that I should cover new ground, but then again I do have some cool ideas for my re-write so it might be worth it.

- One sad thing is that I haven’t been reading much lately, other than fanfic. Normally I’m in the middle of 2 or 3 books at a time. I put 2 library books aside that weren’t hooking me and am slowly reading a really boring book that I bought, and nothing else now for days. That’s unusual for me. I guess it’s mostly because my eyes are sore, I don’t have much free time, and I’m reading X-men stuff now. I’m sure I will get back into reading again.

Comments

[invisibleshrew.livejournal.com]

Hey, I remember Northstar from Alpha Flight - goodlooking go fast Canadian, yes? And he came out some time after I stopped reading regularly as well? I'm so happy that you're thinking writing thoughts again, whatever the fandom!

Ouch about your eyes - and that pull between wanting to read and to rest them.

And I hear you about reading fewer paper books. I've mostly been reading litfic and non-fiction for so long that it was a revelation when I read a couple of Elizabeth Bear's novels and remembered how wonderful it is to read something which was written with entertainment as its prime objective. Something other than fanfic, I mean. *g*

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

You got it, on Northstar. He was one of the first superheros ever to come out. Thanks for your encouraging words on my writing. :)


And I hear you about reading fewer paper books. I've mostly been reading litfic and non-fiction for so long that it was a revelation when I read a couple of Elizabeth Bear's novels and remembered how wonderful it is to read something which was written with entertainment as its prime objective. Something other than fanfic, I mean. *g*

We all deserve a bit of entertainment in our lives. It won't harm us and may even be good for us. :)