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Gahhh! What's up with people this week!
I'm having fallouts with Mantis in Infinite over more or less nothing, you two being all quity (WHICH WOULD SUCK BTW emotion_0A0 ) and Arts is in one of the biggest writers blocks I've seen for a long time. emotion_donotwant


Everyone take a little breather and hear me out.

Firstly, Siren, don't leave the guild!
And secondly, Chuck, don't worry about not having a post up!

The great thing about an RP is that, each character is only as needed as you make them, and at the moment Bart is not needed in the RP, he could show up later in the day.It would give you time to sort out a post idea, and it would let you catch up with everything else.

Siren, you too! D: there's no need to rush things, one thing I've found with the powerplay guild, and probably my favourite thing other than the people here, is the relaxed posting speeds.

The Infinite Sparks Role Play is a good example, it's first post was put up on the 15th of December and it's only gotten 14 pages. But, it's also still running. It's went by with a week or more between posts sometimes, but it's still running and in fact, shows no signs of stopping any time soon.


SO! what I'm trying to say is, no body needs to rush, relax and enjoy each others company smile

A further explanation....

Writing for me is an escape. It makes me forget my own little existence for however long it takes me to write. Sure, I have a good life, but like many in the industrial world, I am plagued with depression, social anxiety disorders and a circadian disorder that likes to take over every now and then. Now, I don't want to go over exaggerate my story, because I am 100% certain there are other people who are not as fortunate as I am and I am aware very much aware of that. I see it every day of my life. With that being said, I have suffered a few hard knocks in my life that I like to escape from. Sudden deaths of dear, close friends, family members, and pets (don't scoff, I work for animal welfare after all). All of which prompt me to dive into my own little fantasy land of collaborative writing and as I said before, I am a passionate person. I fight for the life of my writing because seeing it die somehow twists itself into the equation of so many other things in my life going wrong. Writing shouldn't be a chore, or a task, or something that isn't fun to do because I find so much joy in it myself. And as I said, it's probably a dumb thing to get upset over, but I do. The friends I have online are very much real to me, I treat them as my close friends that I get to see face to face. I worry of their well being, smile when we chat etc. I like to think myself an understanding an approachable person (though, I guess I may delusional about that) so when they don't respond to plans we made, I ask them about it. And I don't mean to bother them about it, I do like friendly chats, getting to know them, seeing what's up. I know real life triumphs Gaia, and I get it (even if my life rarely does because of aforementioned anxiety disorder). But, I would like to know if I'm bothering any body. I don't take offense to it, really. "Hey, I need some time." "Hey, I'm sorry but.." "Please stop asking about it". I get easily absorbed into the excitement and foolishly expect everyone to have my level of commitment and honestly I'm not offended to being knocked back into reality with one of those statements.

With that being said, if anybody has any issue with my conduct please let me know as soon as you feel them. I am not easily insulted or angered and look always to improve myself.

As for the future of Dust, I will not be so easily swayed out of forfeiting the one true potential of my brainchild to leave it. While there is little left to do about this situation other than learn from it, I will press on as normal.

I'm not going to leave.
But, I want at least a night to clear my head.

I haven't read those books.
My friend just coerced me into reading Battle Royale.
Though it's still sitting on the top of Leelu's crate.
>.>

If anyone is up for a chat, feel free to drop me a line.
I'm going to work on one of my blankets.

Ran out of yarms. crying

I'm not a huge fan of young adult novels.
Is this one you guys are talking about written particularly well?

I might be a little biased, since I'm an optimistic soul and like most things.
But I do find Scott Westerfeld to be a very decent writer.
His first big work, the Uglies series, seemed to start out like a some sort of girl's young adult novel, but then veers into thriller territory a bit, especially in latter books.

In the case of the Leviathan series, he presents a wonderful spin on alternate history, with both steampunk mechs and genetically engineered animals playing a part in WWI.

It is. Every now and then, there are illustrations in the books depicting striking moments, so it helps in setting scenes and letting you get an exact sense of just how things/people look. Though it was a nice touch.