Stryker2012 In reply to TheGirlOfTomorrow [2016-06-15 15:13:12 +0000 UTC]

no worries, I know what it's like to be broke... or at least to look at an upgraded DeviantArt acct as luxury you can't justify.  It looked like you were off to a slow start on donations.  Sometimes it just takes somebody to start it to break the ice.  Even if you get 23 more people to contribute what little I did, you'll be set.  Keep with your writing and enjoy yourself.  It is rewarding to create something that is appreciated by others.  It is a great opportunity to reach out to others through your words...  to find others that "get it", understanding what you were trying to say or what you were feeling when you wrote it.  People here will even see things in your work that you didn't even think of, and give you insights into other interpretations that may even inspire you in other directions.  I just escaped a bad situation in my life, like a black hole of negativity that was sucking the life out of me...  My writing was my only outlet to help maintain my sanity, or to embrace some of the old me that's been missing for too long.

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Stryker2012 In reply to IAmFandomHearMeRoar [2016-06-15 15:17:33 +0000 UTC]

Believe it or not... starting that new chapter in my life took almost another year.  Started to think I wouldn't make it out alive... or at least not with much of the spark left that I started out with.  Just taking in the moments and breathing in life again, seeing where that leads me.

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Stryker2012 In reply to IAmFandomHearMeRoar [2015-05-11 02:59:47 +0000 UTC]

I've been here and about... trying to get some things changed in my life right now, but outside forces seem to be pitted against me.  Had a change of work schedule and it's thrown everything off.  Not as much writing time as I'd like.  Working on a few different things, but those seem to have come to points where I need to wait for revelation/inspiration to guide me a bit on what direction to go with them.  I'm trying to be patient and not put out something half-baked and poorly executed.  Working on 2 short stories but as I work them everything evolves in different directions and needs reworking.

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IAmFandomHearMeRoar In reply to Stryker2012 [2015-05-11 04:13:43 +0000 UTC]

Oooh that's no good. I feel you on the part where everything seems pitted against you when you try to get ahead. Hopefully things get better for you soon though! Having struggled with inspiration recently myself, as you well know lol, all I can say on that front is just to hang in there.

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Stryker2012 In reply to Illusionna [2015-03-18 03:24:44 +0000 UTC]

It was a truly great read... those never need thanking for my reading and offering some thoughts.  Thank you though.  

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Stryker2012 In reply to IAmFandomHearMeRoar [2015-03-10 05:33:42 +0000 UTC]

Already read and commented... working on something new myself...  I love being with creative people.  I get inspired by what they say and share as well.  I feel more myself when writing than much anything else... sad there is so little room for it in my regular life sometimes.  Strangely another rhyming one so far... maybe you're rubbing off on me.  The works tend to tell me what they'll be... who am I to question the work and inspiration?  All I do is create something as close to what I see in my mind's eye... hammer out the rough spots, pour way too much of myself into it, then pray it finds favour in another's eyes as mine.

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IAmFandomHearMeRoar In reply to Stryker2012 [2015-03-11 21:00:36 +0000 UTC]

I think you're rubbing off on me too! My grandfather made a pen for me out of wood in his workshop, and it's beautiful and writes like a dream, so I told him it was going to be my poetry pen.  I brought it home and binge wrote five new poems, and only the last one rhymes, plus it's a non-traditional rhyme scheme.  I'm going to post at least one of them today, it'll be called 'Alone' and I think it's my favorite.
I think I've finally calmed down enough to answer your other comments now too! Sorry about that by the way    I'm just so used to (I call them 'surface people', you know, there's nothing deeper than what you see on the surface) that when someone's actually got layers for me to sift through I get too excited and have to take a while to assure myself that it's okay.

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Stryker2012 In reply to vvlpes [2015-02-16 02:19:26 +0000 UTC]

whenever you can, it's appreciated.  Check out "Oceans", "Words", and "Writing" they seem to be some of the best received.  They're like kids to me, no way I can pick a favorite.  Just take a look in the gallery and whatever catches your eye.  They vary quite a bit, so not each one really resonates with every reader.  Most of my entries are poems, but some are just random thoughts as well.

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vvlpes In reply to Stryker2012 [2015-02-16 19:04:04 +0000 UTC]

My galleries pretty much the same!
I'll look to see what I like right now.

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