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[turps]

In my last post I mentioned how happy I was with getting some awesome comments on my last story. Now I deleted that part and added it back a few times, because what if people thought I was this egotistical big head?

But you know, I am proud and there's nothing wrong with that. So I'm standing here and saying I'm proud of the story, I think I wrote it well.

Now I want you to do the same. No need to dim your shine, it's just me, and I'm asking you to tell me about the story you're most proud of, with links so others can read it too if you're comfortable sharing. A paragraph that you wrote and think is amazing, and hey, copy pasting that here would be awesome. If you're not a writer, tell me about an icon you made that came out well, a graphic or a website you built. Tell me about the kick ass cards you make, that you've painted your walls at home and they look fab. The shelves you made out of breeze blocks and planks.

I want to know. So no hiding your light. Be proud.

Comments

[bubbleforest.livejournal.com]

This meme is so lovely. And I definitely agree that it's good to find that balance between "I suck" to "I am the best ever!" You've got every right to be proud of your story and I'm so happy you're getting lots of praise for it! I'm definitely gonna try to read it soon.

I think I'm most proud of Deep Greens And Blues (http://bubbleforest.livejournal.com/102024.html) because I fought tooth and nail to finish it and it took a year to get it right, but I'm so proud of some of the scenes in there and the story is so precious to me. Either that, or it's Look For the Angles (http://juppy.org/santa/stories.php?ForAuthorID=83&Year=2006) from SeSa 2006, because everything came together exactly the way I wanted it to, and I think the story's told pretty well.

I'm also proud of the graphics I made for MTYG. The layout was fun to make, and a lot of people ended up using the icons, which made me stupidly happy.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

It is hard to get that balance. Donna found the words I was looking for when she said that it feels like you're bragging if you say such and such is good. And it shouldn't. I mean, if you're not yelling you're the best writer who ever wrote, well there's no problem is saying, hey, I did something good. Of course it doesn't feel like that at the time.

I'm so going to read all these stories that have been linked. I think you can tell stories that have been loved. They have a shine of their own.

I so agree about your graphics too. They were used by so many people, and looked amazing!

[nopseud]

I loved Look For The Angles. SeSa 2006 was the first time I really looked at any BSB stories other than crossovers, and that was one of the stories which gave me more BSB love.

And your MTYG graphics were beautiful. Especially amazing when you made them on a timescale of WE NEED GRAPHICS NOW NOW NOW! (This year, we'll give you more notice :-)

[bubbleforest.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. :) That makes me really happy, on both counts. (And hee, I totally didn't mind the short notice, working under pressure generally produces good things. :D)