A rec

[donutsweeper]

Ever read something and just think *damn* and want to hang up your word processor because you'll never do anything anywhere near as good?

Go read The Time Traveller's Husband by  leofuller.  It's depressing yet hopeful, romantic, sweet and sad.  The summary says it all "Jack’s immortal. Ianto isn’t."

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[kensieg.livejournal.com]

I've read it and it's great! It's not angsty.

Donutsweeper if you hang up your wp where will I get my crack? I'd miss you a lot if you stopped writing!!!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

It is *so* good. *Sigh*

I'm not giving up writing, just ... wow... that story

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

oh yeah! but Ianto's happy and it isn't ose.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

what a great idea. I'm not a big fan of Jack having true love or anything, but this fic really worked

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

It's a smashing fic, isn't it.

Of course you do realise that if you hung up your word processor, I would come and unhang it ASAP. With a vengeance. And lots of assistance.

Sometimes you do have the traitorous 'why do I even bother' thoughts going through your head; when I get them I go back and read all the positive comments I've got about my own stuff and that makes it all better again. It helps if you're a niche writer too... not that many others doing the same thing. A good reason as any for sticking to crossovers. *g* Funny thing is, that the majority of Highlander fic that is getting posted on LJ now is crossover stuff.

Oh and you get the first airing of my newest icon.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

that is a great icon!

I have noticed that about Highlander fic- well, that there are a lot of TW/DW/Highlander crossovers anyway.

I'm not sure how much I am a niche writer though- I dabble in nearly all genres to one extent or another

[k-haldane.livejournal.com]

I think I've sworn to give up writing completely twice, but each time I've backed down and kept going. There are fandoms I don't write in any more because I know I'll never get into the top tier of writers there and nobody needs more second-rate fanfics.

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Dabbling means you're just in lots of niches at the same time. *g*

Me, I'm firmly entrenched in mine; I have 18 fics (19 including my current wip) in the same AU posted to LJ and 6 in all others.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I'll probably never write for House for that reason. I had one idea, wrote it, but don't have the medical knowledge to write anything more. And without it there's no point, because there are 80 million others like that out there.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

lol- I like that way of thinking. It's not that I'm schizophrenic and all over the place, it's just that I have multiple niches!

wow- you found something that worked for you and you could write in and you stuck with it. congrats!

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Ever read something and just think *damn* and want to hang up your word processor because you'll never do anything anywhere near as good?
Yes often...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*sighs with you*