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May. 19th, 2018 04:58 pm1. Debating joining Romance Writers of America as an Associate-Member. Yes, I've published a novel, but no, it's not really a "romance" per se. I tend to be an unconventional writer. I'm unconventional in regards to practically everything...which has made life difficult for me. I'd be much happier if I could be conventional. But it's just not how I'm put together.
The romance novel that I'm writing is highly unconventional. So not sure it will work. But I want a support group or someone I can share writing with after I finish. But am afraid of doing it.
Sigh. I'm great at writing, I suck at the whole sharing bit.
2. Got the ancestry DNA results back, sort of disappointing. Still can't go back further than the 1600s and 1500s.
Mainly Irish.
Breakdown? (It's in regions because they can't be that specific).
34% Irish/Welsh/Scotish
- Connact, Ireland (ie Northern Ireland)
-Ulster, Ireland (ie, Western Ireland)
25% Western Europe (Basically Belgium, Germany, France)
22% - Scandinavian
7% - European East ( Ukraine, Russia, Czech, Croatia, Poland)
5% - Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)
3% - Great Britain (basically everything that isn't Cornwall, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland)
2% - Europe South (Italy and Greece)
>1% - Finland and Northwest Russia
>1% - Middle East
So interesting. Also I managed to trace one relative back to the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
I'm just not sure I have the right one.
3. I'm weirdly pissed off about Lucifer's cancellation. I don't why. It was irritating me this year, but I saw potential and I honestly think S4 could have been great. Also, I don't understand why the stupid ass CW couldn't save it instead of giving us yet another tween soapy college kid drama/spin-off of the Vampire Diaries. (I didn't watch the originals and am bloody tired of Vampire shows.)
But alas, the CW is geared towards teenagers and early twenty-somethings, not the over 45 group like myself.
The channels are "Branding" themselves. In case you haven't noticed. ABC is female oriented/family shows, CW is teen and twenty-something shows (sort of similar to ABC's Freeform), Fox is 18-35 male shows and dramas, NBC is 18-35 hipster comedies and dramas, and CBS is 35-65 procedurals and family sitcoms. It has the highest ratings, because let's face it everyone under the age of 45 is streaming and doesn't watch broadcast television.
Anyhow, I considered boycotting the CW, ie. not watching anything on it any longer. Which I can sort of do...since I'm not that into either Riverdale or Crazy Ex, and I may just watch Legends on either Hulu or Netflix.
But I doubt anyone would care. No one cares what I watch, except maybe you guys? My viewing habits aren't tracked.
4. I'm entertaining myself by participating in a General Hospital Fanboard on FB. Yes, it's crazy-ass stupid like all fanboards at times. We have the character hate, we have the crazy character love for evil villains with no redemptive qualities, we have the grudge matches, we have the whining, and the hate of storylines. We have the squeeing over gowns and cute boys.
It's fandom.
Soap Opera fandoms are..well no crazier than the others, no wait...possibly crazier. I see more interesting discussions in others. Because the writing is admittedly better. I mean, that stands to reason. It's the difference between writing a script in four hours, filming it in eight hours then jumping to the next one, versus, writing a script in three to four days, filming it in seven days, and editing as you go. I mean Buffy filmed an episode over a seven day period with often 22 takes.
General Hospital films an episode in an eight - twelve hour period, with only one or two takes if that. There's gotta be a difference in quality.
The romance novel that I'm writing is highly unconventional. So not sure it will work. But I want a support group or someone I can share writing with after I finish. But am afraid of doing it.
Sigh. I'm great at writing, I suck at the whole sharing bit.
2. Got the ancestry DNA results back, sort of disappointing. Still can't go back further than the 1600s and 1500s.
Mainly Irish.
Breakdown? (It's in regions because they can't be that specific).
34% Irish/Welsh/Scotish
- Connact, Ireland (ie Northern Ireland)
-Ulster, Ireland (ie, Western Ireland)
25% Western Europe (Basically Belgium, Germany, France)
22% - Scandinavian
7% - European East ( Ukraine, Russia, Czech, Croatia, Poland)
5% - Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)
3% - Great Britain (basically everything that isn't Cornwall, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland)
2% - Europe South (Italy and Greece)
>1% - Finland and Northwest Russia
>1% - Middle East
So interesting. Also I managed to trace one relative back to the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
I'm just not sure I have the right one.
3. I'm weirdly pissed off about Lucifer's cancellation. I don't why. It was irritating me this year, but I saw potential and I honestly think S4 could have been great. Also, I don't understand why the stupid ass CW couldn't save it instead of giving us yet another tween soapy college kid drama/spin-off of the Vampire Diaries. (I didn't watch the originals and am bloody tired of Vampire shows.)
But alas, the CW is geared towards teenagers and early twenty-somethings, not the over 45 group like myself.
The channels are "Branding" themselves. In case you haven't noticed. ABC is female oriented/family shows, CW is teen and twenty-something shows (sort of similar to ABC's Freeform), Fox is 18-35 male shows and dramas, NBC is 18-35 hipster comedies and dramas, and CBS is 35-65 procedurals and family sitcoms. It has the highest ratings, because let's face it everyone under the age of 45 is streaming and doesn't watch broadcast television.
Anyhow, I considered boycotting the CW, ie. not watching anything on it any longer. Which I can sort of do...since I'm not that into either Riverdale or Crazy Ex, and I may just watch Legends on either Hulu or Netflix.
But I doubt anyone would care. No one cares what I watch, except maybe you guys? My viewing habits aren't tracked.
4. I'm entertaining myself by participating in a General Hospital Fanboard on FB. Yes, it's crazy-ass stupid like all fanboards at times. We have the character hate, we have the crazy character love for evil villains with no redemptive qualities, we have the grudge matches, we have the whining, and the hate of storylines. We have the squeeing over gowns and cute boys.
It's fandom.
Soap Opera fandoms are..well no crazier than the others, no wait...possibly crazier. I see more interesting discussions in others. Because the writing is admittedly better. I mean, that stands to reason. It's the difference between writing a script in four hours, filming it in eight hours then jumping to the next one, versus, writing a script in three to four days, filming it in seven days, and editing as you go. I mean Buffy filmed an episode over a seven day period with often 22 takes.
General Hospital films an episode in an eight - twelve hour period, with only one or two takes if that. There's gotta be a difference in quality.