Sometimes, pain needs to be shared.

[reynardo]

I posted this on the marysues community back in May, and it's dawned on me that I haven't shared it with you.

It's someone's fanfic - mainly Harry Potter, but has some Torchwood towards the end. And it inspires me. It enlightens me. It assures me that no matter how badly I write, there are people who are worse.

But I can't be too damning. After all, you really don't want to know how bad my Colditz Mary Sue was that I made up when I was 14. Really.

Comments

[mr-figgy.livejournal.com]

I'm terrified that my current novel's character is a Mary Sue; I don't want it to be hello Mary Sue, goodbye heart. Neither of my responding readers have made that comment, though.

[karjack.livejournal.com]

This is magical. Positively magical.

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

Did I ever share Blood and Roses with you?

[karjack.livejournal.com]

I don't think so. Oh god, is there more magic to be had? Please say there is!

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

http://lederhosen.livejournal.com/169389.html

[karjack.livejournal.com]

This is life-alteringly awesome.

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

Also, http://michaelkelly.artofeurope.com/karl.htm

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

Comparing myself to the masters leads me to despair.

Comparing myself to fan fiction restores my hope.

[karjack.livejournal.com]

You are a magical font of mind-bending weirdness.

[deor.livejournal.com]

You are a magical font of mind-bending weirdness.
Goeffrey, you really need to make this your .sig for a while. Cause it's true!