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Hatchday and a couple of gripes...
11 years ago
Yes, it is that time of the year again...it's now officially May, and as such I get to celebrate the day that I was thrown out into this crazy world and be relieved that I made it through one more year without ending up dead. That's all it's become to me...I think I've finally reached the point where I've given up on looking forward to birthdays now and just look at it as what little bit that's left of my youth fading away. I'll be 31 on the 12th, but I feel like I'm going on 50 because I feel like crap. Which leads me to want to say that I wouldn't not be insulted if someone got me a gym membership for my birthday; in fact, I'd say that I'd practically beg for one right about now. I've been talking about it and wanting to do it for so long, but something happens that forces me to spend money that I don't have to spend and it goes by the wayside. And I become an even bigger fattydile.
That was my first gripe; though Paypal gifts and commssions of your characters with mine are always acceptable. And that leads us into my second gripe: I don't get why us writers don't get the respect we probably deserve here on FA. I've been doing a fair amount of writing lately, most of it involving cyberpunk themes centered around a random character I created with
hoomiku one night. So I wrote a story based loosely in the Shadowrun universe, as I have played the tabletop game before and actually enjoyed it, hoping to get something going with it. The story can be found here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13100096/
Just two days prior, I put up a picture I captured on my phone of a drawn art commission here that I got at FWA from
iggi of my skunk girl wearing nothing but an apron and making of a pot of something, presumably gumbo. Two days apart...and the drawn piece literally has ten times as many views in that one month stretch as the written piece, and the faves (28-0) and comments (7-0) are not even close. I feel kinda disrespected in that I can put up something that I commissioned and have it get a lot more views and attention than something that I've busted my ass and put a lot of thought and brainpower into. I enjoy getting feedback on my writings, and I need that feedback and criticism to help me work on my style and structure so I can improve my skills.
One day, I would like to be able to take story commissions myself. But I don't know if I'll ever be able to if I cannot get the confidence from positive feedback, and the advice from constructive criticism to be able to do so. Just because I don't draw pictures of penis doesn't mean my work should be ignored.
And that's enough of my bitching for now. Hope at least some of you take it to heart, but I'm not expecting it.
That was my first gripe; though Paypal gifts and commssions of your characters with mine are always acceptable. And that leads us into my second gripe: I don't get why us writers don't get the respect we probably deserve here on FA. I've been doing a fair amount of writing lately, most of it involving cyberpunk themes centered around a random character I created with
hoomiku one night. So I wrote a story based loosely in the Shadowrun universe, as I have played the tabletop game before and actually enjoyed it, hoping to get something going with it. The story can be found here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13100096/Just two days prior, I put up a picture I captured on my phone of a drawn art commission here that I got at FWA from
iggi of my skunk girl wearing nothing but an apron and making of a pot of something, presumably gumbo. Two days apart...and the drawn piece literally has ten times as many views in that one month stretch as the written piece, and the faves (28-0) and comments (7-0) are not even close. I feel kinda disrespected in that I can put up something that I commissioned and have it get a lot more views and attention than something that I've busted my ass and put a lot of thought and brainpower into. I enjoy getting feedback on my writings, and I need that feedback and criticism to help me work on my style and structure so I can improve my skills.One day, I would like to be able to take story commissions myself. But I don't know if I'll ever be able to if I cannot get the confidence from positive feedback, and the advice from constructive criticism to be able to do so. Just because I don't draw pictures of penis doesn't mean my work should be ignored.
And that's enough of my bitching for now. Hope at least some of you take it to heart, but I'm not expecting it.
As for the lack of respect for writers on FA, yeah. There's no pretty way to say it, so I just say with a smile and a shrug...Most (not all) furries have short attention spans and are a lot more inclined to quick click on visual stimuli than something they have to take time and read. However, because you say you're doing cyberpunk work, have you thought of submitting it to the FurReality conbook? Cyberpunk is the theme this year, and they have a separate con program so they can do an entire conbook fulllll of stories and some artwork (last year it was more stories than art lol). Blatant signal drop....right....here.... http://www.furreality.org/uncategor.....missions-open/
As for the writers, sadly I hear you. Writers are largely overlooked on FA. Not just FA, but other places as well, though I hear numbers are often better on sofurry, but I have no idea if that's true.
It seems like the reason for this is three fold. The first, as someone stated above, stories take time to read and enjoy. A lot more than art, especially if you have 50 new submissions a day or more. Reason the second, is that stories, it's hard to synopsize so that someone wandering by will think 'this is worth reading'. It's also hard to get a feel for the writers style, whereas with an artist you can instantly tell if you like it or not. The third, is that a large portion of writers on FA are TERRIBLE. Either they don't understand storytelling at all, or they are just writing porn in the unh unh unh sense. Now that doesn't mean all of them are, but a good number of them think they are and they just aren't.
It's also darn hard to get critique, learn things from other furry writers, and so on. I used to do it, but it's not easy these days.
And as for being on the wrong side of 30 now, I feel ya in how things just seem to weigh on you more and more. Especially if it's one specific thing that seems to drag you down; for me, it's the fact that I'm still single and feel like I couldn't find a mate if the human race depended on it. That and the fact that I'm getting fat and out of shape, but that seems like it isn't that big of a thing compared to finding a good mate. I'm sure it's something different for you.
Most of my stories got a few comments, a few views, and a few faves, but not often as much or as fast as my art I commissioned.
Nevertheless, with the stories in my head, the character and story matters.
I'm sure we all have our crosses to bear, so to speak, are you looking for a furry mate, or just anyone? :)
As with arting...it is hard to deny that the more cock in a visual sense you offer the more attention it gets. As much as I'd like to say I am different, I can't say I've been doing a good job at reading people's stories. It is a shame because I tend to read a lot in general and enjoy it. I do want to read some more of your stories because you are a very good writer :)