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   A. Tina Hall to Capuchin@jymes.com   
   Re: Anyone still here?   
   07 Sep 21 13:49:00   
   
   From: A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org   
      
   On 07.09.21, Capuchin@jymes.com   wrote:   
   > "A. Tina Hall"  wrote:   
      
   >> Are you working on anything? Want to talk about composition of SF?   
   >> :)   
      
   > I have several wsip (works supposedly in progress), but basically my   
   > entire life has been on hold for over a year, and some things have to   
   > get sorted out before I can even hope to have any sort of motivation.   
      
   Aw man, hope you get that sorted out to your satisfaction. :)   
      
   > I occasionally post snippets of older stuff on Reddit, hoping a   
   > comment or two might spark me into working on it more. Sadly, so far,   
   > nothing has struck a chord.   
      
   Oh, Reddit. I don't hang out there. A Steam friend mentioned it's an odd   
   place. He asks a question for a build in Terraria, and gets a ton of   
   upvotes, but no reply, or something weird like that.   
      
   Might be better to post your snippets here? :)   
      
   > Making matters worse, I bought a copy of "Save the Cat Writes a   
   > Novel" by Jessica Brody. It's all about structuring and necessary   
   > parts of a story. Even without accepting it as gospel, it makes   
   > enough sense that I can see/understand why no story over 10K words   
   > that I've written has ever drawn any interest from agents/publishers.   
   > After maybe six months, I'm only about one-fourth of the way through   
   > it and would have to start over if I was to try to really absorb the   
   > info with intent to use it.   
      
   Maybe just subconsciously absorb what you agree with, and ignore the   
   rest as "stuff claimed to be fact and true for everyone writing   
   everywhere" (which is automatically nonsense :) )?   
      
   > I'm open to offering comments (for what they're worth) on   
   > problems/thoughts/discussions other want to bring in, but when it   
   > comes to new content which might be even remotely interesting, I'm a   
   > dry hole.   
      
   Oh, I have not written anything new for years probably now, even my   
   ramblings chatting with people is just old stuff in new dressing. :P   
      
   I'm still stuck in the third book of the Seasons & Elements trilogy, not   
   sure how to get to the end, and the problem is probably knowing where it   
   should go (the characters decided on a course of action, which will just   
   take 20 years, or 15 from the start of the third book).   
      
   Mind, I don't know what exactly they're going to do, just that it   
   involves people who have to grow up first. (Having bred a special kind   
   of people by those able and willing to 'produce' them.)   
      
   --   
   "You can't do this! You've got rules!"   
   "Rules don't apply to those who don't live by them."   
                             -- One of the warped ones and Jodra   
                   Seasons & Elements 2/3: Controlling the Magic   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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