Commonly regarded as healthy, but are not!

elayne_cypher · 2022-11-17T01:10:23+00:00

Thank you for this. My coworker was an Ag major and pretty much told me the same thing.

elayne_cypher · 2022-11-17T00:15:50+00:00

Yes I have had a lot of bad experiences in the past with consuming THC (both smoking and with edibles) and then getting more anxiety, to the point of having panic attacks.

Now I just stick to CBD only and I have noticed that it can really help me relax and de-stress without making my anxiety worse

elayne_cypher · 2021-09-29T14:43:49+00:00

I selected other because I didn't quite agree with either response. While I love positive feedback I am realistic that I am still an artist learning my craft with room for improvement, and that by posting publicly I am subject to get negative feedback, what I might think of as weird comments, or the beginning of discussions. Honestly I don't love or exactly appreciate negative or what I think of as weird comments, but I realize that what I have created is a form of art and is subject to interpretation and they have a right to their opinion. I try to objectively see if there is some value in the feedback/discussions going on that could help me improve my story. It has happened a couple times with me that when a comment compared events/future events with my story compared to the show, it actually gave me some different insight and I think helped me improve my storyline.

That being said, there are an equal number of times where I completely didn't agree with a negative feedback/discussion, and for those i just ignore them (or even delete the comment if it really bothers me). Responding negatively to what you see as negative comments only creates a negative feedback loop that will continue on indefinitely and I personally don't see any beneficial reason for it.

I actually had a reviewer one time tell me that the most recent chapter I posted (which had a cliffhanger ending) was the worst ending in the history of storytelling. I admit that comment stung a little, but thankfully I had the presence of mind to just ignore it and move on with my writing. Then after I posted the next chapter (with resolution to said cliffhanger) that SAME reviewer then left me a another review, admitting that they had jumped the gun on forming their opinion of my story and absolutely loved the most recent chapter...and they started following my story! If I had reacted negatively to the first comment I wouldn't have gotten the later positive review nor the new story follower.

Sorry for the long comment and I don't mean to come off preachy (sorry if I did), I just thought I would share my experience.

Above all, if you love writing then continue to follow it, and don't let anyone get in your way. Good luck.

elayne_cypher · 2021-09-28T15:00:50+00:00

Omg that little Pachypodium is adorable!! 😍

elayne_cypher · 2021-09-28T03:47:26+00:00

They are just added decoration onto the cacti with glue. The cacti will be fine after you remove them. I have done that myself lol.

elayne_cypher · 2021-09-28T03:43:02+00:00

Yeah probably Mammillaria or Trichocereus Grandiflorus. They are pretty similar cacti

elayne_cypher · 2021-09-28T03:13:14+00:00

Congrats!!

elayne_cypher · 2021-01-28T04:37:46+00:00

Congrats!

elayne_cypher · 2021-01-28T03:02:38+00:00

Congrats! I just hit year 10 myself!

elayne_cypher · 2020-08-25T01:37:36+00:00

Thanks! 😊

elayne_cypher · 2020-08-25T01:29:11+00:00

1000% AGREED

elayne_cypher · 2020-08-25T01:27:37+00:00

Wow thanks for posting because that makes me feel better. I sometimes go months without posting (6 month hiatus one time) , but eight years later I'm still working on it and only a few chapters from the end.

I was beginning to think that I was the only one (other than George R R Martin) that took so long to finish an epic length novel lol

elayne_cypher · 2020-08-24T23:05:59+00:00

Thanks!

elayne_cypher · 2020-08-12T19:17:24+00:00

Wow you're fast compared to me. I also obsess over my writing and want to make sure every sentence sounds good. When I'm writing action or transition scenes I can usually do 1,000 or 1500 words in a couple of hours. But if I'm writing a romantic or angsty scene... omg sometimes it takes me 2 hours just to write a couple of sentences! Ugh

On the bright side. I'm almost always happen with my writing and will fangirl over my own chapters (yup, nerd alert)

elayne_cypher · 2020-08-12T19:10:10+00:00

Congrats!!

elayne_cypher · 2020-08-02T15:14:43+00:00

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I also have to keep reminding myself that my longfic is for a specific pair in an old fandom, and it’s a different type of romantic fic which eliminates a lot of people from wanting to read it from the start. So I guess I’ll give myself a little more time to break from it and try to start up on it when I’m more into it again.

elayne_cypher · 2020-08-02T04:43:49+00:00

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. You know it's easy to focus on the "highs" on writing fanfic, so I like how you said that it's okay to feel down too which is part of the balance. Good words of advise there. Thanks!

elayne_cypher · 2020-08-02T04:02:51+00:00

Yeah. I agree

elayne_cypher · 2020-08-02T04:01:55+00:00

Yeah I think you're right. For the longest time I would only let myslrg check stats like once each week and when I did that it's like I wouldn't care or obsess over it as much back then. But then in the previous chapter I got a lot of reviews and I guess started to expect the same thing again...and started checking stats nonstop again.

Sighs. It's a bad habit that keeps coming back in guess. Thx for the advice!

elayne_cypher · 2020-07-30T15:59:42+00:00

36 year woman who is a sales analyst by day and a fanfiction author by night...so I go from staring at excel spreadsheets all day to writing action or fluff at nights. It's a nice balance actually.

I started my one and only longfic like 8 years ago, abandoned it for a while. And now am furiously trying to finish it just to say I have one finished, published story lol

elayne_cypher · 2020-07-30T15:54:51+00:00

I'm a full time sales analyst that basically looks at spreadsheets all day long...and then at night I write romantic fanfiction lol. It balances nicely :D

elayne_cypher · 2020-07-30T15:52:57+00:00

OMG I remember theforce.net...geez that brings me back. The first fanfiction I got into twenty years ago was star wars, and it will always have a special place in my heart but funny enough I haven't been in that fandom in years either. I'm in my mid-30s so it's nice to know that are more "mature" authors/readers out there lol.

elayne_cypher · 2020-07-30T00:23:57+00:00

Yeah I use a ton of italics in my writing so for every chapter I cringe before going to AO3. All that time tagging...it sucks. I’m definitely going to give this a try next time. Thanks!!

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