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Re: A Silly Something That I Made

Jason Burnett — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:32:11 -0000

Thanks for the extra link - I found a couple of books in the archive that I own, so I'm going through page by page and comparing the finished book with the script. After I've done that a couple of times, I'm going to try producing scripts for a couple of books that I own, then I think I'll be ready to produce something original.

Re: A Silly Something That I Made

Becky Chambers — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:27:12 -0000

Glad that it helped! You might also want to take a look at the Comic Book Script Archive. It's exactly what it sounds like.

http://www.comicbookscriptarch...

Re: A Silly Something That I Made

Jason Burnett — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:03:18 -0000

This was wonderful! I've been thinking about trying to write for comics, but I'd never seen a script before so I had no idea what it should look like. Thank you!

Re: It’s Off to Work We Go

Commander Fabulous — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:03:45 -0000

A;jsgdask;dlbsleifhd! I WISH I WASN'T SO POOOOR D:

Re: It’s Off to Work We Go

Andrew Warren — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:19:22 -0000

Good luck! Can't wait to read your story.

Re: What Scares Me

Haifisch — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:02:41 -0000

That text kind of reminded me of a girl I knew. Incredibly smart girl, much smarter than most people I know. And quite accomplished too. And although she was very well spoken and had her way into arguments, it was easy to break her rationale in any argument I had with her. Not by having a better point of view, but simply because I could point out some minor flaws in her line of argumentation.

You see, she perceived a reality in which she was very smart. And someone as smart and accomplished as her cannot simply commit such simple mistakes. Whenever she was confronted with it, she became angry and defensive. It was also the reason she panicked whenever she had to speak in public. She couldn't handle the idea of people thinking she wasn't as smart as she wanted to believe she was.

Tried to explain to her that intelligence is of comparative nature. If you are perceived as smart, it only actually means that people around you are dumber than you. So it shouldn't matter if you make mistakes, you can always look around and find people failing much harder. In the end you will look good, no matter what. It's not hard to being above average, when the average score is actually kind of low.

Silly me, I used to be a lot like her. I had to become cynical and condescending to lose that that fear. Kind of miss it, now that I mention it.

I read a few of your texts, and I like the way you write. Even when I disagree with what's being said, I like the way you express yourself. Wish I had such writing skills.

By the way, english is not my first language, and it's getting kind of rusty. So, forgive any horrible mistakes I might have made.

Re: What Scares Me

Becky Chambers — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:55:06 -0000

Thank you, everybody. You gave me quite a spring in my step.

Re: What Scares Me

Cian Quattrin — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:38:25 -0000

ADVENTURER BECKY HAS GAINED +10 SPIRIT

You are a brave friend for speaking about fears we all share. Or even just the commonality that we have fears. In any case, well said and you know at least one person that you dont need to worry about what you say to =)

Re: The Best Idea I’ve Ever Had

Cian Quattrin — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:33:10 -0000

Hear hear! (Also i need to remind myself to read blogs more regularly, its been a few weeks).
Maybe if you somehow befriend them, you'll end up flying back with a pride of lions lazing about your victorian-decored steampunk airship. That sounds like something that would conquer a country or two.

Re: The Horn Section of Gondor

Cian — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:27:31 -0000

I am so going back in time to destroy scifi if you destroy high fantasy. Just sayin.

Re: My Heroes

Lina — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:19:01 -0000

So. freaking. adorable.

Re: What Scares Me

Quinn Stephens — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:04:50 -0000

According to a study I just made up, people are, on average, more afraid of embarrassment than death. So you're definitely not alone in this. But you don't let the fear stop you from doing what you want, so that's a little better than +1 to your armor - that's like you've already rolled and won all the battles in the campaign in advance :)

Re: What Scares Me

Commander Fabulous — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:07:11 -0000

Now I'm even more of an insignificant speck than you apparently are (lookit me, I don't even have a Disqus account, whatever the hell that is) and I can tell you, even when no one gives a rats ass about your work, you're still scared. Having people look at what you've done and tear it apart in front of your eyes is soul crushin and sometimes it makes you want to curl up in a ball and never write/draw/act ever again.
Still, as the ever wise Yoda once said: fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; and hate leads to doing an about face, telling the people who mock you for being bad at what you love doing to cram socks into his mouth then proceed to go off and do it anyway. Because the rest of the world isn't anything more than a motivator to, and I quote "do more gooder". So to meh with the rest of them, go out and enjoy y'self. And if you do, then an audience follows along somewhere.
Anyway, that was a scribble, and I'm not even Becky Chambers, so I'm sure there's probably some kind of e-law against this semi-rant existing. But still, props for admiting you're scared, the internet will love you for it :3

Re: What Scares Me

wompemwompem — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:02:59 -0000

You're so awesome

Re: Unsolicited Endorsements

Becky Chambers — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:42:48 -0000

Using Scrivener after Word is like that moment when you have real vanilla bean ice cream for the first time. They've got a thirty-day free trial. So...yes. You should. :)

Re: Unsolicited Endorsements

Becky Chambers — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:41:27 -0000

LOL YOU THINK I HAVE MONEY

Re: Unsolicited Endorsements

Quinn Stephens — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:35:23 -0000

Dropbox I already know and love dearly, but I've only been vaguely aware of Scrivener up to this point. Given my deep loathing for Microsoft Word, I should probably give it a try...

Re: Unsolicited Endorsements

Greg LeClair — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:10:03 -0000

WOW, SOLD OUT ALREADY EH?

Re: The Best Idea I’ve Ever Had

Scrooge Enthusiast — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:06 -0000

I believe you'll find that Don Rosa, that most estimable of Scrooge writers, addressed your question already in his Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. Mr. McDuck's skin has in fact been hardened to the presence of gold over several decades. He started off having relaxing spells of coin-immersion while his first million dollars was still kept in large barrels, and worked his way up to the ability to dive into a pool of coins over the years.
In addition, we must consider the fact that being feathered may provide him with an additional layer of protective bouncability due to air pockets under the dense layer of feathers, much in the same way that feathers protect other birds, indeed other ducks, from water or intense cold.

Re: My Heroes

Becky Chambers — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:23:30 -0000

1. More like you're bullshit.
2. Because you're bullshit.

Re: My Heroes

Chimpo — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:15:06 -0000

1) Myst is bullshit 2) Why didn't you have Chimpo in the background of that one sketch.

Re: And For My Next Trick, I Shall Turn These Survey Results Into An Essay

Fyt09eje — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:35:39 -0000

Excellent read! The game industry truly is stale when it comes to character design.

Re: And For My Next Trick, I Shall Turn These Survey Results Into An Essay

Joanna — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:00:28 -0000

I've just read the article actually and I'm currently passing it around Twitter. Great work =)

Re: Thirteenth Night

Becky Chambers — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:24:54 -0000

The very short version is that my significant other is an Icelander, and I am here tagging along. It's a great place to live, and I bet it's a lot less ashy now compared to the last time you were here. :)

Re: Thirteenth Night

Quinn — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:46:57 -0000

Have you written at all about how you came to live in Iceland? Because writing like this - on top of the trip I took there in June 2010, right after Eyjafjallajökull - makes me kinda want to move there too. I'd be very interested to hear about your experience.