@OpalApparition There’s no one like you Opal and I am so sorry there are people too blind or too stubborn to recognize your talent and your worth. It is a blessing to know you and to witness your incredible gifts!!! We love you and will be here when you’re ready!!!
I’m going to be stepping away from all of my social media and taking a break. “ghosting” might be cliche, but I need some space. I know I said April 3rd weekend for chapter 14, but it might be later than that because I need to clear my headspace. Thank you to everyone who has been kind. (3/3)
I’m using this as an example, but I have been dealing with this a lot lately.
Writing is a hobby for me find joy and escapism in, I never imagined that one day I would have so many people engaging with my work, and I am so deeply grateful and flattered by that… but also somewhere along the way I started running into this more and more frequently. I’ve been receding from social media to avoid commentary like this because it really messes with my head. (1/3)
But it’s harder and harder to avoid now.
Said with so much love: I am genuinely thrilled that people care about Nutcracker! enough to ask. But my social media DMs are exploding. Writing takes time, I’m researching local icecream joints that may/may not have plombir, there’s first round beta-ing to clean up the sludge of my typos/horrific run on sentences which also takes time, and I can’t always promise fast updates. The next chapter will come. I promise I want to finish this story and bask in it as badly as you want to read it!!🩰 👻
Every friend who works in healthcare and watches the Pitt says everyone is so fucking nice compared to real life. The surgeon from last week was the closest thing to a real surgeon they’ve ever seen.
Unfortunately no matter how much I love someone’s art, if I see H*rry P*tter merch at their table it’s a skip from me!! I get the ick and move right past!! Suddenly none of the rest of it is appealing to me!!
Your art must have value to you beyond the approval of strangers. You can't let your frustration over not getting the approval you want outweigh your desire to create. Where is the little flame in your heart that burns you up unless you draw. It's not esoteric, it's important