Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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A few quick things from the management (IE, me).

LJ Messenger.

So I've been experiencing a real uptick recently in people using LJ's internal messaging system to reach me. I don't know why? I don't know if this is a societal switch toward "let's use one site for absolutely everything, always, and if you ever have to switch tags, that's bad," or if LJ has started giving out free kittens with every message sent, or what, but I am here to beg you to please not do that.

One of the functions of my OCD is that I feel compelled to answer all comments that are not somehow covered by comment amnesty, such as being second-level (a reply to one of my replies) or on a post that's connected to the RNG. This can take a long time. I have over 1,300 unanswered comments right now. I do not mind this! Comments are very rarely time-sensitive, and when they are, such as with the WG orders, I either get help or I leave myself a post-it. But this means that anything that's not on those entries just gets buried. Your message can wait up to a year for me to notice it.

Please, if you need to reach me privately, use my website contact form. That's what my website contact form is for. I get all that mail. I read all that mail. I answer most of that mail (some things do not require an answer). I do not overlook that mail for a year. Please, do not message me here, or on Tumblr, or on Facebook. Use my contact form. Please.

Slasher Chicks shirts.

I have answered all currently outstanding inquires, and I still have pretty, pretty Slasher Chicks shirts for sale. So pretty! So totally random in terms of color and size! It's an adventure every time I have to look up a size/color combo, and the adventure can be yours.

Old ARCs.

I have two ARCs of Half-Off Ragnarok left over, and I would like to see them go to a good home where they will be turned into art. People periodically need books for art projects, so...anyone out there looking to do some fun papercrafts and need an ARC or two? Please do not ask if you want to keep the ARCs in book form for reading purposes; I'm looking for people who are looking to make things. US addresses only, since postage is expensive and I'd need to ask you to pay it and ARCs aren't worth it (unless you're emulating a friend of mine and making something like a bridal bouquet out of ARCs, because that's a really important and long-term papercraft, and justifies you paying for postage).

Go ahead and comment on this post if you're interested, so other people can see that the ARCs may have been claimed. Again, please, crafters only.

Media stuff.

Surprisingly good: the movie Big Ass Spider.

Also surprisingly good: Girl Meets World.

...and thus do I summarize my entire experience with media in two three-word titles.

More later, but these are the things that mattered right now!
Tags: giving stuff away, halfoff ragnarok, horror movies, media addict, people make things, shameless plea, too much tv
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Are comments stressful enough that it would be better not to comment if all I have to say is that I liked whatever you wrote? E.g., if you post a Velveteen vs. story, would you rather feel anxious about answering comments, or not get "I liked this and have nothing else to say" feedback?
No, because comments are not stressful. I mean, "you suck and should go eat frogs" is a stressful comment to receive—think of the poor frogs!—but comments per comments are not stressful.

Finding an important message I missed buried in a sea of comments? Is really super-stressful and upsetting. But comments are not stressful. And since LJ is where comments belong, I would rather have comments here, and messages through appropriate channels.

harvey_rrit

2 years ago

seanan_mcguire

2 years ago

harvey_rrit

2 years ago

seanan_mcguire

2 years ago

I don't like the idea of stressing you out, but the fact that you reply to comments and requests on Tumblr makes me ridiculously happy...
Comments do not stress me out. I can't think of how to say this more clearly. I like comments. I like asks. What I do not like is peoples sending me private messages through a public communication forum.
Then I am just happy that I can comment, even to say aaahhh you got me right in the feels :P
I just feel the need to share that making a bridal bouquet out of ARCs is awesome.
If I ever get married again, I have to use this idea. I've seen book bridal bouquets before, and the idea of using an ARC is too apropos for a wedding not to use it!
It really is. It was beautiful.
Can I claim one of the ARCs on behalf of a friend? She does amazing decoupage projects; trays and jewelry boxes and the like, and she's also a big fan of yours. I pinged her about this but I'm afraid she won't see it in time.
Sure can; just let me know if she needs/wants it. If she does, we can discuss where it goes; if she doesn't, I have other takers.
Just confirmed with her that yes she definitely wants it.

seanan_mcguire

2 years ago

When you make a post about something happy, and then I comment on it, and then a bit later you reply to that comment, I get to be happy for you all over again!!

That's the way the feedback loop in my head works. Hooray!
I agree with this feedback loop :)
Hooray!
Yes, Big Ass Spider!! Have you seen Snakehead Swamp yet? Very good.
I have not! It's doubtless somewhere on the list; everything is.
I didn't watch it, but I did consider the difference between Big-Ass Spider and Big Ass-Spider...
Snrk.
If an ARC is still available I am interested. I'm experimenting with making books into jewelry. (And someone asking me to destroy the physical form of something they wrote to make it into something else would make me squee.)
There is an ARC available! Go ahead and email through my website contact form with your (US only) address, and we'll get this sorted.

seanan_mcguire

2 years ago

I like to do decoupage/resin projects (I mostly stick with jelewlry, magnets, and smaller projects) but if you end up having one left, I'd love to use it for my newest crafting craze. If they've already been claimed, then maybe next time. Thanks for offering the leftover ARC's!
Have you seen Murderdrome yet? Because horror and roller derby! It only came out last year and I haven't seen it yet but I plan to pick up the DVD tomorrow.

I got given a (ex-library) copy of a book I already had for my birthday, and I've decided to cannibalise it for parts and make quote badges. Because everyone needs a badge explaining how cats have spines... on... their... oh.

Forgive the ellipses. I just thought of Tybalt halfway through the sentence and now I am hoping on Toby's behalf that his 'human' body is entirely human, as it were.
I have not!

Tybalt does not have spines on his penis. Toby would not put up with that shit.

notalwaysweak

2 years ago

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Thanks for the catch! I have edited my profile.