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No idea if you check up on here ever but I'm having a nostalgic moment and thought I'd leave a comment on the off chance you do to say I hope you're well! Feel free to shoot me a message and let me know how life is.

Thank you so much for the comment on We're the Lucky Ones, and thank you so much for the con-crit! I'll definitely be taking it on board. Again, thank you, and I really hope you enjoy future chapters!

Thank you thank you so much for the comment on smoke & mirrors it means a lot and I will be sure to fix the mistake and error is before I head to work :) it's gonna be a great plot I can promise that :)

Thank you for the comment! I'm definitely going to work on those choppy sentences :)

Hey! Thanks so much for the comment you left on GLB! Pacing is such a huge issue for me! My stories tend to be long and incorporate so many details and I've definitely thought about figuring out a way to streamline them. Your suggestion about the shopping scene will really give me a jumping off point and I'm going to go back and take a look at that asap.

As for the "and I" thing, I know there's a rule but I can never remember it! Your trick will help with that too. :) I'll have to do a read through to catch those.

Thanks for the detailed comment! I'm so happy to have con-crit.

Happy 2017 to you too! I hope you've been having a fabulous time over the holidays. I did manage to get my work done eventually, got to wait until the end of the month to find out how I did though.

I'm a long ways away from being published. At least you've put your work out there! And you know you can't be a real writer unless you've been rejected a million times. It's like a milestone, haha.

There are so many fantasy and sci-fi writers, I never even knew! It's cool though because it means there's always something different to read in workshops. And then there's me like here's another literary short story about a complicated woman. The rest of the people on my course haven't called me out on it yet though.

That always happens. Like if there's a sexuality module it'll be so much more concerned with white gay men and it's like branch your horizons people this is meant to be a more inclusive module! I would be happy to take any and all suggestions. In return I will recommend any and all things Jeanette Winterson. She's

I mean I could always do my masters (which I think is like grad school in the states?) if I really wanted to but for right now I'm trying to be okay with the idea my time in education is coming to a close. Exactly, I really need to save up for a getaway.

No, I love that you bring your ideas back. I abandon way too many. And I absolutely adored Somewhere There in it's previous form so I can't wait to see what you do with it! I figured I owed you a decent comment since I took a year away. I still have a lot of your writing to catch up though so I will have to get on that. I also have something coming to Mibba somewhat soon. I'm in the later stages of planning so get pumped, haha.

Exactly! And I still have a bunch to do before my deadline, the fourth of Jan. It doesn't even feel like the semester is over and I've been home-home for four days now. Well good for you! Seriously, it's a really great. Another friend of mine was recently published too, you guys making me feel like a failure! I'm totally kidding, it's great and I'm not at all surprised people wanted to publish your work.

Haha, honestly I don't think I could have direction if I wanted to. I just post would about whatever crap pops into my head.

Well I actually haven't had the chance to do much actual Scriptwriting because it's a mess of a class. Like we have to come up with a storyworld which could lend itself to a variety of different formats and then next semester pick two (a video game and a movie are pretty popular) and write sample scripts for what that might look like. It's a lot and coming up with a storyworld has been so hard! I'm not necessarily a big fantasy writer or reader so I decided to go small with my storyworld and have it all set inside a diner. I'm thinking of doing TV show and webseries for my scripts, which is a litle bit cheating since webseries isn't exactly very different to TV show. I have such a resentment to men and relationships and such a distrust of people who say they like me so I wouldn't be surprised if that were true! My poor past life. That's such a good class! There's no specific women's writing or feminism classes on my course which sucks. So I decided to do set myself the challenge to read only female writers for my short story collection commentary. Even though my lecturer suggested I read Tobias Wolfe. I was like but Tobias is a boy's name please can't you see what I'm doing here? I love Modernism! I don't read too much around the subject but I did Modernism for a short period in first year and it was a treat. Art history? So cool! You're lucky! My publishing module was cancelled and my film journalism module was in the same block as Scriptwriting so I couldn't pick it.

That works too! I have so many notes on my phone and I was like it's time to stop cluttering this up with words because I never even look back on them.

I've been talking about this to so many people so it's so weird you mention it. I really love learning! I've been feeling so over education, like so ready to be out of it, but the part of me that wants to cling on is the geeky me that loves loves loves learning new things. Uh, so jealous. I'm one of those people who is like I'm going to go travelling in the vague future and everyone's like sure whatever no you won't. I recently wrote a short story that was kind of inspired by 500 Days of Summer and Gatsby and most things really. It's that whole idea of trusting this one guy to feed you information about these women and really they don't even know them at all. So this guy narrates his relationship with a woman named Hattie and he just really clearly doesn't understand or know her at all. It's a weird one to describe.

Of course. I've always here for TV recommendation. Stranger Things I just couldn't get into it. I don't know why especially because Winona Ryder is my girl and I wanted to watch it just for her. I could watch her read the phone book to be honest. Good Girls Revolt I really enjoyed the first episode of but have yet to watch any of the others so I'll have to jump back into that. Grace Gummer as Nora Ephron was bomb. Anna Camp I love in all roles. That character in the glasses - love her! Yes, I will definitely get back into it season 2 or not. I've heard of that! I love Hilary so I could definitely get into that. It's really speaking volumes that on top of those reccs I gave you I've seen two of these. It's moments like these where I'm like wow maybe I actually do watch way too much TV instead of like working and living haha.

That's awful haha! This is another long one too. I ain't sorry 'bout it.

Of course! You're story is amazing; it deserves all the comments!! <3

I will try my hardest not to disappear like that again. It was a crazy long time! I've taken some breaks from Mibba but this has definitely been the longest. A lot of it probably has to do with not going home for the summer which is when I'm usually more active. And of course my inspiration to come back coincides with me going home for the holidays. Hopefully this means I'll be able to post something, anything! I see you have a few new things on here though so I'll have to read them! That so counts, it's amazing. Congrats! Did you share what got published on here? I guess you probably can't beforehand but I don't know if you can afterwards.

I distracted you I'm so sorry haha.

It's so hard to keep actively posting. Especially when life is as dull as mine is! I'm like what do I even blog about. I really want to get back into it though so I will. I hope. That's a really good idea. I've got a few posts on my phone that I thought about posting through the year that I saved in case I got back into it. I'll have to see if they're post-worthy and maybe even schedule them so I appear more active than I am.

Third year is so much more work. It doesn't help when you're doubting yourself that's for sure. I'm doing Children's Literature (the essay of which is going to be a bitch to get done) as well as Scriptwriting and Writing Poetry. Major writing adjustments were made there because I dread the future of my scriptwriting classes but am thoroughly enjoying writing poems. I was expecting the total opposite but there we have it. Pretty sure everyone thinks I'm going through a horrible break-up though since I keep writing break-up poems! I don't know why. I don't really want to explain to everyone that I've never been serious enough with anyone to go through a break-up but I keep getting concerned looks during workshops haha. Oh, and of course the dissertation stuff. What about you? What things are you studying?

That's great, I really wish I was doing something a little bit more worthwhile sometimes but I will get there at some point! It makes all the sense. I'm like patting myself on the back for coming out but also it's like this is a thing that is my life and is not worthy of reward. It's a weird thing. Okay, okay. I promise. I will post something. I was kind of toying on expanding that 1000 story that I posted in like January or whenever. And I have a few ideas that I could mess around with posting. I just have so many unposted stories with layouts and summaries and I feel so guilty whenever I add another one to that list. Hopefully you're keeping note of all these ideas. I bought some mini notepads and they are the best things. If you don't have mini notepads, get some! I've been a crazy person writing down lines of poetry in the middle of the street. When the inspiration hits, I get it down. It's only taken me a thousand years of tutors telling me to do this for me to do it and they're totally right.

That's so cool! I'm yet to do any real travelling and I definitely want to in the future. And Ancient Greek theatre is bomb. Old ancient greek stories are legends are so great. I did a Pandora's Box inspired short story for one of my classes this year and it was so much fun to write. Where did you go while you were there?

I feel so sorry for you having another year after this. I love it and it's been so beneficial but I'm also ready for it to be over haha. Although I'm very scared of having to make real life decisions and find place to live and actually (maybe) try to get stuff published. So embrace the security (even though it doesn't always feel so secure) of education.

Such an important question! Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is my life and love at the moment. Fresh, funny, feminist and so surprising! I am obsessed. Also, it has musical numbers. Always a win. Please Like Me (Australian comedy) is such a great show if you haven't checked it out. It makes me feel so many feelings. My housemate recommended it and now I'm obsessed. I watched the latest episode today and I was destroyed by it. So sad. I'm also still watching How to Get Away with Murder, if I ever mentioned that to you, which is kind of bad but Viola Davis though. And Liza Weil. Some really good acting in it, particularly those two, even when the writing isn't quite great. The new Gilmore Girls too! Insecure is great, it just finished. Girls and Broad City I'm eagerly awaiting the return of. This is an extensive list haha. Oh! British shows too for once. I would say that these three British comedies are a must: Fleabag (now on Amazon in the states) Crashing (by the woman who created Fleabag and starring the love of my life Jonathan Bailey) and Chewing Gum (which I just found out Jonathan Bailey is gonna' be in the next season so they're all weirdly linked). And then Drifters, which isn't quite as good as the others but I do love it. So so many! Oops. And I've been saying I've been so busy. The truth is coming out now haha. What about you? Any TV reccs?

Well it may take some time for the comments to get shorter again... this is almost a thousand words I'm sure.

I posted this on my own page like eight hours ago. I've totally forgotten how to Mibba apparently.

According to the last comment left on your profile by me it has been eleven months since we last spoke. Which is totally and completely my fault. I can pull all the usual I'm so busy and there's a lot going on (which would be kind of true since I'm pretty busy these days) but I'm not going to excuse myself. I honestly feel so guilty, I am human trash! But I will be better, I promise. I've actually really missed you, which to some people would be insane since we literally live in different continents and have never met but I hope you totally get what I mean.

I haven't been active for about nine months. It it so terrible typing those words. This might actually be the longest break I've taken from Mibba and it makes me sad to think that I moved on from what has been such a good part of my life. But that is so me. I've been learning a lot about myself this year (after all, Kylie Jenner did say it is the year of realising things) and one thing I've learnt is that I don't allow myself to do the things I love as often as I should.

This is going to be a long post I should warn you. Like if you don't have time for this right now I'd stop reading and go do what you were planning to do and wait til you have a while to get through this. I have basically a years worth of updates for you.

First of all, the blog. I completely abandoned my blogging! I wish I hadn't but I did and I keep meaning to get back into it. I'm thinking I might write and post and schedule it for New Years Eve. A sort of one year on kind of a thing since the last time I posted was last NYE I believe. I'm going to see if you've been posting since I haven't checked since I never even log on anymore. I still have the app on my phone but I never use it. Speaking of blogs, I'll also cover Mibba blogging in this paragraph. I just read your most recent updates. Impostor syndrome! I now have a name for something I didn't know was an actual thing. University definitely pulls that out of me because even though I'm ending every semester with a first I keep telling people I'm actual awful at my course. Also, you're an actual journalist! I'm so proud of you! How is college going? How is the job going? Other than the mansplain-er who is offended by the colour purple.

The job sitch. Oh the job sitch. I feel like I mentioned to you that I was going to look for a job? But this would have been a long, long while ago. Anyway I didn't get one until this summer when I started working in a pub in May. It's literally two minutes from my house which is amazing. And even though when I started there was a creepy deputy manager who I hated and who eventually stole money from the safe downstairs, I've grown to really love it. I don't know if I want to continue with it next year since it would be good to have the money and it's so close and my co-workers are pretty great. But the downside is the free time I could be using to write, and actually have some kind of a social life and for once get some studying done! I just don't know. I was thinking I might just reduce my hours. It's just a bit embarrassing since I kept going on about how I going to leave. I also worked in a cafe from June to October so I was working two jobs and studying on a full time course. I told you I was busy, really wasn't making that up. But again, not a good enough excuse. Setting aside time to message you back wouldn't have been that hard. Uh. I'm sorry again!

Okay, big personal life news. So I guess I was straight when I was on here last. Like, not really because I didn't just change my sexuality this year as a fun way to mix things up. But I think I was saying I was straight. I mean mostly I just used to avoid saying much all together so that I wouldn't have to lie or tell the truth. But if I ever mentioned to you anything about being a heterosexual then please rule that from the history books. Coming out has been a bit of a mixed bag to say the least but I definitely feel a lot better about life. (Yay year of realising things!) Also way more people were surprised than I expected.

Exciting writing news! I am currently writing a collection of short stories which will (probably, unless I change things up a bit) be about failed relationships and all set in Winter. It's for my dissertation, and it's been a really good excuse to try out some things and really set my mind to writing something. I'll be honest, this year hasn't been a good year for writing. The last time I wrote anything not for university was too long ago for me to remember. I think I revisited the one thousand story I have up on here in the summer but then I was like, nah, and stopped. I'd love to post again, so hopefully I'll find time while I'm on Christmas break. I've also been writing a lot of poetry since I have a poetry module and although I suck, it's been so much fun. I'd love to continue to write poems but I doubt I will since I never, ever do. I mean how many times have I told you I'm going to really get some writing done from this point on? Too many!

I think I'm going to stop now since that is a lot of information there. If I left anything out that you might be curious about let me know. And if I think of anything extra to say I'll include it in the reply (which you will get much more promptly I promise!) Tell me all that's happening with you. Good, bad, everything. I want to know where you're at, what you're doing, how you've been! And thank you for checking in when I didn't reply for a while. You're great and I am terrible!

Thanks so much for the comment! Capitalizing the following word in the "speech sandwich" is habit of mine that I've been trying to break!

Thanks again!

Thank you for the comment on The Other Section And for the con criticized as well. It helps!

Thank you so much for the comment on An Astronomer! It has really made my night (and probably my whole day tomorrow as well).

No worries! Happy writing!

Hi! Found this amazing page with writing tips for sci-fi and fantasy and just had to share it with you! Hopefully you can find something to help you with your sci-fi writing!

@ captain solo.
Thank you for your comment on "Threads." Now you've made my day, haha. I'm glad that you liked it and I'm so relieved that it came across well I was terrified that it was going to be way too nonlinear to understand lol.

@ captain solo.
Of course - it was excellent and so much fun to read!

Thank you for your comment on Midnight Crisis! it basically made my day.

All right, so I can try to help you with that in return? I mean, I don't think I'm good at that, but I certainly don't go banging my head on the keyboard about it Though I understand the struggle! Us writers got to stick together
Argh, I need another Sanderson book, lucky you Which one is it?

I'm glad you understand I totally will then, when I get around to clearing out my messages again! Just general feedback would be great as well as typos (because believe me, there are so many "misspelled" words in this story because it's set in a fantasy world and I probably don't notice when the red line is actually pointing out a real typo ). I like the first chapters too, and I was worried about doing an info dump so I'm glad you cleared that up! But I do feel like it loses momentum around the middle and yeah, writing is hard I'm sure you understand what I'm feeling here