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[the_rck]

Huh. The most useful thing for easing this headache has turned out to be heat applied to the back of my neck. I guess that underlines that it’s an anxiety thing. I probably really could use a professional massage, but that’s outside the current budget. I also suspect that it would only help for a day or two since the muscle tension is all coming from my head.

I’m considering a shower or bath, but I really don’t want to deal with wet hair and don’t have a way to get hot water on my shoulders and neck without getting my hair, too.

I’m only still awake because I’ve had enough liquid that I’ll be up and down frequently for a while yet. Reading when I want to sleep is less annoying than almost being asleep and then having to get up and start over. I have some relatively minor editing to do for my Yuletide story, but my brain is not working well enough for it just now.

I have two library books, both non-fiction interlibrary loan books, that are due Friday and can’t be renewed. I’m about three chapters into each. I’m not sue I’m going to have the mental resources to deal with anything that complicated this week.

I should call Scott’s parents to see if one or both of them could help out with transportation for Cordelia’s doctor’s appointment on Tuesday. If they could, we could leave here later than if we take a cab because I need to allow an hour between when I call the cab and when we have to be there. It’s only a fifteen minute drive, even when traffic’s bad, but cabs can take 45 minutes (or longer) to come. Mostly, they take 10 to 20, but it depends on the weather and the demand for cabs right then.

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[nucleosides.livejournal.com]

I've used cold compresses for headaches before because, well, me and NSAIDs...

[the_rck]

Sometimes, heat works better for me than cold, and sometimes, it's the other way around.

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the writing.

I got a completely unexpected complaint about the rape scene in my story: it wasn't graphic enough. ...wtf? It was more than just implied, I made sure the reader could tell exactly what was happening when, but nope, not good enough, I should have filled in more DETAILS. Um, use your imagination then if you really wanna go there? Sheesh. Have you ever gotten criticism like that? Oh and this is from a FRIEND, not just some rando, so I know it's not trolling.

[the_rck]

::boggles:: Wow. I have had people complain when I fade to black in consensual sex scenes but never for a rape scene. I've written them in varying levels of detail depending on what fit the story, but I'm more interested in what's going on the the characters' heads.

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's always more where my focus is too. Aren't there plenty of stories out there that will give you straight up smut if that's what you want? A negative review I received on my older story this week said "I know you labeled it no smut, but a little smut would have been nice, even just implied." NO SMUT = NO SMUT, in my mind. I don't understand people!

It's just been a terrible week for reviews. The only smutty story I've done lately (a year ago) got its first negative review too. The person probably thought they were being helpful when they told me I should ask myself "would they really say/do this in canon?" NO, THEY WOULDN'T, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SEXUALLY INVOLVED IN CANON. That's what fic is for. Ugh.

Oops, started venting...