Moving
December 17th 2010 12:54
I am beginning an intense project that will take up most of my time over the next few weeks: moving Fictional Worlds. For the time being I will only be posting the regular scheduled prompts and interviews.
I have chosen to leave Orble for several reasons. This is a very sad decision for me to make and with it comes the end of an era (at least as far as my writing journey is concerned).
When I first joined Orble, I was immediately struck by the community. My very first blog post was given a warm welcome from a blogger named David, who has been gone from Orble for over a year now. I quickly made some friends here and it is those friends who kept me at this blogging thing-people like Katyzzz (http://www.mspaintart.com/) and Jeanne Really Long Link These people will always have a special place in my heart and I feel that they have been incredibly important to my blogging journey.
Since joining Orble I feel that I have seen the strength of the community fade, on both a small and large scale. While some key people have remained and continued to make Orble a great place, many have left and the new bloggers have not necessarily been up to par. One particular incident that struck me was when a new Orble blogger sent me a personal message asking for advice on her blog. I went to her blog to find that she had not proofread her work and had left it full of spelling and grammar errors, and that on top of that her blog had no focus and no real meaning. She was very offended when I told her to correct her spelling. I remember a time when, in general, Orble bloggers knew how to spell. I would like to think that they still do. I am starting to worry that this is not the case.
I sincerely hope that those of you who have joined me here at Orble will continue to follow my blogging journey. I also hope that those of you here at Orble who remain will know that I do not speak with the intention of slandering Orble in any way. But I do feel that it is time to find a place of my own, even if I have to carve it out of the web.
I would like to say thank you to Orble, to Jon, to Katyzzz and to Jeanne for showing me how great blogging can be. Thanks for all of your support. I hope that my relationship with Orble will continue to be beneficial to both of us even as the moving process occurs. It is with great sadness that I prepare to take my leave.
But it is also the holiday season, a time of change and a time to remember. I will never forget Orble nor my friends here, and I hope that the new year will bring me a wonderful new place and many new successes.
I have chosen to leave Orble for several reasons. This is a very sad decision for me to make and with it comes the end of an era (at least as far as my writing journey is concerned).
When I first joined Orble, I was immediately struck by the community. My very first blog post was given a warm welcome from a blogger named David, who has been gone from Orble for over a year now. I quickly made some friends here and it is those friends who kept me at this blogging thing-people like Katyzzz (http://www.mspaintart.com/) and Jeanne Really Long Link These people will always have a special place in my heart and I feel that they have been incredibly important to my blogging journey.
Since joining Orble I feel that I have seen the strength of the community fade, on both a small and large scale. While some key people have remained and continued to make Orble a great place, many have left and the new bloggers have not necessarily been up to par. One particular incident that struck me was when a new Orble blogger sent me a personal message asking for advice on her blog. I went to her blog to find that she had not proofread her work and had left it full of spelling and grammar errors, and that on top of that her blog had no focus and no real meaning. She was very offended when I told her to correct her spelling. I remember a time when, in general, Orble bloggers knew how to spell. I would like to think that they still do. I am starting to worry that this is not the case.
I sincerely hope that those of you who have joined me here at Orble will continue to follow my blogging journey. I also hope that those of you here at Orble who remain will know that I do not speak with the intention of slandering Orble in any way. But I do feel that it is time to find a place of my own, even if I have to carve it out of the web.
I would like to say thank you to Orble, to Jon, to Katyzzz and to Jeanne for showing me how great blogging can be. Thanks for all of your support. I hope that my relationship with Orble will continue to be beneficial to both of us even as the moving process occurs. It is with great sadness that I prepare to take my leave.
But it is also the holiday season, a time of change and a time to remember. I will never forget Orble nor my friends here, and I hope that the new year will bring me a wonderful new place and many new successes.
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Comment by katyzzz
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With love and hope for my cherished child!
Love, katyzzz and thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Comment by Dianna G
I Wish This Was 42
Fictional Worlds
Thanks for all of your support. The monkey is only for the first draft
I'll certainly miss this place and you with it. I hope that I'll be able to spread my wings and fly a bit better in a new place.
Thanks for everything,
~Dianna
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
Though it's sad to see you go, I know you'll do well no matter where you are. It really is important to spread your wings and fly ever higher, to refuse to let the comfort of the familiar hold you back from achieving your dreams.
There's a time and a season for everything. For a certain period of time, you were meant to be here at Orble. That was one important stage of your growth. Yet, now you've outgrown this community, and it's time to move on. I admire you for having the courage to recognize that and decide in favor of growth, adventure, and branching out in new and exciting directions.
Be sure to let us know where you -- and Fictional Worlds -- land.
And, remember: This only looks like an ending when you're looking backward. When you look toward the future, you see that it's really a beginning!
Wishing you a wonderful journey!
Jeanne
Comment by Dianna G
I Wish This Was 42
Fictional Worlds
Thanks so much for your inspiring words. I'm bound and determined not to let anything stop me from reaching my dreams, and I've always been one of those girls where it's 'go big or go home'. There's really no halfway for me.
Orble has helped me get into the discipline of blogging and that was essential for me. Now I want to move to a place where I have more freedom to do as I please.
I think I'm going to print out that last quote and put it on my wall. That's a beautiful way of putting it
Thanks for everything,
~Dianna
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
I'm honored that you've found me quotable!
So glad to hear how determined you are to succeed at the things that are most important to you. May you always remain so!
There definitely does come a time in our growth when we need more autonomy. It's obvious that your time has come, and I'm sure moving out on your own will be a wonderful experience for you.
Wishing you the best of everything always!
Jeanne
Comment by Anonymous
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Although I have never spoken to you before this, I have to say that I ran across a conversation you had several years ago with someone of the initials S.L.
I FULLY understand what you have gone through particularly with using your writing as an outlet. Not only do I blog, on occasion, I am an English/Reading/Creative Writing teacher and I would like to pay you a compliment, if you don't mind.
I can't say for NOW, because I have seen very little of what you have written recently, but if you write anything like the young lady from 2008, you have an unusual ability to express yourself for someone so young.
Now, don't mistake me by thinking that was a dig at your age. I know maturity is not linked with age. I know you had a hard time in your life. Being kicked out, and homeless from 15 to almost 17 really made ME mature and had an impact on my writing. Hell, I wrote like I had the experience of a 40 year old. I, guess, I almost did, but I digress.
My point is this: you have more than just a simple talent. You have a GIFT. I believe that life gives people bad experiences to make them grow stronger and better. Use the bad, the sad, the depressing, to make your writing stronger too, just don't forget the laughter and the joy. That is what will continue to make you smile, and if you find yourself not happy doing something, then just do something else.
I wish you all the best... and I feel privilaged. Your descriptions from the age of (assuming 14) reminded me for some reason of Anne Rice with a little Jane Austin thrown in.
Truly, I wish I could have spoken to you.
Take care in life, and make it the best life EVER!
Sincerely,
Michael Pearson
Comment by Dianna Gunn
Thank you so much for your kind words. I would like to correct one thing: I have not been homeless. It is true that my mother kicked me out, but my grandmother took me in. I did spend some time elsewhere, running, but for the most part I have lived with my grandmother.
In 2008 I was fourteen for the first bit and fifteen at the end. I was reading a lot of Anne Rice, but I am sorely lacking in knowledge of Jane Austen. Sometimes I make a point of reading certain authors when I'm working on a project, or certain genres, because I want to keep the tone.
I am not very good at a lot of things, but what I am good at I am great at. I take a lot of pride in my writing if little else. It's always been my passion, and it will someday be my career. It might take a while, but I'm confident that it will happen.
I hope that you come back to read this. I always love to talk to people who have a passion for writing, and I hope that you will follow me to wherever I am going. I'm not quite sure just yet.
~Dianna
Comment by Anonymous
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You misunderstood me, or perhaps I was just writing too fast and my thoughts outran my fingers. (You know what I mean?)
I did not mean to say that YOU were homeless at any point.
I was saying that I understood where you were coming from because when I was a teen (16 years old) my mother told me that it was time for me to go. I was never told why. So, I lived under a bridge for almost a month, taking showers at a truck-stop. I was taken in by a kind man when he caught me stealing soap and a washcloth from the grocery where he was manager.
I was just telling you that because, I wanted you to know, I'm from "the school of hard knocks" too. So, I really feel where you were coming from.
The Anne Rice really came through in your writing, but the comparison with you and Jane Austin was more akin to personality as she creates very strong female characters. (Even if their strength is hidden.) I sense that about YOU in what you were writing.
In re-reading, I apologize. I was not clear in my meaning.
Anyway, I hope to run into you sometime on here, or somewhere out in cyberspace.
I have finished one novel and have recently been accepted by an agent.
Currently, I am at work on another one.
Basic story is that sometimes, the world around us is not what we normally see. Creatures from our worst nightmares walk among us, but look like everyone else. There is only a few that exist in the world that protect us from these and their masters, who are those that were cast out in the War in Heaven at the dawn of mankind.
I have also tied some of the back story into Greek and Roman mythology as well as some from African, Australian Aboriginal, and Native American.
I hope it makes for an interesting read. Certainly, it makes for fun writing. Sorry, like Stephen King says, "I was born with a love of the night and the unquiet coffin. If anyone doesn't like or agree with it, I can only shrug. It's what I have." Some people think it's "lowbrow to write about things like that, but it's where I really get off. It's my drug of choice, I guess.
Anyway, I've bored you enough.
Mike
Comment by Dianna G
I Wish This Was 42
Fictional Worlds
Thanks for clarifying. Being homeless is really hard; I do have quite a few friends in that situation. It's always nice when somebody takes you in; gives you hope that there are still decent human beings out there.
My characters have always naturally been girls; I have a really hard time writing from the PoV of a dude, and I can never keep it going properly for more than a chapter or two. Besides, we need more strong girls in fiction.
Your book does sound really interesting
Thanks for the conversation,
~Dianna