Brigid's Writing Challenge :)

[Brigid ✩]

YAY! brownies! *eats them all* hehehe

[Sella]

yay! go brigid! XD

[Brigid ✩]

ooh that sux. but it's good you didn't lose anything! ^^
unlike me ... >.< urgh. lol. well, i got that all worked out so it's no big deal ... haha

[Sella]

I'm glad you didn't lost anything Catherine. :D

Wait Brigid, all you lost was the 2nd chapter of Edge, right? Nothing more?

[Brigid ✩]

yeah, that was all. and i rewrote it, so it's all good :D

[Sella]

yay :D

[Dee, Fan of the "Young Prose Society"]

Good Morning Brigid,

Great news about you new (used) comptuer...what wonderful fun!

Wishing you a great weekend with tons of words flowing from your imagination into your keyboard :]

[Brigid ✩]

thanks dee! :) i hope you have a great writing weekend too! :D

[Brigid ✩]

omg that suxxx!! O.O

[Brigid ✩]

i know what u mean! after it gets deleted you just feel so hopeless for a while ... agggh. i hate that feeling!

[Dee, Fan of the "Young Prose Society"]

I had that happen to me last November at the end of NaNoWriMo. I had dashed off 20,000 words in about two days and my computer crashed. Thank goodness I had just backed-up my story seconds before my computer went dead.

I still lost a ton of other stuff (that I did not back up, my bad!).

But it is a sick, sick, feeling when that happens.

[Sella]

OMG I know! That feeling is horrible, like you're falling down a long, bottomless tube. *shudder* I think I'd lose the will to ever write again if something like that happened to me...

[Seth]

It's never happened to me . . . 'Cept for a stupid project. And I hate projects anywayz >.<

[Sella]

Lol, lucky you, Seth. It almost happened to me once- my computer's harddrive got messed up and it wouldn't turn on- it said it had lost the harddrive. So I almost lost EVERYTHING!!! But then my dad did his magic on my laptop and it came back. HALLELUJA!!!! Since then, I've been saving everything on a flashdrive every night.

[Seth]

I just put stuff on goodreads or store it somewhere in my emails bcuz my comp is waaaay old and i don't want it dying on me. so yeah. but if my comp died i would cry. bcuz i finihed another chapter of Life of Death last night :D and it took like four months . . .

[Brigid ✩]

omigosh once my computer lost my entire lab report, and i had to write the whole thing over!! and another time it lost my entire english essay and i had to write that all over again too!! >< ugghhh

[Seth]

oh, i remember this one time when you lost a chapter of edge :D

[Brigid ✩]

yeahhh that was like two weeks ago. lol

[Seth]

i know. it was a joke silly :D

[Brigid ✩]

i know it was a joke!! lol

[Sella]

Catreads ***Catherine*** wrote: "Wow, you're lucky you didn't loose everything!"

I knnoooww!! 0.0

Seth wrote: "I just put stuff on goodreads or store it somewhere in my emails bcuz my comp is waaaay old and i don't want it dying on me. so yeah. but if my comp died i would cry. bcuz i finihed another chapter of Life of Death last night :D and it took like four months . . ."

oohhh yay!! r u genna post it?? r u????!?! *puppy dog face*

Brigid wrote: "omigosh once my computer lost my entire lab report, and i had to write the whole thing over!! and another time it lost my entire english essay and i had to write that all over again too!! >< ugghhh"

Oh thats sucky. :(

[Seth]

i did :D

[Sella]

yup, and i read it, it was so good!! :D

[Seth]

haha. thanks so much :D

[Sella]

np :D

[Seth]

>.<

[Sella]

>^.^<

[Seth]

*is frusterated*

[Sella]

why?

[Seth]

bcuz you keep winning the wars! >.<

[Brigid ✩]

O.o

[Sella]

Seth :D wrote: "bcuz you keep winning the wars! >.<"

haha :P i'm just cool like that. XD

[Seth]

its sad.

[Brigid ✩]

hey, does anybody wanna back me up on this?? helllp ...

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/....

[Michelle]

...nice point there, brigid

[Brigid ✩]

thanks ... so i'm not, like, crazy or stupid like this other girl is saying about me? >.< urrrgh

[Michelle]

no, youre not stupid, brigid. some people are extremely opinionated and dont see things from other perspectives... idk why that is, but *shrug*

[Brigid ✩]

yeah some ppl are just ... obnoxious i guess. but they still get to me! it's so annoying! gah!

[Michelle]

ugh, yeah, i know what you mean...

[Brigid ✩]

i mean what right does this girl have to say i'm a bad writer and that i'm stuck up??? what a poopy head! :P blaaah!!

[Michelle]

exactly.

[Seth]

i totally agree w/ u brigid!

[Brigid ✩]

well, whatever. she can go die in a hole. okay, not literally. that's a little harsh. but ... ARGH I'M SO MAD!!!

[Seth]

yeah, she is kinda annoying about that. but she is actually kinda fun to talk to when you aren't debating about books.

brigid why did u get off fb right when i got on :'(

[Brigid ✩]

yeahhh ... well i wouldn't know cuz i've only debated max ride w/her. and now she hates my guts – although why she's mad at ME, idk ... – so i doubt we'll ever be discussing anything else. lol. and anyone who insults my writing IS GOING DOWN!!! :P

oh, did i? srry! >< i would get back on, only i have to go to bed now ... *sigh*

[Seth]

decided to get back on anywayz?

[Dee, Fan of the "Young Prose Society"]

Hey Brigid,

You are an amazing author. This is something that everyone who has read your stories would agree upon.

However, the downside of putting yourself and your work to the public (which includes posting your reviews and stories) is that not everyone is going to agree with you.

The bottom line is that, no matter how great you are, there will always be someone who is jealous of your brilliance and wish to tear you down.

Heck, a couple months ago I received a one star, on SOA, from someone on Goodreads that I really doubt that she even read my novel (she also posted a one star on several other books that day). No reason, no review, just a one star. At first I was crushed, and then I looked at all the other readers and other stars…and realized…that in the big picture that that one person’s opinion was not worthy of my disappointment.

Just hold your head up high, and ignore her. Rise above the situation and do not let one person's anger get you down.

Always remember that
You are an amazingly talented writer.

I know it (I promise you that I would not write a letter of recommendation for just anyone...my reputation depends on who I recommend).

Everyone in our group knows it (just look at all the positive feedback comments you receive on your writing).

And most importantly YOU know you are an excellent author.

So, again, please just ignore the banter of someone who was angry and lashing out at a situation.

You are a bigger person. And a most talented author :]

[Wendy]

I agree with Dee- some people are NOT worth the emotional angst. That's where the old saying comes in handy: "We'll just have to agree to disagree, since we're never going to see things eye to eye."

And as for all the global eco-friendly tree huggy stuff. Oy- not in the entertainment too! Give me a good blow -em up adventure sort of thing and I'm a happy camper.

[Seth]

Dee wrote: "Hey Brigid,

You are an amazing author. This is something that everyone who has read your stories would agree upon.

However, the downside of putting yourself and your work to the public (whic..."

I know what girl you are talking about (ruby, wasn't it?) AND she is the biggest liar i have EVER met. she tries to annoy me and she says she reads books that she never has read. i can tell which ones are which. when they are fake she says "i read this and . . . " and they aren't she just doesn't.

[Kenzie, Help feed the hungry. Donate to 30 Hour Famine!]

That person was rude, Brigid, and I feel sorry you had to go through her pointless rants on how terrible she thinks people who aren't her are.