I was just browsing MUNCLE

[leethet]

And it's mindboggling to observe that there're nearly two hundred members. The MFU fandom has moved online (by that I mean LJ, of course) in a pretty big way here - I'm guessing most of these people came along within the last couple of years. It's all good, of course, but it's very startling.

Comments

[leethet.livejournal.com]

Well, quite a few. I just sort of had to take a hiatus after changing over my computer resulted in my losing what would have been a really good story. It still makes me sick to think that one's gone forever and I haven't the heart to try to re-start it. But I do have others.

Sympathy :-(

[slashpine.livejournal.com]

OW. Computers are more evil to writers now than cold winters of the Bohemian age, forcing young artists to burn their drafts for warmth!

Of course, the Ideas from such lost stories are never gone, nor the benefit of having practiced one's writing on them -- because the Artist is still there. So I would think its 'genius' or spirit could/would come back, no?

Re: Sympathy :-(

[leethet.livejournal.com]

I wish. The frustration (I tried for days - and I mean that literally - not at odd hours for days, but for whole days - to find a program that would get it back) was just immense, probably so much so that it blocked off any ability to recapture the story. God. It would have been so good, too. I retrieved my notes, but the actual story was gone forever, and I just don't have the heart to even look at it any more. This was like three years ago (geez, possibly 4 now).

Re: Sympathy :-(

[slashpine.livejournal.com]

Bummer. Your pain and frustration, the time lost, the need to just. stop. thinking about it... are very clear. You hear from time to time about this kind of destruction to someone's writing, or painting, or other art in progress, and you're right I think, this is the response that usually has to be.

I wonder how common it really is? I mean - they love writing and making movies (usually bad) about artists who suffer insanity or illnesses, struggle with poverty or are caught in war. Can't think offhand if I've seen anything ever on frequency of this type of loss/disaster, and the impact.

(Reminds self to ask artist sister who seems to know Everything about Art.)

(Reminds self to go get that DigiQuest backup drive, even on the expensive credit card, lest own laptop data be suddenly lost. Too dreadful to contemplate.)

Re: Sympathy :-(

[leethet.livejournal.com]

Oh man. Definitely back stuff up. It was months later before I realized I'd also lost another MFU story - a lighter fun one that I was bummed to lose, but it was nothing in comparison.

*Goes to back things up right now, just in case...*