You know you're a crazy fantasy writer when...

Andrew Amnon Mimetes · **Joined:** May 14th, 2010, 4:43 am **Posts:** 4458

@Jonathan: Yup.

@Shawn: I thought daggers had points...

eruheran

6stringedsignseeker · **Joined:** September 27th, 2010, 11:08 pm **Posts:** 416

Shawn Henderson wrote:

You have a dagger (it came today!

) and actually plan on learning to throw it, regardless of your family's opinion of how pointless it is.

You have made a blade whisper in its scabbard, and inhaled the sound.

I have a few daggers and swords... and yes.. sometimes I pull them just to hear that wonderful sound lol.

Elijah McGowan · **Posted:** February 9th, 2011, 9:22 pm

Vanya Katerina Jaynin wrote:

You know you're a crazy fantasy writer when you have to restart your computer three times because you were too busy writing and didn't change the OS.

(You know you're a geek when the first OS on the boot loader is Linux...)

(You know you're a geek and a crazy fantasy writer when this post actually makes sense to you.)

Yessssssssss! I run Linux Mint 9, Ubuntu 10.10 or whatever it is, CrunchBang (the one built off of 10.10), Fedora, and Windows 7 Ultimate.

eruheran wrote:

Your heart races when you walk in to a used bookstore.
(Seriously! They had a fourteen-volume pictorial encyclopedia from 1942 for 4 dollars a book!!!!

)

eruheran

I can beat that. I got 18 Harvard Classics for $18. THEN I got a complete set of Brittanica Encyclopedia from 1992 for $5 total. TOTAL.

Andrew Amnon Mimetes · **Joined:** May 14th, 2010, 4:43 am **Posts:** 4458

Tell...me...where...you...shop... :shock:

eruheran

Elijah McGowan · **Posted:** February 10th, 2011, 11:31 am

eruheran wrote:

:shock: Tell...me...where...you...shop... :shock:

eruheran

My library was selling both of those. Also, Goodwill and salvation army are good places to find amazing deals on awesome books.

PrincessoftheKing · **Posted:** February 10th, 2011, 11:45 am

You know you're on a crazy writing forum when two guys are discussing where they bought their encyclopedias...

Elijah McGowan · **Posted:** February 10th, 2011, 3:32 pm

Wow... that WAS super nerdy. :book:

Andrew Amnon Mimetes · **Joined:** May 14th, 2010, 4:43 am **Posts:** 4458

Still is. =) I was looking @ the Goodwill.

eruheran

Riniel Jasmina · **Posted:** February 10th, 2011, 7:45 pm

...when the pile of books on your night stand (or lack there of) consist of English to (insert language) dictionaries, books on animals and plants, naming books, and books on maps. Oh, you might have a pleasure read somewhere in there.

Elijah McGowan · **Posted:** February 10th, 2011, 8:24 pm

Nightstand? What books on my nightstand? I have a stack a foot tall in my bed. :rofl:

I hope they don't fall on me and crush my skull in while I sleep. :rofl:

Manda Kondrael · **Posted:** February 10th, 2011, 8:56 pm

I filled my headboard with writing stuff and books, and have a bookshelf of fantasy over my bed...

No books in the bed. They might get squashed and bent! :shock:

(or could fall on me and kill me. :rofl:

)

Elijah McGowan · **Posted:** February 10th, 2011, 9:03 pm

Yeah... I find myself unconsciously moving to the other side of the bed from the books.

Elijah McGowan · **Posted:** February 10th, 2011, 9:03 pm

You have to admit though... it'd be the perfect death for a bibliophile... :book:

Riniel Jasmina · **Posted:** February 10th, 2011, 9:36 pm

I have a few under my pillow and two or three stacks next to my bed (the nightstand statement was an attempt at stereotyping). No books in my bed, that's where the laundry goes so I have more room for books on the floor. :rofl:

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

Most of my books stay on bookshelves, unless I'm reading them.

Riniel Jasmina · **Posted:** February 10th, 2011, 10:03 pm

Sadly my bookshelves are buried behind... stacks of books...

Ciela Rose · **Posted:** February 10th, 2011, 10:05 pm

~You know you're a crazy fantasy writer when your life consists of books, books, more books, floods of books, living, eating and sleeping with books.

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

...you just got rid of over one hundred books and still have hundreds and hundreds more.

...most of your bookshelves are stacked two books deep on every shelf.

Calenmiriel · **Joined:** April 19th, 2010, 8:33 pm **Posts:** 2119

You know you're a crazy fantasy writer when...

It's not uncommon for you to be seen with graphite/ink smudged on the side of your hand.

Manda Kondrael · **Posted:** February 11th, 2011, 7:17 am

When you know which pen takes the longest to be washed off your hand and that is the only one you buy/carry just in case a story idea comes and you *gasp* don't have a notebook.

Kiev Shawn · **Posted:** February 11th, 2011, 7:20 am

Which one? (May I never have cause to use it! :shock:

)

Manda Kondrael · **Posted:** February 11th, 2011, 7:38 am

I haven't tried everything.

But Bic Atlantis is pretty good. Writes well, stays put for a while, although washing your hands can fade it pretty quickly. Your run-of-the-mill cheap blue ballpoint ink pen may also work, but it can be painful to write with. They tend to stay on skin a while, though it's kind of hit-and-miss. Never use a manga marker, they wash off with practically no traces left right away.

(fortunately when I found that out all I had was an anime face on my hand, not some important story notes! :shock:

)

Kiev Shawn · **Posted:** February 11th, 2011, 7:40 am

I will get one of those and always be on my guard! *snaps a salute*

Manda Kondrael · **Posted:** February 11th, 2011, 7:51 am

*loves Bic Atlantis pens*

You know you're a crazy fantasy writer when you are in love with a pen. :shock:

Marshwriter · **Posted:** February 11th, 2011, 8:29 am

Bic Atlantis you say... Hmm...

You know you're a crazy fantasy writer when...

... you think a new notebook and pen is the best treat ever. (of course you need another one...)
... the first thing you think about when seeing a new square at a new theatre is 'it would be so cool if a dragon lands here'.
... the second thing you think about is 'I wonder if a dragon would fit here without leveling the buildings'.
... the third thing you think about is 'why didn't I bring my sword?'
... the fourth thing is 'I need to incorporate this in a story and reach for your trusty notebook you keep on your person at all times for just such an occasion.

... and this does not sound at all strange to you... :rofl:

Making stories up about the monstrous crocodiles living in the pool of water outside your office, of course, have nothing to do with it... :blush:

Marsh

Calenmiriel · **Joined:** April 19th, 2010, 8:33 pm **Posts:** 2119

Calenmiriel wrote:

You know you're a crazy fantasy writer when...

It's not uncommon for you to be seen with graphite/ink smudged on the side of your hand.

This happens to me a lot being left-handed. It's very annoying.

(If you are constituting to left-handedness here's a thread on that subject viewtopic.php?f=32&t=653)

Andrew Amnon Mimetes · **Joined:** May 14th, 2010, 4:43 am **Posts:** 4458

Left-handedness does have that drawback =P

Actually, Pilot G-2 07 pens are really good for writing on your hand...they're gel so they sort of *soak* in to your skin

*throws .02 in the ring*

eruheran

Manda Kondrael · **Posted:** February 11th, 2011, 2:09 pm

I've never even heard of those.

*remembers name for next time she needs pens*

You know you're a crazy fantasy writer when you are discussing the best pen to write on hands with.

Riniel Jasmina · **Posted:** February 11th, 2011, 6:30 pm

...when you have a certain kind of pen for every occasion.

Pilot G2s are great for journaling but I use papermate erasables for the stuff I don't want to mess up.

...when people look at you weird after handing you a pen because you discuss it with them the same way you might a new car.

Arias Mimetes · **Posted:** February 13th, 2011, 2:55 pm

...when you are the only person you know who doesn't find "tunic" weird.

Kiev Shawn · **Posted:** February 13th, 2011, 3:23 pm

Arias Myles wrote:

...when you are the only person you know who doesn't find "tunic" weird.

I know at least one person...

-You wear a dagger sometimes, despite the looks of consternation

-You love throwing knives

Arias Mimetes · **Posted:** February 13th, 2011, 3:50 pm

"I'm not schizophrenic... I'm a writer."

*was overjoyed when I spelled "schizophrenic" correctly on the first try*

Kiev Shawn · **Posted:** February 13th, 2011, 3:56 pm

-You take "schizophrenic" as a complement.

-You daydream stories all the time.

I didn't... =P

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

...you still have a stash of college ruled notebook paper left over from back when you used to write everything by hand.

...you have a large collection of pencils that you sharpened almost all the way to the eraser but you haven't thrown away yet because they still have a little writing left in them.

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 13th, 2011, 8:23 pm

Jonathan Garner wrote:

...you have a large collection of pencils that you sharpened almost all the way to the eraser but you haven't thrown away yet because they still have a little writing left in them.

*raises hand* Guilty.

Actually, my brother gave me a hollow piece of aluminium from an arrow shaft, he cut it down to pencil size, and I shoved two of my superest short pencils in each end so I have something to hold onto while I use them.

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

BushMaid wrote:

*raises hand* Guilty.

Actually, my brother gave me a hollow piece of aluminium from an arrow shaft, he cut it down to pencil size, and I shoved two of my superest short pencils in each end so I have something to hold onto while I use them.

...you think that is a brilliant idea. :rofl:

BushMaid · **Posted:** February 13th, 2011, 8:54 pm

Calenmiriel · **Joined:** April 19th, 2010, 8:33 pm **Posts:** 2119

Jonathan Garner wrote:

...you have a large collection of pencils that you sharpened almost all the way to the eraser but you haven't thrown away yet because they still have a little writing left in them.

In second grade (my last year in public school) it was cool to have pencils sharpened to a minimal length! :rofl:

You know you're a crazy fantasy writer when...

...you feel sort of spoiled because you only use mechanical pencils and dislike using traditional pencils because they get blunt so quickly. ^^;;

Riniel Jasmina · **Posted:** February 13th, 2011, 11:00 pm

I never liked mech-pencils. They gave off a high-pitched squeaky noise that my radar ears could not handle. :rofl:

Calenmiriel · **Joined:** April 19th, 2010, 8:33 pm **Posts:** 2119

Riniel Jasmina wrote:

I never liked mech-pencils. They gave off a high-pitched squeaky noise that my radar ears could not handle. :rofl:

A squeaky noise when it writes? Or the pencil itself?

Elijah McGowan · **Posted:** February 14th, 2011, 10:07 am

Yeah, the squeaky noise is annoying, but after doing a cost-benefit analysis, they come out ahead. :rofl:

Actually, Pilot G-2 Pens are my favorite.

Andrew Amnon Mimetes · **Joined:** May 14th, 2010, 4:43 am **Posts:** 4458

@Eli: High-five!

eruheran

Ciela Rose · **Posted:** February 14th, 2011, 4:40 pm

Calenmiriel wrote:

...you feel sort of spoiled because you only use mechanical pencils and dislike using traditional pencils because they get blunt so quickly. ^^;;

Most definitely. I hate standard pencils, it's so hard to get a neat, smooth line for delicate features in drawing. Like drawing a character's eyes. The eyes are the most important part of my drawings, and you just can't draw them with an ordinary pencil!

I'm good, that was my short rant for the day.

Calenmiriel · **Joined:** April 19th, 2010, 8:33 pm **Posts:** 2119

I don't mean to derail this, but I will add:

The mechanical pencils I write with don't squeak. (Probably because I get some nice ones.) We do have cheap ones that have an annoying squeakiness to them. ><

Ciela: Actually, drawing was what got me hooked on mech pencils because of its precision.

Elijah McGowan · **Posted:** February 15th, 2011, 7:23 am

@eruheran: High-five right back at you! G-2s for the win!!!

Evening L. Aspen · **Joined:** December 2nd, 2009, 11:01 pm **Posts:** 1461

You know you're a crazy fantasy writer when you discuss the pros and cons of regular pencils versus mechanical pencils.

*waves Topic Control Police badge* Let's move on from the pencil discussion now, folks.

Reiyen · **Posted:** February 19th, 2011, 11:27 pm

Elanhil wrote:

...you convince yourself that the admin is a dark overlord and his ML's are out to get you.

I just found this, perusing this thread... awesome!

You know you are a crazy fantasy writer:
when you tell your little brother to be quiet with, "Be silent... keep your forked tongue behind your teeth."
when you think, "if magic like the one in my world were real life would be so much easier."
when you routinely make decisions by talking to yourself in alternating voices
when you personify your temptations as Nazgul and your troubles as balrogs...

or are all of those things unique to me and mostly just for us LOTR addicts?

Constable Jaynin Mimetes · **Posted:** February 20th, 2011, 12:31 am

Quote:

when you routinely make decisions by talking to yourself in alternating voices

I need to start doing this!!! It would make decision making easier!

Oh, um... you know you're a crazy fantasy writer when you're slightly jealous of other fantasy writers' crazy habits.

The Bard · **Posted:** February 20th, 2011, 9:05 am

You know you're a crazy fantasy writer when you buy new swords at every opportunity :rofl:

(I currently have four.)

Ciela Rose · **Posted:** February 20th, 2011, 2:14 pm

Joe Clemons wrote:

You know you're a crazy fantasy writer when you buy new swords at every opportunity :rofl:

(I currently have four.)

Where do you shop????

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