mirith: retirement

mirith (

mirith) wrote,
@ 2004-12-12 20:16:00

Current mood:

depressed

retirement
I'm taking an LJ vacation which may or may not be permanent. I won't delete this journal before 1/12/04, so if there's anything you want, please feel free to save it to your hard drive now. Thanks. You've been wonderful. I can't believe what a fantastic community -- or should I say "fellowship"? -- this is.

Boys' Night In, a Dombillijah series

Chapter one, chapter two, chapter three

Hobbit Slash

The Mathom, Hobbit Medicine, Taking Care of Pippin

Drabble

Location, Location, Location

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	rodneyscat 2004-12-14 12:28 am UTC (link)
	Hey, what's with the current mood? And wanting to delete? (Reply to this)(Thread)

mirith
2004-12-19 01:05 pm UTC (link)

Thanks for the visit. I've had clinical depression all my life, and that's probably part of the issue. (Yes, I'm medicated.) Plus with a new job, plenty of family stuff going on, a new exercise obsession, a husband who likes/deserves attention, and the holidays right around the bend, I feel like I don't have much time to devote to LJ or slash. But maybe that will change. Part of handling depression is knowing that you should wait a month before implementing any big changes. We'll see how it goes.

Thanks again for the rec. I think some new people have drifted over from your site, and I appreciate you sending them this way. Happy holidays--

Love,

miri

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rodneyscat
2005-01-08 11:21 pm UTC (link)

Hiya, how are you? And have you decided what to do with your journal yet? I know how LJ can get timeconsuming, so I don't want to push you into something you don't feel like: it should be a nice place, not something that 'needs to be done', or something that's more tempting than's good for you.

Should you decide to delete, are your fics going to be available somewhere? I know you've got 'The mathom' up at the Library of Moria.

Whatever you decide, I hope you're feeling better, or will soon.

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	mirith 2005-01-12 02:32 am UTC (link)
	Thanks for the kind words. Have decided to stop bitching and get back to writing. Have a few pages of chapter four, and plan to keep plugging away. Enjoy ORC! Love, miri (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rodneyscat
2005-01-12 08:07 am UTC (link)

Have decided to stop bitching...

Ok, deciding that is usually a step in the right direction, although I asume you've done the bitching elsewhere, because I haven't seen any here. So this sounds like a good thing for you.

...and get back to writing.

And that sounds like a good thing for us!!

I'm not going to ORC myself, but intend to enjoy it through the people on my friends-list who are going!

Take care, and I'll see you around I hope :D

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	msilverstar 2005-01-30 02:41 am UTC (link)
	I was going back to old bookmarks, and found your threesome: wowza! It's so hot and sexy, I nearly exploded reading it. Glad that you may come back, please let me know if you want a beta! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mirith 2005-01-31 05:25 pm UTC (link)
	Aw, thank you. I have a vacation coming up in February -- might write something then. Thanks for the offer of beta-ing. If my beautiful, talented, and many-fanged beta snoopydance4me ever makes good on her threats to leave me for abundantlyqueer, I'll definitely ask for your help! Good betas are hard to find. Love, miri (Reply to this)(Parent)

	indiehobbitlass 2004-12-18 10:32 am UTC (link)
	Aw man - this is highly distressing news. I'm sorry to hear of this melancholy state of mind. Sending you lots of festive hobbity greetings x (Excuse metaphorically-scribbled message - as ever, am short on time, about to return to Newcastle) (Reply to this)(Thread)

mirith
2004-12-19 01:14 pm UTC (link)

Thanks, dear. I appreciate the little Americanisms you've picked up here and there. "Aw, man" -- I'm pretty sure that's one of ours. Use it in good health.

I mailed you a Christmas package last week. Not sure if it'll get there by the holiday -- it's probably being dismantled to check for all matter of contraband even as we speak. (I knew a Thai woman who had an addiction to betel nuts that she had to abandon for Marlboros while she was living in the U.S., because customs won't let you bring in betel nuts. This has opened my eyes to the possibility that airport dogs sniff for everything, betel nuts included. Hell, they probably sniff for Everlasting Gobstoppers, Murphy's Oil Soap, and Chanel No. 5.)

Anyway, if I don't talk with you before then, happy holidays. May Father Christmas bring you the hobbit-haired boy you so richly deserve.

Love,

miri

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Best holiday wishes and hopes for your quick return
(Anonymous)
2004-12-22 02:58 pm UTC (link)

My dear writer, I hope this will only be a brief vacation and not a permanent departure. I stumbled across your "Boys' Night In" not so long ago and have been positively pining for another chapter. It's honestly one of the two or three best fanfics I've ever read, and incredibly unique (I particularly love your dom!Dom and pliant!Billy, a combo we don't see enough of, in my opinion, as well as the deft mix of the dirty with the sweet -- very difficult balance to strike). I was particularly looking forward to the Dom/Billy centric chapter you had hinted about in the comments. Our community would suffer a great loss if you stopped writing. As a sufferer of depression myself, I know how hard these times can be, and how things that once seemed pleasant can become a chore. I hope that the holidays treat you well and that you feel better soon.
Sincerely,
Jenna (sorry about the anonymous post -- I don't keep a livejournal account)

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	mirith 2004-12-29 01:36 am UTC (link)
	Thank you so much! Your kind words mean a lot to me, and reminds me of one of the things that is so great about people with depression -- they have sensitivity and empathy to burn, man. Hope the holidays treat you well too. If you write slash, drop me a line to your site, OK? And be well. Love, miri (Reply to this)(Parent)

	the_larch 2004-12-30 03:29 am UTC (link)
	Okay, don't leave me! gasps, chokes & dies I mean, I understand if you need to and I respect and support your choices and all that, but dude. My life would honestly be a much lesser, darker place without you in it. I hate that you're feeling down right now. If you need to talk about anything, I hope you know that I'm here for you (albeit very late, obviously.) (Reply to this)(Thread)

mirith
2005-01-12 02:03 am UTC (link)

Aw, larchie, you're a sweetheart. I really appreciate the support (though my appreciation is also late).

I'm currently working under the theory that I need to stop whining and write. So I wrote three pages today. Will keep plugging as work, family, life permits.

Ooh, a larchie CD. I just asked for one. If you put a return address on the larchie CD, I'll mail you my Christmas 2004 mix CD, which comes with a nice picture of a drunken Billy Bob Thornton in his Santa get-up on the front.

Sorry I never got involved in that project we were talking about. I wanted the contact for the project to get back to me about whether my beta could write something too, but didn't hear back, and ended up dropping it. But I'm sure the project came out great. Hope you wrote something, clever girl.

Love,

miri

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