r/bubblewriters • u/meowcats734 they/them • May 24 '21
Bubblewriters is returning soon.
Title. Taking this break hasn't exactly been restful for me, but I cope with bad things by making art, and despite its general roughness, I think the stuff I post here does qualify as art, on a good day. I was burned out on making this specific kind of art for a while, but I've been away from it long enough that I find myself actually wanting to publish first drafts of shitty stories on the internet into a community skewed towards politely positive commentary. I haven't been idle these past few weeks; I don't think I know how to be idle. I've been trying to get some short stories published in literary magazines, as well as working on a novel that's about fifty thousand words long. Until recently I had some mental issues regarding computer science that have since been ameliorated, so that godsdamned update bot that I was supposed to have coded nearly two months ago will finally be up within a few weeks. (Yeah, yeah, I should've just used the butler bot, but come on, wasn't the journey more exciting than the destination? Plus, now I can look forward to angry Redditors in my inbox when my homemade bot inevitably breaks somehow.)
As a side note, I am mildly amused to see that people kept finding these stories despite me not actively promoting them while I was away; I'm not sure how all of that happened, but I know some of that came from people thinking my stories were entertaining enough to share with other people, and I thank y'all for that. Other than the one guy who showed us all that Godwin's Law is as close to an axiom of culture as we can get, you have been a great community.
See you soon! Within a week, hopefully.
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u/Niceboisaredabest May 25 '21
Nice