Love Meme

[rachelmanija]

If you want to say something nice, you can here or there: http://kaberett.dreamwidth.org/548958.html?thread=6071902#cmt6071902

It's not that I need my self-esteem bolstered. I have pretty good self-esteem, I think I'm a good person and deserve nice things, etc. If anything, probably I have too much self-esteem. It's that my life sucks in a way that has nothing to do with me as a person and isn't my fault. It still sucks, and there's nothing I can do to make things better for myself. So if I've made your life better, that would be nice to hear.

(Please don't comment about things I might do in the future. It will be depressing for me because there is absolutely no guarantee that I will ever do literally anything in the future. Please stick to things I've already done.)

Comments

[recessional]

It will be depressing for me because there is absolutely no guarantee that I will ever do literally anything in the future.

I offer the fist bump of solidarity. And some Internet tea.

[yhlee]

I still remember how you showed me around L.A. when I first showed up in Pasadena, and the food you introduced me to, and will forever be grateful for your help in navigating healthcare. Also how nicely you let me down that L.A. does not look like the "L.A." in Angel. And all the books you've sent the dragon-lizard--when the flood came she chose Stranger and Hostage to bring with her so they would be safe, and so they are.

[princessofgeeks]

I always look forward to your posts and my son and I love your books.

gee, where to start.

[ancientone.livejournal.com]

You first helped me enjoy life when I got hold of your book on visiting Japan. You saved me oodles of trouble by telling me what to look out for. ( $100.00 cab ride for 2 two block!)
and then there's the marine and were wolf series. I'm still not done with that. I also got hit with a nasty illness. yuckie poo.
yeah, it's good no, make that great to get knowledge of results. you've had a very positive impact with me. Thank you.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Rachel, you've done good things for me from before you even knew me. I first noticed you as a commenter on Sartorias's LJ; you were sharp and observant. She promoted your PTSD posts at one time, and I found them very revelatory. Then there was your poem Nine Things about Oracles, and the song "Crazy Man Michael," which I learned about from it. I listened to that over and over again until I could sing it (takes a long time for someone like me), and I'd sing it to myself on walks. Sometime in there I started following you on LJ, and I really loved, and continue to love, your book reviews. Your concept of secret-garden books resonated so hard.

And then--THEN--you gave me such great help when I wanted to self-publish my book. Amazing. I am forever grateful to you for that. And you've given me, and the world, your own books. So many people I've cheered up with the werewolf marines books. You shine in my mind.

[anna-en-route.livejournal.com]

Your books make me smile and your summary of Aaron Burr's adventures with fire was amazing.

[tonapah.livejournal.com]

I loved your memoir and have loved your LJ posts for years. When I'm having a tough time, I go back through your Awesomely Bad tags and laugh and laugh. I've learned a lot about writing from your reviews and your LJ as a whole.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Newest addition to the list: you introduced me to Nirvana in Fire. ^_^ I've now addicted something like four or five other people to it. Just so lovely to watch a thing where I can admire the intricacy of the intrigue (and the lovely costumes and the lovely people wearing them) and trust that it'll turn out okay, that in the long run honor and concern for justice will be stronger than the pragmatic willingness to do anything for your own benefit. I need something like that in my life right now.

[landofnowhere]

Your posts have made me smile many times :-)

[pameladean]

You've educated me in more ways than I can even start to list, intentionally in posts like your explanations of PTSD and incidentally in your reviews. I'm not an analytical writer and I struggle endlessly with structure, so seeing you just dissect a book in a way that probably wasn't effortless but looked so has been amazing and, to the extent that I can absorb the lessons, very helpful.

And your sense of humor generally has taken me out of many a funk or sulk or pit of despair. I only wish I could return the favor.

P.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

If I listed all the ways you are amazing, interesting, awe-inspiring, funny, creative, and great fun to work with, I'd be here all day, and I'd get kicked off the internet for mass bandwidth abuse.

Here's the latest thing: last night a friend of mine who rarely watches TV finished Nirvana in Fire. Those last few episodes, she was sending me desperate update e-mails every ten minutes or so.

[elisem.livejournal.com]

You have made art that is important to me. Your LJ posts have been helpful and interesting. And I am so grateful for your contribution to the thing that happened with Nine Things About Oracles.

(I am not well-spoken today, so imagine the above in better language, possibly with silver wirework around the edges. Because yeah.)

[ellarien]

I've learned things from your blogging about counselling and such that I probably wouldn't have learned anywhere else. And your werewolf marines are heartwarming.

[ckd]

Your writing (both online and in your memoir) has made me laugh, made me think, made me laugh again, taught me about whole areas of knowledge that I'd barely known existed, and been a source of strength in trying times.

[dancing-crow.livejournal.com]

You introduced me to Courtney Milan for which I will be FOREVER grateful.

[branna.livejournal.com]

You were one of my first new friends in LA and helped me settle in. My life in LA was better because of you.

[rowlandover15.livejournal.com]

Hello Rachel

I haven’t commented before because I really hate sharing my life online, but recent events have made me realise I should reach out a little more, and tell people what they mean to me. So in the spirit of openness, I wanted to tell you that I have been reading your posts just about since the internet began. You introduced me to my first fandom, Saiyaku, and I have to say I have never looked back. Without you, I probably wouldn’t even know what fandom was. Your story Autumn Gold has stuck in my mind for years and years. It twists the knife in my heart in the best way.

I’ve really enjoyed your book reviews, you have introduced me to some fantastic authors, and given me an even longer list of people to avoid. Good or bad, I have found your posts fair and accurate as well as highly entertaining.

In fact, all of your blog entries are entertaining. Who else could have the tag “fowl of doom” and use it twenty times? But I am also gripped by things like “what to do in an earthquake”, a subject which has no relevance to me. I am gripped and I remember your posts, and that has to be the sign of a really good writer.

I would like to share with you my love of the romance author Madeline Brent. This is the pseudonym of Peter O’Donnell, of the Modesty Blaise books. Have you read any? In particular “Stormswift” which has every single romance cliche in one book. I’m going to do a reread soon and this time I’m going to sit down and count them. Somehow it still manages to be one of my favourite books.

So thank you for brightening my life, introducing me to manga, making me think deeper about PTSD and giving me that moment of recognition when somebody else loves the things (books) you love. I give you my best wishes.