Writing Journal?

[darkauthor26]

I've been thinking about getting a writing journal. I wasn't really sure how I'd be using this journal when I first made it or how much fanfic I'd be posting up here, but it's apparent to me now that I'm going to be...ah...posting rather a lot of fanfics, and I plan on getting some more original writing up here eventually, too. I know some of you guys have writing journals (and even if you don't, I value your opinion), and I was wondering would you recommending getting one? And if you do, would you recommend getting a seperate account or creating a community for a writing journal like I've seen some people do?

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[darkauthor26.livejournal.com]

Oh, really? I didn't know that. XD Can I have a link, please?

What kind of writing journal do you have, though? Is it a community or just a regular journal? And do you know if it's possible to transfer posts from one journal to another (as oppossed to having to repost all my stories in the new journal)?

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Hahahah, it's suridasu, and as you can tell, it's a community.

I prefer a community, just so I don't have to log out of my normal account to post to it. I didn't transfer any posts (I dunno if that's possible), I just set up a master post for all my fanfiction written previous to the establishment of the journal. Like, it linked to where I'd posted the fanfiction, etc.

[darkauthor26.livejournal.com]

Cool. Thanks for the link!

Yeah, I'm thinking I'll make a community just because it'll be easier. I wanted to call it "mighterthanthesword" but unfortuantly that has four more characters than it allows...maybe I'll just call it "thanthesword." >.>

A master post? Sounds good. Thanks for the advice. :)

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Hahah, no problem.

Yeah, naming is always pretty troublesome. "Thanthesword" sounds pretty cool though :)

Once again, no problem.

[darkauthor26.livejournal.com]

Naming is, indeed, troublesome. Especially when you find out the name you were thinking of using is TAKEN! ;_; So not cool.

Back to the drawing board, I guess. *begins brainstorming*

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know what you mean. That's incredibly frustrating. I went through so many names before I got to suridasu.

BRAINSTORM. BRAINSTORM.

[darkauthor26.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah. XD I just went through several more names only to find out they were either being used or had been used so I'd have had to spent $15 to purchase a "rename token" so I could use it. However, I've finally settled on intheinkpot. Now I just need to post. :D

How did you come up with suridasu?

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

YAY! Would you like to be affies? :)

Hahahah, well, I watch several icon communities like kaibyaku (blooming_cosmo's comm) and sakusei (which is a community shared by several people on my flist), and I just got the inspiration for a Japanese title from that. Then I wanted a writing related one. And suridasu means to publish, so yeah.

[darkauthor26.livejournal.com]

Sure. :) ...Um...how do I do that, exactly? ^_~

Cool. That makes more sense than what I did. XD I just came up with random names until I found one I liked. Although, intheinkpot comes from a writing quote I found online, so maybe it's not as random as I think. >.>

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Hahahahah, I basically just add you to my list of affies. Kind of lame, but it may get your some more watchers/members.

Hahahahah, I tried that at first, but they all sounded to third-grade and cheesy. I'm bad with usernames. :\

[darkauthor26.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, I thought "the list of affies" was, like, a formal thing, but it looks like it's just an informal list on your profile page. I was looking for something like "manage your affies" or something. XD God, I'm just a n00b. *adds you to list*

Heheh, I'm not much better, I don't think. XD After all, I am called Darkauthor26.