Permalink Submitted by Sara (not verified) on Mon, 03/25/2019 - 01:59
This was super interesting. For someone who is inherently competitive by nature (I aced Botany 100 simply because I wanted a better grade than the friend I was taking the course with; I enter A&S competitions _because I want to win_), I find myself utterly at a loss when it comes to my relationship between my fiction (or my reviewing) and possible awards for my fiction. Right now, it just seems like a lot of work to figure out what is what, and that's more emotional energy than I can invest right now. It's actually quite pleasant being in a position where I can sit back and say "if someone else nominates my work for something, hurrah, but I'm not (yet) at the point where I want to play that game myself" -- even if it is weird because it is so otherwise atypical for my character!
This was super interesting.
This was super interesting. For someone who is inherently competitive by nature (I aced Botany 100 simply because I wanted a better grade than the friend I was taking the course with; I enter A&S competitions _because I want to win_), I find myself utterly at a loss when it comes to my relationship between my fiction (or my reviewing) and possible awards for my fiction. Right now, it just seems like a lot of work to figure out what is what, and that's more emotional energy than I can invest right now. It's actually quite pleasant being in a position where I can sit back and say "if someone else nominates my work for something, hurrah, but I'm not (yet) at the point where I want to play that game myself" -- even if it is weird because it is so otherwise atypical for my character!