Writing is hard. How do you deal with that?

You know that part of writing, the "I'm a horrible writer, no one is going to want to read this, why did I ever start writing in the first place instead of taking up something productive like video game addiction"? Not writer's block, more like writer's terror?

How do *you* deal with it? I'd love to hear if you wanna tell me your stories of fun/misery/dealing.

Me, I try to soldier on, or I take a break to complain to friends and strangers (waves), or I try to do this with someone else going through the same thing, to hold each other's hand, or I try be kind but firm with myself, remind myself it's something I go through, many writers go through, Neil Gaiman goes through, and only a few lucky unknowns don't. And I'd very much like for someone to lock them up in a lab and do tests on them, to find out how that is possible, and more importantly, to keep them from telling me how easy and fun writing is. (sorry. I seriously don't mean that, and I guess those mythical creatures people have their own issues). This is actually kinda cute, in a self-helpy sort of way. When is the part where the joy is experienced, though? Wish I could just be doing my Spanish homework instead now.

REC: quick fic and podfic recs

Turns out my dealing with writing ATM means taking a break and listening to some awesome podfic. Which leads to recs! So glad applegeuse made this first podfic, and that I followed the author to these other two. So sweet.

The Last Fifty Miles & The Rule of Three
Author: causeways
Reader: applegeuse
Author's summary: Sam doesn't get visions anymore. That's how it starts

Rec: This is fantastic. My battery stopped working after maybe an hour, and I'm pretty sure I actually exclaimed "no!". This is somehow both fun and heartbreaking, disturbing. The reading felt warm and fond filled with humor and affection, slipping in and out of the character POVs smoothly, in a way that made it easy to just be sucked in. Classic fic. If you're downloading it and taking it with you, get both now. You'll want the sequel too. It reminded me of the time I showed GF Buffy, finished season 5 late at night, then ended up driving half an hour to rent the DVD of early season 6, cause despite her protestations - she cared .

Treat Her Like a Lady
Author: causeways
Reader: lavishsqualor
Author's Summary: You can never tell when a conversation with a really smokin' woman is going to come back and bite you in the ass. Dean gets cursed into dating Sam.
Rec: *So* cute! Pleasant, smooth reading. Happy, fun fic, like I needed today. Though warning for anything you'd expect from curse fic, in a mild PG-13 way IMO. Kinda... sweetly romantic for a moment there. Sorta.
Excerpt: Sam ignores Dean the whole next day. He answers in single words or grunts, but he won't look Dean in the face, and it's fucking stupid, is what it is, because it's not like Dean wanted his cock to twitch right then; it's not like it was because of Sam—or okay, say it was because of Sam, but that's the curse thinking Sam is a woman. Dean loves women, all kinds of women, loves their breasts and their pussies and their long, soft hair, loves to fuck them from behind while they brace against the Impala and Dean reaches around to grab Sam's cock—


Alligator Alley
Author: causeways
Reader: teaatsix
Author's Summary: In which there is a devil alligator, a t-shirt gets destroyed and Dean is maybe a little pudgy
Rec: This is adorable. I was sure it was current canon, and I was thrilled that someone was writing the boys like this for now, but no! It's futurefic from 2007! *gapes, impressed* It's just adorable. Happy cute bit of fic. The reading and music are fun, and IDK, it just sounds like such a loving reading to me...