Semagic problems

[strangetomato]

Does anyone else out there use semagic to upload pics to livejournal scrapbook? Have you ever encountered an error like this?

I'm not really sure what to make of it. I followed the same steps I used to but every time I try to upload photos lately, this happens. It sounds like a temporary server error (and even says to try again shortly), but this has been happening to me for weeks, even months, every time I've considered picking away at the story by uploading the pics I have for the next chapter. It's not exactly helping me get my motivation up to work on it.

Any thoughts? I'm at a loss.

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[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

I see a Summerdream!

Have you seen this (from their LJ community, posted last Sept)?
http://community.livejournal.com/ljwin32_sema/18760.html

At least it seems you are not alone.

I myself just use the stupid LJ scrapbook upload interface. I've thought of getting a client but never got around to it.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I didn't even realize they had a livejournal page. That's very helpful. I'm going to add them so I can keep updated on these things.

It's funny. That's exactly around the time this problem started happening for me, but instead of looking into it, I just went "meh... I'll just not work on this now." Shows how weak my creative urge has been.

I've been using the scrapbook upload interface lately, too. I've been sticking to really small image counts for that very reason. :P

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

I've actually gotten into a flow that makes the scrapbook interface work for me. I upload a few pics, then write... then upload a few more, then write. It saves me having to hunt for pics that are pages back in the gallery (since all the ones I need are near the end).

But it's still obnoxiously clunky.

Maybe getting your client working again will boost your creative urge. :)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good system — just doing it in bite-sized chunks. It must be working pretty well for you, since you seem to have gotten back into a groove with posting sim stuff. It makes me really happy to see you posting again. :)

You should give semagic a try! It's pretty simple to use, all technical problems aside. Heheh.

I'm hoping that will be the case. I've actually been thinking about the story a little more lately, getting these short bursts of creativity and some good ideas for scenes and such. For a while there, I was sure I was done, and I'd never get back to finishing it, but I really want to. Leaving something hanging stays with me and becomes this thing that keeps creeping back into my mind as this sign that I don't have any follow through (the same thing has happened with me and other projects — I used to have this long-running fanfic that was all worked out in my head, but I never completed). It'd be so satisfying to see it through to the end.

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

It makes me really happy to see you posting again. :)

Aw, thank you. ^_^ It's been mainly, y'know, depression. I get all disinterested in everything. But I've been a little better lately.

I know what you mean about finishing/not finishing stories, and feeling like one has no follow through. I've given up on so many. Granted most of them were just legacies and none were on the scale of S,HWC. I would not have blamed you a bit for declaring it over and done with -- but I'll be really happy to see more, if those bursts of creativity continue. :)

I'll check out semagic, thanks! Did you get the fix from that one post?

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Ah, well that I can relate to. I'm really sorry to hear that. I assume you're doing better now, though. That's good to see.

For me, I think it's more to do with the cure these days. I'm doing a lot better, thanks to my meds, but I feel as though they're definitely taking the edge off my creativity. There's a really interesting link there between the two, and it makes me want to taper off the meds to see if I can find the sweet spot in the middle. I think I might attempt it in June/July/Aug., since summers tend to be better months for me anyway.

Yeah, I can relate. Smaller projects I pick up and drop all the time, and it doesn't bother me so much. But this one's going to linger in my head, I know, so I think getting it out there will help me move on from it. I also really enjoy it. The writing and reader reactions were really exciting for me when I was into it. if I could get that back, even for a short while, I'd be really happy.

I did get the answer there. There's a link to a newer version that fixes the mistake. Easy peasy. Thanks so much for the link, again!