Posted in Fic discussion, Writing on Sep 8th, 2008
There have been many posts lately about ideas, and how you get them. This post is about the next step: once you have an idea, what do you do with it?
Some time back, I got some feedback on “The Lesser of Two Evils” (the story where Spike kills Warren) which brought up, among […]
Posted in Computer, Fic recs, Other fannish, Personal, Writing, gardening on Aug 17th, 2008
We’ve been having more router problems (the fix turned out to be something really simple, which I should have thought of myself, and I’m ashamed to have called miertam up in a panic about it, but I did. I admit my weenieness.) so I haven’t been online at home much this week. […]
Posted in Writing on Jul 25th, 2008
jamalov29 has been doing an S/B fanfic “Name that quote” thing recently, and it got me thinking: in both the ones I saw, I couldn’t identify the exact story, but I knew immediately who the writer was.
So, question for the day: which fic writers (in any fandom) have distinctive voices for you? Are there […]
Posted in Fic discussion, Writing on Jul 20th, 2008
…I did not get part III posted today. I’ve been working on it, and I’m about halfway done, but I still have the Big Climactic Scene to write, the characters are mocking me, and and it’s gonna be a bit longer. My deepest apologies.
Posted in Fic discussion, Other fannish, Writing, btvs/ats on Jul 10th, 2008
So there are several ways of doing it:
1. A character leads a basically fulfilling life (I’m not going to say happy, because too many people think of happiness as inconsequential), and in the course of that life, things happen which threaten the character with the loss of some or all of the things that […]
I had this chatty post about my everyday life half-finished, and then thought, “You know, who cares?” Let me sum up: We finished watching Carnivale. I liked it. Saturday we found some neat stemware on deep discount at Pier One. Sunday we took my mom to lunch, and then I made […]
I got some fairly good news at work today - every three years, our division does a compensation study to see if salaries are in line with the marketplace at large. They were doing one the year I was hired, and at that point my position didn’t qualify, so I wasn’t expecting much to […]
Posted in Other fannish, Writing, btvs/ats, meta, people are weird on Jun 15th, 2008
Apparently I missed approximately 3/4 of a kerfuffle while I was gone - it had started, so far as I can tell, several days before I left, but didn’t reach its full glory until several days after. Sigh. I didn’t bother to go over and look at the forum where it all went […]
I baked a strawberry-rhubarb pie tonight. PIE FOR EVERYONE! (Seriously. This is a monster pie. If you’re in Phoenix, and you knock on my door, I will totally give you a piece of pie! Offer available while pie lasts, void after nine PM, some restrictions may apply.)
I think I just […]
Posted in Dogs and cats living together, Personal, Writing, gardening on May 29th, 2008
Cats have barfed on the bed FOUR DAYS RUNNING. In an attempt to foil them, before I left for work this morning I put one of the previously-barfed-upon blankets over the new clean one, on the theory that if they did it again, this one was already dirty. Today? No barf. :eyes them […]
