Toe = still hurty, but improving. I can move it a tiny bit without giving vent to undignified wailing. It’s developing a rather large bruise, which is gratifying in that I can show it to people to prove that I really am injured. I can limp around the house all right, and went over […]
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More of the usual
Posted in Fic discussion, Personal, Writing, movies on May 13th, 2008
Finished the angsty seasonal_spuffy story today with time to spare for revisions, which it badly needs. Off to the betas for vivisection you go! Now we shall see if I can get the other one done on time, too. I got about a third of the illustrations done tonight (they’re not complex) […]
*twitch twitch*
Posted in Writing on May 12th, 2008
OK, look. I realize that sometimes you may be writing a scene from the POV of a character who is observing characters whom they do not know. In such a case, it’s appropriate for the POV character to think of the strangers as “the redhead,” “the carpenter,” “the bleached blond vampire,” etc. […]
If I title one more post after a day of the week, shoot me
Posted in Other fannish, Writing, gardening, people are weird on May 5th, 2008
OK, you know when you see several cryptic references on your flist to something that is probably a Debate, if not actually a full-blown Kerfuffle? But no one will say exactly what it’s about or where it’s taking place or why it’s annoyed them? And then several days later you run across a […]
Well, my tax rebate got here. I put half of it towards bills and half towards a new graphics tablet, hunting around till I found one on EBay for considerably less than retail. Frugal Barb is… well, not all that frugal. I’ve been trying to decide if I should start taking the […]
Ending it all
Posted in Fic discussion, Writing on Apr 26th, 2008
Endings. They’re a bitch. This is evinced by the number of quite good writers who don’t seem to know what to do with them. And it’s a major factor, I think, in why shippy fic tends to outnumber gen in fanfic: it’s not just that a lot of fanfic readers and writers […]
Writing meme
Posted in Barbverse, Fic discussion, Writing, meta on Apr 21st, 2008
Argh. Didn’t get everything I needed done at work today, as Mom wanted me to run errands, and I HAD TO LEAVE ON TIME. However, Kathy’s going to a concert tomorrow night, so I can probably stay late with a clear conscience.
I think I’ve got the plot tangles worked out for […]
Sleepy
Posted in Other fannish, Personal, Writing, gardening on Apr 17th, 2008
is holding a BtVS Spread The Love meme here. You can anonymously rec people on your friends list whom you think folks might like to read, and pick up ideas for people you might like to read. Feel free to pimp!
Spring is springing, the larkspur are starting to bloom, and the weather […]
I love creating and writing original characters. But still, when I’m reading fanfic and I see “OC” in the author’s notes, I approach with trepidation, ready to hit the back button at the first sign of Mary Sueness. The average reader of fanfic is there because they want stories about the canon characters, and […]
(Spoilers for post-POM, if anyone still cares)