In which Clare talks about writing - days twenty two, twenty three and twenty four
I just booked a hairdressers' appointment for this lunchtime. I'm planning on getting my hair cut shorter, because although I like my hair longer, it's really fine and it's getting horribly straggly at the end, so I figure if I get it cut shorter, it'll hopefully improve the condition and I can grow it again and it'll look better.
However.
I'm terrified because I have no idea what sort of style I want it cut into, and I think I'm going to come out looking ridiculous. Gah.
Oh well.
I'm a wuss, this is known. I might take my colleague with me to hold my hand through it.
ETA: My neck is cold, but my hair is ridiculously shiny.
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22 - Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
Is a fest something like the bsg_remix? I participated in that this year, and it was a lot of fun, though I did what I always do when I have a deadline, and ended up panicking over my fic at the last minute. I still don’t quite know what I think about the fic I produced for that, but I was fairly happy with it, I guess.
It was the first time I’d had anything properly betaed, and icedteainthebag and somadanne were amazingly helpful with it.
I’m in the midst of Ship-Swap at the moment, and that is both wonderful and frakkin’ terrifying!
23 - When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
Everything goes here on my journal. There are a few things crossposted elsewhere, to ar_drabbles, or Survival Instinct, or AO3, but that’s only when I remember. Which is rarely.
24 - Betaing - How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
Like I said, I’ve only really used betas once so far, but having two was great! I think that’s probably my ideal, because they both liked and disliked different things, and picked up on different aspects of the story to comment on. It gave me a better understanding of what needed changing and what was simple personal preference. I think using just one beta would have probably left me in a situation where I just changed everything that my beta told me to change, which would leave me with a story that suited the beta rather than myself?
However.
I'm terrified because I have no idea what sort of style I want it cut into, and I think I'm going to come out looking ridiculous. Gah.
Oh well.
I'm a wuss, this is known. I might take my colleague with me to hold my hand through it.
ETA: My neck is cold, but my hair is ridiculously shiny.
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22 - Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
Is a fest something like the bsg_remix? I participated in that this year, and it was a lot of fun, though I did what I always do when I have a deadline, and ended up panicking over my fic at the last minute. I still don’t quite know what I think about the fic I produced for that, but I was fairly happy with it, I guess.
It was the first time I’d had anything properly betaed, and icedteainthebag and somadanne were amazingly helpful with it.
I’m in the midst of Ship-Swap at the moment, and that is both wonderful and frakkin’ terrifying!
23 - When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
Everything goes here on my journal. There are a few things crossposted elsewhere, to ar_drabbles, or Survival Instinct, or AO3, but that’s only when I remember. Which is rarely.
24 - Betaing - How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
Like I said, I’ve only really used betas once so far, but having two was great! I think that’s probably my ideal, because they both liked and disliked different things, and picked up on different aspects of the story to comment on. It gave me a better understanding of what needed changing and what was simple personal preference. I think using just one beta would have probably left me in a situation where I just changed everything that my beta told me to change, which would leave me with a story that suited the beta rather than myself?