Working on a fest fic and the threesome I have won't let me get to the good parts! Sheesh!

It started out with a bit of scribbling, then it should have got to humor and finally sex, sex, sex! Instead I've got angst and tremors and low self-esteem! What gives, oh, threesome muse?

I'm am pissed, angry, and downright distressed that some folks [mostly on FF.net and other "open" fan fiction sites; I am not commenting on anyone on my F-list because you are all considerate] are posting fan fiction without letting us know it contains spoilers for Deathly Hallows! I also don't like the a**holes that put the spoilers in their ( Read more... )

The titles seemed so promising. Then I looked inside and was horrified by the evidence that dictionaries are déclassé now; that thesauri seem to be extinct; and, yes, we have no bananas today ( Read more... )

I've been coming across "dieing" and "lieing" in a lot of fan fiction. Where are these people learning their spelling? D-Y-I-N-G and L-Y-I-N-G are the ways I learned to spell these words. And, that's what's in the dictionary, too.

"The dumbing of America"...my father used to say that was what was happening. Guess the old man is right!

If you've read the Harry Potter books, you should be able to spell the names correctly. Yet, there's one name that gets slaughtered and mangled consistently...and it's simple to sound out! Z-a-b-i-n-i, Zabini ( Read more... )