No, really!

You've probably seen me mention Idol before. That's LJ Idol, therealljidol- an online writing contest with story prompts and polls. I've been participating in it for the last 8-9 years now as a writer, along with other people you may know. Or be, if you've participated too!

This season, LJ Idol is being hosted at Dreamwidth as
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... because our son is having his "squad" of friends over for one of their epic slumber parties tonight. One friend is leaving to go to Mexico tomorrow, another two go to Europe and Mexico next week, and then the gradual migration to various colleges begins. So, tonight is their last chance for a get-together ( Read more... )

For those of you thinking about signing up for Second Chance Idol, or who have seen Idol stories on their friends-lists and wondered, "What is that about?", your last chance to sign up for Second Chance Idol and submit your first story is this week. Please don't delay! And hey, what have you got to lose ( Read more... )

You've all heard me mention therealljidol, and I post stories for it regularly. But it's been a while since I talked about what it isIf you can imagine what might happen if you crossed a writing competition with "Survivor," you might get some sense of what Idol is like. It's mostly about the writing-lots of writing, with a lot of people reading your entries and ( Read more... )

It seems like it was just vacation time, and then the stress and long hours of the past week wiped it all out. :(

I spent last weekend working on my two Idol entries-one fiction and one non-fiction-and that was after deciding to scrap the first try altogether. It was the end of my two-week vacation, and I thought I'd get more done while I was off ( Read more... )

My Idol entry is up, and a new weekend is on the horizon. Time for a brain dump!

Last Chance Idol signups are open! If you were thinking about joining Idol earlier this year but didn't, or might like to give it a try now, you can join until Sept. 30 (Tuesday) and that's also the deadline for the first topic. It's a fun writing competition that ( Read more... )

First, take a lot at the wonderful banner matchboximpala made for my Other Fanfic page! Isn't it pretty? \o/

Second... the last ever season of therealljidol starts up tomorrow, so if you've been thinking about it, please join in! It's a great opportunity to stretch yourself as a writer, and to get helpful feedback and encouragement from other writers. You can write fiction ( Read more... )

I've finished a lot of books lately (though I've just started "Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies," because my son ran off with it to his room and hogged it for the last 3 weeks).

Blood Work, by Michael Connelly. This is a non-Harry Bosch book, but almost as good as that series. The main character is a former FBI-agent who solves the murder of the ( Read more... )

If you read no other fics from my 2013 Yuletide offerings post, you should at least read the Anthropomorphic Cities story-it wasn't even my official Yuletide story, but it's weird and fun and snarky. Give it a try. :D ( Read more... )

... which means I'll soon have to shelve this icon for another year! *sniffle*

So, since my last post I _did_ in fact finish both the writerverse story (adding about 10 words-so much for expanding!) and also got the White Collar story done before the close at run_the_con. Yay on both fronts ( Read more... )