Hello, pipples!

Hey, if you've been on my friends' list the last year or longer, you've probably seen me post stories and other entries related to LJ Idol.

Idol (aka therealljidol) is an online writing contest that comes around every year or so. When it does, many people (some of whom are me) decide to join in and give themselves over to the death spiral ( Read more... )

My thanks again to all of you who have been reading and voting in these last few rounds of LJ Idol! rayaso got eliminated last week, which was sad for our household, but your support for both of us has been much appreciated this season ( Read more... )

So, the current LJ Idol poll for this week's stories is a community-only vote. BUT, it's a community anyone can join!

If you've ever found yourself thinking, "You know, talented people are not giving me enough free stuff," then LJ Idol is worth checking out. During an active season (which usually runs about 5-9 months), a prompt is given about ( Read more... )

We gather to battle LJ Idol once more.
With wits duly sharpened and keyboards at the ready,
We are braced for the prompts ahead,
Be they gladdening, vile, or vexatious.
We may yet survive, we few brave writers;
Arise and take heart, the game is nearly afoot!

On Saint Crispin's Dayyyy!

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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I know it's hard to pull ourselves out of our daily routine and fannish glee to look at the big picture, but if we don't, we may lose the "small" picture so many of us love and which brought us together online.

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) looks on course to pass later this month in the United States. The implications are pretty serious for ( Read more... )

If you got some out-of-the-blue email from "me" today, please just delete it without opening it.

My email apparently was hacked, and now my account is spamming all of my contacts.

AT&T doesn't even have a complaint or notification area for this-- it's "Don't call us, just change your password." Grrrr!

My apologies to one and all. :(

I've created an RSS feed on LiveJournal that links to the Steampunking Tumblr I mentioned last week. I picked that particular one because it has more actual "stuff" instead of soft-core porn/exhibitionism, and because the thing tagged "steampunk" at Tumblr yanks in every Tumblr entry using that keyword (i.e., rampant overlap and pages and pages of ( Read more... )