So, anyway
Update on my life.
Got two other beta jobs lined up (probably) but they don't seem to be overwhelming because they're both writers I enjoy, so... One is Sarah, the first author for whom I betaed (RL got in the way, and she's just trying to write again) and the other is an author whose story I've been following enthusiastically. (If I haven't, I will probably rec her story soon, once I can think of what passes--with me--for clever things to say about it.) I still haven't heard back from her, and for now my responsibility to Sarah encompasses prodding her to write.
Today I did Heather's second chapter, which is a delight. It's difficult to find things to criticise, even when looking for them. And though I only have to put in feelings and reactions, it feels shabby not to have anything else useful to say.
I've two beta jobs pending and kinda late. One for Greg, which I should do right away (God knows poor guy has enough patience with me!), and one for an original job I'm doing through PI.
And someone who contacted me through PI for a Smallville beta (The wonders of having an 'Other Fandom' profile. And yes, I know nothing of its canon.) has yet to send me anything, even though I sent her an e-mail to ask about it more than a week after I accepted the job. Oh well.
I helped correct a little the last OTW translation, that one of my team members had gone and done herself really quickly. And it reminded me why I volunteered in the first place. Translating is fun! And easy! It also strengthened my resolve for quitting my QA work. I'm doing nothing for it, and it makes me feel really guilty all the time. I would like to start doing something instead, but the job has become too complicated for understanding what are they doing in the first place, I think. (And I'm too embarrassed to ask--yeah, don't say anything, I know I'm silly.)
I haven't been studying, but I've heard from two classmates who are going to be taking the same final, and we decided to do it in the last date, which gives me a little more time. It also means that I've to start practising to take Analysis' before that instead of the other way around, but I'm--probably unwisely--not as scared about math than about chem.
I busted the little toe of my right foot, but I don't think it's broken. Just really really painful most of the time.
I finished the comic with Lean, and discovered the ending really really sucks. Lean went ahead anyway and contacted the editorial, so I've to go to the reunion next Wednesday with him. I don't even know what I'm supposed to wear, though I guess 20 something writers are not expected to go in a suit? Or writers of any age. idk. I don't want to go, I don't like the freaking ending, anyway, so I can't go and expect someone else to like it.
I've gone trough Persuasion's calendar to try to have something to base the outline in, and seeing all the changes is giving me more enthusiasm for the project again. Really, I'm just a sucker for AUs. If you want to know the doc is called: A Calendar for a Slashed Version of Persuasion. No, I don't have any imagination. And yes, Nimph laughed. I plan to make a list of necessary changes, and I've already a thousand ideas about the focus. I should get a move on because poor Nimph is deluged by both work and ff writing. (And I want the next chapter of ATIYOOM, so I don't want her to worry about this one.)
I'm very impatient to write something--anything, really--but I cannot muster the concentration necessary. It's making it difficult to even read. But I suppose it's a good thing, I suffered a similar build-up before starting NEG.
I read a short story based on the legendary ASIHC, and it's the first fic based on it that reminded me why I like that fic in the first place, with all its un-canonicity and out of whack characterization. Damn it is strong writing. Specially the first scenes. I've to re-read it. (If curious, it's Abigail's A Brighter Future--and if you like the premise I would totally recommend you would give it a try. It's short and finished, for one, and for another, it has a happy ending. And it's the first JA fic that I can finish in a long while.)
Also, I'm combing crack_van for X-Files recs, but most good ones I've read already. Specially because I don't read anything that breaks up msr. Uhm. Found a couple anyway, and expect to find some I've forgotten to bookmark in the past.
Got two other beta jobs lined up (probably) but they don't seem to be overwhelming because they're both writers I enjoy, so... One is Sarah, the first author for whom I betaed (RL got in the way, and she's just trying to write again) and the other is an author whose story I've been following enthusiastically. (If I haven't, I will probably rec her story soon, once I can think of what passes--with me--for clever things to say about it.) I still haven't heard back from her, and for now my responsibility to Sarah encompasses prodding her to write.
Today I did Heather's second chapter, which is a delight. It's difficult to find things to criticise, even when looking for them. And though I only have to put in feelings and reactions, it feels shabby not to have anything else useful to say.
I've two beta jobs pending and kinda late. One for Greg, which I should do right away (God knows poor guy has enough patience with me!), and one for an original job I'm doing through PI.
And someone who contacted me through PI for a Smallville beta (The wonders of having an 'Other Fandom' profile. And yes, I know nothing of its canon.) has yet to send me anything, even though I sent her an e-mail to ask about it more than a week after I accepted the job. Oh well.
I helped correct a little the last OTW translation, that one of my team members had gone and done herself really quickly. And it reminded me why I volunteered in the first place. Translating is fun! And easy! It also strengthened my resolve for quitting my QA work. I'm doing nothing for it, and it makes me feel really guilty all the time. I would like to start doing something instead, but the job has become too complicated for understanding what are they doing in the first place, I think. (And I'm too embarrassed to ask--yeah, don't say anything, I know I'm silly.)
I haven't been studying, but I've heard from two classmates who are going to be taking the same final, and we decided to do it in the last date, which gives me a little more time. It also means that I've to start practising to take Analysis' before that instead of the other way around, but I'm--probably unwisely--not as scared about math than about chem.
I busted the little toe of my right foot, but I don't think it's broken. Just really really painful most of the time.
I finished the comic with Lean, and discovered the ending really really sucks. Lean went ahead anyway and contacted the editorial, so I've to go to the reunion next Wednesday with him. I don't even know what I'm supposed to wear, though I guess 20 something writers are not expected to go in a suit? Or writers of any age. idk. I don't want to go, I don't like the freaking ending, anyway, so I can't go and expect someone else to like it.
I've gone trough Persuasion's calendar to try to have something to base the outline in, and seeing all the changes is giving me more enthusiasm for the project again. Really, I'm just a sucker for AUs. If you want to know the doc is called: A Calendar for a Slashed Version of Persuasion. No, I don't have any imagination. And yes, Nimph laughed. I plan to make a list of necessary changes, and I've already a thousand ideas about the focus. I should get a move on because poor Nimph is deluged by both work and ff writing. (And I want the next chapter of ATIYOOM, so I don't want her to worry about this one.)
I'm very impatient to write something--anything, really--but I cannot muster the concentration necessary. It's making it difficult to even read. But I suppose it's a good thing, I suffered a similar build-up before starting NEG.
I read a short story based on the legendary ASIHC, and it's the first fic based on it that reminded me why I like that fic in the first place, with all its un-canonicity and out of whack characterization. Damn it is strong writing. Specially the first scenes. I've to re-read it. (If curious, it's Abigail's A Brighter Future--and if you like the premise I would totally recommend you would give it a try. It's short and finished, for one, and for another, it has a happy ending. And it's the first JA fic that I can finish in a long while.)
Also, I'm combing crack_van for X-Files recs, but most good ones I've read already. Specially because I don't read anything that breaks up msr. Uhm. Found a couple anyway, and expect to find some I've forgotten to bookmark in the past.