Tonight was my writers' group Christmas party.

Our usual ritual involves a story fragment contest, where everyone brings a two page story fragment, they are all shuffled about, read, and then everyone tries to guess who wrote what. This is enormous fun, as the fragments are almost always hilarious. Tonight was no exception.

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1) There was an OSFW meeting tonight. It went amazingly well. I got to know a couple of neat new folks better, which is always swell. I actually brought something and read it (not without threats and prodding) and people appeared genuinely interested. In case any of you are wondering, I hate reading -- not the reading aloud part, but the ( Read more... )

From the OSFW Christmas party, a small battery of pictures.


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Made spice cookies Saturday and took them to the writers' group Christmas party, where they promptly all vanished. I guess that means that the black pepper I put in there was a success. I had a massive sugar hangover yesterday, though, and felt like shit until about two hours before bed.

I still managed to finish out several projects yesterday, ( Read more... )

Time for the monthly writer's meeting tonight. In honor, I present Ten Things About Writing. Random thoughts and tidbits, culled from several comments and threads I've been pursuing lately.

I wax snarky toward the end, but it's nothing personal to you lot.

( Random thoughts about pornographers, fanfiction, antidepressants, and wombat gizzards below! )

Word count as of this morning: 31,018 ( Read more... )

Yes, tomorrow is the monthly night of lies and snacking for the brave members of the OSFW.

You know, there is only one downside of having both A) an unquenchable lust to write really shitty porn and occasional quality erotica and B) a writers' group where we regularly gather to share excerpts of our work.

I can't read aloud. A full 98% of what I ( Read more... )

Writers' barbecue tonight. I really, really, really wish that you all were here, because I always have a lot of fun when I get a little tipsy. Until I fall asleep in my husband's lap, only to wake up to a conversation about Star Wars slash fiction and naughty tentacles ( Read more... )

See, now, I have to squee on myself. I owe a huge shout out to kittyblue and alienne for the packages I received yesterday. BIG packages. The mail lady had to make two trips ( Read more... )