I wrote almost a thousand words of Chapter 14 of POM tonight. Will miracles never cease!
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Just grumpy. I've had interviews at five places so far, and have a sixth scheduled for this Friday. Three of them have given me the "Thanks for applying, but we're going with someone else." The fourth one hasn't definitively dumped me yet, but they are really looking for someone with skills I don't have, so I expect them to do so any day ( Read more... )

Every now and then I see posts about how character X deserved better. I don't think there are many characters I haven't seen them for. I have mixed feelings about the concept, because most of the time they seem to be pushing the idea that all fictional characters ought to live their best and most comfortable lives, always making the right ( Read more... )

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I've finished the second draft of "And Fear Finds Nothing Left to Mend." Would anyone be interested in beta reading? (I'll be posting it to my regular beta email list, but I'm not sure how many people are still reading that.)


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The masonry guy did not show up Friday, although two different guys, who cleaned up all the broken bricks from where they knocked the door into the bedroom, and hauled away the piles of dirt left over from digging and pouring the footings for the new closet walls, did. Knock wood that Masonry Guy will be able to finish tomorrow ( Read more... )

Anyone interested in beta'ing the next installment of "And Fear Finds Nothing Left to Mend?" Buffy/Spike, approximately 3000 words, PG13, super angsty. I expect there will be only one more installment after this, probably also about 3k words.


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Two thousand words of Part III of "And Fear Finds Nothing Left to Mend." Pretty rough, but that's what revisions are for. Not sure if I should fish for betas now, or see if I can push through to the end. This part is painful, but it's Part IV that will be REALLY painful ( Read more... )

Would anyone be interested in beta reading my Seasonal Spuffy entry? It’s a little over 3000 words, the next installment of “And Fear Finds Nothing Left To Mend,” which I started a few SS’s ago, and my posting day is the 20th ( Read more... )

A while ago, I noticed what looked like a tiny scrape on Bo's nose, as if a teeny piece of the black shiny nose skin had come off. It wasn't bleeding or anything, and he didn't seem to be bothered, so I assumed that one of the cats had taken a swipe at him. Over the next couple of weeks, though, the spot got larger. Then I noticed that he was ( Read more... )