Dear Sherlock Fanfic Writers,

Okay, this is really for ALL writers, but as I'm currently obsessed with mostly reading Sherlock fic these days, Immagonna take it out on you ( Read more... )

Dear Sherlock Fanfic Writers:

If you don't know the effects of a certain drug or how it is ingested, please do not attempt to write about Sherlock thinking/talking/taking/being under the influence of said drug.

At least Google it, fer fook's sake.

Sincerely,

Former-druggie-still-pothead Spider

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The heroine says to the quirky scientist, regarding an antagonist: "You're helping her? You're helping her? She was under observation at a psychiatric facility!Yah ( Read more... )

Gentlebeings, if you contributed to cluegirl's meme and want to know where your money is going: I just filled and/or refilled 5 prescriptions. Total cost = $285 and change. That is WITH the Massachusetts Commonwealth Choice plan for people who aren't covered by their employers. Granted this is on a deductable, so next month it will (hopefully) be ( Read more... )

DEAR ENTIRE INTERNET:

discrete
Main Entry:dis·crete Pronunciation: \dis-ˈkrēt, ˈdis-ˌ\ Function:adjective Etymology:Middle English, from Latin discretusDate:14th century
1: constituting a separate entity : individually distinct discrete sections>2 a: consisting of distinct or unconnected elements : noncontinuous b: taking on or having ( Read more... )

I don't care how hot a piece of fanfiction is supposed to be if the author doesn't have a grasp of spelling and grammar*. I just tried to read a piece of fanfic that was recc'ed as being "panty-soaking hot", but the technical aspects of it were so horrid (runon sentences, lack of punctuation, bad spelling) that I couldn't get past the third ( Read more... )

It's okay, girlie, you're not a carpet muncher. (free registration required to read)

A nationally respected newspaper has deemed it necessary to assure mainstream heterosexual women that having a "crush" on another woman doesn't necessarily mean they're dykes.

Oh puh-leeeeeeeeeze...

Okay. I understand that one can hardly expect The New York ( Read more... )

Here's a writing peeve.  It's one I find in lotsa places, even among writers who should know better.

Do me a favor, won't you?  Actually listen to a baby who's learning to talk sometime, and you'll learn something very basic, but very interesting:  Kidlings who are learning to speak do not refer to themselves in the third person.  They do not say ( Read more... )