It's true.
( Or maybe it's just me? )

The sidebar on my livejournal Friends Feed includes blog posts from sites that pay to advertise there. So far, the only blog that has ever shown up is Oh No They Didn't!, a gossip site. Once in a while I see something click-worthy.( Read more... )

Waiting (im)patiently for the sshg_promptfest to begin posting July 1? Looking for something new to do? Interested in a fest that will challenge you as a fiction writer?

Silencio wants you!

Prompts may be claimed this week! Go check it out.

Advantages: 1) a maximum word count of 5k, so you don't have to be tempted to write a multichap ( Read more... )

I'm in the process of beta'ing a third piece for the sshg_promptfest. All of them have been/are terrific. You people are in for a very good fest, if these three are any indication ( Read more... )

I have the last chapter of Lay Me Low, and you donnn't!

nyah nyah nyah

Hope everybody's Valentine's Day was lovely. As darklotus said yesterday, "we don’t need to love just our sweethearts or lovers - love, luckily, comes in  almost endless variety and levels of intensity - And that, to me, is a good enough reason to celebrate ( Read more... )

Seen everywhere, but most recently on George Takai's FB page.


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Thanks for all your good wishes yesterday. I could honestly feel them across the miles. Today I am almost back to my old self, hardly able to comprehend the thoughts chasing through my brain yesterday.

On the beta front, when it rains, it pours. A few weeks ago, one of my regular fanfic writers told me she would have a piece ready to edit in a while ( Read more... )

Well, all good things must come to an end. Last Friday, I got voted off in the ongoing snupin_ldws drabble-writing challenge.

My gosh, this whole challenge was a kick in the pants! I loved every week and I spent hours obsessing on each story. It really opened my eyes to my own potential, as well as my shortcomings. And as my lovely cheerleader pointed out, I ( Read more... )

Back when I first got accredited on Perfect Imagination, and I was a green beta with no experience, I agreed to take on an angsty Dramione.

The author felt pretty sure it would be only 75k words or so.

One year, 54 chapters, and approximately a gazillion words later, I just now sent off the last pages.

We're done!

Pop the cork - it's Champagne