I Know I Am But Summer To Your Heart, by Nos (posted at 1:10 am EST)

[nos4a2no9]

Title: I Know I Am But Summer To Your Heart
Author: nos4a2no9
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Length: 2830 words
Prompt: leaves
Notes: Many thanks to meresy and malnpudl for detailed, fast and exceptionally savvy beta work. I couldn’t have done it without you, chicas! The title is shamelessly stolen from one of Edna St. Vincent Millay's brilliant works. No limbs

Comments

[j_s_cavalcante]

No giving up is allowed. :)

It might mean that becoming an editor isn't your best bet, but so what? Trust me, you wouldn't want to be one, anyway. It's a nasty, frustrating job, and I'm glad I quit.

Some of the best writers can't spell worth a darn, and it's nothing to worry about. My (almost entirely uninformed) theory is that spelling in English is more a function of visual memory than of language, anyway. When I see words, I almost always remember what they look like. It happens automatically, and is not something I had to learn deliberately. When I meet people, I usually remember what they look like, too--forever--but am highly likely to forget their names within minutes, if not seconds. Which is embarrassing, but at this point I just confess my disability in this area, and ask. Multiple times, if necessary.

Maybe it's just a matter of what we focus on, or how our brains are organized. I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it's not that important in the grand scheme of things, and it certainly doesn't mean that I should stop meeting people or that you shouldn't write.

Now stop drawing unwarranted conclusions and go write something, okay? {{{hugs}}}