A recent comment about the frequent use of suss instead of its synonyms in my HP story ‘Conspiracy Theory’ gives me the perfect opportunity to get swotty about a subject I love. Dialogue ( Read more... )

New writers are fresh meat  for scamming sharks who circle the waters waiting to find the next person they can take advantage of by playing on their hopes ( Read more... )

I'd like to think that by now I'd be  able to start writing again, but ... not so much.  There's a one-sided conversation in my head:

"Hi, Muse!"  Waves.  "Remember me?  I didn't treat you that badly, did I?  I tried to exercise you real regular-like.  (See Firefly voice - we can do this.)  Please come back."

Utter silence.

"Oh, muse.  Here musey!"  ( Read more... )

Concept of concepts, I think I might have enough time this weekend to actually read some fanfic for a change.  That'll be nice.

But I also looked at the calendar, and the date for whichwillow is swiftly approaching.  How did I think signing up for all of these things in a row was a good idea again?  (laughs)  Still, I doubt anything's going to eat my brain ( Read more... )

I finally finished my exchange story.  O_o ( Read more... )

I have no muse.  (pokes it)  None.  I've written less than 500 words this week (thank goodness the Cordy story came together last week, or I'd have missed my posting day).  And the sshg_exchange  is coming up, and firefly_124  talked me into whichwillow  too (a Willow-centric ficathon - go and show some love for our favorite red-headed witch).

Muse to be coming back now please.  [ ( Read more... )

I'm so honored that my
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I'm completely scrambling to write for my
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I stand perfectly still for a moment, a sea of smiling, laughing faces crashing in waves around me, sound ebbing and flowing with the combined susurrus of multiple conversations.

Irreality washes over me, through me, bathing brain in the sudden knowing that these people, these wonderful, talented women known only as words on a screen, as small ( Read more... )

Ahhh! 
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