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I figured it was time...
Hot here, then chilly, rainy then dry, humid then not...gah! I loathe summer.
I'm working on *three* fics at once. Jayzus. Two Sweet Charity fics and my BigBang fic, which isn't really a BigBang fic since i missed the due date for first draft. But! Writing! Spander and SPN fic in the offing!
:)
I wanted to link a post about, basically, fannish etiquitte. A very non-wanky response to the recent wank, plus a good read.
"I've always wondered what fandom etiquette was for negative feedback or negative constructive criticism."
As for the recent wank itself...am i now to be counted on the side of 'mean girls'? Perhaps i am. Well, so be it. I did not, once, say anything *personal* about the author whose work was being discussed. Pretty much no one did, that i recall. But the simple fact that i have an opinion and stated it - in, yes, not the *nicest* of ways - has made me a terrible person to some.
I honestly cannot care. A point - several points - were entierly ignored and glossed in the rush to 'defend' said fragile soul's honor and feelings and i just...am baffled.
For the record - if any of you out there want to con-crit the bejeezus out of my fic? Have at it. It's *always* open mic night, as it were, at Other Scarecrows. Point out my typos, tell me my grasp of English grammar is atrocious, flail about in a moil of confusion because my plot-fu is teh suck. Go for it!
I write because i *must*. Because there are stories and voices in my head that won't be silent. I want to show you *my* world, and if my words don't work, i want to know!
One last thing - there are several people out there who are friends with 'said author' who have, in the past, commented here. They - any one - is welcome to continue to comment here. I don't check other people's flists, and i don't care who you read, or comment to, or friend. It's not my business and it means utterly nothing. I would not - could not - be that petty.
And - i got tagged on a meme by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
buffyaddict13 and i'm actually gonna do it! So it's under the cut.
1. I like my apple pie with sharp cheddar cheese. *Not* whipped cream, not ice cream. *shudder*. Cheese and apple pie - yes! The texture of pie and ice cream together - or of cake and ice cream together - just squicks me.
2. I don't like thins on my right side. Meaning - i wear no rings or earrings on my right, or bracelets. No tattoos there, either. If i have a belt that ties or a skirt that wraps or whatever, the knot and the excess goes on the *left*. Same for any sort of decoration that you might put on a jacket or shirt.
3. I love cats, i dislike dogs. Dogs are too damn needy. However. I'm allergic to cats, have six of them, and so wash my hands a lot.
4. The first line of 'Out of Africa', by Isak Dinesen, makes me cry. Every. Damn. Time.
5. I like sparklies. Little jeweled boxes, shells with mother-of-pearl like shimmer to them. Bits and bobs and stones with holes and crystals and little colored glass bottles and scraps of fancy tile. Rhinestone jewlery and inlaid chopsticks and... Yes. I have a magpie heart.
6. Despite my love of sparklies, i do not wear jewelry as an accesory. I have a necklace that i do not remove, and rings on my left hand that only come off very, very seldom. And that is all.
7. My black velvet frock coat is my favorite piece of clothing in the world.
8. When i was a child, i would walk in the woods and talk to the trees. I would pretend i was the 'councilor' for the animals and would climb up into the 'Council seat' - a nicely shaped cedar tree - and hold court. Help them sort out their differnces and such. I named all the places around my house that were 'special'. The Grove of the Gods, The Council Seat, the Lion's Den... Even then, my inner life was rich and strange.
Hot here, then chilly, rainy then dry, humid then not...gah! I loathe summer.
I'm working on *three* fics at once. Jayzus. Two Sweet Charity fics and my BigBang fic, which isn't really a BigBang fic since i missed the due date for first draft. But! Writing! Spander and SPN fic in the offing!
:)
I wanted to link a post about, basically, fannish etiquitte. A very non-wanky response to the recent wank, plus a good read.
"I've always wondered what fandom etiquette was for negative feedback or negative constructive criticism."
As for the recent wank itself...am i now to be counted on the side of 'mean girls'? Perhaps i am. Well, so be it. I did not, once, say anything *personal* about the author whose work was being discussed. Pretty much no one did, that i recall. But the simple fact that i have an opinion and stated it - in, yes, not the *nicest* of ways - has made me a terrible person to some.
I honestly cannot care. A point - several points - were entierly ignored and glossed in the rush to 'defend' said fragile soul's honor and feelings and i just...am baffled.
For the record - if any of you out there want to con-crit the bejeezus out of my fic? Have at it. It's *always* open mic night, as it were, at Other Scarecrows. Point out my typos, tell me my grasp of English grammar is atrocious, flail about in a moil of confusion because my plot-fu is teh suck. Go for it!
I write because i *must*. Because there are stories and voices in my head that won't be silent. I want to show you *my* world, and if my words don't work, i want to know!
One last thing - there are several people out there who are friends with 'said author' who have, in the past, commented here. They - any one - is welcome to continue to comment here. I don't check other people's flists, and i don't care who you read, or comment to, or friend. It's not my business and it means utterly nothing. I would not - could not - be that petty.
And - i got tagged on a meme by
buffyaddict13 and i'm actually gonna do it! So it's under the cut.1. I like my apple pie with sharp cheddar cheese. *Not* whipped cream, not ice cream. *shudder*. Cheese and apple pie - yes! The texture of pie and ice cream together - or of cake and ice cream together - just squicks me.
2. I don't like thins on my right side. Meaning - i wear no rings or earrings on my right, or bracelets. No tattoos there, either. If i have a belt that ties or a skirt that wraps or whatever, the knot and the excess goes on the *left*. Same for any sort of decoration that you might put on a jacket or shirt.
3. I love cats, i dislike dogs. Dogs are too damn needy. However. I'm allergic to cats, have six of them, and so wash my hands a lot.
4. The first line of 'Out of Africa', by Isak Dinesen, makes me cry. Every. Damn. Time.
5. I like sparklies. Little jeweled boxes, shells with mother-of-pearl like shimmer to them. Bits and bobs and stones with holes and crystals and little colored glass bottles and scraps of fancy tile. Rhinestone jewlery and inlaid chopsticks and... Yes. I have a magpie heart.
6. Despite my love of sparklies, i do not wear jewelry as an accesory. I have a necklace that i do not remove, and rings on my left hand that only come off very, very seldom. And that is all.
7. My black velvet frock coat is my favorite piece of clothing in the world.
8. When i was a child, i would walk in the woods and talk to the trees. I would pretend i was the 'councilor' for the animals and would climb up into the 'Council seat' - a nicely shaped cedar tree - and hold court. Help them sort out their differnces and such. I named all the places around my house that were 'special'. The Grove of the Gods, The Council Seat, the Lion's Den... Even then, my inner life was rich and strange.
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