I just figured out that my SS/HG 2008 exchange entry, State Secrets, made a cameo appearance on the "Jack of all Trades" quiz at  quiz_sshg . How unbelievably cool is that??? Thank you so much, dear quizmasters!

P.S. Unfortunately, I was stymied by most of the quiz (except for the question about my story, naturally).

Now I must go read fanfic to improve my ( Read more... )

Yes, it's been a long crazy summer and I have been a fink, not posting or writing or anything.

RL has definitely been exciting, and not always in a good way. Mr. Scribliz unfortunately has joined the ranks of the unemployed a few weeks back, which has the household adjusting to a new budgeting strategy. It's known as: Hey, You Goin' To Eat That? ( Read more... )

File this under New Author Idiocy:

I got a duplicate review on "State Secrets" at TPP. So I pushed the handy "Duplicate Review" button after responding to the first twin review, thinking it would just delete the extra review by itself.

Now I see it generates a form letter asking the admins to take care of it. ("I am Elisabeth, and I wish to request ( Read more... )

By "C-", I'm talking about my own habits as a reviewer, not my opinions of stories I review ( Read more... )

... when you have to call the client and get the @#$! check in the mail, already.

This public service announcement comes to you courtesy of Scribzilla, the freelancer who occasionally roars.

From the Wikipedia entry on Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( Read more... )

I'm lucky to be able to do some writing for a living, and luckier still that today's a first draft day ( Read more... )

Just got off the phone with one of my Brownie Scout moms.

She is wondering if I'm SURE it's wise to lead a meeting of my troop tomorrow. Not that she's alarmed or anything, but I did get back from Mexico on Saturday morning, and was I aware that there actually were cases in Cancun ... etc. etc.

So then we have the whole conversation where I explain ( Read more... )

Some of my very best stuff is based on some very bad feelings about people I have known. It makes its way into stories, and although the people in the stories are not the people I have actually known, the feelings are very true, and very recognizable. As in, I doubt  that some of these former acquaintances could read one of these pieces and miss ( Read more... )

I loved my vacation, apart from the fact that it put a blemish in my efforts to be a good sshg_exchange  citizen/conscientious reviewer. We got a fantastic deal at a Club Med family resort. I would never have thought us the Club Med types, before or after kids, but it was great and with the kids staying for next to nothing, we could not resist. We had a lovely ( Read more... )