WANTED: One beta reader
So now that I'm back writing again, I find myself in another interesting situation. I need a prebeta. Specifically, I need someone who can Britpick for me, help me get those turns of phrase right and avoid the nasty Americanisms. But I also need it to be someone who isn't going to mind the fact that I've already got 34 ( Read more... )

I doubt you guys want to hear me talk about sports, but today I can't help it. Last night I went to one of the most amazing sporting events I've ever seen. Our local minor league baseball team was behind 10-1, but scored four runs in the seventh and five in the eighth to tie it, and won it, 12-10, on a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth. ( Read more... )

If you'd asked me a year ago if I would ever write another piece of fanfiction my honest answer would have been no. Between HBP throwing me for a loop, a total lack of motivation and, let's face it, a complete dearth of creativity, I thought I was done as a writer.

But, low and behold, I've just finished Chapter 41 of The Season. It took me way too ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here at the highest moment of the Harry Potter universe and I'm an utter loss for words. How do you describe it? Just the reading was an experience as much as a story. It'll probably take me another two reads to come to a true grip on the plot, there was just so much. But it all flowed together so beautifully. And the emotions of this ( Read more... )

So I was right. It was hard saying goodbye to Corinne, although it was far harder to express that to her family than it was to myself (and, hopefully, to her). I wish I'd had something profound and comforting to say, but my reserved, stoic self took over like usual. Hopefully, we'll be able to do a charity even in her honor and I can make it up to ( Read more... )

Well, I've been thinking about starting one of these things for a long while and I've finally pulled together the courage to do it. It would be nice to be able to say that's because I've got something witty or intelligent to share, but the truth is I don't. More than anything I feel like I need somewhere where I'm free to vent, to say what I really ( Read more... )