Reeeeeeeeeeeejected.

Two-day turnaround, not bad. I've flipped it already, so go, me? Also, they said they were looking forward to more subs from me, so that's something.

Have a couple more icons (ETA: NOT related to the rejection. Oh dear, I hope that wasn't misconstrued):



I've been thinking about subbing the "urge to bitchslap" one for my Schlock icon, but I hate to lose the Schlock icon and the keywords would make it so every post I've put the Schlock icon on would revert to my default. I could go to a Plus Account to get more icons, but ads are ugly and I don't want to inflict them on others who don't use the same shiny Adblock I do in Firefox. And I'm too cheap to buy a Paid Account. And I've always said "No ads, ever, here," but...extra icons! They're shiny!

Woe.

However, in other news, I thought of a couple more things to stick in the not!kkbb/im novelthing, a couple of nice character moments for not!Harry, and I'm on page 94/161 of the current editing pass, so...win?

Reeeeeeeeeeeejected.

Two-day turnaround, not bad. I've flipped it already, so go, me? Also, they said they were looking forward to more subs from me, so that's something.

Have a couple more icons (ETA: NOT related to the rejection. Oh dear, I hope that wasn't misconstrued):



I've been thinking about subbing the "urge to bitchslap" one for my Schlock icon, but I hate to lose the Schlock icon and the keywords would make it so every post I've put the Schlock icon on would revert to my default. I could go to a Plus Account to get more icons, but ads are ugly and I don't want to inflict them on others who don't use the same shiny Adblock I do in Firefox. And I'm too cheap to buy a Paid Account. And I've always said "No ads, ever, here," but...extra icons! They're shiny!

Woe.

However, in other news, I thought of a couple more things to stick in the not!kkbb/im novelthing, a couple of nice character moments for not!Harry, and I'm on page 94/161 of the current editing pass, so...win?

*ponders*

I kind of hate this paragraph. Show, don't tell, right? And there's a whole lotta tellin' here.

Also, OOC. "I don't talk about it. Please don't ask." I don't see not!Harry opening up to not!Harmony like this, the first time he's seen her in five or so years. And honestly? I don't see her asking him about it either. They both know how close he just now was to eating his gun. Making him relive the horror that he went through Over There would be...counterproductive. At least.

So...yeah. *excises entire 'graph* Of course, now I have to figure out what to replace it with.

In other news, I'm thinking about going to a Plus Account so I can have more icons. Six just...isn't enough. Today I had perfect occasion (in answer to a now-deleted comment--GEE, WONDER WHY THEY DELETED THEIR COMMENT. I'm glad I quoted the relevant part) to use the "urge to bitchslap...rising" one I made last night, and couldn't because I don't have enough spaces.

So. I puts it to you, mah LJ peeps. Ads: Annoying, or not? Or do you have Firefox and thus don't care, like me? Why, yes, I have recently downloaded the Awesomeness that is Firefox and am kicking myself for not doing it years ago. And because of this, I'm just about to the point where I could live with ads, if I could get the extra icon spaces. But, lo, I am considerate, and don't wish to inflict the ads on my friends.

On the other hand, I've used LJ for a good many years now without contributing financially to it in any way, and I feel somewhat guilty about it. So...I don't even know.

Of course, I could just bite the damn bullet and blow the $20 on a Paid Account. Because, really.

ETA: I have "upgraded" to a Plus Account. I can haz moar iconz!

*ponders*

I kind of hate this paragraph. Show, don't tell, right? And there's a whole lotta tellin' here.

Also, OOC. "I don't talk about it. Please don't ask." I don't see not!Harry opening up to not!Harmony like this, the first time he's seen her in five or so years. And honestly? I don't see her asking him about it either. They both know how close he just now was to eating his gun. Making him relive the horror that he went through Over There would be...counterproductive. At least.

So...yeah. *excises entire 'graph* Of course, now I have to figure out what to replace it with.

In other news, I'm thinking about going to a Plus Account so I can have more icons. Six just...isn't enough. Today I had perfect occasion (in answer to a now-deleted comment--GEE, WONDER WHY THEY DELETED THEIR COMMENT. I'm glad I quoted the relevant part) to use the "urge to bitchslap...rising" one I made last night, and couldn't because I don't have enough spaces.

So. I puts it to you, mah LJ peeps. Ads: Annoying, or not? Or do you have Firefox and thus don't care, like me? Why, yes, I have recently downloaded the Awesomeness that is Firefox and am kicking myself for not doing it years ago. And because of this, I'm just about to the point where I could live with ads, if I could get the extra icon spaces. But, lo, I am considerate, and don't wish to inflict the ads on my friends.

On the other hand, I've used LJ for a good many years now without contributing financially to it in any way, and I feel somewhat guilty about it. So...I don't even know.

Of course, I could just bite the damn bullet and blow the $20 on a Paid Account. Because, really.

ETA: I have "upgraded" to a Plus Account. I can haz moar iconz!

Well, hey.

That's gotta be one of the nicest rejections I've ever gotten.

Paraphrased: Not quite right for us, but I rather like your writing style, please sub again. Signed personally by the editor.

I'll take that. This is the first time I've gotten one of these from the actual editor of this publication--all the others (of which there have been many) were simple form rejections.

Yeah. For a rejection? I'm actually kind of stoked about that.

The oddest things make me happy.

SocloseIcantasteit.

Well, hey.

That's gotta be one of the nicest rejections I've ever gotten.

Paraphrased: Not quite right for us, but I rather like your writing style, please sub again. Signed personally by the editor.

I'll take that. This is the first time I've gotten one of these from the actual editor of this publication--all the others (of which there have been many) were simple form rejections.

Yeah. For a rejection? I'm actually kind of stoked about that.

The oddest things make me happy.

SocloseIcantasteit.

HAH.

I've replaced the problematic 150-word paragraph with 450 words that suck less. These words give us more of a sense of the previous relationship they had and a hint of the future one.

And thus my notion that I do most of my best writing after ten PM is reinforced. :/ This is a problem when I'm married to a man who likes to go to bed around eleven. But it's like I finally relax enough to do it or something around then, even if I've had the house to myself for most of the day.

Yeah. I don't know.

HAH.

I've replaced the problematic 150-word paragraph with 450 words that suck less. These words give us more of a sense of the previous relationship they had and a hint of the future one.

And thus my notion that I do most of my best writing after ten PM is reinforced. :/ This is a problem when I'm married to a man who likes to go to bed around eleven. But it's like I finally relax enough to do it or something around then, even if I've had the house to myself for most of the day.

Yeah. I don't know.