I really shouldn't...
Jun. 12th, 2007 10:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
agilebritget into a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent. But internet fights over stupid crap are FUN. Plus it lets me trot out the "D'Argo -- Shut Up" userpic, which I don't get to employ nearly enough.
In other news, I'm still deciding what next to send to Writers of the Future. I was going to package up the Werewolf Fic and send that, but if the GargoyleFic comes back from F&SF before the end of the month (and my, but they have a frighteningly fast turnaround time; I got the last thing back within a week), I could send that instead. The Werewolf Fic is kind of light and funny and they're always complaining that they don't get enough humor--but the GargoyleFic is, possibly, the stronger story. I don't have to mail anything out until the 30th. Decisions, decisions...
In other news, I'm still deciding what next to send to Writers of the Future. I was going to package up the Werewolf Fic and send that, but if the GargoyleFic comes back from F&SF before the end of the month (and my, but they have a frighteningly fast turnaround time; I got the last thing back within a week), I could send that instead. The Werewolf Fic is kind of light and funny and they're always complaining that they don't get enough humor--but the GargoyleFic is, possibly, the stronger story. I don't have to mail anything out until the 30th. Decisions, decisions...
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Date: 2007-06-13 05:22 am (UTC)My goodness, I can think of several dozen more worthwhile ways to spend my time than snarking semi-illiterate fanfic. Entire communities devoted to the purpose - I shake my head. One may as well take a pushbroom to the incoming tide.
On the other hand, I suppose there are worse hobbies and more destructive pastimes, and the occasional semi-coherent rant is fun to encounter.
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Date: 2007-06-13 05:26 am (UTC)What was the title of that community -![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
marysues? Here's one for them - from the summary, this is a real bell-ringer.
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Date: 2007-06-13 05:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-13 05:37 am (UTC)Well. To her credit, she knows where her spellcheck is, she's actually spelled Jack's last name right, and her punctuation is okay. Aside from the ginormous plot hole of a "telepathic" character not knowing that Ben's been a deceitful little bastard, and the fact that the character is a raging Sue, and a whole boatload of "said-book-ism," it's not actually AWFUL.
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Date: 2007-06-13 10:32 am (UTC)Looking up that phrase led me to this. What the hey, you might find it useful.
A Workshop Lexicon
(Brenda Starr Dialogue: “Long sections of talk with no physical background or description of the characters. Such dialogue, detached from the story's setting, tends to echo hollowly, as if suspended in mid-air. Named for the American comic-strip in which dialogue balloons were often seen emerging from the Manhattan skyline.” Ouch.)
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Date: 2007-06-13 05:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-13 09:32 pm (UTC)I saved it off as a text file, so I may access it without being at the mercy of some remote server on the Internet. I'm paranoid that way.