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First day of the holidays for E; L's school ends tomorrow. All my English friends are gobsmacked at the notion of such an endlessly long break and offer me much sympathy.
By the middle of July, I'll need it.
If E asks me one more time what we're going to do today, I might need it earlier.
Tired, headachey, stupid mouth ulcer won't go and my teeth ache. Probably sinuses. David coughed and coughed as he's not well either and went into the spare room at 5.00 a.m. He's coming home early to watch The Match, but despite the fact that he only just got back he might be going to the US on Sunday or Monday ::screams with annoyance::
I did a tidy up of my friends list as everyone else is and I am a fluffy baa lamb. I've taken off people I don't remember really interacting with and it's nothing personal.Really. My list is creeping up to nearly 300 again and I just can't cope with that, especially over the summer as I've now lost my mornings to myself. :;black wave of depression crashes down::
One last word; I'm easy going, minion-free, with an ego the size of a pea. If you want to give me feedback that's not 100% complimentary, but which is phrased with a view to helping me improve, not just for the fun of metaphorically grinding my face against a pulpy mess of tear-wet paper as you laugh in a mmwhahaha kind of way, I will be grateful. I will not hunt you down and torture you, I will not take the huff, I will not sob. I will consider what you say and, most likely, incorporate it into a revision of said fic at the earliest opportunity. I do that a lot.
My fics are very dear to me, but they're not my first born child (or second for that matter. Sorry, Lauren). Telling me they need improving isn't telling me anything I didn't know already; I'd just like you to give me some specifics to work with.
Which is why I was very happy to join![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
con_critique, set up by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sangpassionne where I can get exactly what I'm after in the way of constructive feedback and give it without tiptoeing around the houses trying not to hurt feelings.
You've no idea how relaxing it is.
By the middle of July, I'll need it.
If E asks me one more time what we're going to do today, I might need it earlier.
Tired, headachey, stupid mouth ulcer won't go and my teeth ache. Probably sinuses. David coughed and coughed as he's not well either and went into the spare room at 5.00 a.m. He's coming home early to watch The Match, but despite the fact that he only just got back he might be going to the US on Sunday or Monday ::screams with annoyance::
I did a tidy up of my friends list as everyone else is and I am a fluffy baa lamb. I've taken off people I don't remember really interacting with and it's nothing personal.Really. My list is creeping up to nearly 300 again and I just can't cope with that, especially over the summer as I've now lost my mornings to myself. :;black wave of depression crashes down::
One last word; I'm easy going, minion-free, with an ego the size of a pea. If you want to give me feedback that's not 100% complimentary, but which is phrased with a view to helping me improve, not just for the fun of metaphorically grinding my face against a pulpy mess of tear-wet paper as you laugh in a mmwhahaha kind of way, I will be grateful. I will not hunt you down and torture you, I will not take the huff, I will not sob. I will consider what you say and, most likely, incorporate it into a revision of said fic at the earliest opportunity. I do that a lot.
My fics are very dear to me, but they're not my first born child (or second for that matter. Sorry, Lauren). Telling me they need improving isn't telling me anything I didn't know already; I'd just like you to give me some specifics to work with.
Which is why I was very happy to join
con_critique, set up by sangpassionne where I can get exactly what I'm after in the way of constructive feedback and give it without tiptoeing around the houses trying not to hurt feelings.You've no idea how relaxing it is.