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LOL! I'm sure you're right. He never fails to make me laugh. What a mind and wit he has. I smile every time I see one of his icons.
Peace,
Bubba
Peace,
Bubba
I will support you if you will support me. We can have little personal fests where there are no deadlines and you can write whatever you like!
Absolutely! And that sounds like a plan!!!
Absolutely! And that sounds like a plan!!!
Superb movie if you've not seen it.
Peace,
Bubba
Peace,
Bubba
"Writing for fests makes Brammers crazy."
Me too. Meh on fests. I'm going go severely cut back on my fest participation next year. Of course I said the same thing last year...
And I love real life details of British life in fics, as long as they are a believable part of the wizarding world. It's only when they are clearly Muggle details that I get tweaked.
Me too. Meh on fests. I'm going go severely cut back on my fest participation next year. Of course I said the same thing last year...
And I love real life details of British life in fics, as long as they are a believable part of the wizarding world. It's only when they are clearly Muggle details that I get tweaked.
Um, my usual answer for details, it depends on the fic. LOL
I saw Seshetta mentioned Clancy. My eyes glaze over.
I guess I personally love when details come out naturally. One thing I dislike is a history and whatever lecture that has little to do with the story. This seems to happen when h/d or any ship visits a museum, aquarium, or the like that the author has been to. A little can go a long way. A lot makes me skim it over.
Go write! Just think of your poor recipient opening up LJ every morning hoping their gift is posted. Yeah, I'm Catholic, too.
I saw Seshetta mentioned Clancy. My eyes glaze over.
I guess I personally love when details come out naturally. One thing I dislike is a history and whatever lecture that has little to do with the story. This seems to happen when h/d or any ship visits a museum, aquarium, or the like that the author has been to. A little can go a long way. A lot makes me skim it over.
Go write! Just think of your poor recipient opening up LJ every morning hoping their gift is posted. Yeah, I'm Catholic, too.
I like to read particular things about the setting and characters of a fic, and I know you will write it naturally and not as a history or mentality lesson, so - I'm all for inclusion of odd British quirks and historical-cultural details.
And I feel your pain - I GOT MY STORY IN!!!!!!
I am all for "no fests perhaps one in 2009" but smaller non-deadlined, write-whatever-you-want fests. My guilt-ridden Catholic conscience is better when I know someone is actually waiting for a story. Needless to say, I've written more fic in one year in HP than in four years of LotR-fandom. The reason being: no fests in LotR, at least not back then.
My one go at Florcen fic will hopefully show up at the AS/S-fest any time now ... We should have a little H/D-Florence, no-deadline-stress fest in January.
And I feel your pain - I GOT MY STORY IN!!!!!!
I am all for "no fests perhaps one in 2009" but smaller non-deadlined, write-whatever-you-want fests. My guilt-ridden Catholic conscience is better when I know someone is actually waiting for a story. Needless to say, I've written more fic in one year in HP than in four years of LotR-fandom. The reason being: no fests in LotR, at least not back then.
My one go at Florcen fic will hopefully show up at the AS/S-fest any time now ... We should have a little H/D-Florence, no-deadline-stress fest in January.
As usual, Sir Wm Schwenck Gilbert has anticipated us all.
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wemyss.livejournal.com
2008-12-13 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Hearts as pure and fair
May beat in Belgrave Square
As in the lowly air
Of Seven Dials.
May beat in Belgrave Square
As in the lowly air
Of Seven Dials.
*looks at poll results*
am i seriously the only one who waits for the sex? i am a pervert... :D
am i seriously the only one who waits for the sex? i am a pervert... :D
Re: As usual, Sir Wm Schwenck Gilbert has anticipated us all.
absynthedrinker.livejournal.com
2008-12-13 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Jack: I own a house in Belgrave Square...
Lady Bracknell: ... what number in Belgrave Square?
Jack: '149'
Lady Bracknell: (shaking her head): The unfashionable side, I thought there was something.
However,that could easily be altered."
Lady Bracknell: ... what number in Belgrave Square?
Jack: '149'
Lady Bracknell: (shaking her head): The unfashionable side, I thought there was something.
However,that could easily be altered."
Edited 2008-12-13 18:57 (UTC)
You cannot imagine I shd pick any other choice.
wemyss.livejournal.com
2008-12-13 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Given that I spend my time urging the gospel of Britpicking on them that walketh in darkness. To little avail, I may add.
I can't see anyone in HP world not appreciating the detail a writer gives us regarding brit life. I mean, that's part of the charm of the HP books [and the whole debate on how much they should have edited for Americans]. I know that's one reason i liked your Aussie story—wait, that was you, innit?—because part of my love for reading sis in being taken somewhere I haven't been or haven't been in a long time.
So... I welcome it... especially when it's done by the right people.
So... I welcome it... especially when it's done by the right people.
Better a recusant than a Druid.
The icon here however is intended to evoke more than a smile, ahem.
Cheers you on. I'm, er... still working on mine.
As to the topic at hand. I favor a sparser type of prose, but I do appreciate it when a writer can interject details into their fics so that the reader can get a real sense of location. It's something I cannot do since I'm not British and don't even try for fear of getting it all wrong. However, too much window dressing and my mind grows fuzzy. Then I start wondering where the porn is!
Also the Muggle-ness of some overly Brit-centric fics can drive me crazy sometimes. Yeah, you've got all the shops and tube stops in London properly named, but would Wizards even go there?
As to the topic at hand. I favor a sparser type of prose, but I do appreciate it when a writer can interject details into their fics so that the reader can get a real sense of location. It's something I cannot do since I'm not British and don't even try for fear of getting it all wrong. However, too much window dressing and my mind grows fuzzy. Then I start wondering where the porn is!
Also the Muggle-ness of some overly Brit-centric fics can drive me crazy sometimes. Yeah, you've got all the shops and tube stops in London properly named, but would Wizards even go there?
XD I think I'm in agreement with most of the other commenters: details are lovely, but only when not abused
I think there are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many things I don't knoe about it would be the worst kinda silly if I got bugged whenever I found one. SO! It's super dooper funtastic to read about ENGLANDS and places I've never heard about. Yeah, sex is coolness 'cause all metaphors for loveintimacypassion are teh coolness. BUT!! so is learning baout places. Not in a RLY pretentious OMGAWD I'm teaching all you lowly mortals! kinda way because yeah nobody wants to be spoken down to but in a way that is TOTES about sharing and being liek OMG GUYS LOOK AT THIS MAJORLY COOL SHIT I BRINGETH TO YOU IS THIS NOT HELLAFABULOUS?!?! so yeah.
And to help you procrastinate further, I insist you go to this site and read the Twilight funneh: http://www.cracked.com/article_16878_if-twilight-was-10-time-shorter-100-times-more-honest.html
I've not, but it is on my list of things I one day will.
It's all right, many others have taken the opportunity to mock me for the lack of smut, you're not alone ;-)
If I have achieved nothing else of worth in fandom this year, I count introducing the two of you as entirely worth the price of entry :-)
I will draw us some lovely stick figure banners!
Re: As usual, Sir Wm Schwenck Gilbert has anticipated us all.
blamebrampton.livejournal.com
2008-12-14 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
I'm fine with Muggley details when they need to be there, but yes, I do find myself wondering why the average witch would want an Oyster card ...
You would be welcome to join the Minimalist Fest Club with Sassy and me, we will run the occasional fest where we put up banners in support of each other finishing or starting any story. No deadlines, of course!
You would be welcome to join the Minimalist Fest Club with Sassy and me, we will run the occasional fest where we put up banners in support of each other finishing or starting any story. No deadlines, of course!
Yay!!!
shouldn't you be sleeping?
shouldn't you be sleeping?
That is the major thing that is stopping me from going back to bed and pulling the sheets over my head until January.
And yes, I agree, detail that hurts the head is never good ;-)
And yes, I agree, detail that hurts the head is never good ;-)
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