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I'm reading quite a bit of fanfic right now and although I am enjoying it, I've got to gripe:

The noun is exhalation or inhalation. Exhale and inhale are verbs. For fuck's sake, don't they teach kids anything in school any more? Is this like "That was a hard ask," which I keep seeing in formerly legitimate newspapers where people who are not illiterate would have written "That was a hard question"?

Sam Waterston did a Calvin and Hobbes about "verbing" language, but I thought it was a joke.

OK. I feel better. Thank you for listening (assuming someone is). As ever, anyone who wants to post a pet grammar peeve here is welcome to do so - I always find them interesting.
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Given the upsurge in readership post-movie, I find it feels really odd to me to think of people reading my stories and picturing the movie-verse guys in them. I can't even imagine it - not having seen the film I can't see those actors/characters at all, let alone in my stories - but considering the possibility is really weird.

Am I the only one who thinks about that?

Hmmmm

29 August 2015 09:00 am
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Sudden "rush" of readers for my stuff on AO3. Curious to think I'd be benefiting, so to speak, from the new movie, but I have to assume that's what it is. Anyone else seeing an increase in readership action?
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I've gotten the impression that it's considered kind of bad manners to admit you think your story isn't good. If you agree, what is the reasoning behind that? Note: I'm not here to attack anyone's position. I don't even have one myself except that if this is a thing, as I've kind of gleaned, I'm not sure I understand why it's a thing.

As ever, any sort of response and discussion is welcome in my LJ.
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... by reviewing old posts from this journal and it's kind of balm to the soul to reread some of the fun discussions we've had here about writing and characterization and stuff like that.

Just sayin'.

OK

4 April 2014 01:50 pm
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I think all my stories are now archived on AO3. It wouldn't surprise me if I was wrong, but there's 22 of 'em there now and that seems about right ... so I have done my part for the fandom forces of archiving good.

Edit: See link at right.
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I like this idea too (we'll see if I can be reliable)

But I'm late. Stolen from [livejournal.com profile] graculus and [livejournal.com profile] nakeisha:

Answers to day one and two are under the cut:
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