Alternate Realities/Alternate Universe Challenge

... as angels or demons? What if there were no prophecies of the end of the world? What if the Guardians (Angelic and Demonic) were just… normal? What if magic was in the form of a crafty art or skill? What if your preferred choice of weaponry was illegal if you didn’t have a license? What if you carried a gun with you for protection? What if violence was the only way to destroy the real “demons” in ...

in search of a beta?

..., etc), so I can help with any plotline or characterization issues. However, I love great writing and read a lot, so even if your fic is not in one of the ... strong with sentence structure and fluency, grammar/punctuation, and syntax issues, and will help any author regardless of their writing skill. Fic length isn't important, I can Beta anything from drabbles to long on-going fics. I'm also fine ...

My seasonal List of Things I Think Are Nifty. As an inspiration to any who also hate making lists.

... I feel it fits nicely with my “I could survive if civilization collapsed” skill set. Also, it’s fun to do, and there’s something really ... project at a time—thus the nickname. I am, as of this writing, slowly reading her blog from the beginning. The book of hers that ...s just nifty, and wrote lots of nifty things, when he wasn’t writing comedies with cross-dressing twins (which get old real fast). I ...

In another shining moment of parental skill of my part, Soren manage to evade my notice and crawl up on the front verandah and fall off into a rosebush. Really, I ... that he could stand on his head, and he thought that was a rather funny trick. Speaking of Soren, as I’ve been writing this he has just been practicing his walking. I just looked up to see him walking from the couch over to the tv. ...

GK Fic: Noblesse Oblige (B/N, NC-17) 2/2

... of Nate—the staged nature of the photo made it somehow uninteresting, a credit to that photographer's skill—the Post had gone with one of the shots from the inauguration, Nate and Jackie waving the ... that Mona Lisa smile thing again. "You pulled the court records of the cases I've prosecuted? Writing another story?" "Just following up on the fallout from my last one. Being thorough and all. ...

Talking to professors

... good at holding conversations with people or approaching people to talk. I do realize that next to the writing sample, the letters of recommendation are of top priority in a graduate school application. I've been advised...as well. I realize that talking to people is supposed to be pretty intuitive, but it's a skill that has never come easily to me ._. I would appreciate any advice on the matter. ...

The death of the printed book is closer than you think

... the bulk of the adoption curve , the pragmatic majority, will have moved on. For the first time in history, the discovery of writing talent will depend more on skill and persistence than on luck. And the notion of the book itself will morph to occupy an entire spectrum—traditional linear, textual ...

John Keegan and David Irving

... various historians, including Keegan, described the suit as Lipstadt's attempt to suppress Irving's writing, 180 degrees from what actually happened. Lipstadt merely defended herself against Irving; given the ... done and suffered in Hitler's Europe. Irving knows the material paragraph by paragraph. His skill as an archivist cannot be contested. Unfortunately for him, the judge has now decided ...

Procrastinating

I should really be writing my big report due tomorrow that was assigned two months ago and that I haven't started and is worth a lot. >_ ... same anesthetic. Surgery was too long Elrohir's surgery was shortest, Horatio's was longest. I don't know. Bad surgery skill/hemorrhage No evidence of bleeding found. Heat issues Louis was kept on a self-adjusting heat blanket and his temperature was ...

Happy Thanksgiving Marley, Others

... about Mike and Becca expecting a kid. And within 24 hours of me writing the news on my LJ, bad news surfaced, medical things were done, ...LJ, but going 2 for 2 is how all streaks begin. And, when writing about a baby leads to bad news, here's what happens when i...series, showing that good luck will always beat the shit out of good skill, even with $8.5 million on the line. THANK YOU, crunchy shell ...