http://pics.livejournal.com/c_smith_author/pic/0001fs1b Hi Guys, The line-up for the Routine, Discipline, Motivation and Deadline Reminder challenge is currently as follows: 1st November : cristin_terril : Building Sustainable Habits: Why I'm not doing NaNo 2nd November : junkfood_monkey : Making writing your priority 3rd November : c_smith_author : The importance of...

And I just spent obscene amounts of money at the Party Store.  Both the spawn wanted "store" costumes this year.  We're slightly themed....So I may have to carry it through with SG and I.  We have Sweetheart Bat............................................and Vampire Boy Nope, not the spawn, just advertising pics.  I got enough goth crap and capes and such roaming around, I...

I was going through some old emails (why in the name of all that is good and sweet do I have email stored from 2000?!) and I noticed something odd, which prompted the following question: How many people have you known online for years and years, and consider a good friend, and have never actually met face-to-face? Just off the top of my head, ginmar and valarltd here on Livejournal...

So if The Mods feel this shouldn't be here- please delete... SO- OK, We all know and love Alec, right? And we all know and love s00j right? And we all know about the lj community "saveours00j" right? OK- now that THAT is all set up... The Author of the book Palimpsest, yuki_onna , for whom s00j wrote songs,- is in trouble. She posted here, outlining the situation... http://yuki...

I heard about this bullshit out of West Bend, Wisconsin last week, but am only getting around to posting it now. After four months of grappling with an evolving challenge to young-adult materials deemed sexually explicit by area residents Ginny and Jim Maziarka, library trustees voted 9–0 June 2 to maintain the young-adult collection as is “without removing, relocating, labeling, or otherwise restricting...

The Skinny -- Original Slash and Femmeslash Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 28 Note: In my ongoing effort to expand The Skinny, I've decided to add *Subscription Sites" info to the "Professional Blogs" section of the newsletter. That away, if there's an LJ author(s) who also has a subscription site to their works, I can promote them as well. If you know of other lj m/m author(s) w/subscription sites, please...

Roundup Post Posts vashtan : Vashtan's musings on profic:fanfic mylodon : There are no short cuts in pro-fic altariel : On Fanficcing and Proficcing erastes : Fanfic to Profic - Erastes c_smith_author : On being professional yahtzee63 : Fanfic to Profic: One more viewpoint leerowan : Fanfic...

The Skinny -- Original Slash and Femmeslash Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 26 Part 2 And here's part 2! Enjoy! Communities and Calls for Submissions: At  bb_shousetsu , petronia  has posted the participant list for Bang*Bang 19 . At erotic_authors , emlynley  posts that Ravenous Romance is seeking submissions for their GLBT Angels & Demons anthology  and ...

The Skinny -- Original Slash and Femmeslash Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 24 Art and Photography: valarltd has posted the cover art for Niko-Chan . Beta Requests: At find_me_a_beta , miameirohara is looking for a beta for her f/f original fiction/comic Regalia Myth . Communites and Calls for Submissions: At circletpress , ceciliatan ...

Hi Guys, Just to remind you that on Monday we'll be kicking off: Feel free to use the banner on your posts Lineup vashtan : 27th April charliecochrane :28th April altariel : 29th April erastes : 30th April c_smith_author : 1st May yahtzee63 : 2nd May leerowan : 3rd May valarltd : 4th May ...