Busy doctor schedule

[estepheia]

After putting it off for ages (because of financial reasons, time constraints, phobia, and depression-induced indifference) I finally ventured to the dentist this morning. And came back with several appointments. Ack. I need fillings and all kinds of other treatments. I also have 2 appointments with my GB, one with my gynecologiest and one with my opthalmologist. I will try to make appointments with my physiotherapist, so she can massage a few kinks out of my back and legs.

Tidying up seems to be good for us. Right now I have a lot more energy than a few years ago. I hope it lasts. I already started doing some of my Xmas shopping, and I have a few plans what to buy in December, when more money comes in. I also decided to ask the local Walmart for a job. They pay better than my translation work. *sob*

Hubby found a few really dreadful poems which I'd believed lost, which I wrote at the tender age of 18. *shudder* Well, at least one of them is kinda okay.

As for my fanfic writing, I decided that I need to look around for a new beta who is slash-friendly and fast - I can't work without one. Left to my own devices I tinker every story to death. ladycat777 and sangpassionne have other worries and not enough time and since I have bouts of insecurity that make me a high maintanance author, I should try to find someone else who doesn't mind if I suddenly IM her/him with questions. I am not looking for the kind of beta who just finds the spelling mistakes (I finally found the word installation disk so maybe I can dl an English dictionary for my spelling checker now) but a beta who will honestly tell me if something is boring, too flowery or too vague, one who cuts out all the somehows and almosts. One who whittles away what's redundant. :-) Any volunteers?
The projects I need handholding for are Dealing (Ethan/Lindsey), Let's Talk About Sex and a few minor projeccts.

Comments

[soundingsea.livejournal.com]

You know I like your work and like slash. Trouble is, I'm the opposite of fast. :( Wish I could help.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Thank you anyway.
My problem is that I am both slow and impatient. Not a good mix, I tell you. I fiddle for days or weeks with a text, but if I send it off to be beta'd I need it back, like, five minutes later. LOL. Bad bad Estepheia.
*hug*

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

I can be fast - when I'm in the country and have an internet connection. And while I don't read much slash, I'm not averse to beta-ing it. (Just don't expect meaningful correction of any physically impossible stuff.) If you found anything I did with the piece you sent to me yesterday helpful, I'll come on baord until next April.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you very much for your offer.
I look forward to receiving your comments on my G/E fic. :-)
I have several WIPs that bug me and to make as much leeway as possible I need someone who'll help me out when I lose track, you know?

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Does this mean you didn't receive what I sent you last night? (See, told you I could be fast)If not, I'll send it again.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Nope I didn't get anything from you. I was waiting patiently. :-)
I also just checked the spamfilter but it was empty. I have no idea what happened to your mail. Could you try again, please?

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Sent it again to your aol address.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Could be my mailbox. I'm not getting any mail notifications of comments on LJ or new postings on the boards. I'll try it again from yahoo.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

No arrivals yet. :-/

Normally AOL is reliable....

*looks hopeful*

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Just sent it from yahoo, so it's not virus-ridden as it passed the automatic full body search for an attachment.

It's here! Yay!

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

It's here, I'll look at it as soon as the kids (who are completely impossible right now) are settled in front of their dinner/TV. Bah. (The Bah refers to the kids of course, not the betaing. LOL)

Thank you so much!

*wonders how much two naughty kids go for on ebay*

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Good job, but you are wrong on two accounts. The singular possessive of Giles is Giles's. And Earl Grey is served with milk at Harrods and it is pretty strong. I never drink it with lemon. Yuk!!!! LOL.

The rest looks very good. I'm already implementing the changes and working on the chess game section. Thank you so much for your help!!!

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Harrods - pfft - what would they know? It's not even owned by an Englishman any more. Seriously, though, Earl Grey is never served with milk in the best English family home. It's those damn Johhny foreigners who think that the English staple drink is Earl Grey that have got it all wrong. LOL

Glad you're ok with the rest of the work. Roll on the next chapter.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Well, Ethan drinks his Earl Grey with milk. He's a contrary kinda guy. LOL.

Again, thank you so much.

[ladycat777.livejournal.com]

Hey, you know I love to beta for you! I'm just, er, not very good with G/E. Dealing I'd be better on :)

Thank you so much, dear. :-)

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Well, you know, I thought you're too busy, with school and your own writing and whatnot. :-)
Thanks for the offer. :-)

What I really need for Dealing is someone who has read the whole thing, someone who I can toss out my ideas to, who will tell me if I should include a scene or not, general questions of composition and structure... I am so close to the material, I have developed a blindness to some of the problems....

However, I had kind of pegged you as the ideal beta for the new LTAS... :-) What do you say?

Re: Thank you so much, dear. :-)

[ladycat777.livejournal.com]

Whee! New LTAS! Er, also? YES!

:)

Dealing I still have to catch up on. I'm good with stuff I can read and beta in one go, due to time, but I want to do more ... :)

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

I can beta for you again!

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you for your offer. That is very kind of you and very reassuring!

[makd.livejournal.com]

I'm still here, if you need me.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Super! Thank you.

[timeofchange.livejournal.com]

I haven't a clue of how to beta. I'm still working up the courage to ask someone to read my own work with an editor's eye. Sigh. So all I can offer is sympathy. How old are your kids? I find it's often hard to tease apart depression from the legitimate exhaustion that comes with being a mom, not to mention having to earn a living, do the laundry, pay the bills, do the grocery shopping...and on and on and on. Of course, faced with all of those thankless tasks, depression is actually a sensible response. And add in some dental work on top of that. Grrrr. One of my big regrets at Writercon was not actually being able to spend any time talking with you. I've got a drink with your name on it for the next one!

Legitimate/sensible depression. Yup.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

One of my big regrets at Writercon was not actually being able to spend any time talking with you.
Yeah, I feel the same - I did not get to socialize and talk with enough people. I might have been more sociable and less Teutonically stolid if I had been there with my own money, but since the scholarship fund hat enabled me to come I decided to attend as many panels as possible.
I am still a bit sad that Jaqueline Lichtenberg's workshop ate up so much of my time. It was an interesting workshop, but it would have been nicer to do a variety of things in the same amount of time, you know.

I would help you with your stories, but I have to warn you: I spend little time on niceties...

Oh, I better join the family for breakfast....

*rushes off with a happy wave*