I'm an idiot

[cornerofmadness]

I said to myself, do not type your review directly into Goodreads but I did. I said to myself be sure to copy your review before hitting send but I didn't. Yep, once again GR lost the review. There goes 40 minutes of work (and it was one of the ones I'm obligated to do. Brilliant)

I've been under a vague cloud of stress today and for the whole weekend judging the size of that cloud. Hmmm. Bah. I'm beginning to truly hate holidays.

Speaking of which today was what all those years of Catholic sunday school taught me Good Friday should look like, grey, rainy, cold, like heaven itself is crying.

I spent it doing laundry, getting groceries I probably don't need and nearly forgetting my insulin but that's okay I didn't really need it anyhow so who cares if you're out of stock again CVS (actually I didn't need it. I have a ton but doc is changing mine).

I didn't edit nearly enough but I did get another scene finished for Weird West. Still probably need another beta for that one.

And I was thinking about what midnightsjane said the other day. I too miss the golden days of LJ where you had more than you could handle to read and people actually interacted with you.

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[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

I won't be offering to beta for anyone for a while. I'm judging the Royal Palm awards again, which is kind of like beta-ing very thoroughly for a random bunch of strangers. I wish more literary contests were like this one, where you get two (or three, if you final) rubrics with (ideally) a lot of helpful feedback. If nothing else, it's interesting to see how other people view your writing, where your strengths are, and where you're messing up.

I hope the stress cloud clears up soon. Easter doesn't require much effort or family interaction, so it shouldn't be a trigger holiday, should it? In fact, if you view it as what it is, a pagan holiday celebrating sex, it's a great excuse to lie around eating chocolate, doing Tarot layouts, and reading steamy novels. (On a side note, I'm kind of disappointed none of the local bakeries attempted lamb cakes. The results are usually so wonderfully horrifying.)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Not a problem. More than a beta I think (because unless this sucks rocks way harder than I think, I'm already IN the anthology), I need someone to look at it with an eye of do I have the Jewish traditions right.

It occured to me that both Tsela and Isaac are outsiders in Virginia City NV. Yes, there were a fair number of Jews in VC and probably a fair number of Native Americans too but given how much anti-semetism Trump is whipping up right now, I can only imagine how it was like in 1874. So I wrote the idea of outsiders into the story.

And I agree it would be nice to see rubrics like that. I treasure rejection notes that at least hint at where you went wrong.

It's not really the holiday itself that's causing me stress. I don't like having three days off alone with my brain in this crappy apt because it never goes well. But more importantly. I have 5 weeks left of school and a total of I believe 12 exams to give.April and November are always like this (and what do I do both times, Nano. At least camp nano I can say 10K and I'm happy)

So I'll actually be spending the holiday working. Eating chocolate and peeps until my sugar threatens me with the ER. too bad about the lamb cakes. Mine didn't either.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I agree, I also miss those LJ days, when I had to scroll back ten pages to see everything and I might've still missed something.

Yesterday was grey and cold and I couldn't get warm. Today was bright and sunny and I was barely warm. But it was beautiful out.

I need to dye eggs. Do them now? Do them tomorrow? Hmmmm.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah it's sad. Things change of course. too bad I don't like what it's changed too (and no one seems to. All i see is people bitching about tumblr)

Today it made to 60 and was pretty not that I could see it chained to my computer.

tomorrow. I have them boiled now though

[tinhutlady.livejournal.com]

While I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who has worked hard on a review only to have it tank when sent and I forgot to back it up, I am sorry it happened to you. Hope the weekend went well and you are back on track today.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i've done it so many times on goodreads it's a bad thing

thanks hope you have a good week too