pimpage to the max...sorta...

So this is me in procrastination pimp mode!


1) The Nsync Fiction Archive is up and running. Not only does it have a great selection of stories from the Nsync fandom, but there is also a fiction review and awards site. Be sure to check it out.

2) pbmaxca started a round robin story that has progressed quite interestingly. It’s open to everyone and it’s a great way to do a little writing if you’re interested.

Go here: Point A Finger

3) I run a community quillandink for pimping challenges/ficathons and also provide weekly prompts/exercises/etc. Feel free to join and post away.

I'm gonna call this pimpage to the max...if you have anything worthy of pimping, do it here in these comments.


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If anyone sees me on AIM, please berate me for further wasting away my day by watching Party of Five dvds and nothing else.

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Do you want to know what really ruins a story for me? Someone who can't use proper punctuation. I realize I'm a nazi-esque freak when it comes to these things, but I will let a lot slide before I finally click the x in the upper right corner of my screen. I think my big pet peeve is the misuse of the comma. It's abused by people. Abused. It cries out for help, not willing to be stuck into sentences all willy-nilly, but to no avail. It seems no one cares.

The other one is the period. It seems that some people like to put periods at the end of fragments quite often. It drives me insane. Sometimes an overuse of fragments can work if you work it the right way...or ya know, you're Hemingway (and even then, he drove me batty with that). Then there are those that go for what feels like miles without any sort of break. It makes me think of Sister Dennis, who used to harp upon us poor youngsters in grade school, "Read that aloud. Can you? Can you and still breathe?"

I'm hardly perfect myself. I have an elipses fixation that I haven't been able to break since I was sixteen years old. I have to go back over first drafts and remove about twenty of them at times. It's a sickness, an addiction with no twelve-step program, but I do try to remedy it as often as possible.

All I'm asking from people is a little editing/revisions to works. Most of us do it, I know. It's the minority that ruins it for me though.

But it could be worse. It could be stories written like this: U r 2 kewl, he said.

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I'm taking ficlet/scene requests from people. You can give me a setting or a line to start with and a fandom/original and I will give it a go. I need to write something and my latest chapters are not coming as easily as I like. I find that conquering writer's block on one piece can be accomplished with new pieces.

Fandoms I'm Familiar With:: Orlando Bloom, Nsync, X-Men (movieverse mostly), Pirates of the Caribbean, Alias, Dark Angel, Sports Night, West Wing, Tru Calling, One Tree Hill, The O.C., Joan of Arcadia, and Charmed.

Just comment with what you want and I will attempt to get it down asap.

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I'm a little behind, but I will be updating the challenges/prompts for the week at quillandink, but I was wondering if anyone has any ideas of their own that I could post (will give full credit for it)? I don't know if it's brain fry or I'm simply out of challenges, but I've got nothing.

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Before I sign off for the time being, let me add that the The Remix Redux maintained by musesfool is up. So far I’ve stumbled upon some great stories—both originals and the remixes.

Have a great Saturday night!