Just for Brits

[erastes]

Film Four is Free. I die happy.

The trailer for the "Dragon's Den" programme has to be one of the best trailers EVER.

Am reprising my boys from the gay science fiction piece I submitted to Greg Herren's Distant Horizons and giving them another adventure. Would be nice to have some regular characters that I could do a few stories about.

Nothing else to report. Although I tell you what, beta-ing for someone who doesn't bother to say "thanks" really pisses me off. Next time, I shall say "no"

Dwarf Index: 4. Happy Grumpy Sleepy Sneezy

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[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

Taking the beta-input plus some suggestions on the text and neither saying "Thank you" nor mentioning me in the author's notes - this has happened to me once, too. And I will never again beta-read anything for that person again. So I can relate very well to your experience.

I appreciate my beta's work and love her to little pieces, and I know I am very lucky that we can work together so well. I think it's just a part of the mutual deal to say thank you. In the a/n, with a link to a story or a picture she might enjoy, with a personal email, whatever. Even if you won't work together on the next fic. It's such a stupid attitude to disregard our betas, because without them, there would be a much slower development for the writers.

I know I'm preaching to the choir. So I'll just stop the rant now and simply tell you:

Thanks for betaing, for writing and sharing the experience, and for being around on LJ!

&hearts

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Aw - that's so nice of you. I don't care tuppence if I'm mentioned in the author's notes, after all a poor editor in a novel doesn't get a mention, but a return email saying Thanks wouldn't have come amiss. There were a lot of mistakes in it too. grump.

*hug*