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[erastes]

So it looks like the "I DO" anthology might be an annual event. Manloveromance publishing said they'd be happy to do it again, and people added their services in editing, selection and copy editing. So... yay!  Hopefully Prop8 will be squashed by next year, but there will always be something else to support. People are very generous with their time and expertise and there are times when I am amazed at the generosity of people I know online.

My car is dead again. This annoys me a lot because the same garage has had it for the last two times. The first time they put in a new alternator, and then when the battery died they put in a new one of those, and now the battery is dead again. So it wasn't just a case of "you needed a new battery" (as they said) and it probably wasn't last time either. The battery is obviously not being recharged. And I have to sign on at the unemployment office tomorrow and there's no way I can get there without a car. I love living where I do (even with the horrid neighbours) but without a car I'm stuffed. I'll have to ring them and grovel, and that's what I hate about being unemployed that you know that they'll disbelieve you. I'm just one of the underserving. bah.

I'm going to write this morning come what may. Then I'm going to do some work on the website. I want to have a couple of pages specifically for Transgressions--not something I've done before--expanding the theme of the book. Perhaps have a little bit about the era, the costumes, the food, the politics.  I realise that there will be many people who know nothing about the English Civil War (although I was lucky that The Devil's Whore aired a while back so a good few people have had a flavour of the era) so if they can see some images of people, and have a touch of the history that might help them sink into the book a little faster. Chris Smith has done me a GORGEOUS banner for these pages--and she did it in about five minutes. I've attempted to use Photoshop and I can't even manage shaded text. It's like some kind of arcane magic to me.

Oh well, off to work.

Comments

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

You know that I'd happily help with I Do Too - or whatever we call it.

There's always something to support - the AIDs work won't go away.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Yep! I'm relying on the three of you--i know I'm going to need the help!

*snugs*

[the-sea-to.livejournal.com]

YHAY

This is good news

1) Anthology

2) You are trapped at home writing.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Keep me posted on the I Do Too (or whatever) anth. I'd be more than happy to put something out for consideration.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Will do!

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

That is excellent news!

[m-barnette.livejournal.com]

Okay this sort of thing just happened to one of my friends. It turned out the 'new' alternator installed by the mechanic was a refurbished one and it was bad out of the box. Have it checked, it might be a bad one.

Yep, Photoshop is a real PITA but once you figure it out you can do some truly amazing things with it.

If "I Do" goes to another anthology I might be able to pry enough time out of my schedule to submit. Last time the call came too close to due date for me to manage a story.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

It's infuriating. I know the car is getting oldish - but it's been hugely reliable up to now, and silly electrical problems are annoying if you can't even drive the car to the garage to get it fixed, a pickup bangs about £50 on the bill before they've even started. grrrrr.

I have Gimp, and I simply can't understand it at ALL.

I hope you can - we'll be giving more notice this time, probably about 3 months or so, I'm guessing.

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

I might even have a bash at the next anthology. *g* I trust you and Alex will be letting ppls know about deadlines etc etc.

Did you manage to write today? You were up early and posting! *nods* I'm off until nightshift Thursday so I hope to wrap the next scene up tomorrow. My 20K story is now just over 30K, lol.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

We'll be doing an official call as usual - but it won't be for a good while yet.

I wrote about 50 words, simply stressing that I don't really know what's happening next.

Good news about your story, though - keep it up!

[essayel.livejournal.com]

I chickened out of submitting what I wrote for I Do. Maybe by next year I'll have developed a backbone.

We are so at the mercy of our car mechanics. I'm very well aware that they'll take the trouble to explain things to even the most ignorant of men but any woman, even if quite knowledgeable, gets fobbed off. I used to work in a garage and it used to drive me mad to hear how the mechanics and salesmen talked about female customers! In retaliation we can ask the most probing, potentially slanderous questions under the guise of innocence.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I hope you do, am annoyed with you for chickening out. The worst that would have happened is that we would have said no, and what would you have lost? *gives you some stiff upper lippiness*

[zamaxfield.livejournal.com]

I am certainly at your service for that, Erastes and all y'all, happy to do, write, or buy, whatever.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Excellent! I know that we were worried that we'd not have enough people submitting last time, looks like we'll get even more interest this time around.

[lusiology.livejournal.com]

Re the garage, do you sometimes wonder if it's a case of woman = crap service?
'I Do' story broke my heart. I wanted to slap both Josh and Simon(?): one for not taking the plunge and admitting to himself that he was what he was and stop feeling so GUILTY about it and the other for completely shutting down and not gving the other a chance. I guess that was the point, but I was sooo rooting for both of them to come together.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I think you are probably right. I am STILL sitting here waiting for the courtesy car since yesterday at 9am....

I'm glad that the story got to you, although I do apologise...