'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Semicolon after vampires and suicidal, since each of those phrases could be sentence on its own.
I have never seen any writing from Allyson or Jilli that was less than wonderful. You've done a huge amount of research on your book, Typo Boy, and I'm sure everything's fine. It's great you're getting so much interest so soon.
I, however, suck.
Do not.
Also, Woo! to Deb. Courage to Jilli. Fortitude to Gar. The Wizard can give me the brain.
I, however, suck.
Only when you post things like the above quoted thing.
Can I have the brain? Pretty please.
But I want the brain!
Can we share, Ginger?
It's kind of...gooey, and I *don't* think that's spinal fluid.
The way I feel right now, a third of a brain would be better than none.
I hear ya, sister. I'm in the same boat.
Well, *I* don't want it, now that you've tossed it back and forth and it's leaked...goo...all over everything.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Help! Nested parenthetical statements: okay if someone writes in a very ... mannered, filled with asides style? Or should they be avoided at all costs?
(I'm thinking of turning one paragraph, that already has some parenthetical statements, into one large aside. I suspect my brain has started to shrink and rattle around my skull.)