I've seen the teen thing re Novik in other places as well -- I suspect it's in some bio somewhere, since she wasn't directly quoted in this article.
eta: I also loved, loved, loved Patrick Neilsen Hayden's quote about "I don't spend a lot of time on fic sites, but if I had more free time..."
I suspect it's in some bio somewhere, since she wasn't directly quoted in this article.
Yeah, that makes sense.
I used to see Debra Doyle all the time on the BetterBuffyFics list.
Debra and her husband are longtime and dear friends of mine, so it was extra-special to open the Living section of the Globe yesterday and see her face beaming at me!
I feel like I woke up in bizarro world!
Huh.
We may get to come out of the writing closet yet.
Should I sign up for the Sports Night Holiday Exchange? Y/N
I vote Y, because it won't be me having to go to any trouble.
As part of my secret ambition to be the little devil on somebody's shoulder, I say "yes!111!"
So the yuletide assignments went out. Then the "Wait, IGNORE THOSE ASSIGNMENTS" e-mail went out.
Who else is sitting here, wondering if they'll have the same assignment the second time around?
And actually, who has belatedly realized that their assignment wasn't actually a match at all, but a match to a fandom they dropped, but had forgot that they dropped it?
Just me?