Okay. I'm not at home right now, and consequently I have no FTP access; it'll happen as soon as I get home tonight, all right?

Not a problem. It's been hiding since I knew Buffistas, one more day= no big. Although you and I go back a bit, to MWT etc.Thanks again.

See if you can guess its cunningly-concealed trick.

STING, STRING - you're playing the Elizabethan first letter code thingie game.

I got it, I got it too! Only because Hec got it first you'll just have to trust me.

Hey Erica, this might seem incredibly petty and nitpicky, but your story has a number of missing spaces.

Like in this bit:

Your movements in the kitchen are both slow and deliberate.Katie takes this as a struggle;most able-bodied people do, in your experience.

there's no space between "deliberate." and "Katie", or between "struggle;" and "most". Maybe it's to do with your computer problems, but I just thought I'd mention it because I couldn't help being a little distracted by it.

It's now up at [link] (give me a moment to finish downloading the new Telnet client so I can reset the stupid permissions thingie so yis all can view it.) erika, I really hope you don't mind, I took the liberty of putting those spaces where they should have been, hit me if I shouldn't have? It seemed like a nice idea the time. I'll change it back if you care, I still have the original.

[unfunny doublepost!]

cereal:

you're playing the Elizabethan first letter code thingie game.

These days, darling, we call them acrostics.

Very clever, Lizard- I like it.

Erica- I've put your story on my 'to read' list, and I'll get to it in a day or two, at which point I'll try and give you some feedback, hopefully helpful.

These days, darling, we call them acrostics.

I liked the way you worked that hidden structure into the imagery of the poems too. It wasn't just an exercise - it was a little key to open up the box of the poem.

I'm so dense about stuff like that.