I'd also have a hard time coming up with a writing sample, but for different reasons. I've authored some documents that have been published, but only after so much review that you can't really call it my writing any more.
Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.
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Fred Pete - Mar 22, 2012 10:21:24 am PDT #10284 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Atropa - Mar 22, 2012 10:21:40 am PDT #10285 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Nope, they're publicly-available documents. Thank goodness. Next I have to go start up Pugsley the Windows netbook and see if I've got other samples on there.
DavidS - Mar 22, 2012 10:24:21 am PDT #10286 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jilli, just tell the HR guy you're a Published Arthur and he can RTFM.
Atropa - Mar 22, 2012 10:26:09 am PDT #10287 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yeaaah, the crossover between the GCS writing and tech writing? Not so strong. (But everyone I interviewed with yesterday made sure to tell me how much they liked the site, and one guy, in the last 10 minutes of our interview, said, "Okay, this is my burning question: what is the difference between Goth and Steampunk? I don't get it." )
amych - Mar 22, 2012 10:28:17 am PDT #10288 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Duh. Black and silver vs. brown and brass!
Strix - Mar 22, 2012 10:38:10 am PDT #10289 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
HA, Jilli!
ION, from the maker of my Theme Song ("Reading A Book") , "Monsters Are Real": [link]
And yes, I had a total SPN moment watching it. Can you tell me what line did it?!
Burrell - Mar 22, 2012 10:39:25 am PDT #10290 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
oo, very excited for you, Jilli
Ginger - Mar 22, 2012 11:09:08 am PDT #10291 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
On the Hunger Games question: I'm not a good crier. I cry when I'm angry, which is awkward professionally, but I often don't cry about the things that are really bothering me. If things are bad, I stop feeling at all. Sometimes a book that makes me cry helps. In The Hunger Games, the wrenching personal losses are mostly in the last book. Books two and three need to be read together, but the first book can stand alone.
Connie Neil - Mar 22, 2012 11:24:57 am PDT #10292 of 30001
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For Connie and any other beader
Oh, I so want to run my hands over that. One thing I love about beading is the texture. I've got a piece of peyote stitch weaving I'm doing, and if I'm not careful I'll spend minutes at a time just running it through my fingers, watching the light play and loving the feel of it.
edit: It reminds me of the Tibetan mandalas.
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2012 12:07:35 pm PDT #10293 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I would have a very hard time coming up with a writing sample--everything I"ve written is confidential to the company I wrote it for.
Yeah, that happened to me too. I'm almost tempted to sit down now and write a fictionalised version of something I just wrote while it's fresh in my head, instead of trying desperately to write something when I'm jobseeking.
But...I don't wanna. I have a job I like. Just like I refuse to update my resume. Bad juju.
one guy, in the last 10 minutes of our interview, said, "Okay, this is my burning question: what is the difference between Goth and Steampunk? I don't get it."
That's beautiful!