Nov. 14th, 2005

valis2: Stone lion face (Gatlinburglion)
Must finish the smutmas fic.

I have two chapters of tLS in my head (big chapters full o' stuff! w00t) and ready to be written, three entries of floating cats fic plus links to new floating cat fanart, an entry about the overspecialization of products in the States, this bizarre, dark Snape ficlet/poetry bit, a rant about my grandmother and Thanksgiving...but I won't let myself touch a single one of them until I finish the smutmas fic. I've already gone through the phase of "This is the worst thing that's ever been written, it's like a HP Harlequin romance, I hate it forevah" and onto the next stage of "Honest reactions, that's what it's all about", and hopefully tonight I'll end the torture and get to that exhilirating moment where it all feels like skating on ice instead of rollerblading on coconuts.

Plus I've spent a lot of time organizing SS h/c links. I have over a hundred already. It's going to be more work than expected, but it should be a pretty decent collection when it's finished. If you have any links to offer, here's the entry for it.
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Those Katamari games are addictive. Just sayin'.
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As usual, when I have one thing that wants doing, I do other things. Over the weekend I went through my closet, my wardrobe, and the leetle dresser, and now have three bags of clothes to give to Goodwill. I also cleaned the bathroom, and dusted. Which meant that this morning, my poor eyelid was all swollen up and wah. I remember that from the first surgery...any little bit of dust or chemicals, and ouch. Ah well. I also sorted out the pennies. What a scintillating entry this is.
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I'm at the point where whenever I see that there is a message waiting for me from eBay I break out into cold sweat.

I had a Clueless Woman win two auctions. I combine shipping, but she paid me for the items before I could send her a custom invoice, and she paid full shipping on both. So I refunded her the second shipping fee with a note that I had combined the shipping, and I mailed the items.

Sometimes eBay screws up and thinks that buyers haven't paid, and I think that is what is happening here, because CW sent me another payment for the second item a few days later. The full amount, including shipping. I refunded it again, and included another note, explaining that she has already paid for the items, and I've already sent them, and that's it. Under eBay help it says, if the Buyer is not contesting it but the system still thinks you haven't paid, then ignore the "reminders".

Today, a week later, ANOTHER PAYMENT. I'm really getting ticked off, because Paypal charges for each payment transaction. So this time I spent ten minutes writing out a Truly Epic Email with amounts, transaction numbers, a link to the eBay Help page describing this particular situation, and a heartfelt plea telling her she owes me nothing and to stop making PayPal happy. If I get another payment from her I'll be so tempted to keep it just for the expense of this aggravation.
valis2: Stone lion face (Gypsyjolielion)
Rereading the smutmas fic, I realize that, a) it's hotter than I imagined, b) it isn't awkward like I thought, and c) it really is nearly finished.

I'm really ecstatic now. I had myself super worked up and worried over it.

It's one of those things where it matters to me how well it goes over because a) it's being written for someone, an actual person, and I really want them to like it, b) it's anonymous so there will be (hopefully) no expectations about it when it's first read and then later when the names are announced hopefully people will think, wow, didn't expect that from her, cool, and c) it's my first try at this sort of fic.

I am really feeling relieved. Now, to locate [livejournal.com profile] mariannelee and pray that she can do a rush beta job...
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I've always shied away from the thought of having a yahoo group of my own just for my fic (mostly for updates), but after reading this entry about readers who are not on LJ, it kind of makes sense.

What do you think? Do you think it looks silly or like the author is too big for her britches? Perhaps it's all in the way it's presented.

Thing is, I have a great way of notifying people...ffnet. Most of my regulars have gone there, it seems. But I'm always just one complaint away from being yanked, so I wonder if it might be a good idea to do a group, just so that the non-LJ readers have a place to check into in case something does happen.

Any thoughts would totally be appreciated.

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