Ohhhh boy! I'm so excited. More reading! They (both emails) were hiding in my mail box. Sorry about that. I had to personally go to hotmail and take a look.
This is probably what I'll be doing most of the day tomorrow since I'm not feeling well now. And no, it's not the drinking that I did last night either.
You see... when you're a High School English and World History Special Education teacher and you have 3 kids at home who also go to school and the eldest comes home with strep throat... she tends to give it to me... since I used to be a carrier before I had my tonsils taken out. So, I'm sure that that is what I have.
Thankfully, we went to Mexico today and got some more antibotics and I've already have had 2 of them and will take another before bed. The fever induced state is also not a good thing either, but I'm making it through with another dose of Ibuprofen that is like 600 mg (also from Mexico).
*sigh* I hate being sick.
I'll talk to you more after I read your story DZL. Ok? I'm sure that it's going to be fine.
Could you tell me one thing though? I do have a tendency and so does my partner that when we see mistakes in it that we correct them (either on paper or highlight or the such). Is that a problem? I mean, are you going to be upset if I say that I comma is out of place... or that the sentence could be written better like blah blah blah??? Just want to know where I stand before I put anything to anything.
Let me just tell you what I normally do. I read it... make notes on the printed out version of the story... then check it for consistency and the whatnot. After I do that, then I highlight, put suggestions for the changes and send it back to you. That way if you have any questions, you can ask me. Usually, I'll know before hand if there is any problem with the story before I hand it over to AJ. When she goes over it, she basically is another set of eyes. Little errors slip through... ex: its instead of it's or vise versa. Just wanted to let you know so that you won't look at your story when it comes back and think - 'Dagnabit... that freaking English teacher just bled the life out of my story!' - or something to that degree but probably worse.
Don't want anyone to be upset... and I don't want anyone to think that their story sucks. All the stories are excellent. I mean, if you have read any of them on The Virtual Seasons, I would suggest one of the following to read from the 10th Season would be either "Eeny Meany Miny Mo Part I & II" by Sue Johnson; "Where The Buck Stops" by Helen Earl; or "Genesis Part I & II" by Damon Sugameli. They are all new writers that have come into QL:TVS this season and they are all wonderful writers.
Actually, all the stories that have come up this season have been completely and totally
excellent stories. They rock the world with how they are written and the passion that they are written in.
So, I may go ahead and print it out tonight so that I can just curl up on my bed and enjoy. That's what I normally do with any of the stories anyway. Just curl up and read them and see my favorite duo doing what they do best.
I appreciate it that you put this first. You honestly didn't have to, but if this story is as good as I think that it will be... then there are two more weeks that have just bitten the dust this season.
Oh... and along with the story (stories) sent in the the site, there will be an authors page made for you since you put your time and energy into the story... we can do as much for putting you on our site. This will have a way to contact you (email), your website (if you have one), a list of the stories that you write and for which season, and a picture of you, if you'd like to have one there. So, if you wouldn't mind sending me a picture of yourself to put on the website, then I'd be more than willing to set that up for you.
Thanks so much!
Talk to you soon.
MJ