Recent content by JX Valentine

Something to keep in mind: when you're in a writing community online -- a fanfiction community especially -- we are all writers. The people who frequent communities aren't grouped into two separate categories of reviewers and writers, and because of that, reviewers aren't out-of-touch with the...

Mind if I point out something here as politely as I can? You rip into people for not reviewing (by complaining that writers just want to know what people think but get nothing in terms of feedback), but a couple of sentences later, you accuse reviewers of attacking writers. If you want more...

Sooooo... the kind of person who would find the Saw movies scary. No problem. In that case, you'll find the Keter objects more interesting after all. Many of them deal with terrible things done to the human body. 813, for example, involves an electronic parasite jamming itself into the eyes...

Without giving in to egotism (although I'm very, very fond of writing horror apparently), try The SCP Foundation. There's hundreds of entries, and given the fact that I have no idea what actually scares you (whether you're a psychological horror fan, a person who gets a rise out of an image...

*le bow* Thank you! Also, I have to admit, I wasn't planning on writing much more in this universe, but I'm sort of tempted to do so now to cover incidents involving different SEs. And that's the only non-spoiler-riffic thing I can say right now! :D So here's a spoiler tag~!

So what I've decided to do is something that will probably break everything ever. The following is my entry to the SWC, but it comes in two flavors. The flavor behind the spoiler is the one I submitted to the judges as-is, perfectly preserved so Dragonfree's crit makes sense to anyone who kept...

I did too, but that's all I can say about that.

Belated thanks kindly. :D

Just submitted an entry myself. Because I totally am not ninjaing or anything right now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_reader Also, I've been to college too. As an English major. Moreover, I'm currently in graduate school for publishing, so I also know what different positions do in relation to a manuscript. (Even the ones that are technically not professional, such as a...

Fun fact: In the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the cut-off date for kindergarten is September 1. So, because I was born after that, I'd probably still end up a class below you according to my homestate. I think. If my math is right. :(

Sorry but not really. Only grammar betas and proofreaders restrict themselves to nothing but grammar and spell checking. That's why the beta thread has listings for things like comprehensive beta readers, plot beta readers, and so forth. I mean, you are requesting a character beta reader...

...'Kay. Well, yes, but it's not the only element to a romantic fic. Just like a mystery fic, an action fic, and even a comedy fic might have elements of different genres, so does romance fic. A good romance fic manages to have a little something for everyone -- a little bit of action, a...

Not even sure what to make of the last VM I got that wasn't from you. On the one hand, I'm guessing this means I won't get any further VMs. On the other, dammit, the point wasn't to chase him away; it was to teach him how to interact on a board. Hopefully, the kid will just lurk more and come...

Actually, I understood perfectly. I was saying to the both of you that these kinds of situations only happen in a fraction of all shipping fics and that when they do happen, it's not necessarily because the author wants to live vicariously through their character. If they wanted to do that...