Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
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Scraps for a sickly Monday.

1. I am sick, yes, even unto death. It's this stupid cold. I've been fighting it off since I got home from Conclave, and then yesterday, it just walked up behind me, hit me over the back of the head with a plank, rifled through my pockets, and took all my stuff. I spent all of Sunday on the couch, sniffling, drinking orange juice, and watching Criminal Minds. Oh, and sleeping. I slept a lot. I feel better today, but that's like saying I'm happier now that the lizard has been removed from my ear. Still miserable, just less lizard-y.

2. Yes, I am watching Criminal Minds. But as I have now seen the first three episodes of the first season, please don't ask me if I was crushed when character A died in season three. I haven't been able to be crushed yet, and I'd like the opportunity to mourn when I get there.

3. Assuming this cold backs the hell off, I am still going to be at OVFF this coming weekend. If you're waiting for a shirt from me, and are going to be at the convention, please let me know so that I can package your order for hand-delivery. If you don't tell me, clearly, that you'll be there, your shirt will not be coming with me. I don't have the suitcase space for guesses.

4. I am about 4,000 words from the end of Ashes of Honor, which is good, since I expect to receive my Blackout page proofs any day, and need to be able to focus on going through and writing STET a lot. ("STET" is editorial for "no, do not make this change." I use it to argue against people who don't believe in the Oxford comma, and people who try to standardize my use of "Miss" to "Ms.")

5. I am too sick for a list of ten. Now is when I fall on my face and die.

Catch you when I wake up.
Tags: ashes of honor, blackout, con prep, illness, medical fu, requesting things, too much tv, writing
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nightfalltwen

October 18 2011, 00:58:02 UTC 5 years ago Edited:  October 18 2011, 00:59:27 UTC

Then there are people who are like me. I will edit the entire structure of my sentences to avoid using the serial/oxford/harvard comma. My writing is heavily influenced by the UK... where it isn't the "one true way" (at least in non-academic writing.) LOL.

:D

archangelbeth

October 18 2011, 20:28:19 UTC 5 years ago

I know someone who was converted to the Oxford Comma by the sentence, "I'd like to thank my parents, Jesus Christ and L. Ron Hubbard."

The defense rests.

nightfalltwen

October 18 2011, 23:24:42 UTC 5 years ago

Then there's "dedicated to my mom, Robert, and my kids" indicating that the mom's name is Robert. Sorry. I don't believe in the Oxford comma at all. :)

archangelbeth

October 22 2011, 03:38:17 UTC 5 years ago

My mom's name is Gareth, so I don't see the problem... O;D