total GIP

[salixbabylon]

I'm so close to done with EE4 that I can almost taste it. The story is written, they're almost totally undressed, they're kissing, I know who is going to touch who where and how and what they'll say and CHRIST I'm so anti-lusty right now, I just can't even think about writing it.

:P

On the plus side, even though I was a dumbass and got the Beagle virus, it's now cleaned up and gone. And my yahoo email is all nice and tidy. And even though I'm kind of ashamed to admit that I save it, I reread EE1-3 FB and am feeling all inspired to get the rest churned out a lot faster now.

BUt I think my Orli, in his head, in his casual conversation, says 'really' and 'totally' too much and probably sounds either too American or too Californian or too Salixian. I don't even now how much of my speech patterns are 1980s California valley girl and how much are just me. Blech.

Can I move to the UK for a while, please? I'll be nice and won't break anything...

Comments

[abluegirl.livejournal.com]

anti-lusty right now, I just can't even think about writing it.

I can so relate to this. Totally where i'm at with the story i'm working on.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Where are your stories? Do you use another name and I didn't recognize that you were the same as FantasticAuthorX?

[abluegirl.livejournal.com]

I don't know about being a 'FantasticAuthorX', but I do use another name, actually. My stories are archived under 'moggie', which is my internet nickname for as long as i've been online (10 years). For some reason, when i got a LJ, i decided to go with a different name. Then went i started writing FF, i used the alias 'moggie'. You'd think i'd keep it consistent and simple, but nooooooo. :D

Anyways, my stories are archived pretty much everwhere that archives v/o stuff: LBES, Aniron, Lirimaer, Mirrormere, OEAM, etc.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Oohh! I've read all your fics, I think. And am waiting anxiously to see what happens next on the camping trip. ;)

Sorry for having been oblivious - I get really confused when people have multiple names. My brain is too small to store that many identities. *g*

[abluegirl.livejournal.com]

*grin*

I'm working on the next part of the camping story right now. Have overcome the anti-lusty problem, and am hoping to finish it this week. :D

I get really confused by multiple identities. It takes forever for me to figure out who goes by what name in what areas of the internet, sometimes. And of course, i have to go and complicate matters, myself. :D

[(Anonymous)]

Don't worry about the Brit-speak angle. Thus far i haven't noticed any dramatic Americanisms, and bear in mind we have absorbed a certain amount of American slang over here. If you want a Brit-speak beta, just say, and i'll send you my e-mail address, otherwise you could just wait for feedback...

specifically on the really and totally angle, i have to admit i use them both rather a lot and i'm private school-educated and therefore supposedly well-spoken. We probably use 'really' more frequently than 'totally' though.

aurient

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Thus far i haven't noticed any dramatic Americanisms

*whew* That's actually quite a relief. I started writing from Orli's perspective and it wasn't until I'd written the first two parts that I freaked out about getting his tone of voice less American. I've been fretting ever since. No one has said anything, and my beta lostiawen has corrected several Americanisms, but I'd appreciate another perspective, if you have time.

I think I managed to tone down the 'totally'... My big worry in this last part has been thinking of another expression for "freaking out". It sounds American to me, but I honestly have no clue if it is or not. The online dictionaries have been most unhelpful. Plus, context can be difficult... Sometimes a phrase in the dictionaries will sound really outdated to me, and while it's undeniably British, it sounds more like the way a British grandma would talk than like a 20something young man would.

So that's a yes, I would love a Brit-speak beta. :)