Advent, Day 11

[wiseheart]

Firstly, heartfelt thanks to adafrog for the lovely Christmas card. It has just arrived today. :)

Secondly, the promised press photo of the 6th batch of the GCBF:



From the left:
Spitzbuben (basically almond biscuits with jam filling),
Hazelnut hearts,
Chocolate-walnut Financiers,
Mini orange tartlets,
Marzipan pretzels
and Coconut crescents.

Thirdly, I'm in desperate need for beta readers. The most generous curiouswombat declared herself willing to weed out my creative grammar in two of my Christmas gift fics, but I still have 4 that need a close eye. They are all fairly short, between 1 page and 6 pages, two of them Miss Marple and two of them Tolkien-related (The Hobbit-fics).

Update:
Three of the four fics have been picked up by the lovely thesmallhobbit, so there's only one Miss Marple fic that still needs some loving attention. Any takers? Please? Pretty please?

If anyone could sacrifice an hour or two, I'd be grateful. Usually, I don't mind posting un-betaed stuff, as I use both spellchecker and grammar checker and give the things several re-reads, but these are gifts, and it would be embarrassing if there were any stupid mistakes. Thanks!

Comments

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I did never try the patience of beta readers when I did some writing. But since everything I targeted turned out a comedy, no matter how grave the scenario, I decided to quit writing. Not that some poor beta reader had a coronary!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I've been actively writing since the age of 12, so I think I'd go mental if I had to stop. As I said, most of the times I go without a beta, but that's out of necessity. I like it when my stuff is grammatically correct, and as I only had 3 years' worth of English lessons — even though those were intensive language courses — I'm not always certain about it.

Writing in Hungarian and German was much easier! But that was original fic, so I didn't have to fear the canon police, either.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

yummy!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! :)

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

So pretty. I tried to bake banana bread yesterday. It was a bit of a failure….

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Really? What went wrong?

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

I tried to substitute almond meal for flour as I have gluten intolerance. Ground almonds do not = flour. It had a pudding type texture. It was NOT a bread or cake. I followed a recipe, but clearly their idea of a cake does not match mine.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's annoying! But perhaps gluten-free flour would work?

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

Next time I will definitely use gluten free flour!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Between baking and writing you are being very productive. I am constantly amazed by your energy.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It is simply my way to keep what's left from my sanity. Mum duty fills up the rest of the day.

[medievalrosalie.livejournal.com]

Once again... much biscuit love to you and your amazing baking skills!