Virtual Birthday Party, Day 01

[wiseheart]

Hi folks! *waves" I know I'm late kicking off my virtual birthday party of 2013, but considering that I worked almost 11 hours today, I think I can be forgiven, right?

It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 57 on October 9, so let's party!

Last years virtual birthday party yielded 1328 comments on 6 pages, before LJ crashed the whole thing, and 617 additional ones on 3 pages at the second coming. Which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 2000-COMMENT-BARRIER! Let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!

You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual cake of your choice. If you want to post your favourite recipe in a comment, be my guest. If not, just drop by and say hello.

Cheers!

Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp. However, to avoid the same mishap that occurred last year, there will be a separate post for each day until the 9th. We will count all pages and comments together when the party is closed.

Join us and have fun! Feel free to start any thread, any topic you want; we can discuss it, mock the general stupidity of life and laugh at it. I tentatively started two topics, just to begin the fun somehow, but you may add anything you want.

Comments

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I'll bookmark them for when I've finished churning through the Yuletide stuff... And if you can't toot your own horn at your own birthday party in your own journal, I'm not sure where you can :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Especially as I'm in desperate need of a little support.Those wee stories get very few reviews - too much world-building and too little smut (=not at all) for the average reader's taste.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I'm a very bad reviewer these days, I fear. I just about get up the energy to click the kudos button on AO3, but coming up with words in response to things... (Are you on AO3, by the way?)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Just with my one-shots. Last time I tried, FF.Net didn't allow to import stuff to AO3, and I haven't figured out the way to post multichapter stuff yet. Not to mention that I don't feel up to posting every single chapter individually. I've got to work for a living. *sighs*

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

It's a pity no-one will pay one a salary to write fanfiction :(

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

And I've long given up hope to ever get any of my original stuff published. So much so that I've even given up on my original stuff.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I don't think many people actually make a real living out of writing original fiction.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I never expected to do so. I just would have liked to see my writing published, but there was no chance. And then I got hooked up on fanfiction and, well, that was it.