Uhm, you have a typo:

It took a while, but I finally realized what my ::particularl:: problem....

did not did not did not. (I caught that one and a couple of others... you saw it before I refreshed it with the correct version) pllllttttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Well, I was going to say, if you really WANT to use that technique (also known as judicious sprinkling of typos throughout ms.) I will refrain from pointing them out in the future.

Ouch! You're faster and meaner than I thought.

Don't make me separate you two.

I have hit a point where I don't want to critique anyone else's writing because the last two people whose writing I seriously critiqued either got mad at me or ignored me. Apparently I am not very nice with the red pencil. I can do a cheerleading critique when I think that's what people want, but for anyone who knows me well and wants a serious edit/critique, apparently I am bad news.

Oh well. Just wait until I start asking for people to read and criticize something I want to have published. It could happen!

I hope it happens soon, Jette -- there's one story in particular you told me about that I have been waiting to get to read. (ahem)

I think you're right - I thought my writing was just retaining water, but it's more likely congestive heart failure. Drat.

Pooks: "Ouch! You're faster and meaner than I thought."

Never underestimate the power of the Dark Side.

(Star Wars just came out on DVD yesterday? Really? I had no idea.)

Okay, I don't know what that was all about, but I do know that I am very, very scared of Toni right now.

(Also, I am seriously wondering what Toni thinks of me given critiques I've given in the past. Well, it's probably just as well that I no longer have anything approaching the mental capacity needed to critique others' works.)

"Also, I am seriously wondering what Toni thinks of me given critiques I've given in the past."

hmph. You're still alive, aren't you?

(Heh. Of course they were fine. I'm making fun of me.)

"but I do know that I am very, very scared of Toni right now" ... sorry, I'm giggling too much to be scared. Funny, funny piece.

I seem to remember, when you gave me your script, I didn't have time to read it right away, and when I finally dropped you an email apologizing, you said you thought it was beause I hated it SO MUCH I couldn't bear to tell you.

Well, here's what I really think of your script, after all of this time: It is absolute perfection! Don't change a word! Why aren't you rich and famous yet?

Now make the damn movie already!