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[inzilbeth]

Today, while baby-sitting Pae,  [he's beginning to be a bit of a naughty boy with his stitches and is a complete nightmare with the plastic collar that is supposed to stop him doing that]  I caught up with a few things on the computer including  posting a story at fanfiction.net. Not exactly earth shattering news, you might well think, but I can't believe I've actually managed it. The site has always been a complete mystery to me, so much so that I  usually give up on even finding the simple things like 'home' and the few stories I've read there have mostly been recs where I needed do no more than simply follow a link. So it's quite an achievement for me, though whether I would ever manage to figure out how to post a multi-chapter story like  'A of A' , is another matter again.  Also, since I know there are all types of stories on there, the good and the bad as well as the down right eye-popping,  it does feel a bit like venturing deep into the Edhel Duath and wondering what I'm going to run into when I get there! 

 But at least, as of today,  the site is on my favourites list and I no longer have to google to find it.

Comments

[vamp-ress.livejournal.com]

ROFTL, sounds like you're a wee bit technophob:) Once you've successfully tackled down ff.net and you're looking for a new challenge, I can always sign you up with an account at http://www.skyehawke.com:)

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Lol! More than a bit, I can tell you! PC's weren't even invented when I was at university yet my first experience of these things, which were the size of a room, came in my second year when, after a two hour session of listening to complete gobble-de-gook, I was told to write a programme for calculating standard deviation. I can tell you, I've never recovered from the trauma and it was only four years ago that I finally gave up my King Canute stance and bought one!

Oddly, I do actually want to put together a website but I'll need someone to hold my hand through the entire procedure!

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out [and BTW, what DOES ROFTL mean? - and I'm not kidding, I don't know!]

[vamp-ress.livejournal.com]

(Means "Rolling on the floor laughing", which I generally prefer over a simple LOL)

I have a similar history with computers. Spent my first minutes online at uni and from there it went downhill. Soon!

I'd be happy to do any handholding required! I think it's always good to have your own website instead of being solely dependant on other people's services (like LJ, ff.net). So I'd definitely encourage you to try it!

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Ah thank you, that makes sense now!

Once I was through that part of my course, I was determined never to have anything to do with computers ever again. It was actually the possibilities for writing that changed my mind [that and the fact that you need to have some skills in virtually any line of work nowadays].

Thank you so much for your offer. I need to firm up a lot on what a plan to do but I would be most grateful for your help. You are actually one of the people I was planning on approaching to ask for a written contribution anyway. I'm keeping things under my hat a bit at the moment [the only person I've spoken to about it is Cairistiona] but I'll bring you up to speed as soon as I'm ready to roll - which will be a while yet!

[vamp-ress.livejournal.com]

Oh, written contribution. That sounds fascinating *waggles eyebrows*! Just mail when you're read or when you have any questions and I'll try to help!

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I will. It's all been on the back burner as I couldn't see I was ever going to get anywhere with it, but you've given me new hope!

[vamp-ress.livejournal.com]

I'm good at that. I also offer virtual kicks in the butt, but those cost a ranger cookie extra:)

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Lol! I'd better stock up on ranger cookies then!