No-one is more surprised than I am

[indri]

OK, I've finished drafting my fic about the Burkles. I think that took three years, a personal record for fic.

Is there anyone still reading this journal who'd like to beta? It's only 2300 words now that I've ruthlessly culled the superfluous subplots.

Anyone?

ETA: OK, I have an Australian and an ex-pat Brit. I really need an American too, as it's set in Texas.

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Switching between dialects is hard. In one story I used the word "hoon" and nwhepcat queried it; I was aiming for an English idiom, but "hoon" is Aussie. The other day, I used the word "snib" in front of my partner; it turned out that in the sixteen years we've known each other I had never before had cause to say "snib" and it's a Scotticism.

FYI, a hoon is someone driving recklessly and fast, while a snib is a catch, such a window-catch.

Comments

[indri]

Thank you! I should be able to respond properly by email sometime tomorrow.

[azdak.livejournal.com]

There's no hurry - I wasn't able to be terribly helpful anyway because I thought the story was great as it stands - but I've been having some trouble with disappearing emails of late and I wanted to be sure this wasn't one of them.