Not quite beta request

[brigdh]

Lately it has occurred to me that I don't actually like these secret ficathons. Which, okay, means that I should probably stop signing up for them, but so many of the most interesting and popular events require the authors to be anonymous, at least for a little while. People who are not me must enjoy the secrecy, because I think Yuletide is the third one I've done this year.

But I find it hard to concentrate on writing without being able to talk about it; I'm sure you all notice my tendency to post word counts or complaints about characters not cooperating whenever I'm working on something. It's the best way I know to motivate myself, and so I don't really like having to keep it a secret.

So. Would anyone like to volunteer to let me babble at them? Obviously I'd have to spoil you for what story I'm writing, which is why I'm asking this as a favor, but I wouldn't require anything else; all I want is someone to send progress reports and whining. I haven't done anything more than make a rough outline yet, so you're not even likely to get an email from me soon. If you're also writing for Yuletide (or anything else), I will totally return the favor, if you'd like.

I feel weirdly guilty about this, because I know seeing someone else's wordcount is really not that interesting; I like making livejournal posts for this very reason- they're so easy to scroll past, and no one is required to comment. But it'd be much easier than being a beta, as you will not actually have to do anything. Except maybe reply with the verbal equivalent of a thumbs up, to keep me from turning shy with the certainty that I'm annoying you. Um. Wow, for some reason this request is making me insanely embarrassed, so I want to stress that no one has to volunteer unless you really want to.

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[p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com]

Then I'd say, email me whenever you're ready, but in the meantime I shall use this as an impetus to look at the various IM services. Since I'm already using gmail, there's probably nothing more they're likely to ask me to sign off on than I've already agreed to. I can hope, anyway.

And now, back to my own anonymous ficathon issues -- at least, until I can find some other shiny distraction.