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thebratqueen) wrote2005-02-25 01:22 pm
thebratqueen) wrote2005-02-25 01:22 pm
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Sleep! And thngs to do
Sleep! Glorious sleep! Thanks to the wonders of cough syrup I was able to fall asleep and stay that way for hours and hours and hours. Ahh, bliss. Though bliss filled with at least 2 nightmares that I can remember. Sign of stress or inadvertant side effect of the medicine? Perhaps some from column A and some from column B.
The snow last night was very pretty and looks to be mostly melted now. I bet if I waited long enough I wouldn't even have to clean off my car. However I'm actually possessed of some energy and desire to get out of the house, so I think I'm going to go out for a bit and do some book shopping.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
triskellian has pimped the wonders of CSS to me and now my geeky heart wants to play. I've looked through some online lessons and have been quite happy to discover that it's not as complicated to pick up as I thought.
I'm always fascinated by the process of learning things. It amazes me how something can seem incomprehensible and impossible when you first look at it, but once it's broken down into parts it all clicks and makes sense. This is part of why I've made it a goal for myself to learn at least two new things a year. I may not end up liking said things and wanting to make a habit or hobby out of them, but it's good to learn and find out how stuff works. Or at least I think so.
Speaking of learning new things, I'd like to share my experiences in the publishing world by giving a word of wisdom to the rest of you: when sending things out for publication, particularly via online submission, something you're going to want to avoid doing is titling the piece something like - oh let's just make up an example - "Rejection". Because what's going to happen is that you'll hear back from said publishers and said publishers will be kind enough to include your story title in the subject heading of their email, and you will see said email and leap to a very understandable though fortunately incorrect conclusion about what the contents of said email are about.
Not that this has happened to me, of course. [makes mental note to never use another story title that does not contain the words "Accepted" or, perhaps "Allow us to give you large sums of money, you goddess, you."]
So how's your day going?
The snow last night was very pretty and looks to be mostly melted now. I bet if I waited long enough I wouldn't even have to clean off my car. However I'm actually possessed of some energy and desire to get out of the house, so I think I'm going to go out for a bit and do some book shopping.
triskellian has pimped the wonders of CSS to me and now my geeky heart wants to play. I've looked through some online lessons and have been quite happy to discover that it's not as complicated to pick up as I thought. I'm always fascinated by the process of learning things. It amazes me how something can seem incomprehensible and impossible when you first look at it, but once it's broken down into parts it all clicks and makes sense. This is part of why I've made it a goal for myself to learn at least two new things a year. I may not end up liking said things and wanting to make a habit or hobby out of them, but it's good to learn and find out how stuff works. Or at least I think so.
Speaking of learning new things, I'd like to share my experiences in the publishing world by giving a word of wisdom to the rest of you: when sending things out for publication, particularly via online submission, something you're going to want to avoid doing is titling the piece something like - oh let's just make up an example - "Rejection". Because what's going to happen is that you'll hear back from said publishers and said publishers will be kind enough to include your story title in the subject heading of their email, and you will see said email and leap to a very understandable though fortunately incorrect conclusion about what the contents of said email are about.
Not that this has happened to me, of course. [makes mental note to never use another story title that does not contain the words "Accepted" or, perhaps "Allow us to give you large sums of money, you goddess, you."]
So how's your day going?