Beta love

Apparently it's beta appreciation day? Who knew?

So, my thanks go to DarkEmerald who knows how to kick my SV stories into shape (things like theme and flow and pacing, that I don't even think about) and who taught me just how massively helpful and necessary a beta-reader is. My thanks also go to kaneko for WW beta, and to oxoniensis (which I can never spell without checking) who is willing to hold my hand and use the Big Red Pen of Beta on fics that are too long for their own good.

*smooches*

Without you girls, my stuff would really suck!

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Hmmm... I'm thinking about this icon. I'm wondering if softening it would work... I might try, but I think I'll end up just recropping the picture so that the space between them is a bit bigger, and then paste in the text.

Hey, Signe, there's a teeny-tiny font (all in caps) that you use on your icons. What is it? It's actually on the Lex/S3 icon that you made (and I stole *g*). I'm wondering about it because it's pretty small and always easy to read.

Well, I was also thinking about it because now that I've got a Dan/Casey, I want another. I was thinking of using the Shakespeare quote: "It would be argument for a week, laughter for a month, and a good jest for ever." but all of my fonts are too big, too unweildy, to awkward for a quote that long. Or, if I did three pics (with a different phrase in each) I could theoretically get them to move together like one of Signe's latest Chloe icons.

You know, "Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find." would really suit a Josh/Sam icon too. Maybe I'll just do a whole series of Sorkin... (apart from my Procrastination icon. That stays.)

But "Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways." would be a great naughty Lex icon, and "How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown!" would amuse me as a loft Clex icon.

And this could be used so effectively for so many pairings: Doubt the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.

Okay, I just want an excuse to play with Shakespeare quotes. And to think about icons... What I should do is take myself to the Uni computer labs, and see if they've got a better graphics program (I'm using Paint Shop Pro at home, but maybe Photo Shop Pro works better...?).

The trouble is that although the Shakespeare quotes are pretty, I wanted icons that related pretty directly to my moods. Yeah, I'm thinking aloud and all of you get to come along for the ride. *g*

Hee! Quiz fun!

( Sam is my WW boyfriend... )

Was there ever any doubt? *read through pic* We could be clumsy together and I wouldn't force him to cut his hair... (No, I lie, the disco hair of S4 might be cut... but I liked the S2 & S3 hair.)

( Which PoTC Character am I? )

This result just makes me laugh. I'm not sure if it's appropriate or not, but still... Hee!