Spam attack!

[out_there]

You know, I'm finding it hard to imagine anyone less likely to do any actual work than me this afternoon. I mean, seriously. When I'm actually doing some quick editing on last night's smut, while sitting at my computer, I am bored.

Meanwhile, the present tense continues to be my sneaky nemesis. I write a fic in past tense, and it slithers its way into the middle of smutty paragraphs. Not all of them, mind you. Just a few paragraphs. Then it lies low, waits for me to grow comfortable in past tense protection, before striking again. It's like lightning. Never strikes the same place twice.

And Lex is staring at me, holding his Chrissy gift. *bg* You have no idea how much a Lex can brighten up a dulled stacked desk.

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[elvisneedsboats.livejournal.com]

Celli made me watch Sports Night tonight. *big eyes* We only watched the first two episodes. Is it always that good?

[(Anonymous)]

Ha! I knew I wasn't the only one with problems when it comes to the sneaky tenses!

Damn it, accidently knick my finger while making dinner, now I can't type properly...

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PS/ Leeexxxxx..... Mmmmm.....

[apathocles.livejournal.com]

I decided to write a fic in present tense once, just for the hell of it... and since then, I haven't been able to write past tense. At all. I try, and I'm slipping back into present within a few paragraphs. And I end up having to stop and think just how the hell to conjugate in past tense, which I never used to have to do.

Present tense is evil. Once it's managed to sink its teeth into you, it won't let go.

(Of course, when I'm writing something that's not fic, my tenses wander all over the place... and there's nothing I can do to stop it. Frelling grammar.)