Mommy Says Enough Already

[d8rkmessngr]

Okay, this is a tad more prissy than usual. Let me apologize ahead of time.


Thank you for those who had let me know what's been going on about my LJ. Please know I do appreciate everyone looking out for me, even more so, I'm humbled that people still want to read some of the affected older fics archived here.

What I don't appreciate, however, is the irate, cranky PMs, a total of fifteen this past two weeks, complaining that I 'screwed up' my formatting and that they 'don't have patience' for this and I'll 'lose readers' if I don't fix it now. Too many to reply to each one, and honestly, a little too miffed now to apologize any more.

I have recoded 17 chapters so far, but there's still 738 more pages to go in hand coding. And no, I can't just use LJ's Rich text function because that's what I'd used before and why everything got messed up now. So I am going back and doing this right, but I only have one working hand and pounds of laundry and chores I need to do daily. So, please, mommy's sorry, but I am working as fast as I can.

I also can't really do the following:

1. I can not change the style of my LJ to a lighter background: there's no guarantee it'll fix everything and may muck up all I've recoded already.
2. Can't use Rich text function because ____ See above.
3. Can't post it on another LJ because I still need to recode everything first and since I'm doing that, I might as well post to here and share the link because it's faster
4. I can't format and combine into a PDF: 1003 pages, all piece-mealed and not in a single file because you know what? Mommy's an old, grouchy mommy who didn't know tech and used all sorts of software and laptops to write this so yeah, a little disorganized. My priority needs to be with my lovely LJ siblings first. So LJ first, formatted PDF and whatever ebook thing you insist I should do later.
5. No, I can't move everything to Dreamwidth because again, must recode first. Starting over on a totally new site would take longer.
6. No, I can't stop writing STXI. Yes, it might be distracting me from all the recoding, but frankly, I need the breather from the death!angst and the follies of LJ. Trust me, I'm less cranky towards TW this way. It's like hubby on the couch. No, children, mommy and daddy aren't getting a divorce, mommy just needs a time out because daddy was being stupid today. LOL.

Okay? That's it. I'm taking down the PM function today once I figure out how because reading mentioned gripes is only slowing everything up. I rather be posting to st_xi_kink, pleading for hugging fics than read about how I messed up my formatting on LJ.

Rant over. Sorry everyone. Again, this is not towards you all. Just the PMs who apparently think just because I'm a housewife, I have all the time in the world. If I lose a few readers because I'm 'taking too long to fix this', so be it.

Comments

[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

People are so rude on the net. It's all me me me, mine mine mine. They've got a sense of entitlement worse than any toddler, like you're only there to provide entertainment for them. You've got a life of your own, kids to raise and husband to wrangle. Ignore them.

If you ever want someone to help you out, I'm quick and accurate at coding, and I'm currently unemployed, so I have PLENTY of time on my hands.

Also, I'm more than willing to organise a PDF version once the cleaned up, betad versions of all the chapters have gone live. Let me know if you're interested.

[d8rkmessngr.livejournal.com]

I might take you up on the offer of PDF because I honestly have no idea how to do that. Coding is normally fine. I saved headers and so forth. My problem is I use so many italics in this fic, I have fine them and go < i > on each one. I wish there was an easier way...

[tmtrx.livejournal.com]

What program are you using to edit the code? In MS Word, you can do a Find and Replace to take care of the italics (spaces added so the code shows properly). The dialog box should be set up like this:

Find What: < * > (translates to 'any word in italics')
Options: Use Wildcards
Format: Font:Italic

Replace with: < i >?< /i > (or whatever html coding LJ uses)
Format: Font:Not Bold, Not Italic

If this sounds like it could be helpful, but doesn't make sense, I can send you a screencap. And if you're not using Word, maybe the program you're using has something similar? :)

I waited til you were almost done with the story before starting to read it, and I love it. :D

:crossing my fingers this posts legibly!:

[d8rkmessngr.livejournal.com]

-jaw drops open-

I use Word and have been looking for italics and inserting the < i > word < / i > by hand. There's another way?

-swoons-

Yes, screen cap, big anvil of epiphany on my head, please! :)

[tmtrx.livejournal.com]

woo! :D I'll send it to your lj email.

[tmtrx.livejournal.com]

I just sent you an email, but I thought I should post here too, in case someone else wants to do this. I had the wrong symbols in the Find and Replace boxes. It should read this way:

Find: (leave blank, all you need is format selected)
Font:Italic

Replace with: < i >^&< i/ >
Font:Not Bold, Not Italic