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I love my parents. I’m at work late. I turn around and the arizona rain hit. Its raining sideways the wind is howling and moaning and my car is in the farthest reaches of the parking lot. and my parents of all people drive up and help me to my car. I don’t deserve them.

Ghost of Jane Austin somewhere wishing like heck the same rule had applied to Sanditon.

I have decided to just stick to what I have been doing. While I love writing, it is something I do for my own entertainment. After thinking about it, I realized I don't need to be perfect about it. While I want readers to enjoy what I write, once I get something posted, what is more important to me is if I am happy with it. By that, I mean did I get the story out of my head in a way that I can look back and say I enjoyed writing that story. I am my own proofreader. Maybe that is why I worry so much about things like punctuation. Just because I am writing for myself doesn't mean I don't care what others think. I would be mortified to learn someone had the thoughts about something I worked hard at writing, that I have had after reading some stories. My thoughts have been far from nice, so many times.

It's like that joke about spherical cows in a vaccume. No, the conditions of life are constantly shifting, particularly in language. Since language is about standardised communication, the rules are constantly shifting as people change them without realising. But by the same logic, they must remain uniform. This is why study of language can be a full time job and recognised branch of science. So yeah, it's both what people use and what they are supposed to use. Everyone gets taught the same things because they exist to be a common starting point and enable communication. variations are inevitable but the standard must exist. Where you go from there is up to you. So long as it's coherent, and legible, it will be fine. And thats what proofreaders are for, headache absorbers Besides. Mess ups can add character

Much progress to report. I expect to have both chapter 4 of Enter the Sandboy and chapter 6 of Mia: Confessions of a Dickgirl ready for beta this weekend. Also making steady headway on chapter 4 of Delta Delta Delta. In other news, I've just read the first two chapters of Regina by Lady Freelove. It's a fun saga of promiscuity and incest, told from the POV of the title character but with entertaining asides about her family's history and philosophy regarding sex.

Confusion is becoming a permenant state of mind for me. I am finding that so much of what I was taught in school, doesn't match what I am encountering now. I am wondering if my teachers were so outdated, or if what is being taught has changed so much.

Ok, now I’m confused.