GIP!

[amanuensis1]

Just wanted to try to get to this joke first. I'll probably be too embarrassed to actually use it.

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[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

*blushes* You're so sweet, thank you so much!

And yeah, wank, wank over the wank, wank over the wank over the wank...It's either sad or it's a banquet of delight, I can't figure out which, yet. ^_^

[many-miles-away.livejournal.com]

Pish posh! *grins* I've said it before and I'll say it again, all the compliments headed your way are more than well deserved. Adding to that you are one of the rare "famous" authors who actually takes the time to reply to every review, and you're my absolute hero. I often feel frustrated in my fandom admirations, and you have the knack to make me feel like an equal, and not like a canon!Marauder-era!Peter Petigrew facsimile. *cuddles you*

And the wank has to be enjoyed! I've done a fair amount of it myself, I'll admit, before finally giving in to The Book (how I could ever think I could really NOT read it, is beyond me). If you start getting the wank seriously, then you have no hope of surviving through the next few months. :D

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Truly, you're too nice. I'm not famous! Don't scare me like that, ee. ^_^ Speaking of which, I have too many replies to the last posts I haven't got to yet--darn meta and plotbunnies distracting me! *scurries*

[many-miles-away.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Okay, okay. You're nothing out of the ordinary. As a matter of fact, I read just as good fiction as yours every day on FF.net.

*goes on her slightly insane but very merry way*

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Oh, good, I feel better! *hugs you*

[many-miles-away.livejournal.com]

*slinks back in*

Okay so after a lenghty discussion with thistlerose about Mad Marta's pics and the Twilight Zone feeling you get when you see icons with art nobody seems to *have*, she strongly advised me to ask you, because you know Marta, and, in thistle words, you're "a doll". ^_^

So I was wondering...if one day, say, you have a little time on your hand, and have some smutty pictures...like, I don't know, Harry/Ron, or Harry/Ginny, or Giant Squid/Neville, anything, really...and you might be willing to share (I promise to be discreet about this!)...well, let's just say, the worshipping? Going through the roof.

*slinks away once more*

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

You're gonna have to be more specific! Are there icons of mine you wanted to use, or wanted the base picture of? Or are there specific pieces of fanart you were looking for? 'Cause I save a LOT of them!

[many-miles-away.livejournal.com]

*beams* Thank god. I was really worried you might tell me "go to hell!" for asking you something like that when I barely know you. I hate asking favours out of people, can you tell? *relieved smile*

And...uh...well...I'm interested in EVERYTHING, basically! *laughs* I have most of her Sirius/Remus art, I think. Apart from that, I only have what's on her site, the non-smutty pictures that were on her *old* site, back in the days (ahh, those were good days), and the slashy pictures that are in the Empty Classroom. But well, yes, there is ONE that I have been dying to have for months and months now. If you can start by sending me this one, it should keep me busy staring for this evening (at the very least).

It's this one:

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I don't know if I have that one, but I can look! Now, this is weird--doesn't Marta have a segment of her site that's available by password only, because it has all the slashy and/or smutty stuff? I know it was there once, and now I can't find it! And yes, I do mean on her new site. Very confused.

[many-miles-away.livejournal.com]

Oh pleasepleaseplease do have that one! *crosses fingers*

And yes, she has one, The Empty Classroom, but not everything is there. I guess she just doesn't have the time to update it. Now with her slashiet community it's going to be much better, but she doesn't seem to have any intention on posting the old slash art up there (again, no time), so...

Oh god it'd be so cool if you had it! I'm so desperate, and no one seems to have it!! *bites nails nervously*

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I HAVE IT.

I'll email it to you! And out of curiosity I'm going through my "misc." slash folder to find all of marta's art that I have in there--I'll let you know what else I have!

[many-miles-away.livejournal.com]

*dies*

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[many-miles-away.livejournal.com]

Okay. Since you've been so nice, I'll also take the opportunity to ask you something. Moreover, you clearly deserve a reward for what you're going to do for me (ohmygodmartaart!!!!). I went to your website and was quite, *quite* surprised to see it was so...well...bare. As it is, I'm rather gifted at website making (this one (http://www.and-so-it-is.shardsofmemories.net/Home.html) is my best so far), so I was wondering, if ever you're interested, I could so spice your site up for you. Because I think gems should come in pretty boxes. *happy smile*

But, seriously? I love you. ♥ ♥ ♥

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

You are...wow, you are delightful. That's an excellent website, and I'd be a fool not to take you up on that! As you can see, my website making skills are utterly basic, and even when I perform uploads I wonder how the heck I'm doing it.

What information would you need, to determine what kind of website design would be best for my site? I really really wouldn't want you to do anything too complicated because a) I like things kept simple and low on graphics for compatibility's sake and b) I wouldn't want you to go to too much trouble!

[many-miles-away.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I will never understand how people can reply to comments weeks later. I mean, with me, either I comment right away, or it falls into the depth of happy oblivion. I was bidding my time and thinking I'd talk to you about that again another time. *small smile*

So I'll have to think about that. As it is, let's not kid ourselves, I'm supposed to be working on my dad's professional website and coming up with a layout for a new ezine for the 15th of August, not to mention that if I'm lucky enough to get that damn job in that DVD store I won't have much time on my hands for the next month (god let me get that job!!), so don't expect to get the new site right away, but...it'll come, in due time. *beams* It might even come earlier than that if I get thunderstruck. My problem is that I can't work on a layout unless I've got it planned out in my head. I've tried and tried but it doesn't work if my mind is empty, no matter how many brushes I have. So I'm going to think about it, and I'll see what comes up. I don't think I really need any kind of advice, unless there are some things you'd like to see (or not see) in the layout. As for simplicity, don't worry, that's my forte. I can't yet do super stylish sites, so my philosophy is "elegant but simple". I know what *I* want to see when I go to a site, so I know which mistakes not to make.

And as for the "too much trouble" part... *grin* It IS going to be a lot of trouble, because I'm a perfectionnist and I won't take "okay" when I know I can get "brilliant!". But I love doing it, so it's okay.

Hey...by the way, shouldn't more Marta art be heading my way...? *eyebrow wriggle*

[many-miles-away.livejournal.com]

Ah! Just got your Marta mail. *reads it*

[many-miles-away.livejournal.com]

Ha! I know of something you could tell me. D'you want some art in the layout, and if so, which drawing?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Oh, wait, there! "The Empty Classroom," just as you said! Der. And yes, I don't see your picture there, but I'll look about and see if I see it in my collection.