I decided that from today, my livejournal will be friend only. It's nothing against anyone in particular; it's just that I realised that being published on the Intenet means that ANYONE really can read what I write. When I was in Italy the journal was mostly a rant about my favourite things and fandom, but now it's become a sort of personal diary where I talk even about people I know and people I work with. And I don't want that, if for any reason I say something nasty about someone I know, said someone can findmy post and get hurt. I don't want also that 'bad' people read my personal comments and what happens in my life.

I have already put as friend-only all the posts I made since I moved over here. In the next few days I will finish and make all the journal friend-only. If you like what I write, if you're interested about me, or if you just want to see if I'm interesting and make friends, you can friend me, or comment to this post and to be friended.

Sorry but I've got no time to create a posh "friend only" banner!

I don't know whom should I thank, but somebody has given to me as a gift a full year of paid LJ. Thank you, anonymous friend, I owe you a lot! I would like to offer to you something in exchange, but since I don't even know who you are, I can't. Thank you anyway! It was the most pleasant surprise to receive when waking up on the morning ^-^. Now I'm happy!

I have found a lovely website today, which made the numerology report of your name anddate of birth.

I found it scary, really scary.

( this thing is too much me! )

I just can't believe it! Just think at the second pinnacle. I'm 29 year old, and last year I decided to change my life and move to the UK. Also, last year I had the gallstones illness, and my life changed even then, because I was almost dieing and I lived in a hospital for 2 months!

How did the numbes of my bloody name give out all of this? It's so much me that it's scary!

Since I have a Greatestjournal, which I never update, I decided to use it to publish my NaNoWriMo's story for anybody who wishes to read it and comment on it.



Current naNoWriMo's status:

Title of the project: "The Widger Upstairs"
Summary of the project: "Who ever said the vampires are blood-sucking beings who turn into bats, live in wicked castles in Transilvania, and are afraid of the light? Dave can swear it's not like that. The Vampires in reality are . . . much more modernised and can live near you without you even realise it! They don't suck your blood . . . rather, they suck something else. If you don't believe in what I said, read Dave's adventure in the G.O.L.I.A.T.H.S.'s world. You might get surprised!"
Word count so far: 2,000 words.

The posts with the story will all be friends-only, so if you want to read my story, please comment here to be added to my friends' list.

And here by grant you promise
you're not up to plagiarise
'cause if I ever find out
this story stolen thoughtout
I'll ask my loyal vampire
to bite you, venting my ire.

I know, I know, it's not much of a poetry . . . but it came out almost nicely like that :D

I had said I would *never* participate.

I know myself... I *can't* write 50,000 words in one month, and I hate deadlines.

But it is true -- if you don't try, you'll never know. And I have the vampire's story that is yelling in my head because it wants to be written. Maybe writing 50,000 words of crap for it, I can come out with a 15,000/20,000 words of good story with the rewriting. After all, nobody will shout at me if I most likely don't finish in time, right?

*sighs* I know already that I'm going to be mad.





and now, le's start to write -.-

Seems that I'm still alive (weeeeheeee!) and still here -.- No handsome blond Slytherin arrived to pick me and bring me at the Malfoy Manor yesterday night.

What a shame...

While I came back home I was in my "muse whispering" moments. I imagined Draco picking me up... but not for fun, you know. Picking me up as a stupid Muggle fanwriter who enjoyed putting him and the other DEs in trouble (or even with *argh* Potter, or with *argh²!* the Mudblood! --Draco) (why is putting you with Hermione worse than putting you with ME? --Harry) (... --Hermione).

Has anybody written something like that? My idea was: "In the night of Hallowe'en, the Death Eaters are picking up FanAuthors, to punish them of all the years of suffering they are inflicting to them. Will FanAuthors ever survive?"

Of course, the thing would be a Ridikkulus story ;). What if I make a challenge from this idea? Would anybody write the story?

Day off n#1 of the week. Pretty lazy day. I dozed till half past ten (a record for me, normally I wake up one hour before), chatted on the Internet, watched a film in DVD. I have also prepared the things I have to bring tomorrow to the Social Securities. Tomorrow I have the appointment to get a National Insurance Number, finally. I can't believe that six weeks are passed already since the day I went there asking for the appointment! Time has flown, really! probably the reason were all the trouble I had to open the bank account, and the *very* tiring days at work, which didn't make me do anything else than work and sleep for a while.

However, I have also downloaded the form to compile to ask for the change of residence. I must send it before 90 days from the day I left Italy, so I still have time to. I will wait to have the National Insurance Number tomorrow (hoping that I will get it!) and then I will send all the documents they require. I saw they also require that your photograph is checked as valid if you send the copy of your ID card! That's amazing -.-. However, I will do it, so I can have this change of residence.

But first -- NI tomorrow.

The plan for tomorrow is:

Waking up at ten to nine. Before it would be useless because the children use the bathroom. Then, I'll have a shower, dress up, and go out at twenty to ten/ten to ten. I will arrive to the Social Security in time for the appointment (10:20AM) and I will bring all the documents they have asked to certify who am I (my ID card) where I live (a letter signed by both Jane and David, so this time they *won't* complain, the letter I received from the Social Security itself that told me the appointment had been moved from 10:45 to 10:20, and the bank letter with the details of my bank account) and where I work (my McD's contract and the most recent payslip). This way I think I won't have any problem to get the NI number. I mean: what can they want more than this?

My entry for the day doesn't show. Very odd! Can anybody see the entry that shows the date "13 - 8 - 2004"?

I've noticed that the damn upload system of harrypotterfanfiction.com had screwed up all my poor Dolores' Sorrow, censoring a word (crap! What's wrong with crap?) and cutting a full paragraph!

the problem was that, being lazy, I had used that thing to add the carriages returns to the HTML of the fic. Therefore, I had to send back the fic at Fiction Alley after having changed the horrors that *thing* had added to my story.

Next time, I woe of never, ever use anything to put the carriages returns to my story. I shalt put them there by myself in the same way I add the italics and bold.

(it's so boring doing that, though!)

Looking for a typical English dish I found this useful and yummy site:

http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/cookbook.htm

it has recipes of all the traditional British dishes. I find it useful to look at if you need to have Harry or other characters cook something typical and you don't know how to. But it's also something that makes you a huge will to eat . . .

Martin gave me back a beta-ed version of "Sorrow's Puppet" chapters 1-3. He did a wonderful job, I'm very grateful! Now the chapters look much better than they did before :)

Also, my last beta for Dolores' Sorrow sent back to me a tome (79 pages!) with inline editing and rewriting of my piece. Awesome job . . . I'm still halfway it!

I'm talking to my new beta, Martin, and slowly infecting his with the anime-mania. Well, who knos, maybe I'll get to have a few anime fans in UK; after all!

Nothing really happened today. The only relevant thing to say is that I have trimmed my short story and fixed the mistakes that the Zoe's reviews suggested, so that now I have a 4,000 words story almost ready for being sent to publishers. My beta Kevin must give a last look at the grammar though.

After that, I will bring the story with me in England and start sending it to magazines until someone will accept publishing it. I'm very determinated--I need some credits for my query letter when I'll try looking for an agent.

Let's hope someone will publish it!

Bon 14 de Juillet à tous mes amis de France! (si il y a quelqu'un ;))

F Sorrow's Puppet -- Synopsis and Chapter 1 Giulia Fancelli

It was put up on Critters' queue for the 28 of July -- irony of the destiny, the day I leave for England. However, that week's queue is large, therefore I suspect it will slip a week and be put up for review the 4 of August. Chapter 2 and chapter three will follow each at one week of difference.

One question: if I feel that nervous only because a group of fellow writers is going to read my chapters and shred them to pieces like any reviewer at FA does every day with my fanfictions, what will I do when I will try sending the story at an agent or at a publisher?

Today, I've taken my courange on hands and submitted the first three chapters of PoS to Critters. For people who might not know, Critters is one of the most famous workshops in the sci-fi/fantasy/horror circle. There are lots of people reading the manuscripts and, participating to it for three weeks, I have seen that there are lots of specific suggestions and feedback given out. People look professional (there are also a few pro writers who submit stories) and the reviews are very well thought and rich of insightful comments.

I will need to wait one month before my story will finally show up. However, I will wait for that eagerly, because I want to know what they will think of it, and which suggestions they will give me to improve.

I think that after the story will go through Zoetrope and them, I really will have something polished enough to attempt submitting it to a publisher.

If I will finish to write the story, of course :(

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, adela711!

best wishes for a wonderful day!

As many of you already know (THANK YOU for all the wishes! You made me happy ^_^. And thanks adela711 for her little present :). Toni, you know I love you, dear! :* ), today it was my birthday.

29 years old . . . and I feel the 20 never happened. Poor me.

Anyway, the day passed smoothly well, and this evening my family and I are going out for dinner. We'll try an Argentinian restaurant here in Rome, let's see how it is.

Oh well, actually let's taste how it is :)

My sister went there and said she ate very well :)

Well, today it was very hot. I wanted to write, and wrote only three bloody lines. =.=

Anyway, a side by that, I have made a few searches, and I have found out that the central library of Salisbury is open Monday and Thursday, until 7 30 in the evening, and gives free internet access. This is an interesting thing: if I find a job there, I can live for a while connecting to the net only twice at week. at least until I can buy a used desktop computer. I have seen good rates for them in online shop in England: I have seen things like 250/300 pounds for a used computer. I can live with that, I think. I hope.

Now, I will only need to actually go there and try to look for a job, and for a room/house/whatever. I hope to find something not too expensive. I think I might be able paying 350 pounds monthly, but nothing more than that :( otherwise I wouldn't have any money left to live. I don't know how much salaries are in England.

Anyway, second topic of the day . . . thieves. I had a look at the statistics of Inuyasha.net (my site) and found out that some people had eagerly direct linked the smileys I have in my forum to their boards! A French forum about Fantasy. ARGH! You can't imagine how I was pissed off the situation. However, the administrator immediaely replied to my message telling to me she was sorry and that she would remove the images immediately. Instead, I found another site who linked to an image of my gallery, providing (just figure!) a *service of free background for websites* DIRECTLY LINKING TO MY IMAGE IN MY SITE! Who knows how many people have used that code and now have that 250Kb image as background of their websites . . . stealing my bandwidth.

And this I found out only looking at the last 50 referrals. Who knows how many people steal my bandwidth. This is why Inuyasha.net went over the limit last month? I mean, 120GB monthly are A LOT, they should never be surpassed by a site that has 1500 visitors at day . . . instead, last month the site arrived to 130 GB.

Poor me . . .

yeah! Thanks to calliope14 now I own a gmail account. It will be useful for me when I will stay in England :)

the address is giulia dot fancelli at gmail dot com

I will keep using the other ones, though, but if you ever see me not replying to an e-mail of yours, please mail me there :)