The world, especially on the internet, is made of acronyms, isn't it? Ours is no different:
WIP, MS, MSS, BICHOK, TSTL, WoC, ST...
It takes a while to learn them all - KWIM?
Can we list them all, or come up with new ones?
What about WB? (Wall-Banger -- meaning a book we didn't like, not a love scene from a Blaze, LOL)
FF (not FakeFrenchie, but Finally Finished?)
Which ones have you come across, or what new ones would you add to our romance reading/writing lexicon?
Sam
2008 RITA FINALIST: Untouched
NO RESERVATIONS, Blaze Anthology, July '08
Blog with Sam and friends at Love Is An Exploding Cigar
Guest Blog:July 24, Alexis Morgan
Acronyms
How about MPFH.....Marking page for husband
Or MHLTB...Muse has left the building
I'll keep thinking.
Tasha
Tasha
MSS more than one MS?
MSS more than one MS? Dunno...
TSTL? no clue...
WoC? help me out...
BM...not just the daily constitutional...black moment!
Okay, I suck at this...someone save me from myself...
Ronda
Is it surprising that the
Is it surprising that the three of us overlooked "R"?
I don't think so!
Ronda
Duh... HEA
Duh... HEA
Ronda
Nothing!
Okay, I'm really bad at this, because there is nothing coming to mind. Think it's one of those skills that's honed through text messaging or IM'ing?
OVERNIGHT SENSATION, Harlequin Blaze - Sep 08
My brain doesn't work like this
You guys are funny. Ronda--nice effort! (Let's all try to forget the R, shall we?)
Tasha, are you marking pages for your husband to read or things you'd like him to test drive or what?????!!! I can't stand not knowing.
Acronyms make me confused and I hardly ever remember what they stand for. That means I have to make some up.
SHOGOR = Sam Hunter, Our Goddess of Romance
How about that for a start? Feel free to adopt it as your new screen name. It's got a catchy, light-hearted feel.
Ellen
P.S. My RWA (hah) chapter uses BIAW for our Book in a Week um, week?
Ellen's Blog --- Ellen's Website
The Boyfriend's Back Superromance May '09
His Secret Past Superromance May '08
LOL
Ah, Ronda, interesting that we all repressed the R. LOL
And
MSS more than one MS? Dunno... (yes, when you have more thn one in the works)
TSTL? no clue... (Too Stupid to Live)
WoC? help me out... (Without a Contract -- deplorable situation for working writers, LOL)
BM...not just the daily constitutional...black moment!
Can't believe I forgot HEA, either...
Like the page marking ones!
Hey Karen -- I think we use them kind of unconsciously while writing -- sometimes while speaking (I use ST all the time in spoken conversation, though I really shouldn't).
Hmmm... what others?
S
2008 RITA FINALIST: Untouched
NO RESERVATIONS, Blaze Anthology, July '08
Blog with Sam and friends at Love Is An Exploding Cigar
Guest Blog:July 24, Alexis Morgan
Hey! I thought I had the
Hey! I thought I had the copyright on FF.
"Perhaps what the average member of a group is capable of doesn't limit what a given individual can accomplish." -- Boston Globe, letter to the editor
March's Member of the Month!
Heh, Ellen
YR (You Rock).
Definitely ROTFLMAO on SHOGOR... I like the sound of that one, though... LOL
Oh, there's TBR...
Sam
2008 RITA FINALIST: Untouched
NO RESERVATIONS, Blaze Anthology, July '08
Blog with Sam and friends at Love Is An Exploding Cigar
Guest Blog:July 24, Alexis Morgan
OMG RUKM? Sam, or
OMG RUKM?
Sam, or should I say SHOGOR, like I need any more distractions!
Glad you found company.
BBL & BBFN,
Kay
Kay Stockham
Another Man's Baby, Harlequin Superromance, Mar 08
His Son's Teacher, Harlequin Superromance, Jul 08
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Marking pages
Ellen - Both!
How about AB - Auto-buy
and LIAEC - Love is an Exploding Cigar (one of my favorite blog sites!)
and HQ or eHQ
and here's another made up one: UANCTOL...Up All Night, Couldn't Turn Out the Light
Tasha
Tasha
Great ones, Kay and Tasha!
And BTW, I have dubbed Ellen: EHFRWA (Ellen Hartman, Funniest Romance Writer Around).
Heh.
Tasha, thanks for including LIAEC. ;)
Sam
2008 RITA FINALIST: Untouched
NO RESERVATIONS, Blaze Anthology, July '08
Blog with Sam and friends at Love Is An Exploding Cigar
Guest Blog:July 24, Alexis Morgan
quickly glanced
Sam
I quickly glanced so the link may have repeats http://community.eharlequin.com/content/blogging-acronyms
Christa ~ Quiet Canadians ~ 2008 Challenge Blog
My Shelfari Page
July's MEMBER OF THE MONTH
Oh!
Look at that -- thanks Christa -- I didn't even know that was there. LOL
Of course, they don't have SHOGOR or EHFRWA...
Sam
2008 RITA FINALIST: Untouched
NO RESERVATIONS, Blaze Anthology, July '08
Blog with Sam and friends at Love Is An Exploding Cigar
Guest Blog:July 24, Alexis Morgan
Sam
Plus I see writers have way more
Christa ~ Quiet Canadians ~ 2008 Challenge Blog
My Shelfari Page
July's MEMBER OF THE MONTH
ROFL!
Sam!! .... WB = Wall Banger - "meaning a book we didn't like, not a love scene from a Blaze, LOL" .... I just spewed by cola all over my laptop screen! ... what a hoot!
~~ KatherineT ~~ I'm a Harlequin Addict, and I'm proud of it!
~~ Quiet Canadians ~ 2008 Book Challenge Blog
stumped
k I'm stumped at KWIM.
Christa ~ Quiet Canadians ~ 2008 Challenge Blog
My Shelfari Page
July's MEMBER OF THE MONTH
KWIM
Know What I Mean?
Cat
Let us run with ENDURANCE the race that is set before us; looking only unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. Hebrews 12:1a-2b
MIP
I've labeled my current m.s. a MIP. Depending upon on the day, it can be masterpiece-in-progress, simply manuscript-in-progress, or mess-in-progress. Today, it's the third, Feh.
Keira Soleore
Romance Writer
www.keirasoleore.com
keirasoleore.blogspot.com
A couple of other ones
IAITE -- It's All in the execution
RUE -- resist urge to explain
PoS -- what Nora Roberts calls her very first draft.
TS -- typescript, someties used in place of ms or manuscript/
FWIW
Michelle S
An Impulsive Debutante* (M&BH Sept 08)*A Question of Impropriety (M&BH Nov 08)* Viking Warrior Unwilling Wife (Hh Dec 08)
website: http://www.michellestyles.co.uk * blog http://www.michellestyles.blogspot.com
Oh, good ones!
How about SDT (Show Don't Tell)?
Katherine, glad you liked WB *G*
Sam
2008 RITA FINALIST: Untouched
NO RESERVATIONS, Blaze Anthology, July '08
Blog with Sam and friends at Love Is An Exploding Cigar
Guest Blog:July 24, Alexis Morgan