Yeah, i know i suck

While it's entirely possible that my photoshop skills are more honed than Sonja's, the possibility of me having gotten around to have designed a banner are so much lower as to not even be relatable. So it's for the best that you did it. :)

By the way, i really do like that banner. Chicken-legs sort of suits me (except, you know, my hair's curly and i'm only that skinny in my dreams). And i'm glad they don't look more like those Bratz dolls, because those are creepy.

Anywho... I understand your need for A Plan. I just don't feel the same need. However, in the interest of keeping my bestest buddy my bestest buddy, I'll do the homework assigned to me. Plus it'll be good practice for school. So, now... what were the questions?

Oh, right.
1. Make a list of topics you'd like to blog about. (No, it doesn't all have to be writing-related.)

Skye, the infinitely wise says: writing, how crazy our lives are, how much we miss each other when i'm gone, writing, how clever we both are, amusing things we do with our time, anecdotes, and, oh yeah, writing. Plus a little reading in there too. Arguably, we have our own personal blogs... (i'm so not giving you the address to mine because i'm working on transferring it over to blogspot and it's pathetic how rarely i update it) but we could use those for everything else, if need be.

2. State the no-no rules (i.e. no talking about bodily functions, etc., etc.).

Her highness replies: 1. Thou shalt not make potty humor jokes (yes, they're still funny at any age, but we're so much more highbrow than that). 4. Thou shalt avoid using the word "hate" (we need positivity in our lives... rah rah, go team). 27. Thou shalt reply to what the previous person posts in some small way (unless there's nothing to reply to). 49. Thou shalt not talk about work.

73. Thou shalt use the expression "so 5" at least once a post. 101. Thou shalt attempt to be funny. 116. Thou shalt... well, i've run out of rules. More as i think of them.

3. Figure out who our audience is and our blog's purpose.

Chicken legs says: For right now, I'm guessing our fan base is the same "Sonja and Skye rock" fanbase. Basically, Sonja and Skye. At least at the beginning, I don't think this needs to be a targeted blog. Later, when we crawl out of the depths of Suckiest Critique Group EVAR doom, maybe we can target Editors and Agents, so that they will purchase our novels once they are wowed by our writing/typing skills and overwhelming wit.

Our purpose is to provide an online forum for our critique group. Now that i'm moving off into the far distance, we need a way for us to chat. Plus once we're published we need a way for our readers to get to know us, the humans behind the great american novels that we've penned.

4. Set a goal of our blogging schedule.

I'm thinking that you are allowed to take up to 2 days to respond to the other's post. Of course, I forsee myself breaking the rule rather frequently as i get into the packing and moving phase of this whole "moving" plan. But i'll try my darndest. Plus, i subscribed myself to the blog so now i actually know when there's a new post... instead of relying on my psychic intuition.

Of course, if it's a critique that's supposed to be posted... There should be an allowance for more time. But not much more... we tend to be kind of slow about it and deadlines are good.

So ha! I did my homework, posted within the required amount of time and didn't even cheat. So there. I'm SO 5.