[h1]The Making Of A Ted Kord Post:[/h1]

Step One.  The content is written, probably over 3 sessions.  One of which is almost always spent doing nothing but staring at a blank page in my BB doc (which features basic notes, such as the names and positions of K.O.R.D employees, because I stupidly chose to give my character a perfect memory, so now [b]I[/b] must also remember all of these fictitious people.  Yes, even the ones with only a given name mentioned who have no comics backing).

Step 2.  No editing.  Too lazy.  I go to a previous post I already wrote and “Quote” it to grab my own BB image and header coding.  I paste the content from the document underneath, delete the quote tags and update the header accordingly.

Step 3.  “Post Reply”.  Again, no editing.  No checking for errors.  That’s loser talk.

Step 4.  I quickly skim over the now online post, checking for obvious coding errors.

Step 5.  The swearing.  This happens due to the missed obvious coding errors.

Step 6.  Edit post.  I run over the code and repair what I noticed.  Sometimes Steps 4-6 happen several times more than should happen to a person who considers themselves remotely intelligent.

Step 7.  The calm before the storm.  I catch up reading other stuff.  Do GM work elsewhere, read other posts, IC and OOC in this thread and others.  Awaiting response/notification regarding this thread and post.

Step 8.  Paranoia.  I have heard nothing and it’s been fifteen minutes.  Maybe some of that stuff didn’t work?  Have I caused offense?  Did I do too little with my dialogue-driven posting style?  Can the others sense my body odour through the screen whilst I sweat over this post?

Step 9.  Cave and re-read my already online post.  “Fuck it, I guess I’d better go look at that again.”  “[@Star Lord] liked it but he does that before he even reads the damn posts, so that doesn’t tell me anything…”

Step 10.  The swearing.  This happens due to the missed obvious errors.  NOTE:  Last post I called Ted “Hank” 3 times in the first 2 damn paragraphs and no-one noticed, despite it having multiple likes after the first few hours. 

Step 11.  Edit Post.  I fix the obvious errors and continue my read through.  Again, Steps 9 – 11 get repeated far more times than I would like to admit to in this process.

Step 12.  Broad acclaim!  Congratulations, you have a successful Blue Beetle post!