JSYK: I totally do that! (Write "blah" or something similar in place of actual words that refuse to write themselves.) I'm surprised I've never posted them that way before!
I have an even nerdier story, though: when I'm writing fic, I always type in the HTML tags (bold, italics, and suchlike) as I write so that I don't have to go back and type them in later. (I'm sure it makes it super fun to beta my work!) I post my work to 3 sites: LJ and AO3 both accept submissions in HTML, but fanfiction.net has this weird document uploading system that just screws everything up. They used to let you post with HTML markups, but then they changed, and in the meantime: all of my work was posted with the tags showing. People commented on my work and never mentioned it for months. Very embarrassing! (And annoying.)
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Date: 2011-06-21 02:40 am (UTC)I have an even nerdier story, though: when I'm writing fic, I always type in the HTML tags (bold, italics, and suchlike) as I write so that I don't have to go back and type them in later. (I'm sure it makes it super fun to beta my work!) I post my work to 3 sites: LJ and AO3 both accept submissions in HTML, but fanfiction.net has this weird document uploading system that just screws everything up. They used to let you post with HTML markups, but then they changed, and in the meantime: all of my work was posted with the tags showing. People commented on my work and never mentioned it for months. Very embarrassing! (And annoying.)