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♥ I've decided to try and finish up my were!Cookleta fic for werewolfbigbang but that's been a WIP for over a year now so we'll see if that happen. It's the effort that counts, right?

♥ I claimed a mix for bandomreversebb at the very last minute so now I have about two weeks to write the fic. @__@ I think I have a rough plot but I need some serious wordage in the next few days. If there's anyone out there with an AIM that's willing to let me bouce ideas off them I would relish the help. My friends are awesome (and they know who they are >.>) but it's easier with someone who's familiar with the bandom fandom. And yes, I did partically write that just so I can write bandom fandom. XD

♥ Posted my no_tags's fic. *dances* The left over prompts are open for anyone who wants to write it and there's another prompt I want a shot at.

♥ I've been writing the past week! Considering I'm a horrible procrastinator, that says a lot. Unfortunately, what I'm working on isn't for any of the things I signed up for. :/
 

Step One:

♥ Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

♥ If you wish for real life things (not stories or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

♥ Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ so that the holiday joy will spread.



Step Two:

♥ Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:

♥ If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free do it.

♥ You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not it's your call.

♥ There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

( Christmas Wish List )
 

Originally posted by write_light at BAD Internet Laws Heading Your Way

♥ Happy Halloween everyone! There really isn't anything to do around here for halloween so I went out to eat with my mom and watched halloween movies. I'm surprised I didn't crash today. I stayed up til four last night watching Xena.

♥ I turned in my journeystory fic. I haven't completely finished it but I have most of it done. There's at least another 5000 words that need to be written for it to be done though. I'm working on my piratebb fic now.

♥ I'm sort of participating in NaNoWriMo this month. I'm still going for the 50000 words but I'm doing multiple fics. It totally counts. >.>

♥ anon_lovefest is one of my favorite new comms. Just so ya know.

♥ Speaking of comms, I've created a new one. Has anyone else watched My Babysitter's A Vampire. Well if you haven't then go do that right now. I've created a comm for the fandom. Let me introduce you to bbabysitter_vamp. And yes, I do slash there.

♥ Edit: Also, I have a new moodtheme. MCR! YAY!

 

Originally posted by neo_prodigy at Spirit Day

I doubt this will be an issue but I'm just going to come out and say it.

I do not want any of my posts linked to facebook and twitter.

If I find out that anyone has, chances are that this livejournal will be locked down and all fic and art will be for friends only. If anyone on my f-list has crossposted any of my posts to facebook/twitter they will be defriended.

Like I said, I don't see this as a problem (since most of my friends don't want their accounts connected anyways) but I thought I'd go on and say it.

This wasn't written with the intention to offend anyone and I'm sorry if I have.

Also known as The Why Tara Shouldn't Have Vault Before Bed Rant:

A friend of mine posted something on a forum that got me thinking about this. She even posted a note a the end of it saying that she didn’t mean it about me, which made me smile cause its great to have friends like that and god knows I’ve written some poor excuses for slash in my fandom time.

She talked about how some people slash characters together just cause they look hot together and how that wasn’t fair to the characters themselves. And, honestly, it’s not. But while it helps that two characters have chemistry when slashing them, its not necessary. Whether the fic turns out good or not really depends on the writers ability to pull it off themselves.

There are pairings that I’ve attempted to write that turned into Fics That Will Never See The Light Of Day because my fic writing ability isn’t at a level that I can turn them into something good enough for public consumption. Its usually not my reasoning in the fics--cause give me long enough with a fic and I can explain away anything--but it usually stems from the characterizations. Characterization can either make or break a fic.

At the very least, I like to try write pairings that have some sort of chemistry, whether its imaginary or not. RJ and Casey had chemistry, Luke and Jack had a strange sort of chemistry (which I could break off into a love/hate tangent but I‘ll spare everyone), and Arthur and Merlin’s chemistry is obvious. However, and this applies to het pairings as well, there are ships I would never have even considered except for the fact that someone wrote a fic well though that it made me believe it. Length helps in fics like that because it gives more room to flesh out the pairing but length can also kill a fic quickly if you can’t pull it off.

She also mentioned that [in Power Rangers], most of the characters are canonically straight, which is true for pretty much all fandoms. Dillon/Summer is all but canon in the series--after all they did ride off into the sunset together, even if Tenaya was in the backseat and really what kind of crappy finale was that?-- but I really don’t like Summer herself. Her character was too much of a Mary Sue for my taste and I can certainly think of other characters who could have used two part episodes more than her (like Ziggy’s who involved the mob or Dr. K). Which probably encourages my slashing of Dillon/Ziggy. I’m sure others can say the same thing about characters I like.

I’ve been lucky to have awesome fandom friends who not only listen to my slashy ranting but also encourages it. They may not necessary like the same pairings but still cheer me on all the same and I love them for it.

Well, not really, but I don't think I've posted this here. I know I have on my twitter.

Calling all of my friends!

In case of a zombie outbreak meet me here.