Continuing my read-through of ODD, I read perenial favorite "Paradox" by Kerry Blackwell and all I can think is, there's no reason why this story should make me cry every time but it does. I am a big sucker for it ( Read more... )

I think this project might be relevant to your interests: Jason Scott wants to make November 2012 solve the file format problem month.In the last couple centuries, we’ve created a number of self-encapsulated data sets, or “files”. Be they letters, programs, tapes, stamped foil, piano rolls, you name it. And while many of those data sets are self- ( Read more... )

You all signed up for summer_of_giles, right? That's the only thing I care about right now fannishly. Summer! Of! Giles!

You'll get my current WIP then. It should be plotty and id-ficcy at the same time. Well, fannishly trope-ish. I hope that I'll be reading or looking at [eta: or listening to!] something cool from you this summer ( Read more... )

Fandom of a Number Greater Than One: Hey, forsytesaga1967 exists! I am not alone! See, somebody else has written a fannish manifesto for it! She introduces the aunts and uncles! It is perfect! Seriously, read that and see if the series is for you or not.

ETA: And you can watch the entire first episode on YouTube. Start with part one here.As you know, Soames is ( Read more... )

I've been reading about storm surges and flood risks and thinking that this hurricane has some nasty potential. It's kind of awesome that our weather modeling is good enough to get us all warned days in advance, however.

Bannerage! wickedfox has made a lovely banner for "Arms & the Man"! Check out its awesomeness. Buffy dressed for trench warfare, Giles in ( Read more... )

So! Fresh anonymous kink meme post, no RPF version. (If there's interest, I'll make a separate RPF post, because we must encourage the Buffyverse fic these days.) Spread the word. Prompt. Fill a prompt. Though please, try to fill as many prompts as you post. You're anonymous! It's okay! Write those three paragraphs of the characters you were always ( Read more... )

I still haven't finished meeting my obligations from last summer's charity auction (no, I have not forgotten, am still chugging), so I may not get involved in another one. But there is one going on if you're so inclined: help_japan. We've had a lot of humanitarian crises in the last year, but this one is staggering in scope. You might, however, want to ( Read more... )

I watched the episode of Glee that followed the Stupor Bowl and was baffled by how anybody could like the show. It was on the nose, painfully awkward, implausible. The musical numbers were overproduced, over-pitch-corrected, and obviously not sung by the actors. Even worse, its arrangement butchered one of the greatest pop songs of all time and ( Read more... )

The Drunken Giles 2010 master list now has 14 15 stories featuring a drunk Watcher. Read, comment, feed the writers!

Fic wittering: Want some? Today's whinging is about how that now that I have understood my A plot, the bit with the supernatural enemy and all that is, I have to face the fact that my Giles/Xander B plot is completely wrong, has ( Read more... )

Knighting story is the fanfic focus this week. 14K words and maybe half of the mass of raw dough required for a first draft in place. Bah. The scrapes I get myself into. This is nothing compared to the mountain of work ahead of me in my other project. Eep ( Read more... )