So, I mentioned a while ago that I was writing some Voyager fanfic? Having recently "found" my fandom on Tumblr, I'm feeling a lot more confident about what I'm writing, and might actually share it at some point. Which begs the question: Where and how would I go about sharing it? The problem is that I'm not necessarily writing things in order, so ( Read more... )

So, first of all, I'm WORKING! And it is GLORIOUS!

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I've been watching a lot of old television. I got two Doctor Who DVD sets out of the library while we were there last weekend, and watched the entire second half of Series 4 in about two days last week. I still intend on watching Series 5, but I was VERY disappointed to realize that there is actually a pretty major storyline gap between Series 4 ( Read more... )

So, I mentioned that I'm doing NaNoWriMo.

I just noticed that I haven't actually blogged at all since then, despite the fact that I have had things to write about. For instance, two weeks ago was the Pure Speculation Festival. Aside from presenting, as I always do, on something Harry Potter related, for a group that included a couple of new faces ( ( Read more... )

So, I've been intending to try NaNoWriMo for a few years. I always hear the excitement on my Twitter feed, and think to myself: "Hmm... that sounds cool... maybe I should try it sometime." But I always intend to do some form of pre-planning, so I never do. Well, this year was no different. November 1st hit, I went to work and taught all day, then ( Read more... )

I just read in cleolinda 's blog that David Eddings has died. Yes, this is how I get half of my news these days.

According to one article, Eddings once famously said that he'd "never [be] in danger of getting a Nobel Prize for literature." and he was right, but I can't deny the influence his writing has had on my own. As I mentioned in a meme I did a while ( Read more... )