Hell freezes over and a monkey types Hamlet!
Oz: No new Oz this week. I am buried under a mountain of work in RL, and my beta is trying to wrestle 20,000 words of Aurora to the ground, so it'd heap ingratitude on top of injustice to work her any harder.
Slow Dancing: I have finished up the last 2 parts of this series and I am actually quite happy about how they have turned out. They're now sitting with a (different) beta, and we'll see how she feels about them. But once I get them back, I'll probably post them together and then post Slow Dancing to the communities as a complete story series.
Apocabigbang: I am now officially signed up for apocabigbang. I think having a deadline is good for me in terms of forcing me to write in a more disciplined way, but I must admit to being relieved that this deadline isn't until Feb for the first draft, and only requires 10,000 words down. November and December are going to be rough months, so I anticipate most of my writing will be done in January. I might start writing sooner though, since the opening scene is in my head and I love it. But after writing the opening scene, I'll probably leave it to percolate in my mind for months before I get back to it. Since this is going to be my most ambitious AU yet (which is saying a lot for me, since that's kind of my thing), I want to do a lot of prep work beforehand so it all makes sense.
Dean/Castiel Secret Santa: I am also signed up for dean_casxmas. This is the first holiday fic exchange I've ever commited to. In my previous fandoms, the holiday fic exchanges had a multitude of pairings included, and since I am a rabid OTPer in every fandom I'm in, there was a substantial chance I would end up with a recipient who wanted none of the pairings I wrote. And since it's a holiday fic exchange and I love the holiday season, I didn't want to do a total hack job. So I refrained from joining entirely.
This challenge, however, has only 2 pairings, both of which I could write (I would much prefer Dean/Cas to Jensen/Misha, but I could do the latter in a pinch) and the word requirement is only 1000, which I can bang out in my sleep. It's probably going to be a fairly happy, light short fic that I write no matter who I get (unless they only request angst and doom and gloom) and probably under 10,000 words because I'm not going to have that much time available in November. And fic exchanges aren't really the proper forum for attempting really ambitious stories anyway; the important thing is to please your recipient. Your muse comes second.
I requested a pretty narrowly tailored happy fic myself, since that's the only thing I'm interested in receiving for a holiday gift. No more depressing 504 codas for me--I've got enough stress in my own life without fic adding to it. Especially when I don't know who my author will be. Once assignments are doled out, I will probably make a post addressing my likes and dislikes in more detail in this journal, on the off chance that my SeSa comes by to see who I am and what I like.
Sally's song - It's coming to be that Halloween time and I'm loving this cover of Sally's Song by Amy Lee. I feel like the lyrics suit Castiel and Dean as well, though I'm not sure I'll do anything with it. Maybe a ficlet or something. In any case, here are the lyrics:
I sense there's something in the wind
That feels like tragedy's at hand
And though I'd like to stand by him
Can't shake this feeling that I have
The worst is just around the bend
And does he notice my feelings for him?
And will he see how much he means to me?
I think it's not to be
What will become of my dear friend?
Where will his actions lead us then?
Although I'd like to join the crowd
In their enthusiastic cloud
Try as I may, it doesn't last
And will we ever end up together?
no, I think not, it's never to become
For I am not the one
Slow Dancing: I have finished up the last 2 parts of this series and I am actually quite happy about how they have turned out. They're now sitting with a (different) beta, and we'll see how she feels about them. But once I get them back, I'll probably post them together and then post Slow Dancing to the communities as a complete story series.
Apocabigbang: I am now officially signed up for apocabigbang. I think having a deadline is good for me in terms of forcing me to write in a more disciplined way, but I must admit to being relieved that this deadline isn't until Feb for the first draft, and only requires 10,000 words down. November and December are going to be rough months, so I anticipate most of my writing will be done in January. I might start writing sooner though, since the opening scene is in my head and I love it. But after writing the opening scene, I'll probably leave it to percolate in my mind for months before I get back to it. Since this is going to be my most ambitious AU yet (which is saying a lot for me, since that's kind of my thing), I want to do a lot of prep work beforehand so it all makes sense.
Dean/Castiel Secret Santa: I am also signed up for dean_casxmas. This is the first holiday fic exchange I've ever commited to. In my previous fandoms, the holiday fic exchanges had a multitude of pairings included, and since I am a rabid OTPer in every fandom I'm in, there was a substantial chance I would end up with a recipient who wanted none of the pairings I wrote. And since it's a holiday fic exchange and I love the holiday season, I didn't want to do a total hack job. So I refrained from joining entirely.
This challenge, however, has only 2 pairings, both of which I could write (I would much prefer Dean/Cas to Jensen/Misha, but I could do the latter in a pinch) and the word requirement is only 1000, which I can bang out in my sleep. It's probably going to be a fairly happy, light short fic that I write no matter who I get (unless they only request angst and doom and gloom) and probably under 10,000 words because I'm not going to have that much time available in November. And fic exchanges aren't really the proper forum for attempting really ambitious stories anyway; the important thing is to please your recipient. Your muse comes second.
I requested a pretty narrowly tailored happy fic myself, since that's the only thing I'm interested in receiving for a holiday gift. No more depressing 504 codas for me--I've got enough stress in my own life without fic adding to it. Especially when I don't know who my author will be. Once assignments are doled out, I will probably make a post addressing my likes and dislikes in more detail in this journal, on the off chance that my SeSa comes by to see who I am and what I like.
Sally's song - It's coming to be that Halloween time and I'm loving this cover of Sally's Song by Amy Lee. I feel like the lyrics suit Castiel and Dean as well, though I'm not sure I'll do anything with it. Maybe a ficlet or something. In any case, here are the lyrics:
I sense there's something in the wind
That feels like tragedy's at hand
And though I'd like to stand by him
Can't shake this feeling that I have
The worst is just around the bend
And does he notice my feelings for him?
And will he see how much he means to me?
I think it's not to be
What will become of my dear friend?
Where will his actions lead us then?
Although I'd like to join the crowd
In their enthusiastic cloud
Try as I may, it doesn't last
And will we ever end up together?
no, I think not, it's never to become
For I am not the one