Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.

Upon request, I will post a random line or two from any of these you choose. Assuming that the file adds up to a full line, that is.Feel free to pick another one after I answer your first bit, and feel free to ask for something someone else has ( Read more... )

Tell me about stories you think I should write. I mean, if you could sit me down for a day or whatever and say, "Ok, I want you to write this story for me," what would that story be?

I'm not actually promising to *write* any of these, mind you, but it's fun anyway. And who knows if I'll be inspired!

And eventually I'll do that "Cowboys and Cthulhu" thing for Kep. Maybe tomorrow, even ( Read more... )

Because I don't really have the brains for anything else, though there may be some Barsoom-squee up in here over the next few days.

The books I'm reading: Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Making Crime Pay by Stephanie Kay Bendel, Oh My Gods: A Modern Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths by Philip Freeman, An Altar in the World: a Geography ( Read more... )

1. Comment to this post with "I surrender!" and I'll assign you the basis of some TV show idea. (post-apocalyptic scifi-fi drama, fantasy, noir gumshoe pulp, criminal procedure...IN SPACE, historical drama WITH WEREWOLVES, etc ( Read more... )

It is that time of year for the Christmas wishlist meme!

( And it is behind a cut to spare your eyes. Also because I listed everything I could possibly think of. )

Ganked from all over ( Read more... )

In honor of All Hallow's Eve, I'm inviting trick-or-treaters to my 'door.' Comment "trick-or-treat" to this post and...well, you know the drill. Treats can be anything that strikes my fancy (pics of fave actors or pairings, one sentence fics, graphics, a few words why I'm glad to have you on my flist, etc. etc.). The more "houses" to visit the more ( Read more... )

If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
- Alfred Hitchcock

When I write a story, what do readers immediately look for?

Give me a character and I will give you my:

+ OTP for them.
+ Runner-up pairing.
+ Honorable mention(s).
+ Crack pairing(s).
+ Ship everyone else seems to like, but I don't. (alternately: ship I like that everyone else seems to hate)