One of the things I carry into any fic I write is my own laundry list of make-it-better items: things that bug me in a show, or in other fics, or (in this case) in the novels. I figure that if I can’t satisfy myself on every level (and I never can), at least I can aim for that set of my own self-imposed challenges ( Read more... )

This morning, my partner was getting ready to go get her hair cut, while I started on the laundry.

“What laundry are you doing first?”

“I figured I’d start with the dark laundry.”

She replied, with a suitable level of deep gravitas: “Why isn’t there any dark!laundryfic?”

I suppressed my giggles enough to say, “Well, I don’t usually write darkfic - that ( Read more... )

"I'm running a test to see who's reading my posts. So, if you read this, leave me a one-word comment about your day that starts with the third letter of your LJ Username. Only one word please. Then repost so I can leave a word for you. Don't just post a word and not copy - that's not as much fun!"

Variation the First:
Having left a suitable one-word ( Read more... )

I was out surfing last night (haha, on the web), and wandered past an LJ comm focused on discussions of grammar and style for writers. Yeah, they're very rare, I know. I'm not going to specify which one it was, because I was almost instantly turned off the comm by an earnest post promoting Elmore Leonard’s advice for writers.

My guess is that the ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, according to sg_fignewton, is Stargate Gen Fic Day.

It’s also a fine day for me, ( and here's why. )

We're in Kansas.  (In Wichita ( Read more... )