Well, I got my third prompt filled for the Obscure & British fest, and now I have to decide, welp, what next?  (Now that I have enough energy to try to get back into regular writing again ( Read more... )

Many other folks have already pimped this fic-fest, but I haven't seen anyone else use this banner yet, so I clearly need to do so!!


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Yes, I'm actually fulfilling a meme in the same year in which I posted it!  I got terribly wordy, so this is the Post of Many Cuts.

magnavox_23 asked for #1:  Of the fic you’ve written, of which are you most proud?

( pride and prejudice )

Stolen from the wonderful a_phoenixdragonPut a number in the comments and I’ll answer accordingly ( Read more... )

So, I decided that I really want to write more next year.  In fact, I want to set aside time for it, beginning with tonight and tomorrow, because hey, I'm off work and we're going to be celebrating quietly at home where the drunken crazies aren't.

So I'm running a sudden and spontaneous "micro-round" on fic_rush, from midnight GMT to midnight GMT!  Here ( Read more... )

I wish the amount of the grant were higher (by about 40x), but here it is:  a $750 grant for people writing speculative literature who meet certain criteria.  Quite frankly, of all the writers I know, maybe half a dozen at most do not qualify.  Examples of qualifying criteria:  "you're American and qualify for the earned income credit [or] you live ( Read more... )

I just realized, I posted Chapter 5 three weeks ago, and never updated here. Oops!

Spider's Web on Ao3
Spider's Web on fanfic.net

This excerpt is guaranteed completely spoiler-free.  In fact, you can read it without having read any of the story at all.  (FYI if you haven't:  on this world, the word 'Goa'uld' is pronounced 'Gwaldé'.)

[nuts to Aesop]Kadijatu ( Read more... )

In my last post on this subject, I rambled in general terms about the storytelling opportunities the novel offers, as opposed to the TV series itself. This post is much more specific (and spoilery), because it’s about the really interesting and fun opportunity: worldbuilding ( Read more... )

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... )

Spider's Web, Chapter Three, is now live:

Spider's Web on Ao3
Spider's Web on fanfic.net

So is Jacob, in case anyone's still worried.  ;)

Here also are a couple of teaser items from this chapter:

( Contains no actual spoilers, but behind a cut anyway )