So, unfortunately, one of the side effects of joblessness this time around appears to be not feeling the urge to write.  In fact, the faucet appears to have turned off.  This is somewhat compensated - for me, though not my fellow fans - by being in a stitchy mood lately, and finishing various projects on my to-do list.  I guess stitching is more ( Read more... )

so, i just got done watching season 7 of buffy - as in, two minutes ago - and, um, wow.  and also, sorry for scaring everyone in chat when is said i knew now how Xander lost his eye (one of our chat-friends is 'XanderOpalDragon', who has two eyes, thank you very much ( Read more... )

well, i'm settling in to unemployed life ok.  which is to say, i'm actually getting to the point where i'm really excited to see what's out there for me, and i'm totally ready for the next engineering challenge.  i'm kinda bouncing over it. otoh, i have to finish updating my resume, which i am in the middle of, and that is the 'ugly' of this post ( Read more... )

The Seventh Gift

Header Information - Please read first if you didn't get here from that post.

Prologue

Part 1: Past Tense

( Part 1: Past Tense, Continued )

so, the problem i'm having with Seventh Gift at the moment is that wishes in the beginning need to come in the order that they appear in the main text of the story.  *but*, everytime i try to deliberately assign a wish to one of the seven, i realize i'm going to need to re-order the wishes *again* to make them work within the order of the story.  ( Read more... )

so... i've written roughly another 2000 words on Seventh Gift, and keep having little scenarios and scenes pop into my head as i wonder just how long it's going to be.  (it would be rather ironic if it turns out to be 30,000 words on the dot, and if that happens, i'm going to be seriously tempted to do some editing on my tenses to make the sections ( Read more... )

The Seventh Gift

( Prologue )

Additional Notes:  I'm handling this story a bit differently than I normally would, due to the fact that I'm trying to find the correct line between over-warning (which I hate), and not putting in a strong enough warning, and accidentally causing people to stumble into something they're not ready for.  Therefore, I'm making a specific request to ( Read more... )

Buffy/Mag7: OW Crossover

So, some time ago, I mentioned that I'd been thinking about yet another KidFic AU for Mag7.  This AU takes Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and sets him down in Four Corners, circa 1872 or thereabouts.  Here-in are my universe notes:
( Notes and Rules )

occasionally, i have to wonder about my writing process.  i'm waiting for my betas to get back to me with Green Day, and in the meanwhile, have another story pinging my brain.  i never thought i'd be into Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but i'm currently writing a Buffy/Mag7:OW cross.  and i'm going along and it occurred to me i'm still on 'Part 1', and ( Read more... )