July Update & FIC
I haven't been good about updating my journal, so I'm going to try monthly updates. Full disclosure: this might be the only month I remember to do it. LOL!
July has been a busy month, writing aside. We had our vacation to Pennsylvania, which included Gettysburg, Hershey and Scranton. We watched a Civil War battle reenactment, went on a ghost tour, and toured a coal mine. It was a really fun trip. My son and my nephew are already planning our next excursion. My son wants to go to Salem, Mass and my nephew wants to go to Germany. One is slightly more doable than the other. LOL!
Here's me and my boy at the reenactment. It was ungodly hot, moreso for the reenactors. We only stayed three hours because we just couldn't stay out in the sun one more minute. (Look how enormous my boy is, for reals.)
My boy did a week-long Career Camp at the tech school where I work. He did half day Visual Arts & Communications and half day Pre-Engineering. He really liked the first class, which I've always thought would be a good fit for him when he's old enough to enroll in it. They did silk-screening on t-shirts, made songs on the computer, and worked in Photoshop. Every day he came to show me what he'd done.
It was also my boy's birthday this month. He turned 14. We had a party the Saturday before, with family, and then on the actual day I took off from work and we spent the day together. Went out for brunch, had birthday cheesecake, and picked up new videogames and movies. It was a really nice day.
Writing has been coming along pretty well, even though my July output hasn't been much. But I'm hard at work on my Harlequin BB fic for the story_works challenge. And still trying to finish up my apoca-fic for this month's challenge at whatif_au before next month's challenge goes up tomorrow. I've also been inspired by prompts at comment_fic and mcsheplets. I need all the inspiration and motivation I can get, for reals!
Last but not least, here is my list of posted fics. Not all are from July, since my updates have been spotty.
Title: Bucky Crosses the Line
Fandom: MCU
Series: Making Connections
Pairing: Steve/Bucky
Characters: Steve, Bucky, Bruce, Tony, Clint
Warning: none
Summary: Steve hadn't seen or heard from Bucky in almost a month, but when he does finally turn up again it's not at all how Steve expected. It's so much better.
Title: Soulmates Gone Viral
Challenge(s): whatif_au Soulmates challenge, mcshepletsprompt #256: Virus
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: McShep
Characters: John, Rodney, Carson, Ford, Teyla
Warning: minor gun violence
Summary: Life in Pegasus is full of the unexpected, such as a mysterious virus that seems to leave soulmarks in its wake. As usual, even that goes awry for John and Rodney.
Title: Long Time Gone
Challenge(s): mcsheplets prompt #257: Unscheduled Offworld Activation
Fandom: SGA
Series: Learning the Ropes
Pairing: McShep (implied)
Characters: Nora (OC), Amelia, John, Rodney, Ford, Ronon, Teyla, Woolsey
Warning: team feels, McShep feels, all the feels
Summary: When a missing team member unexpectedly dials Atlantis, Nora helps run through the verification process to make sure he really is who he says he is.
Title: Things That Have Never Been
Challenge(s): Hurt/comfort Bingo: heart attack/heart trouble
Fandom: MCU / Heartbeat
Series: Flower Shop AU
Pairing: Steve/Bucky
Characters: Steve, Bucky, Tony, Alex Panttiere
Warning: hospitalization, serious illness
Prompt: Any, any, "You're my hero."
In which things are looking pretty dire for Steve's health, until a new chance comes from a very unexpected direction.
Title: Desire is Craving
Challenge(s): mcsheplets prompt #259: craving
Fandom: SGA
Series: From the Ashes
Pairing: McShep
Characters: Rodney, John, Lily (OC), Amy (OC)
Warning: mentions of past miscarriage
Prompt: any fandom - m & m - adoption or surrogacy
In which Amy craves ice cream, and Rodney craves the big family he and John have been trying to have.
Title: So Have I Loved You
Challenge(s): Trope Bingo: Kidfic
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0
Pairing: McDanno
Characters: Steve, Danny, Grace, Chin, Kono, Jerry
Warning: tugs all the heartstrings
Prompt: Any, any/any, the happiest moments in my life have all been since I met you
In which Grace has a surprise for Steve's birthday and there's not a dry eye in the house.
July has been a busy month, writing aside. We had our vacation to Pennsylvania, which included Gettysburg, Hershey and Scranton. We watched a Civil War battle reenactment, went on a ghost tour, and toured a coal mine. It was a really fun trip. My son and my nephew are already planning our next excursion. My son wants to go to Salem, Mass and my nephew wants to go to Germany. One is slightly more doable than the other. LOL!
Here's me and my boy at the reenactment. It was ungodly hot, moreso for the reenactors. We only stayed three hours because we just couldn't stay out in the sun one more minute. (Look how enormous my boy is, for reals.)
My boy did a week-long Career Camp at the tech school where I work. He did half day Visual Arts & Communications and half day Pre-Engineering. He really liked the first class, which I've always thought would be a good fit for him when he's old enough to enroll in it. They did silk-screening on t-shirts, made songs on the computer, and worked in Photoshop. Every day he came to show me what he'd done.
It was also my boy's birthday this month. He turned 14. We had a party the Saturday before, with family, and then on the actual day I took off from work and we spent the day together. Went out for brunch, had birthday cheesecake, and picked up new videogames and movies. It was a really nice day.
Writing has been coming along pretty well, even though my July output hasn't been much. But I'm hard at work on my Harlequin BB fic for the story_works challenge. And still trying to finish up my apoca-fic for this month's challenge at whatif_au before next month's challenge goes up tomorrow. I've also been inspired by prompts at comment_fic and mcsheplets. I need all the inspiration and motivation I can get, for reals!
Last but not least, here is my list of posted fics. Not all are from July, since my updates have been spotty.
Title: Bucky Crosses the Line
Fandom: MCU
Series: Making Connections
Pairing: Steve/Bucky
Characters: Steve, Bucky, Bruce, Tony, Clint
Warning: none
Summary: Steve hadn't seen or heard from Bucky in almost a month, but when he does finally turn up again it's not at all how Steve expected. It's so much better.
Title: Soulmates Gone Viral
Challenge(s): whatif_au Soulmates challenge, mcshepletsprompt #256: Virus
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: McShep
Characters: John, Rodney, Carson, Ford, Teyla
Warning: minor gun violence
Summary: Life in Pegasus is full of the unexpected, such as a mysterious virus that seems to leave soulmarks in its wake. As usual, even that goes awry for John and Rodney.
Title: Long Time Gone
Challenge(s): mcsheplets prompt #257: Unscheduled Offworld Activation
Fandom: SGA
Series: Learning the Ropes
Pairing: McShep (implied)
Characters: Nora (OC), Amelia, John, Rodney, Ford, Ronon, Teyla, Woolsey
Warning: team feels, McShep feels, all the feels
Summary: When a missing team member unexpectedly dials Atlantis, Nora helps run through the verification process to make sure he really is who he says he is.
Title: Things That Have Never Been
Challenge(s): Hurt/comfort Bingo: heart attack/heart trouble
Fandom: MCU / Heartbeat
Series: Flower Shop AU
Pairing: Steve/Bucky
Characters: Steve, Bucky, Tony, Alex Panttiere
Warning: hospitalization, serious illness
Prompt: Any, any, "You're my hero."
In which things are looking pretty dire for Steve's health, until a new chance comes from a very unexpected direction.
Title: Desire is Craving
Challenge(s): mcsheplets prompt #259: craving
Fandom: SGA
Series: From the Ashes
Pairing: McShep
Characters: Rodney, John, Lily (OC), Amy (OC)
Warning: mentions of past miscarriage
Prompt: any fandom - m & m - adoption or surrogacy
In which Amy craves ice cream, and Rodney craves the big family he and John have been trying to have.
Title: So Have I Loved You
Challenge(s): Trope Bingo: Kidfic
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0
Pairing: McDanno
Characters: Steve, Danny, Grace, Chin, Kono, Jerry
Warning: tugs all the heartstrings
Prompt: Any, any/any, the happiest moments in my life have all been since I met you
In which Grace has a surprise for Steve's birthday and there's not a dry eye in the house.