Postity post post!
I do not really have anything to say. I just want to post for the sheer joy of posting. Maybe LJ downtime is good for me? I certainly cleaned lots of things in the house and pickled lots of things in the fridge. I even finished a draft of the story where Sulu thinks his mom is dead. (The link goes to an excerpt I posted a week or so ago.) It still needs a lot of work; the end is kind of sketchy, and the story shifted from past to present tense somewhere in the middle, and I cannot decide which is better. I think I am going to leave it alone for a week, tinker with it some more, and then send it to beta.
My big bang remains stalled at 15K words because Spock refuses to speak to me. This has never happened to me before (look at my user name!) and I am kind of traumatized, so I am coping with this problem by ignoring it. And let me tell you, trolling the make me a Monday posts at sherlockbbc is an excellent distraction. Basically, it is a little weekly kink meme without bizarre requests involving vampirism. (Those things always put me off browsing kink memes for prompts.) I picked up a Sally Donovan request and promptly wrote about half a story. I know exactly how I want it to end, but the words won't come out yet. I am sure it is not a surprise to anyone that the first thing I do when I pick up a new fandom is start writing stories about minor female characters. I like Sally though; she really puts her whole heart and soul into being a bitch.
When I was not writing stories, I discovered the joys of using delicious to find good fanfic to read. (How did this escape me for two whole years?) It's especially nice if LJ is down because it's easy to see which bookmarks go to AO3. Clearly, my ability to be fannish was not overly harmed by the absence of LJ. Also when I was not writing stories, I developed an alarming obsession with watching Hoarders on Netflix. I feel certain that I should find this how morally objectionable, or at least morally questionable, and instead I am enthralled. It's like watching endless variations of my family, except the people on the show have too much junk instead of too much alcohol.
What did you guys do with yourselves while LJ was down? And where can I find you on DW?
My big bang remains stalled at 15K words because Spock refuses to speak to me. This has never happened to me before (look at my user name!) and I am kind of traumatized, so I am coping with this problem by ignoring it. And let me tell you, trolling the make me a Monday posts at sherlockbbc is an excellent distraction. Basically, it is a little weekly kink meme without bizarre requests involving vampirism. (Those things always put me off browsing kink memes for prompts.) I picked up a Sally Donovan request and promptly wrote about half a story. I know exactly how I want it to end, but the words won't come out yet. I am sure it is not a surprise to anyone that the first thing I do when I pick up a new fandom is start writing stories about minor female characters. I like Sally though; she really puts her whole heart and soul into being a bitch.
When I was not writing stories, I discovered the joys of using delicious to find good fanfic to read. (How did this escape me for two whole years?) It's especially nice if LJ is down because it's easy to see which bookmarks go to AO3. Clearly, my ability to be fannish was not overly harmed by the absence of LJ. Also when I was not writing stories, I developed an alarming obsession with watching Hoarders on Netflix. I feel certain that I should find this how morally objectionable, or at least morally questionable, and instead I am enthralled. It's like watching endless variations of my family, except the people on the show have too much junk instead of too much alcohol.
What did you guys do with yourselves while LJ was down? And where can I find you on DW?