It's been too long
Too long indeed. 12 weeks of no updates. Then again, its not as if I haven't been around the journal. Please, I spend enough time hanging around this site skimming through all the communities I've joined looking for updates for on-going stories and looking for fresh ones. Leaving reviews in my wake around fandoms and communities I've only just found an interest in. Funny thing that? Isn't it? You can be looking for one thing and find something completely different but still find it fascinating enough to spend time reading about it, researching it and hours later realize that you forgot what original search had led you to find such a new treasure.
For those of you wondering what the hell I'm talking about. (But really why bother caring? lol, its trivial really but it'll get me an entry and I feel obligated to at least attempt to make the entry interesting. All the while covertly babbling about my new obsessions.) What I'm speaking about is Gossip Girl, (thank you Sammi for that one. Seriously, like I needed another fandom to obsess over) and Heroes. Now...I can honestly say I never watched Gossip Girl or even touched the books but Heroes has always been one of my favorite television shows. Then again I can also admit that I lost interest the first couple episodes of the second season and only now have picked my interest back up and started to read about this season and all the new characters they brought in. Have to say I hadn't realized Kristin Bell was one of the new characters until just yesterday, which is very sad, but true.
Besides finding a new interest in reading Gossip Girl and Heroes fanfics I've been spending time writing. Which has always been my love, though I'm still an amateur, I don't care! I'm attempting to better myself and my techniques and I love writing and reading. So...(shrug)
Anyhow I've been an All My Children fan since I was twelve. Blame my mother. (My father still does) A total BAMer devotee. Bianca Montgomery and Maggie Stone are my OTP all the way. For the rest of time (no matter how screwed up the writers on that show have made their relationship...I mean seriously? Maggie cheating on Bianca, are you F-ing kidding me?--rant not even close to being finished but will be left for another time.) THE (ever elusive) point is I'm a BAM fan and that is my OTP and one true fandom. I've written several stories for the fandom. Some by myself but most with a co-author, my friend Christine (Chris for short). But this new story...is of my own imagination and completely fucked up, but totally worth the read (or so I've been told.) It's not done yet, and I'm not even sure I'll be posting the story here, since the chapters themselves would have to be split in half a few times, because they're pretty long and I still have yet to master LJ, so (shrug). I'll be leaving the link to where people can find it though. I like what I've done with it so far.
It's an AU and I've tried different writing styles in each chapter. They enhance the plot and make the story a better read (in my own opinion.) The idea is original-ish. I didn't know I was possibly copying aspects of a Stephen King novel/movie/TV show until pointed out to the book/movie/TV series in question. Which if you can believe I had never seen nor actually been aware of its plot. Swear to God I didn't....but that's besides the point. My story, as I mentioned before, only shares some aspects of the book/movie/TVshow. So Stephen King...will be mentioned but not credited because I am not stealing anything from him nor am I really borrowing anything from him either. Though I would kiss the mans feet if given the chance, this story is mine. (smile) I'm very possessive over things I'm proud of. This story being one of the few stories I'd fight for if pushes came to shoving.
Besides this new AU/semi-supernatural BAM story I have a sequel to one of my completed BAM stories, Ghosts of Christmas, in the works. The first chapter of GoC, is somewhere here on my journal. It turned out pretty well and the sequel promises to be interesting. After all how can a crossover between All My Children and General Hospital NOT be interesting? Then again the spoof on Ghosts of Christmas, with a couple I named RAM (Robin Scorpio and Maggie Stone), is also under construction and promises to be an interesting ride. Hell maybe I can even convince people of the (non-existent) chemistry between the two characters that never met on either show. (I got some hard work ahead of me, but I'm up for the challenge...mostly.)
Oh and I can't forget That Other Story, a sequel to my DWP story Lessons. That is proving to be harder to write then I originally thought. After reading such stories as It's All Relative, the conclusion to the Small Favors universe and not to mention Truth and Measure...I mean...no way does my little dinky story compare. So...its on the back burner for now. At least until I don't feel as inadequate as those writers around me. No, (though I am in retrospect) its just I'm stuck in a rott for the story. But I will come back! I will, that I promise!
Just a quick shout out to Telanu, Andrea (pandora_007), grdnofevrythng, allaine77, je_talveran, myagedparchment, and hawkbehere (Tried to get the livejournal like thing to work...no such luck) I LOVE you ALL! Like...talk about a fangirl. I can't wait to see everything/anything you bring to DWP or any fandom. Please come back with anything when you can.
And since I'm still in Fangirl mode OMG everyone who has not seen Mamma Mia must go and see it as soon as possible. It is hilarious! I mean...I love Meryl Streep to death but my god watching her try and dance that last dance while the credits begin to roll was just TOO funny. The place was packed when I went. People had to sit on the stairs and even as the credits began to roll no one left because Meryl was still on the screen and they were singing and dancing in these retro disco outfits that just were....to die for. The movie is just....swoon....amazing. Seriously, all of those coming attractions for the movie with the quotes from newspapers and magazines are true! You will want to dance in your seat, and see it again the moment the credits roll.
Anyhow...stepping away from being the fangirl I am.
I'm a busy little bee. With the amount of time spent studying for my math exam (re-take), editing for friends, reading all the wonderful fics that grace the internet, and writing my own stories I'm surprised I have time to lounge about the beach and pool. (smile) Not really. After all it is summer.