writing and reading and posting
j_s_cavalcante has posted Anima, which is the flip-side counterpart to my story Being Ray Kowalski! (Both stories are novel-length NC17 genderfuck; mine is Rae Kowalski waking up in an alternate reality where she has apparently always been a man named Ray, and JS's is Ray's side of the story when he finds himself occupying Rae's body. JS beta-read mine and also made the cover illo, which is NSFW.)
I haven't read her story yet but hope to do it soon. You should read mine first if you haven't already, because she continues the story after the swap-back (which I totally left for her to do; I like to not tie stories up with bows, but I know lots of people want that resolution). We had been talking about her story for a long time, and I read a few of the early drafts of parts of it (before it grew to an epic!) and I'm quite excited that it's done and posted.
remixthedrabble stories are starting to go up, yay! I like the groupings that the mods have chosen to present them in. I've read a handful or so and some are very clever.
I got my remixredux09 assignment and have been reviewing my remixee's stories. Inspiration has not yet struck like a lightning bolt, but I'm sure I'll be able to do something interesting. In the meantime, remixers_lounge is being cluttered with "Dear Remixer" posts, which I mostly don't understand the point of. Some of them are pointing out that their websites are being moved, or that there are additional stories under a certain tag in memories, or that a particular series is co-written and therefore ineligible but that this isn't clear in the fic list, and that is fine. But Remix isn't like a fic-exchange fest; remixed stories aren't gifts for someone, tailored to their tastes, they are what we would do with the same raw idea. So, Remixer mine, if you're reading this: write the story you want to write. I already wrote the one I wanted.
ETA: And in a weird sort of way, I think that these items are related, because - j_s_cavalcante's story is kind of a remix of mine! I mean, same idea (the plotbunny actually came from malnpudl), different POV, focus on different aspects of the story. But it's still the same story. And that, I think, is nifty!
Finally, I am busily coding up my new story yay, although I'm a little apprehensive about posting it on Saturday night to the resounding echo of crickets. I had been toying with the idea of directing comments to LJ, since I like seeing all my comments stack up in one place, and most of my other story comment links go to LJ, with the exception of those first posted at archives such as Yuletide. And then I thought, hmm, most of the audience for this story are at DW. But then I read a post from someone (was it
r_becca?) who said "I don't care where you comment, I love comments and I want to make it as easy as possible for you to do it!" so I think I will have two links, one for LJ comments and one for DW comments, so people can choose as they like. Or maybe that's too complex. I don't know! I am dithering!
(Also, hmm. My mood theme seems to not show up on LJ unless I individually edit and re-save the post there. I wonder why that is. Must investigate.)
I haven't read her story yet but hope to do it soon. You should read mine first if you haven't already, because she continues the story after the swap-back (which I totally left for her to do; I like to not tie stories up with bows, but I know lots of people want that resolution). We had been talking about her story for a long time, and I read a few of the early drafts of parts of it (before it grew to an epic!) and I'm quite excited that it's done and posted.
remixthedrabble stories are starting to go up, yay! I like the groupings that the mods have chosen to present them in. I've read a handful or so and some are very clever.
I got my remixredux09 assignment and have been reviewing my remixee's stories. Inspiration has not yet struck like a lightning bolt, but I'm sure I'll be able to do something interesting. In the meantime, remixers_lounge is being cluttered with "Dear Remixer" posts, which I mostly don't understand the point of. Some of them are pointing out that their websites are being moved, or that there are additional stories under a certain tag in memories, or that a particular series is co-written and therefore ineligible but that this isn't clear in the fic list, and that is fine. But Remix isn't like a fic-exchange fest; remixed stories aren't gifts for someone, tailored to their tastes, they are what we would do with the same raw idea. So, Remixer mine, if you're reading this: write the story you want to write. I already wrote the one I wanted.
ETA: And in a weird sort of way, I think that these items are related, because - j_s_cavalcante's story is kind of a remix of mine! I mean, same idea (the plotbunny actually came from malnpudl), different POV, focus on different aspects of the story. But it's still the same story. And that, I think, is nifty!
Finally, I am busily coding up my new story yay, although I'm a little apprehensive about posting it on Saturday night to the resounding echo of crickets. I had been toying with the idea of directing comments to LJ, since I like seeing all my comments stack up in one place, and most of my other story comment links go to LJ, with the exception of those first posted at archives such as Yuletide. And then I thought, hmm, most of the audience for this story are at DW. But then I read a post from someone (was it
r_becca?) who said "I don't care where you comment, I love comments and I want to make it as easy as possible for you to do it!" so I think I will have two links, one for LJ comments and one for DW comments, so people can choose as they like. Or maybe that's too complex. I don't know! I am dithering!
(Also, hmm. My mood theme seems to not show up on LJ unless I individually edit and re-save the post there. I wonder why that is. Must investigate.)