~BSG: Hard Copy

[kastari]

Title:  Hard Copy
Author:  kastari
Summary:  Reporting was in his blood.
Characters:  Adama/Roslin
Rating:  T
Word Count:  100
Author’s Note:  Written for the 24th ar_drabbles challenge.  Prompt:  Alternate universe.  This is a sequel to Caprican Times, by bsg_aussiegirl.  
Disclaimer:  I’m just playing in Universal’s sandbox.

Comments

[frakcancer]

Someone thinks winning a Pulitzer will impress his publisher? She's not easily impressed, Adama.

Dead trees had tremendous data integrity in proper conditions.

Hee!

[kastari]

Bill's gonna learn her along the way.

And you noted one of my favorite lines.

Hee!

[lacklusterfic]

You said grep! AWESOME.

Editor-in-Chief of the CAPRICAN TIMES was a good gig, but Bill couldn’t remember his last byline.

I particularly liked this bit. Bill's the kind of guy who would crave getting his hands dirty once in a while, instead of the safe environment of the corner office. Even though he's got a talent for command, didn't you get the feeling that he would have liked to be out there in a Viper, blasting the hell out of some Cylons?... I know I did.

[kastari]

In my quest for awesomeness, I Googled hard copy. There was grep! How could I NOT use it?

Hee!

Your take on Bill in this a/u & the real BSG u, trufax. While he might technically be considered a 'desk jockey' in both, I, too, believe he's the kinda guy who longs to be in the thick of it all.

[sln1]

This made even more sense after I looked up 'grep' but even when I was wondering whether that was an unusual typo I still liked your drabble.

Great way to tie this au into canon. Cleverly done. Thank you.

[kastari]

Yeah, I bumbled upon 'grep' & it was perfect. I'm glad you looked it up AND that you liked my drabble even when you thought it was a typo.

: )

This challenge was my first true foray into the world of writing pure a/u. And I love weaving canon...

[redrockcan]

I'm really enjoying this one.Heh. "Dead trees had tremendous data integrity in proper conditions." Great line!!! Bill would have been a great writer/editor. Wonderful use of the word "grep", where did you pick that one up? Yes, I had to look it up Miss Kastari.

[kastari]

G-O-O-G-L-E.

ar_drabbles is such a great classroom, isn't it? Searching for a drabble idea, 'hard copy' popped into my head. aussie & I have PM'd about a 'newspaper' possibility. When she took the ball & ran with it, I got my idea & wanted to see what the search engine would come up with when I plugged in the words 'hard copy.' And "grep" was right there.

You are an excellent student.

[cavgirl]

OMG you said 'grep'! In a fic! Cue geekgasm!

[kastari]

*snort*

Caught.

My nod to geeks everywhere.

: )