Reading sparks creativity
So, I should really be using this precious time to be writing. Instead, I've spent the morning doting upon my kitties and reading a fanfic. The sgabigbang fics have been posted, and courtesy of calcitrix ('cause of her awesome drawing ability), I went to the site and looked through the fics. Lots of Sheppard/McKay, one Weir/Sheppard (which I couldn't bring myself to read), a couple Carson/Teyla fics (which I never noticed the fan base before), and then the one that caught my attention. I curse myself for reading a 60+K page fic when I should be working on my on 50K nano.
Anyway, I couldn't resist and have no regrets. Through a Cracked Glass brought back to life Peter Grodin and it was a Peter/Elizabeth fic.
I still call myself a Sparky shipper, but I'm also a Peter/Elizabeth shipper, thus my love for season 1, SGA. Carson/Teyla, Rodney/Katie, and Radek/Jeannie round off the pairings with multiple cameos by beloved (and not so loved) SGA characters: Chuck - yay, Bates - surprising, the Genii and Kolya - oh yeah, Radek - weee, Carson - nice addition, Ronon - must have (ok, he's in most fanfics anyway but I still love him and sometimes will read Ronon/Elizabeth fics.:P) As much as I would have loved there to be more Peter and Elizabeth interaction, the story was not totally a romance but a parallel universe fic with all sorts of fun stuff thrown in to create an entertaining fic. I enjoyed the read and the spotlight on other characters.
While browsing LJ, I also found this book meme. Hey, I'm already procrastinating, might as well continue, right?
Take four books off your bookshelf.
- Write the first sentence
- Write the last sentence on page fifty
- Write the second sentence on page one hundred
- Write the next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
- Write the final sentence of the book
- Let your friends guess what book it is.
Book One
- Write the first sentence: There should have been a dark whisper in the wind.
- Write the last sentence on page fifty: Hoyt and Ken were large and grizzled and stone-faced, one a New York City cop, the other a federal agent, both war veterans with beefy flesh and large, undefined muscles.
- Write the second sentence on page one hundred: TJ was a hemophiliac.
- Write the next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty: Elizabeth
- Write the final sentence of the book: And that, I knew, would always be enough.
Book Two
- Write the first sentence: "Well?" Deidre Canfield asked, as she mopped her dripping forehead and straightened the last picture.
- Write the last sentence on page fifty: Who is Deidre Canfield, and where did she come from?
- Write the second sentence on page one hundred: Frank jotted himself a note.
- Write the next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty: At the time I was in her class, Miss Heard must have been only a few years older than her students, but she brooked no nonsense.
- Write the final sentence of the book: For the first time ever, I just lay back and enjoyed it.
Book Three
- Write the first sentence: My name is Temperance Deassee Brennan.
- Write the last sentence on page fifty: And immediately hit pay dirt.
- Write the second sentence on page one hundred: At the time we'd thought the pun Groucho Marx clever.
- Write the next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty: "No."
- Write the final sentence of the book: No way of knowing which hound will hunt.
All right, you know this is a Temperance Brennan book, but which one?
Book Four
- Write the first sentence: Teresa Farr never knew exactly what awakened her that warm late April night.
- Write the last sentence on page fifty: So, she would not call the police, Teresa decided.
- Write the second sentence on page one hundred: She just took in Marielle because Hugh paid her.
- Write the next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty: "When he was in nursery school - "
- Write the final sentence of the book: "Yes, I guess I really do."
Have some fun.
Besides writing every night (or researching Latin dances and dance clothing the last two nights *shakes fists at the muse*), work has kept me stressed and real life is ugly. 'Nuff said.
Time to change the laundry and stop procrastinating. My characters need to get dancing.
Anyway, I couldn't resist and have no regrets. Through a Cracked Glass brought back to life Peter Grodin and it was a Peter/Elizabeth fic.
I still call myself a Sparky shipper, but I'm also a Peter/Elizabeth shipper, thus my love for season 1, SGA. Carson/Teyla, Rodney/Katie, and Radek/Jeannie round off the pairings with multiple cameos by beloved (and not so loved) SGA characters: Chuck - yay, Bates - surprising, the Genii and Kolya - oh yeah, Radek - weee, Carson - nice addition, Ronon - must have (ok, he's in most fanfics anyway but I still love him and sometimes will read Ronon/Elizabeth fics.:P) As much as I would have loved there to be more Peter and Elizabeth interaction, the story was not totally a romance but a parallel universe fic with all sorts of fun stuff thrown in to create an entertaining fic. I enjoyed the read and the spotlight on other characters.
While browsing LJ, I also found this book meme. Hey, I'm already procrastinating, might as well continue, right?
Take four books off your bookshelf.
- Write the first sentence
- Write the last sentence on page fifty
- Write the second sentence on page one hundred
- Write the next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
- Write the final sentence of the book
- Let your friends guess what book it is.
Book One
- Write the first sentence: There should have been a dark whisper in the wind.
- Write the last sentence on page fifty: Hoyt and Ken were large and grizzled and stone-faced, one a New York City cop, the other a federal agent, both war veterans with beefy flesh and large, undefined muscles.
- Write the second sentence on page one hundred: TJ was a hemophiliac.
- Write the next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty: Elizabeth
- Write the final sentence of the book: And that, I knew, would always be enough.
Book Two
- Write the first sentence: "Well?" Deidre Canfield asked, as she mopped her dripping forehead and straightened the last picture.
- Write the last sentence on page fifty: Who is Deidre Canfield, and where did she come from?
- Write the second sentence on page one hundred: Frank jotted himself a note.
- Write the next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty: At the time I was in her class, Miss Heard must have been only a few years older than her students, but she brooked no nonsense.
- Write the final sentence of the book: For the first time ever, I just lay back and enjoyed it.
Book Three
- Write the first sentence: My name is Temperance Deassee Brennan.
- Write the last sentence on page fifty: And immediately hit pay dirt.
- Write the second sentence on page one hundred: At the time we'd thought the pun Groucho Marx clever.
- Write the next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty: "No."
- Write the final sentence of the book: No way of knowing which hound will hunt.
All right, you know this is a Temperance Brennan book, but which one?
Book Four
- Write the first sentence: Teresa Farr never knew exactly what awakened her that warm late April night.
- Write the last sentence on page fifty: So, she would not call the police, Teresa decided.
- Write the second sentence on page one hundred: She just took in Marielle because Hugh paid her.
- Write the next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty: "When he was in nursery school - "
- Write the final sentence of the book: "Yes, I guess I really do."
Have some fun.
Besides writing every night (or researching Latin dances and dance clothing the last two nights *shakes fists at the muse*), work has kept me stressed and real life is ugly. 'Nuff said.
Time to change the laundry and stop procrastinating. My characters need to get dancing.