So. I'm still alive (yay!) having survived a host of unmentionable medical molestations on my person (not that bad, really) one of which resulted in a temporary state I shan't bother you with, other than to say: hot flashes and palpitations during a heat wave? Not fun. Not fun on any average day either, I wager, but yeah. Never get them. Mostly ( Read more... )

Oh my god, you guys. What an incredible trip this project was. What project, you say? (Heh.) OK, so, our spn_j2_bigbang posted earlier and I'm so happy I could burst. I have two posts set up for it - one for the artwork, and one for the playlist (which I couldn't recommend more highly, seriously) - but (1) they're only on LJ because the security/post-dating ( Read more... )

We had a bit of a challenge when it came to the music for Standing on the Edge of Nothing. From very early on, Jay introduced me to some of the music she listened to while writing. I fell in love with it entirely, and went off in search of more, in the process uncovering an entire universe of music lovers, writers and critics dedicated to restoring ( Read more... )

This is that placeholder paragraph where I tell the world all about how absolutely boggled and besmacked I was to work on this story, and how I wanted to give it all the art in the world, ever and how no matter what I made it would never have been enough, and how tryfanstone is the best kind of author to work with - responsive and so fantastically supportive ( Read more... )

The best part about participating in any Big Bang or challenge is the joy of collaborating with someone else who loves stories, art and music as much as you do. The soundtrack to Serendipity represents what was a slow-burn learning process for us, figuring out what each of us likes and what the story's sound ought to be. Ultimately, it became a ( Read more... )

I had no idea what kind of story I was looking for, when I first approached the artist claim process at spn_j2_bigbang this year. The choices were myriad and so interesting all around, but the more I looked the more I realized that one particular summary seemed to have picked me, so to speak, and wouldn't let go. I wasn't at all certain that I could do it ( Read more... )