In which I ramble about the many fics I have on the go, exciting LJ projects, and life goals...
Since this is a blog and there are many things happening with me right now, I figure I might as well use this like a blog and write something, yeah? Yeah.
Livejournal is still such an enigma for me but slowly I am getting my head wrapped around it. The idea of backposting all my fics from AO3 seems incredibly daunting so unless I have a super slow day at work during which I have nothing else better to do, that likely won't ever happen. Especially because my current to do list is actually daunting all on its own, so. I'm going to outline it here for myself as much as anything else, but also in case anyone is interested in what writerly things I've got on the go right now. I'm going to put the rest of my ramblings under the cut so I don't take up too much room in your feeds ❤
1. My top priority is my spn_cinema fic, which will be the first ever challenge/community thing I complete on LJ. I'm working on a J2 Bourne Identity remix which I am crazy excited about except that it's going to be giant. I'm 10k and only just getting started. I have actually so much writing to do haha I once wrote 60k in one month (for NaNoWriMo last year) so I know can do it it's just a matter of doing it.
2. Next up is a tumblr challenge I signed up for, spnflashbang, for the month of September. I'm filling an old prompt from spnkink_meme and I am actually super stoked. It's a Swesson A/B/O AU! The prompt is fairly detailed but there's lots of room for me to make it my own and ❤❤❤ I've never written A/B/O or Swesson before but I have a serious weak spot for both. It's going to be hella hot (I hope!) and soooo schmoopy because true mates and meant to be and god I love that part of A/B/O fics ❤
3. Then I also signed up for j2_reversebang in September, too, which is beyond exciting. The prospect of having art to pair together with something I wrote is thrilling - there is so much talent in this fandom and I am the farthest thing from an artist. I am also crazy anxious because I don't want to disappoint the artist who gets stuck with me but I hope my geniune enthusiasum is evident in my writing. I'm going to put my everything into it ❤
4. So apart from challenges I also have other WIPs on the go. I'm working on the fourth installment of my J2 AU Inked 'Verse. It's different for me because it's oustide POV, which I am actually loving. That said, I'm not entirely sure how to include any smut from that perspective haha I'm thinking I may post two parts back-to-back and the second is back in the boys' perspective for sexy times as immediate follow-up to the events of the outside POV. This story is a long time coming because I've been daydreaming about more or less since I posted the last installment which was way back in December 2015.
5. So once upon a time, Jared posted a selfie wearing a skull-covered bandana while sporting a biker-esque mustache. It inspired me and my two beta/besties gluedwithgold and dancing_adrift to do our own mini challenge, affectionately called selfie!bang, where we all wrote a fic inspired by his picture. Anyway, I assumed it would be a one-shot for me but some folks asked me/encouraged a sequel and I truthfully had some ideas for them floating around so I'm about halfway through a follow-fic to that, too.
6. I also started writing a Wincest curtain!fic almost immediately after the S11 finale. It's the boys in an established relationship and it's plays heavily off their being soulmates. I essentially have Dean save Sam from the British bitch but there's a complication, magc is involved... anyway. Dean is fed up after making himself a bomb and expecting to never see Sam again, so this is the final straw. They're going to settle down somewhere quiet and be safe for once. That's the plan, anyway. I struggle because I'm not sure I have much to offer in the way of plat, so how much of them settling do I show? Is it interesting, or purely self-indulgent, plotless schmoop? I don't know, but I'm writing this one without a plan, just following my heart, so it'll be a surprise for me, too.
And speaking of being concerned about my plot problems, in very related news, a new thing is happening. A writer's thing. A thing on livejournal. Exceptional human, wonder writer and cherished friend akintay had an idea and I got involved - partly because I love her, partly because I love writing, I love talking to folks about writing, making new friends, etc., and partly because I want to force myself to get better and LJ - and it's going to be so much fun. Seriously, I can't wait until we go live and can show everyone what we're up to!
Anywho, that's what's up for me, right now. So much writing. So much LJ. Recovering from post-con blues after MinnCon (which was fucking amazing - holy hell. I could/should possibly do up an entire post just for that but do people really even want to hear about it? I don't know. I don't want to annoy folks with lots of posts? Still figuring out this LJ thing, personal stuff vs. keeping it just to writing posts, I don't know) and trying to discreetly plan an trip to TorCon. I say discreetly because hubby agreed MinnCon was going to be it this year for me (I usually only do the one) but TorCon is so close I don't think I can stay away.
In semi-related news, I have only had photo ops with J2 this year and last and I am not happy with either of them. The boys look amazing - of course they do - but all I see in both are the 20 lbs I keep meaning to lose and not doing anything about. I've decided if I'm going to really do TorCon I have to do it right. I have to be disciplined and make progress so I can stop spending money on pictures with these two beauties only to not want to look at them ever because of me. So Today is day one of my doing the thing, being disciplined. My co-workers all just ordered in food, for example, and I did not partake, which is significant for me. Small victories, one day at a time.
I'll wrap this up now, in case anyone is actually still reading. Work has been mental right now so I haven't had much chance to write but hoping it will calm down. 3 hours down, 9 more to go for this shift so looking to make good progress on that cinema fic.
I'm working nights the next three but it's the weekend for all you non-shiftworkers, apparently! Have a lovely weekend, friends, whatever you get up to ❤