I'm outlining a new story right now, one that's been brewing for a while ( Read more... )

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You start typing the code for italics automatically, instead of just hitting Ctrl-I ( Read more... )

I picked up a Firefly prompt at comment_fic, and the resulting fic is a) two pages and threatening to be multi-chapter and b) turning into a Fringe crossover.

Also, and I have no idea why, but I've had the theme song from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in my head for DAYS, GODSDAMMIT, DAYS ( Read more... )

Highschool-AU fanfics are pretty common in fandom, or at least the parts I'm aware of. I've written a couple myself, back when I was just getting started in this crazy thing we call fandom. Since then I've... moved on, to more mature ideas, often philosophical about stuff, and probably a bit pretentious occasionally as well, if I'm being completely ( Read more... )

1. On a whim, watched the first two episodes of BtVS again tonight. I would say that it reminded me how much I love that show... except that I never forgot... anyway, it was fun ( Read more... )

There are lots of fanfiction comms and challenges out there. They are, on the whole, great. But what about original fiction?

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It seems like everyone is doing these. Well, might as well jump on the bandwagon ( Read more... )

#1. Went to see Little Sister's highschool play with Mother and Middle Sister. It was Footloose. Apparently, of me, Mother and MS, I was the only one who had actually heard of the movie.

Sometimes I despair of my family. I really, really do.

(It was a good production though. Almost as good as their production of We Will Rock You that they did ( Read more... )

OK, just saw this film, after... mixed reviews. Personally, I... well, I guess I liked it, even though it scared the living crap out of me, and generally, Japanese horror films are the only thing that does that. I was watching with two different mindsets, sort of, and came up with two quite different reactions.

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