In sound mind and shaking all over, I have officially signed up for history_bigbang. I learned a lesson from last experience by not committing immediately to the story idea involved, because I'm not at all sure which story will be 10K. Also whether I can pull off the writing/research involved. They all provide different challenges ( Read more... )

Preview of the Eureka comic from Boom: Meh. I always have art issues with media tie-in books. You either swing one direction into photo-realism or you swing towards regular comic art and try to make them look like the actors/characters. This is closer to the latter. Something feels off about the dialogue and I can't quite place it. Eh, it's nice to ( Read more... )

♥ the fanficcers love meme, continued ♥

Let me know your favorite story and I'll try to reciprocate.

And Neil Gaiman is really making me want his "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" He posted some Kubert pencils in his latest journal entry. The top image makes a certain shipper in me very very happy. (At least it'll be a nice respite from ( Read more... )

Eartha Kitt has died of colon cancer at 81. Best known as tv's Catwoman, I also remember her fondly in Broadway's "The Wild Party" with Toni Collette and Mandy Patinkin.

Title: Nowhere to Run
Author: Wabbitseason wabbitseason
Words: 897
Rating: PG maybe
Disclaimer: DC owns Catwoman. I’m just a visitor to Gotham.
Characters: Selina Kyle (Catwoman)
Summary: "Upwards meant safety. Upwards meant the rooftops where she was free to prowl."
Author’s Note: Written for vespertila DC Halloween Chained. The prompt is costumes.

( Nowhere to Run; Catwoman; 897 words )

So I'm wallowing in old 70s Satellite era Arrow/Canary stories tonight. The conflict is there, almost ready made. Considering how much we complain about continuity these days, it's refreshing to read fairly consistent portrayals within even a tight timeline. Of course this was when Dinah was still her mother, so to speak, which is very weird in ( Read more... )

Title: Stepping Aside
Author: Wabbitseason
Fandom: DCU, set in Darwyn Cooke's New Frontier universe
Characters: Dinah Drake (Black Canary), Selina Kyle (Catwoman), Ted Grant (Wildcat I)
Words: 286 words
Rating: G
Summary: "Ted's old JSA pals were here, but they ducked early so as not to ruin Ted's night".
Author's Note: When I signed up for bradygirl_12 DCU ( Read more... )

Not you, too, Bruce! Can anyone save me from these dratted knitters? *ducks knitting needles and balls of yarn* Still it's a cute old school Bat/Cat piece by Brian Bolland I hadn't seen before. The thought of a whole generation of fandom that doesn't know what a letter column was boggles my brain.

Oh shush. Not like that. I was enjoying a nice leisurely Sunday afternoon with two of my favorite couples and later two of my favorite baseball teams. There's some weird symmetry there. Now if it'll just juggle loose the writing muses ( Read more... )

No, I haven't started Book 7. My Amazon pre-ordered copy didn't arrive at my door until late Saturday afternoon. By that point, I was in no mood to attack the Potterverse. Truthfully I never really finished Book 6, though I'm working on that. I'm still not spoiled though for the last book. (Sounds like "still not king", only not nearly as funny.) ( Read more... )