Yes, I have finished One More Story for 2009!

Title: The Lamp is Burning Low
Fandom: RV
Rating: Adult
Words: ~2500
Characters: Howie/Joe Joe
Summary: Joe Joe hates travelling in icy weather, Howie indulges him.
Disclaimer: Nobody here is mine. Dammit.
Author's Note: Thanks to tsuki_no_bara, who indulges ME :)

The Lamp is Burning LowNow... you may notice a ( Read more... )

Like I said earlier, I'm quite pleased with myself this year: fifteen stories in all, for a total of 30,700 words. ... okay, yes, I hustled to finish Captivate last night so I could break thirty thousand, what of it? *cough* So, y'know, here's the round up. Grouped by fandom 'cause I feel like it.
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( NY resolutions meme (the one with more than one) )

All my shows are repeats tonight... but Poolhall Junkies is listed on Spike TV at 8 central, for any Michael Rosenbaum fans what haven't seen it yet. (Also, I want to bite Anson Mount's cheekbones very very much in this film. Seriously.)

But I shouldn't watch, as my undermistletoe fic is due in a week and a day and if I don't get through [scene] and partway ( Read more... )

Yeah, you read that right. Crazy-ass weather ( Read more... )

Say a story is a bit over 8000 words total. Is that too long for a
single post, either by LJ's posting limit or to read in a sitting?

Should I post parts 1 and 2 on the same day, or a day apart?

*ponder* *pokes at story and wonders where to break it, anyway*

If you happen to be working on some creative writing project, fanfiction or NaNoWriMo or what have you, post exactly one sentence (or more) from each of your current work(s) in progress in your journal. It should probably be your favourite or most intriguing sentence so far, but what you choose is entirely your discretion. Mention the title (and ( Read more... )

Making
Light and its lively band of commenters are discussing possibly my
favorite music video of the 80s, Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse
of the Heart."

(Note: he may be a were-pigeon.)

*squeaks happily* GOD, I miss those old-school, cracked out music videos.

I still maintain, linked
essay aside, that the video is much more Lois
Duncan's Down a ( Read more... )

[link lifted from missmollyetc] Writer's Fight Song (Procrastination Rag)

MAKE THEM FIGHT AND MAKE THEM SCREW
MAKE THEM DO WHAT BAD FOLKS DO
MAKE THEM MEAN AND LET THEM FUCK
GIVE THEM REALLY CRAPPY LUCK

*pounds beer mug on the bar and howls*

Random
notes to the authors of the last seven "publish on demand" books I
read. [as found on Making Light's
sidebar]

Mickey Mack McKeldinroy. Not necessarily my top choice for a name
for your protagonist--considering he's Italian.

*wheeze*

I want to be very clear about something: Gynecological exams are ( Read more... )