Today's question from fannish5: Name five effective uses of songs in movies or TV shows.

6. (Because I remembered it and couldn't leave it out.) X-Files, Mulder listening to Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand" while driving up Skyland Mountain.

5. Highlander, the movie. Yes, most of the songs in that movie were written for it (and work amazingly well, too ( Read more... )

Comment to this entry and I'll pick up to three of your fandoms. You must then update your journal and answer the following questions ( Read more... )

Oh, if this doesn't have my name all over it!

Name five minor characters whose lives and histories you'd like to see explored more (in canon or fanfic).Oh, easy, except for the stop at five part ( Read more... )

One of the Nero Wolfe novels (or Archie Goodwin novels, YMMV), The Doorbell Rang, centers around a wealthy widow who finds a book so disturbing that she buys 10,000 copies and mails one to every Congressman, Senator, Governor, federal judge, major newspaper editor, etc. etc. (Lon Cohen bitches that he didn't get one...) The book was called The ( Read more... )

Gacked from kaiz  : The alphabet of my fic:

I left out WIPs, rants/essays, and snippets. These included An Apology Snippet, Plus Ca Change, Stained Glass, Stormwrack & Driftwood, Stormy's Wedding, and things like 'How to Send Feedback' and 'In Defense of Original Characters.' 113 119 124 stories in 13 14 18 fandoms so far, and all but 5 4 letters of ( Read more... )

Gacked from dustandroses1. Post 15 of your favorite fandoms. (Yikes... I don't think I have 15 ( Read more... )

Obviously, it ain't been lately. I just checked crossovers100 and, um, er, I hadn't posted my last *three* crossovers there. Um. I think I'll just go feel accomplished about getting that caught up. Yeah. That's it.

::amused:: Time to update webpages, too....
ETA: And now the webpages are updated, and tomorrow, I'll word an email to send to the various ( Read more... )

Last time, it was running into (a) Duncan MacLeod in a Nero Wolfe novella, "Murder Is Corny." This time? I just found out I first met Wolfe and Goodwin fifteen years ago.

I'm rereading Randall Garrett's Lord Darcy books, and I found comments in Lord Darcy Investigates about, "As my cousin de London would say, "Pfui!", and "as my cousin de ( Read more... )

Saul Panzer never forgets a face, or where and when he saw it. Connor MacLeod has lived, and done business in, New York City for two centuries, off and on. Here's one way those facts might mesh: White Horses & Tails. Hope you enjoy!

White Horse & Tails (Nero Wolfe/Highlander): ~2100 words. Done and now I'm looking for betas. I could really use someone who knows the Nero Wolfe lexicon to see if Saul's voice sounds right. (Alexandralynch, didn't you offer, back when? Do you still have time to look this over?)

Second Theft (Orig. fic): ~2400 words. I'm muttering about 'I'm writing what ( Read more... )