God, I hate editing. I HATE it. Not like assimilating corrections, that's nice enough, amusing even, facepalming aside. But I hate rewriting stuff. I'm so bad at rewriting separate scenes. Like to take this one scene and change things and then put it back in and smooth transitions and then do it all over again until the whole thing feels like a ( Read more... )

Dear LJ ( Read more... )

So, it turns out one doesn't have to be in the way of a tropical storm to be stranded offline. My internet was on the fritz for about two days, and they've only just fixed it. *knocks on wood* Just a day before ST BB submission date, now isn't that nice? I've exactly no idea how I'm gonna get anything done in time... >.<

Internet going out ( Read more... )

So, reel_merlin  submissions are due in 15 days, and I have about 15k to write and then only two more weeks to make final changes. I seriously need a panic icon, because hot damn, am I in PANIC.

So, distract me. Stumbled over this meme three times today, so snagged it shamelessly. Pick a fandom and I'll tell you:

The first character I fell in love with:
The ( Read more... )

I feel weird asking this, considering I have three (five really) stories in the works right now, but it's one of these moments. I know what I want to say and what I want to write, but I'm sort of blanking out on inspiration. So PROMPT ME. I'm making no promises, considering the above said, but you never know what might hit the chord, right? God, if ( Read more... )

...of things that NEVER happen in ST (K/S) fanfiction. :D Come on, it'll be fun! We all know they're cliches and we love them for it! Like, how many fics following the 'cold cave/one blanket' scenario can you read? I'll be honest, I can, like... a lot. *G* Some things just never grow old, but even if they do, they become classics. ;)

So really. Of ( Read more... )

Poll

So, I had this idea for a short romantic tale. I never wrote a Star Trek AU, and I guess I was reading too much of SPN shmoop at the time, so I started writing before I knew it, thinking that I'd get it out of my system and go back to, you know, serious business *cough* DNSB. You know what happened? I was cautiously aiming for 20000 words, and now ( Read more... )

This is stolen from screamlet and I think slwatson who did a similar thing earlier. Thank you, ladies, for being so articulate. <3

~*HAPPY FICMAS CARD CLAIM POST*~
Instead of a postcard, I'll write you a ficlet of at least 500 words, though who knows when the muses will smile; or sneeze or something. If you don'f celebrate Christmas, tell me which holiday you'd ( Read more... )

So I'm writing this thing I'm totally not supposed to write, and it's eating my life, and I have two questions.

First, is there anyone here who is either a resident of Chicago or has a more than passing familiarity with the city? If such a person exists, would they be willing to answer a couple of location-related questions by email? It's nothing ( Read more... )