Fandom, comms, writing and stuff

[fractured_sun]

I'm doing the highlander crack_van  recs for this month, it seemed an excellent excuse to run around reading fics again. I've never done it before so it should be fun... wonder if I'm supposed to ask authors before reccing or just get on with it.

Spent this afternoon at a sort of question and answers session with Phillip Pullman which was interesting. Apparently he writes without plans and only vague ideas about what's going to happen beyond the scene he's actually writing, that's how I write too, with slightly different quality of results :-).

I've been having fun this month, I joined ficfinishing  to help me write a charmed/SPN crossover I've been playing with for ages. Not that I actually finished it, yet, because I'm crap but I got loads done.

Even better they've added highlander to their list of fandoms this month (if anyone has any projects they're working on and want help or want to read other peoples fics you might want to go have a look). I've got a couple of highlander fics I keep adding too but haven't really progressed much that I think I'm going to use as a goal, for June.

In other news... my GW fics umm yes I haven't forgotten them I just haven't done anything about them for awhile will get another chapter out ... soon (really). Wow I'm going to busy on LJ this month

Comments

[mackiedockie]

I'm pretty sure the convention is to go ahead and rec without contacting the author. Kind of like a restaurant review, only without the food angst *g*.

ficfinishing? Sounds like something I need to lurk around. (Alas, link not working.)

[fractured_sun]

It's an LJ comm (apparently when I cross post it comes out trying to be a DW comm, must learn how to do it properly). The URL is:
http://community.livejournal.com/ficfinishing/

The top three posts are this months sign ups, for authors and first readers.

Re: Crack Van recs

[rhi]

Yes, go ahead and do the rec without asking the author. This has one exception: if you recommend a vid, it's advisable to talk to the vidder(s) first. That way you know the vid is supposed to be public and they know their bandwidth might spike. Good luck and I'm looking forward to seeing your recs!

(Edited for clarity. Dratted pronouns with unclear antecedents...)

Re: Crack Van recs

[fractured_sun]

Thank you I hadn't thought of that. I'm quite enjoying going through my bookmarks for recs and scouting around. Any excuse.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

No, you don't need to ask, just rec away :)

[fractured-sun.livejournal.com]

Cool, yay reading time.

I can't quite figure it out your icon, is that a feather and origami? It's pretty though, I like the colours.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

It's a quill pen on a bed of leaf things. Found it on a website of a woman that makes quill pens.

[fractured-sun.livejournal.com]

Ahh, I see it now.

[snakewhissperer.livejournal.com]

I'd like to read the spn/charmed one! and yeah it sounds busy!

[fractured-sun.livejournal.com]

Excellent, because at some point when it is actually done and polished I shall be inflicting it upon my flist :-). It still needs a lot of work. and I don't think I have the voices for Sam and Dean quite right. It's such a shame I shall have to watch supernatural episodes again.. for research :-).