Fractured Thoughts

Ha, I actually managed to do 527 words of chapter 4 of learning to communicate today. My GW muses have been on strike for ages, but they appear to be back at work. 'please don't go away little muses I have to finish this chapter and then I want to write the next chapter of zero X. I can feed you Ben and Jerry's icecream'. the spell check is insisting ice cream is two words, have I been spelling it wrong all this time?

It is amazing what having something more annoying- like packing- does for my motivation.

OK what is it with me today? This is the third post I've made today (including comms), sorry everyone. I usually average about 3 a month :-).

Now a serious question :-) Should I post  half my charmed/spn fic as another WIP once I've polished a bit or hold onto it until I have finished the whole thing? These life and death dilemmas are very trying.

OK am going to go away and stop filling up space until I have something worth reading to say.

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

Hi everyone,

auberus  had an idea for a fic challenge which I said I would help with :-).

The idea is to dig out any abandoned stories sitting on your hard drive, whether they are currently 500 words or 50000. Stories that you like but just haven't been able to complete.

Then they can get picked up by someone else who will finish them off, as close to the original style as they can manage but choosing their own direction and plot. You can supply a synopsis of what you originally planned if you like, but whether to adopt that would be up to the new author.

The idea is to make it a multifandom, crossover free for all. If we get enough positive interest we'll go ahead and make a comm so let us know if you are interested whether it be in donating your unfinished fic, picking up someone elses or even better both.

Also if you can pass on the word to your flists too that would be great. Reply here or at the original post here.

I'm writing again ^_^, which is good. Not either of my GW WIPs at the mo though, sorry. Maybe tomorrow, I'm working on a highlander fic and a charmed/SPN crossover, both of which I started ages ago and have only just got in the mood to write any more of. When I get to posting stage is anyone's guess though.

Ages ago I said I would post some of my photo's from Germany so here are a few of the better ones.

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Hey everyone, posting from the train again, am going back home to my nice reliable broadband connection :-), which makes me ridiculously pleased.

Found a whole load of old letters at my Dad's that I was sent by friends on holidays or when starting univeristy before everyone emailed each other all the time. Am beginning to understand my Mother's and Grandmother's insistence that letters are a nicer touch and more personal, they do seem more special although it is practically the same act. I was really pleased to see them, it makes me feel all nostalgic.

Er yes I was going to update you on the writing.... for some reason my GW muse is very shy at the moment (my apologies to everyone waiting for updates of my WIP, I will try to get some mored done this week). Highlander seems to have eaten my brain though I keep getting new fic ideas, now I just have to get them to sit still for long enough to pin them to the page. So in short I will try to get something ficcish out this week, probably a highlander based update.

Spent most of this week doing random cleaning tasks, the house has never been cleaner. Well except for when my Mum and stepdad came to visit and I didn't want to get disapproving looks. It is official being unemployed, is boring me (finally after 5 months, I was sort of enjoying it, in a mild and controlled panic way) I think this has more to do with the fact finding nice long fics I haven't already read is getting tougher than any improvement in my work ethic. Am trying to ride the new constructive wave to send out loads more applications, so nobody infect me with a new fandom to take up my time until I have a job.

I went hunting for the paper part of my driving licence this afternoon, I finally found it but I think I need to create a new filing system. At the moment any 'important documents' are shoved into a large box in a big pile. My thesis is then balanced on top to keep the lid closed, I'm thinking box files would be a good investment.

I'm going to get the fic snippets I owe done tonight, I AM, really, (if anyone else wants one just comment on the post I made). I also have several drabbles, I've been writing them whenever I can't think of anything to say on the fic I'm supposed to be working on ^_^.

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who posted or messaged me to say happy birthday, I had fun going for a meal with some of my friends here and indulging in far too much chocolate cake ^_^. I have both book tokens and Amazon gift vouchers to spend now, so that should keep me out of trouble for a bit.

Am still writing the next chapter of Zero X (at the moment I am trying to create a realisitc radio conversation, I'm not doing very well with it yet) , and after the requests from reviewers on ff.net another chapter to my highlander ficlet houseguest is also being written.

Anyway I was wondering if any hl fans have a link for a highlander timeline, that includes all (or most) of the immortals (either official or fan written). There are several I've found by the power of google for individual characters but nothing that puts it all together, otherwise I'm going to end up spending weeks writing my own I think, to try and keep everything straight. (Going through all the watchers chronicles is fun but rather timeconsuming).

Yay, having posted the 2nd chapter of learning to communicate, I am now a paragraph or maybe 3 from finishing the next chapter of zero X after months of no inspiration (or rather laziness), just have to get Quatre to cooperate. The whole new year guilt has been great for motivation.

I was supposed to go back home today, *looks at time* well I suppose it's yesterday now but we had just a little bit of snow. The british railways being what they are I decided I didn't fancy the potential delays and cancelled services and so stayed an extra day at my Mum's (unemployment has its benefits), packed and wrote and organised my tags on old fics whilst they were at work. I am such a swot. Anyway am pleased I feel like progress has been made. Have to go back tomorrow am working, in the place I actually no longer work (for free, I must be mad), this week trying to help get them sorted.

Ooo and it's 12th night, don't forget to take your decorations down. (Or is that an exclusively British deadline?)
 

Hiya hope everyone had a happy Yule. It's always been one of my favourite days, what can I say I'm weird. I'm back at my Mum's for the Christmas period so that's fun: cooked meals and all, and this year she actually has the internet (success). Am meeting up with old school friends tomorrow which should be great fun, haven't seen them in about 6 months, funny how a group of people I only see about twice a year are still my best friends (not that I don't also appreciate the friends I see every day).
I've actually been writing again (wonders will never cease) I may actually finish and post something before Christmas (though that does mean finishing it tomorrow as I'm off till boxing day on the 23rd).
Anyway happy holidays everyone.