Snowy Monday

[jadesfire]

The world outside my office window is white this morning. It's very pretty from here. It was less fun doing my funky penguin walk through it on the way to work. If it doesn't clear up by lunchtime, no way on earth am I going to Witney tonight (I have Slimming World there on Monday evenings). I'm going home to hot chocolate and my lamb casserole instead.

How was everyone's weekend? Uneventful? Exciting? I spent it cooking, cleaning, then on a 6 mile walk round Port Meadow in the sunshine. Of course, it was freezing cold as well, but it was good to get some sun, especially since the sky is grey all the way down to the horizon this morning.

In case you don't have much going on (everyone's suspiciously quiet at the moment), allow me to find you thinks to occupy your time:

tardis_bigbang sign-ups opened yesterday. Click to go to the sign-up page:



We've got some great authors this year - some old friends, some new but well-known names - and I'd love to see you all there. Trust me, 20,000 words fly by when you get going. We're also going to need some stellar artists to keep up with our writers, so please think about putting your name down for that as well.

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halfamoon also opened yesterday.



This is a 14 day fest for posting fic, recs or artwork about the wonderful women in fandom. So far, my favourite post is this icon one, and I'm thinking of contributing the odd ficlet myself. Do go join in - all lengths, all ratings, all fandoms are more than welcome.

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sga_genficathon opened yesterday too! (February's the month for it, I can tell you). Click for sign-ups:



I loved this last year, and turned out what I think is one of the best stories I've ever written for it. The way the prompting works is also really cool, and even if you don't usually write Gen, do have a think about it. You never know what you can do until you try!

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I think that's something for everyone. Beating the winter blues, one ficathon at a time :)

Comments

[stackcats.livejournal.com]

That icon post is fantastic.

If I could think of a plot, I'd be tempted to have another go at TARDIS big bang. I'll have a thinky.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

It's great, isn't it? I'm definitely going to have to snag some.

I don't really believe in plots - I tend to pick a macguffin and something I want to say about the character (not necessarily in that order ;)) and just see what happens. It's incredibly surprising how quickly the words pile up. *makes encouraging noises* There are no penalties for signing up and not making it, and it might just be a useful source of inspiration!

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

I wish I had the time and the plot for bigbang...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Time, I can see being a problem. Plot? I know you can do, so none of that, missy ;) But making the time for these things is *hard* :S

[in-the-bottle.livejournal.com]

[info]tardis_bigbang sign-ups opened yesterday.

You know, I have a rather long TW/DW fic at the beta at the moment that's just over 20,000 words. Can I cheat and enter that? :P

Problem is, about 900-1000 words of that has been posted since it started as a comment fic and just kinda... grew.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Heh, sorry, hon. We're operating a 'write for the challenge' policy, and 20k is a few too many words to already have.

But that's so cool anyway! I love it when fics do that :D

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

I wish I had the time for a Big Bang story, but right now I'm strugging to find time for 1000 words.

Do we get pretty snowy pictures later?

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Ack, hon, that sucks :S You'll just have to help me with mine, then ;) As if you had a choice...

Heh, probably not today, since I don't have the camera and it was too dark for photos this morning. But we're due more later in the week so I'll see what I can do :D

[aeshna_uk]

It's snowing dinnerplates here in London and has been for some time. It's gorgeous, even if I didn't think so trying to walk home from the Tube in a blizzard at midnight last night....

Have signed up for the Big Bang - I have a couple of historical TW bunnies that should fit the brief and that I really need to get out of my head at some point! Just need to decide which of them to do now.

Right, off to make pancakes, methinks. :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Snow is usually prettier from inside a warm room. It was less fun in the driving wind this morning. :S

Yay! If even half the stories get written, we're going to top last year for sure. And I didn't know that was possible. Also, 'gen-with-jack' should be its own genre. Definitely.

Ooh, yum. I'm out to lunch so I just hope the place we're going has power! Three libraries have lost it so far...

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

I haven't been quiet at all! :D But I'm mostly rambling on about a different fandom. And rustydog says some of my posts aren't showing up on her friendspage. So possibly I'm talking to myself. :D

(Hi!)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. I've seen some posts but looking at your journal, I've missed others. *sigh* Nice to see you! Glad the new fandom is fun!

And talking is usually good, whether it's to yourself or not ;D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I signed up for bigbang! I don't even remember what I said the plot would be. Last time I actually wrote exactly what I'd put up. This time... we'll see. But I'm determined to write something for it!

halfamoon sounds interesting. I wish I had a better voice for my female characters.

Does the gen_fication thing have a word count minimum? I looked but couldn't find one (never mind, found it- 2k). Which did you write for it last year? (And I hope you know to give a holler when you need beta-ing for this one)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Yay for signing up! As you know, I favour a free-form approach to writing myself, so don't worry about not knowing entirely what you're doing ;) it's going to be great!

There's going to be some good stuff over at halfamoon - maybe a chance to support even if you don't feel up to writing. I intend to sit and learn, mostly :)

I wrote Bibula Harena (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_genficathon/9606.html) for it last year, which I still think is one of the best things I've written. (heh, you betcha!)

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Walking to aged parent's house to get her up and dressed was fun with the dog this morning - even if it did take me over an hour instead of the 40 minutes, tops, it normally takes. Lunchtime walking back was different as it was really slippy by then where everyone else had walked... HO hum.

I have bitten the bullet and signed up as an author as well as an artist. *bites nails*

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

We had the exact same problem here. Getting round the corner for lunch was way harder than it should have been :S

*waves pompoms* WOOT! You were all kinds of awesome last year - I don't know what we would have done without you - so I can't wait :D

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Trust me, 20,000 words fly by when you get going.

See, you say that, and I believe you, but only about *other* people... :)

I have a lot of questions about lower word limits, too. I will try to work up a post when I finish grading that stack of papers. Oh, and then that other stack. ::headdesk::

Thank you for the halfamoon rec. I just wrote a "I will probably never post this" thing last night about female characters, and then - there's a community for them!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hee. I look forward to both posts! In my experience, all you actually need is a strong character point and a macguffin and you're off. But that might just be me ;)

I really want to write for halfamoon but am struggling to find the time/energy. Maybe tomorrow...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

All right, you're officially evil.

I've signed up for the sga gen ficathon thing and i've written and posted a drabble for halfamoon. I never write women! And it's a woman I've never written before in a fandom I've never done by itself before!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Wheee! Awesome! Go you :D My work here is done.

*see icon*

[stackcats.livejournal.com]

That icon post is fantastic.

If I could think of a plot, I'd be tempted to have another go at TARDIS big bang. I'll have a thinky.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

It's great, isn't it? I'm definitely going to have to snag some.

I don't really believe in plots - I tend to pick a macguffin and something I want to say about the character (not necessarily in that order ;)) and just see what happens. It's incredibly surprising how quickly the words pile up. *makes encouraging noises* There are no penalties for signing up and not making it, and it might just be a useful source of inspiration!

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

I wish I had the time and the plot for bigbang...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Time, I can see being a problem. Plot? I know you can do, so none of that, missy ;) But making the time for these things is *hard* :S

[in-the-bottle.livejournal.com]

[info]tardis_bigbang sign-ups opened yesterday.

You know, I have a rather long TW/DW fic at the beta at the moment that's just over 20,000 words. Can I cheat and enter that? :P

Problem is, about 900-1000 words of that has been posted since it started as a comment fic and just kinda... grew.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Heh, sorry, hon. We're operating a 'write for the challenge' policy, and 20k is a few too many words to already have.

But that's so cool anyway! I love it when fics do that :D

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

I wish I had the time for a Big Bang story, but right now I'm strugging to find time for 1000 words.

Do we get pretty snowy pictures later?

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Ack, hon, that sucks :S You'll just have to help me with mine, then ;) As if you had a choice...

Heh, probably not today, since I don't have the camera and it was too dark for photos this morning. But we're due more later in the week so I'll see what I can do :D

[aeshna_uk]

It's snowing dinnerplates here in London and has been for some time. It's gorgeous, even if I didn't think so trying to walk home from the Tube in a blizzard at midnight last night....

Have signed up for the Big Bang - I have a couple of historical TW bunnies that should fit the brief and that I really need to get out of my head at some point! Just need to decide which of them to do now.

Right, off to make pancakes, methinks. :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Snow is usually prettier from inside a warm room. It was less fun in the driving wind this morning. :S

Yay! If even half the stories get written, we're going to top last year for sure. And I didn't know that was possible. Also, 'gen-with-jack' should be its own genre. Definitely.

Ooh, yum. I'm out to lunch so I just hope the place we're going has power! Three libraries have lost it so far...

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

I haven't been quiet at all! :D But I'm mostly rambling on about a different fandom. And rustydog says some of my posts aren't showing up on her friendspage. So possibly I'm talking to myself. :D

(Hi!)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. I've seen some posts but looking at your journal, I've missed others. *sigh* Nice to see you! Glad the new fandom is fun!

And talking is usually good, whether it's to yourself or not ;D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I signed up for bigbang! I don't even remember what I said the plot would be. Last time I actually wrote exactly what I'd put up. This time... we'll see. But I'm determined to write something for it!

halfamoon sounds interesting. I wish I had a better voice for my female characters.

Does the gen_fication thing have a word count minimum? I looked but couldn't find one (never mind, found it- 2k). Which did you write for it last year? (And I hope you know to give a holler when you need beta-ing for this one)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Yay for signing up! As you know, I favour a free-form approach to writing myself, so don't worry about not knowing entirely what you're doing ;) it's going to be great!

There's going to be some good stuff over at halfamoon - maybe a chance to support even if you don't feel up to writing. I intend to sit and learn, mostly :)

I wrote Bibula Harena (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_genficathon/9606.html) for it last year, which I still think is one of the best things I've written. (heh, you betcha!)

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Walking to aged parent's house to get her up and dressed was fun with the dog this morning - even if it did take me over an hour instead of the 40 minutes, tops, it normally takes. Lunchtime walking back was different as it was really slippy by then where everyone else had walked... HO hum.

I have bitten the bullet and signed up as an author as well as an artist. *bites nails*

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

We had the exact same problem here. Getting round the corner for lunch was way harder than it should have been :S

*waves pompoms* WOOT! You were all kinds of awesome last year - I don't know what we would have done without you - so I can't wait :D

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Trust me, 20,000 words fly by when you get going.

See, you say that, and I believe you, but only about *other* people... :)

I have a lot of questions about lower word limits, too. I will try to work up a post when I finish grading that stack of papers. Oh, and then that other stack. ::headdesk::

Thank you for the halfamoon rec. I just wrote a "I will probably never post this" thing last night about female characters, and then - there's a community for them!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hee. I look forward to both posts! In my experience, all you actually need is a strong character point and a macguffin and you're off. But that might just be me ;)

I really want to write for halfamoon but am struggling to find the time/energy. Maybe tomorrow...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

All right, you're officially evil.

I've signed up for the sga gen ficathon thing and i've written and posted a drabble for halfamoon. I never write women! And it's a woman I've never written before in a fandom I've never done by itself before!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Wheee! Awesome! Go you :D My work here is done.

*see icon*