Tentatively awesome
Apr. 8th, 2009 05:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jadesfireToday, I am certifying myself as aweseome once again.
Just as one night's sleep can make the world of difference, so can one night's insomnia, and I've been the walking dead today. On the other hand, I've still managed to get a good lot of work done, as well as finishing my first 'proper' Supernatural story and taking tentative steps to starting one for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
tardis_bigbang. I've also done all the admin needed for bau_bigbang and am loving my co-mods right now *loves*. For the first time ever, I feel geniunely multi-fannish, and I'm really enjoying it. There's less chance for me to get bored, and less pressure somehow. I'm happily paddling and it's all good :)
There's still a shedload of stuff that I didn't get done, including clearing out the gazillion library links that I've gathered as well as the ones I thought you guys might like. Maybe I'll just have to dish them out in small doses. Here's a few to get me going:
Nine words you might think came from science but which are really from science fiction [with thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aoibhe for the link]
Stargate Sunday at Cakewrecks. SGA: Good enough to eat.
How much would I love my Google page to look like this?
The Library of Congress puts the nation's treasures on YouTube
I'm going to have a go at some more of the 'Five Things...' prompts that you all thought I'd forgotten just to get my brain shifted back into Harkness-mode.
If anyone else is trying to get back into writing-mode at the moment, do have a look atwritercon100. I'm still gutted beyond the telling that I won't be able to go this year, but at least I can help someone else. No donation required on the part of the writers, just some time and words, but it could make a huge difference to the scholarship fund. This week's prompt is "con" but you're not constrained by that in any way. Check out the 'matching pledges' here to see how to raise even more money!
Oh, and I'm thinking of updating a meta I wrote a while ago about structure and tone in stories. Something I was listening to today completely threw me by taking what felt like a left-turn halfway through. It wasn't a problem exactly, just that I felt that the two halves weren't connected in any meaningful way, except by the plot. I'm not sure that makes sense to anyone but me, so I might try to put it into sensible language at some point, along with the meta about Gen that I've been meaning to write. Oh, and the one about writing action. At this rate, I'm going to need a list of lists...
Everyone okay? It's all going quiet for Passover and Easter, but I'm sure some of you are still out there in LJ-land.
Just as one night's sleep can make the world of difference, so can one night's insomnia, and I've been the walking dead today. On the other hand, I've still managed to get a good lot of work done, as well as finishing my first 'proper' Supernatural story and taking tentative steps to starting one for
tardis_bigbang. I've also done all the admin needed for bau_bigbang and am loving my co-mods right now *loves*. For the first time ever, I feel geniunely multi-fannish, and I'm really enjoying it. There's less chance for me to get bored, and less pressure somehow. I'm happily paddling and it's all good :)There's still a shedload of stuff that I didn't get done, including clearing out the gazillion library links that I've gathered as well as the ones I thought you guys might like. Maybe I'll just have to dish them out in small doses. Here's a few to get me going:
Nine words you might think came from science but which are really from science fiction [with thanks to
aoibhe for the link]Stargate Sunday at Cakewrecks. SGA: Good enough to eat.
How much would I love my Google page to look like this?
The Library of Congress puts the nation's treasures on YouTube
I'm going to have a go at some more of the 'Five Things...' prompts that you all thought I'd forgotten just to get my brain shifted back into Harkness-mode.
If anyone else is trying to get back into writing-mode at the moment, do have a look at
writercon100. I'm still gutted beyond the telling that I won't be able to go this year, but at least I can help someone else. No donation required on the part of the writers, just some time and words, but it could make a huge difference to the scholarship fund. This week's prompt is "con" but you're not constrained by that in any way. Check out the 'matching pledges' here to see how to raise even more money!Oh, and I'm thinking of updating a meta I wrote a while ago about structure and tone in stories. Something I was listening to today completely threw me by taking what felt like a left-turn halfway through. It wasn't a problem exactly, just that I felt that the two halves weren't connected in any meaningful way, except by the plot. I'm not sure that makes sense to anyone but me, so I might try to put it into sensible language at some point, along with the meta about Gen that I've been meaning to write. Oh, and the one about writing action. At this rate, I'm going to need a list of lists...
Everyone okay? It's all going quiet for Passover and Easter, but I'm sure some of you are still out there in LJ-land.
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Date: 2009-04-08 04:47 pm (UTC)It is rather quiet around here, isn't it? I suppose everyone is on holiday, or dealing with families.
The writercon looks like a very good idea.
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Date: 2009-04-08 04:50 pm (UTC)My corner of LJ has been rather distracted by Dreamwidth and RL lately - it'll be interesting to see what happens once the former is up and running. I'm not sure anyone can do anything about the latter!
Writercon is such a wonderful idea - I've started saving for 2 years time :D People are being incredibly generous, and I'll need a scholarship to go, so it feels like the least I can do!
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Date: 2009-04-08 07:52 pm (UTC)I'm trying to get my writing head in gear, but it only works when I've had enough sleep :(
I like the look of Writercon. I shall start contributing drabbles once my imagination is working again :)
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Date: 2009-04-09 08:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-04-09 01:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-04-09 01:21 pm (UTC)Glad you're feeling better :)
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Date: 2009-04-09 01:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-04-08 10:12 pm (UTC)And thanks for highlighting the writercon100 thing. I'd meant to look into it, seeing it had crept into my flist a couple of times, but never got round to it. Have now joined and will see if I can come with any contributions! :-)
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Date: 2009-04-09 08:05 am (UTC)Writercon looks awesome and it's nice to be able to do something for it :)
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Date: 2009-04-09 05:17 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-04-09 08:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-04-08 04:47 pm (UTC)It is rather quiet around here, isn't it? I suppose everyone is on holiday, or dealing with families.
The writercon looks like a very good idea.
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Date: 2009-04-08 04:50 pm (UTC)My corner of LJ has been rather distracted by Dreamwidth and RL lately - it'll be interesting to see what happens once the former is up and running. I'm not sure anyone can do anything about the latter!
Writercon is such a wonderful idea - I've started saving for 2 years time :D People are being incredibly generous, and I'll need a scholarship to go, so it feels like the least I can do!
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Date: 2009-04-08 07:52 pm (UTC)I'm trying to get my writing head in gear, but it only works when I've had enough sleep :(
I like the look of Writercon. I shall start contributing drabbles once my imagination is working again :)
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Date: 2009-04-09 08:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-04-09 01:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-04-09 01:21 pm (UTC)Glad you're feeling better :)
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Date: 2009-04-09 01:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-04-08 10:12 pm (UTC)And thanks for highlighting the writercon100 thing. I'd meant to look into it, seeing it had crept into my flist a couple of times, but never got round to it. Have now joined and will see if I can come with any contributions! :-)
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Date: 2009-04-09 08:05 am (UTC)Writercon looks awesome and it's nice to be able to do something for it :)
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Date: 2009-04-09 05:17 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-04-09 08:05 am (UTC)