"You know Indian's Bend?" "I don't know, I've never bent one."

[jadesfire]

I'm having a listy kind of day:

#1. I have now spent 2 days ordering books in languages I don't speak and some I don't even understand. Serbian is the hardest to spell, Romanian resembles Italian more than I had realised and a surprising number overall are in English. We've now ordered from 46 countries. Just over 60 to go...

#2. Because it's Friday and I abandoned common sense some time around Wednesday lunchtime, I've signed up for spn_summergen. Sign ups close tomorrow!

#3. You lot are no help at all when it comes to deciding what to write. Apparently I should start the NCIS one first, but only just. You're wonderfully enthusiastic, thanks, folks. It actually helps an embarrassing amount. This is a terribly against-the-grain thing to say in fic-writing circles (they're probably going to take away my pencil sharpener), but I do actually write for other people. Not for the comments (although I won't deny my utter delight in them), but because I hope the words I put down will entertain someone else as much as they did me. I don't write to order, but I do write to give pleasure to others as well as myself. The stuff I write just for myself? That stays under private lock. Anything public was written because I love to entertain, I love reading and I love the thought that what I wrote might just be the right story at the right time for somebody else. For me, it's like sending a postcard or letter or email to someone, except it's to a wider audience. This no doubt makes me an unbearable egotist, but that's just how I feel.

Anyway, my current deadlines are lining up nicely. Far enough apart that I'm not under too much pressure, close enough that I've got the drive to get them done:

22nd May - team_sga (yes, this is the pirate fic)
14th June - tardis_bigbang final draft
19th July - bau_bigbang first draft
1st August - spn_summergen (from a prompt that I'll get on 1st June)
16th August - bau_bigbang final draft

Looking at that, I won't be doing the SGA Big Bang this year unless there's a prompt that compells me to write. Given my current ambivalence to SGA, that's highly unlikely, plus I want to write my Bibula Harena sequel at last.

#4. We now have a confirmed artist for every story at tardis_bigbang. This makes me happier than I can say. *twirls*

#5. It's nearly the weekend! We have almost no plans, although I do hope to get most of the housework done tonight so that I can write most of tomorrow. This sounds like a good plan :D

How's everyone doing? Plans for the weekend? Something that I must/read see following the SPN and Criminal Minds episodes this week? Anyone for tea? *swirls pot*

[I'm still cross-posting to dreamwidth and have 4 invite codes if anyone wants/knows anyone who wants one. Friends of friends welcome :)]

Comments

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I try to keep a similar outlook on it... but I occasionally forget
I think it's especially hard when your/my forte isn't the fandom fashion. I'm never going to write a fandom classic, I'm probably never going to write something truly and properly wowing, but in the meantime, I'm going to make people happy. That's got to worth something.

*giggle* We'll see. Like you, I developed...issues...in S5 that I'm not over yet. If I write anything, it's going to be early season/AU, definitely. But I'd love to see a sequel to 'See No Evil' - I made my husband read it while we in Morocco, because I needed someone to talk to about it! Maybe there's group therapy we could go to or something...

[greyias.livejournal.com]

That's got to worth something.

It's worth a lot, IMO. I think it's obvious how much I adore the paperclip prompt story alone ;) As for wowing... "Rise Up and Fight" still sticks in my mind to this day, as something that was really able to express pure, raw emotion. FWIW.

Maybe there's group therapy we could go to or something...

Hee! Group therapy's probably not a bad idea. Give us a shoulder to cry on as we bemoan things that don't make sense to us. Of course, we might wind up passing notes during class session and get kicked out.

I'd love to write the sequel to See No Evil, though, muse willing. I've even got a good portion of the thing already plotted out in my head...! Stupid canon.