jadesfire

I'm watching a madman. He's reporting from the levee on the Mississippi at Baton Rouge. OUTSIDE. Seriously, standing on the edge of the levee, trying not to get blown off, talking about people sheltering in their homes to ride out the storm. Shouldn't he be, oh I don't know, sheltering to ride it out? *shakes head* I know that power's out, so we can't expect to hear from folks yet, but stay safe, 'kay. travels_in_time, I'm thinking firm vertical thoughts for those trees...

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I feel like I'm a long way outside the Doctor Who/Torchwood fandom at the moment (SGA folks have been good to me and made me very welcome *gets comfortable*) so I'm watching apiphile's Whoniverse love meme to pick up the good stuff. Don't let me down, people.

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I just updated my audiofic page, since I only have one actual story in my monthly round up, and I only posted that the other day. All the audioficis available from general_jinjur's incredible archive anyway, but I like having my own list too. Then I did the maths and there's 12 and a half hours of fic there. Twelve and a half! Not much SGA right now, but I'm working on it. I hope to hit 24 hours by the end of the year!

( While I'm here, I've been thinking about podficcing lately... )

Ooh, and there's now a permanent link to "A World Called Catastrophe", which you should read even if you don't listen to podfic. Just remember the tissues. Or download it from here

Title: On the Wings of Imagination
Author: xparrot
Reader: jadesfire2808
Fandom: SGA/Pern AU
Length: 25.30mins/10.23MB
Link: Megaupload

Summary: Oh, sure, riders said that dragons never hurt humans, but had anyone who believed that ever taken a good look at those teeth?

[Cross-posted to sgapodfic and amplificathon]

When I read this story at sga_flashfic, I never wanted it to stop. Because it works, so completely that you absolutely cannot see the join. The character voices are spot on, it's funny and sweet and just right in a way that still makes me grin stupidly. Which is tricky when you're trying to read. So even if you're not going to download, go have a read of it. Because this story just can't get enough love.

Also, because I know you like to laugh, I thought I should demonstrate the dangers of reading a story you love. (30 second outtake)

Happy birthday mad_jaks! Hope you have a great day.

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I'm loving reading through perspi's stories again, and she's been kind enough to let me play with them. So, two audiofics for you - and I highly recommend the stories, even if you're not a listening person.

Soul to Squeeze
"I'm fine," Rodney snapped, and it would have been believable if Rodney weren't such a lousy liar. A wonderfully clever, unfolding AU.
Download

Down to the Bones
"I'm going to give you a shave."
Download

With huge thanks to perspi for permission and enthusiasm.
[will be crossposting to sgapodfic and amplificathon later with apologies for spamming]

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I've been reading the previews over at sgabigbang, and so far this is the one I'm most excited about. Normally, I wouldn't even consider anything with the label "Sheppard/Weir", but irony_rocks seems to have caught the Elizabeth I want to read, so I'm prepared to give it a chance.

All I have to decide now is whether my own preview should be the srs bizness that people have put up so far, or if I should try something slightly more random. How exactly do I summarise and choose samples from a story that covers grief, explosions, friendship, obsession, technobabble, true love, dodgy science, mind invasion, the abuse of the Latin language and Grand Theft Spaceship? But isn't a comedy. Any thoughts? Answers on the back of a postcard, please...

How cool is this?



( And this? )

I've taken pictures for the meme and will upload them once I've processed the day's book quota :D

The whole "feeling a bit bleh" is starting to make me sound like a broken record, so we'll skip that and get straight to the point for a change, although not before pointing out my very cool icon made for me by hllangel - have I mentioned lately how cool my flist is? No? Consider it mentioned.

Having had a quick look at the maths, it looks like I'm going to come third at amplificathon, which considering I had a week where I didn't record anything at all, is pretty good going. There's over 8 hours of audiofic on my page now (see sidebar for link), and I'm going to settle down to some longer stuff once the competition is over and we're back from holiday. I have this vague notion of recording 24 hours of fic before the end of the year, but we'll see what happens.

In the meantime, huge thanks to all the authors who kindly let me play with their fic. It's been an absolute joy and pleasure.

( House fic )
( Torchwood )
( Crossovers )

In other news, I'm have a feeling that my sgabigbang is a story I want to have written, rather than one I actually want to write. This is also because the tardis_bigbang (2 weeks to the grand opening - wheee!) and TimeStamp meme stories have woken up the Jack in my head again, and every time I start thinking about stories, he's the first person I think of. So. I'm going to give it 24 hours, and if I still don't have the inclination to write the SGA story, I'll drop out officially and concentrate on Sic Transit Tempus and Audiofic.

It's all go here, isn't it? *rolls eyes* How's everyone else? Hope your Mondays aren't too unbearable.

ETA: Something joanna_may said in a comment on my Doctor Who post has got me thinking, but since that's not my strong point today, could someone help me out, please? ( Cut for speculation, spoilers like woah, casting notes and DW S4 )

Cramps and nausea. The perfect way to start the day. To be fair, I'm feeling quite chirpy in myself, which makes a nice change. I just feel like my body is telling me to stop, right now, or else.

I have one thing I need to do today, which is going to take me a few hours, but then I'm going home to my duvet and hot water bottle.

Fortunately, I have a Doctor Who audiobook to make those hours bearable, as well as *drum roll* More audiofic! The wonderful rustydog has recorded two more of my SGA stories, and they sound brilliant. Links etc below, as well as to her amplificathon entry, so do go and tell her how awesome she sounds. Because of the nature of audiofic - in that people aren't usually listening at their computers - not much feedbacking goes on, even less than happens for normal fic. So one of my resolutions is to track down the readers of the fic I've enjoyed and tell them so. Care to join me?

In the meantime:

The Sounds of Silence
Some Assistance Required (This has a 'no drinks' warning on it. Seriously)

( Other things for today list )

So, after a period of emotional instability, my body decided that what it needed was physical instability, just so I had the full set. ( Cut for boring 'I'm sick' stuff )

Given I had the whole day alone in the flat - although miss_zedem dropped in via IM to cheer me up like usual :) - I'm feeling a bit restless and ansty. Combined with my complete inability to string two thoughts together, I'm getting frustrated, want to write and can't seem to. Therefore, I thought I'd fall back on my old favourite, the Time Stamp meme. There's a whole pile o'fic linked from the sidebar, so feel free to choose anything you like. I'm going to crosspost to heretoutopia, but do go for an SGA story if you'd rather. I can have a go at Housefic, but to say I'm a bit rusty would be an understatement...

Wording for anyone who wants to nick it:

Give me one of my own stories, and a timestamp sometime in the future after the end of the story, or sometime in the past before the story started, and I'll write you at least a hundred words of what happened then, whether it's five minutes before the story started or ten years in the future.

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Since I had to sit up to have lunch, I decided to record a couple of stories. One Torchwood, one Winnie the Pooh. Yes, really. Huge thanks to the authors as ever.

Also, PLEASE could someone else start recording some Torchwood fic, or encouraging people to cross-post to tw_audiofic? I seem to be the only one with time to record and post at the moment and I'm getting embarrassed about the number of times I've posted to the comm. If you see something in my TW collection that catches your eye, please drop me a line! I'd love for people to have a go at me stuff. It's really not as hard as it looks - if I can do it, anyone can... Obviously I've recorded some myself, and I'd like to record the main 'Sic Transit Tempus' stories at some point, but everything else? Just ask!

( This way to audiofic )

With huge thanks to dune_drd and audrarose for letting me play:

Title: White Noise
Author: dune_drd
Summary: Alone on the Game Station, Jack tries to reach the Doctor and Rose
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing: Gen
Length: 6.01 mins
Link: Megaupload


Title: The Next Time She Sees Them
Author: audrarose
Summary: Gwen walks in on them again. Coda to Fragments.
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Length: 7.50 mins/
Link: Megaupload

I really must tidy up my audiofic page - there's quite a lot there now, and even I can't find what I'm looking for.

There are now lots of stories under the Torchwood tag at the Audiofic archive - definitely worth a look and a listen. My stories are all here.

With huge thanks to the authors for letting me play. And apologies for my Welsh pronunciation. I did my best!

Scymnus by aeshna_uk, The Burden of Truth by dark_aegis, and two Sic Transit Tempus stories, The First Time, and Absent Friends by miss_zedem

( all under the cut )

I had a bit of trouble settling last night, so I did some audiofic recording instead.

As you do. Links go to amplificathon for the moment, and I'll update my complete listing (link in sidebar) at some point today. I'm currently second in the rankings, and don't think I'm ever going to catch the person who's first. So I shall just have to keep recording to keep myself in the top three. There's still lots more stories out there!

A Few Quiet Drinks by me. Torchwood/Discworld crossover, 5 stories.

Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men by dune_drd. Torchwood, Jack, Gen.

Two Pair of Aces by matociquala. Criminal Minds, Reid, PG.