jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Default)
Sometimes, an idea just won't let go. Waaaaaay back in March, [livejournal.com profile] donutsweeper wrote a really sweet Supernatural Weechesters story called Another One For the Book. At the time, I had a short discussion in comments about what would go under each letter. Most of the time, I don't think any more about these conversations, but for some reason, this one stuck.

So I decided to make The Book (capital letters compulsory). As you do. And because insanity loves company, I roped [livejournal.com profile] rustydog in to give me a hand. The result is some kind of hybrid between fanfic, meta, fanart and a labour of love. Certainly it took me long enough to put the basics together, and it took forever for the parcel to make its way across the ocean so that Rusty could finish it off and send it on to its final destination with Donut.

Below the cut is the story I wrote to go in the front of The Book, along with an album of pictures to show the making process. Rusty performed sterling beta duties as well as providing the original art work for the book.

Special thanks must go to [livejournal.com profile] nightdog_barks who sent me a huge bundle of newspapers which provided both a useful source of cuttings for The Book and a slightly alarming (for a Brit) insight into Southern US culture. I'm not used to seeing so many adverts for churches and I'm not used to seeing any for guns! Anyway, the papers were essential to the making of the book, and enable the whole project to get off the ground.




Title: The Book
Author: [livejournal.com profile] jadesfire2808
Artist: [livejournal.com profile] rustydog
Words: 1,044
Rating: G
Genre: Gen
Spoilers: 4x17 It's a Terrible life

Summary: It was one of the few pacts that neither of them had broken, ever. Mostly.

ExpandThe Book )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Fandom - SPN - Bobby with Colt)
Hey, at least I don't need to worry about the number of the episode ;)

ExpandThere's not much back here because my brain is already in weekend-mode. )

Told you it wasn't much. Now to see what everyone else has got to say.




ETA (unrelatedly): I love fangirls, I really do, but seriously, cats are nothing to it when it comes to herding. I really know how these guys feel at the moment. Please don't get me wrong, I ♥ the Big Bang participants more than words, but they (we) also drive me insane. I guess you can't have one without the other!
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (SPN - Dean in suit)
Title: Ordinary Life
Characters/Pairing: Bobby/Gen
Words: ~6,600
Rating/Warnings: PG/None
Spoilers: 4x06 "Yellow Fever" (incorporates scenes from the episode)
Notes: Enormous thanks to donutsweeper, pwcorgigirl and rivers_bend for encouragement, beta-services and housework advice.

Summary:

Friday: Laundry.
Saturday: Shopping.
Sunday: Church.
Monday: Research.
Tuesday: Save Dean Winchester's life.
Wednesday: Tow car.
Thursday: Tidy kitchen.

ExpandOrdinary Life )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Default)
My first full-length SPN-fic \o/ Will be cross-posted to [livejournal.com profile] singer_salvage and probably [livejournal.com profile] spn_gen once I get my act together :)




Title: Ordinary Life
Author: [livejournal.com profile] jadesfire2808
Characters/Pairing: Bobby/Gen
Words: ~6,600
Rating/Warnings: PG/None
Spoilers: 4x06 "Yellow Fever" (incorporates scenes from the episode)
Notes: Enormous thanks to [livejournal.com profile] donutsweeper, [livejournal.com profile] pwcorgigirl and [livejournal.com profile] rivers_bend for encouragement, beta-services and housework advice.

Summary:

Friday: Laundry.
Saturday: Shopping.
Sunday: Church.
Monday: Research.
Tuesday: Save Dean Winchester's life.
Wednesday: Tow car.
Thursday: Tidy kitchen.

ExpandOrdinary Life )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (SPN - animated - rock paper scissors)
As most of you know, I have a podfic addiction, and since I don't have the time for recording right now, I've been doing a lot of listening. I've been listening to SPN fic mostly, as I've been starting to get into the show and don't have time to read fic either.

Although most of these stories will probably be old news if you've been around the fandom a while, they're also ones where I'd specifically recommend the podfic version (if you like audiobooks, of course). Because this is me, they're all Gen, but they range from the downright silly ("Of Unconventional Dealbreaking" is the silliest and is glorious in its silliness) to the dark and moving.

I'm still working my way through the Supernatural:gen tag at the audiofic archive, so more when I reach the end!

ExpandRecs under here )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (SPN - mine is an evil laugh)
This was initially inspired by this kissing meme, which [livejournal.com profile] aoibhe linked to. However, after reading the other comment-fics there (something for everyone! I might even see if I can write something that acutally works for it...), I'm fairly sure this is not the fic they're looking for.

But since I wrote it and got it beta'd and everything, I'm posting it here anyway.

Title: Let There Be Light
Words: 789
Rating: PG
Characters: Mary/John
Spoilers: Episode tag to 4x03 "In The Beginning"
Notes: Huge thanks to [livejournal.com profile] pwcorgigirl and [livejournal.com profile] rustydog for the lightning-fast beta.

Summary: Everything comes back to John in a rush, and not much of it is good.

ExpandLet There Be Light )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (SPN - mine is an evil laugh)
So I'm still ploughing my way through Supernatural S4 and have just got to 'Monster Movie'. ExpandSpoiler and threat cut because you guys are SO DEAD )

*loves*

Mar. 7th, 2009 07:09 pm
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (CM - animated - reidprentiss hug)
Thank you so much for last night guys. Recently, I've been getting the prods I need to get myself sorted out, so I'm going to try to get on that really soon.

Today I have been awesome because I have done the ironing. I HATE ironing.




And because I always do what my flist tells me to, allow me to promote:

International Fannish Feel Yourself Up Day

Gals, if you're not checking for lumps on a regular basis, get right on that. Quickly, please. Too many folks I know are being hit by cancer right now. This one's for [livejournal.com profile] fan_eunice, who's just starting to fight this sucker. And Guys, keep an eye (or, you know, hand) on the relevant parts of your anatomy too, okay? (that means armpits too - lymphoma's actually more common in men) You find anything, you go right to the doctor's, you hear me? I don't care if you think it's nothing. I don't care if you think you're being stupid. That's a helluva lot better than the alternatives. Go.




Other things roll on apace, including my growing love for Supernatural. You guys who promised me recs, I think I'm ready for them now (I'm up to 2.08 "Crossroad Blues" so no major spoily fics, tx). I'd particularly like podfic recs if you have them, since I'm about to spend a while on trains and away from home, and could use good fic to listen to. I know the stuff on my Zen practically off by heart by now.

ETA: Okay, please could more people with microphones start recording in the Gen category? Please? Because it's getting embarrassing to click on the Torchwood:Gen category and have to scroll past all the fics I recorded. I mean, I recorded them because I love them, but it's weird listening to your own voice...




So that's two ways you can be awesome for me today. How else have you been awesome?