jadesfire

With thanks to taffimai for pointing me in its direction:

For all Torchwood and Doctor Who folks suffering from Fannish Ennui?

Spaceman by kaydeefalls could be just what you need.

It's the kind of vid that reminds me why I'm a fan of these things in the first place. Sometimes I need something to just stop me and make me go "OH!" and this is it right now. Just wonderful

I keep forgetting to post over here, but the journal isn't dead, just dormant. Crossposting is not my strong point, apparently.

Anyway, the following contain Torchwood: Children of Earth spoilers.

My semi-coherent reaction post at torchwood_meta.

And fic under the cut. 700ish words, Jack and John Hart. Gen. More or less. Honking great spoilers for 'Children of Earth'. Posted to the_hub.

( Because plot holes bug me )

So. I kind of sort of helped 51stcenturyfox to hijack a thread over at unfeathered's journal which has spawned a ficlet. Just over 700 words, Jack and John Hart, Gen. More or less.

Now polished, headered and posted to torchwood_decaf

( And it has BIG spoilers for Torchwood 3.02, so it's going under a cut )

We have lift off! The front page is here, from where you can link to everything else. We also have 45 stories and gajillions of pieces of art (which may contain spoilers, just so you know), which is all kinds of awesome.

My work? Well, just a brief link for now and more details and squee tomorrow. But I've now been at work for nearly 12 hours and am kind of ready to go home. Admiration for artists will also be expressed tomorrow because DAMN these guys are good.

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Nothing Else But Change
Torchwood (pre-series) | PG | gen | 27,000 words

Everything changed, everything moved on. Everything except Jack.

Betas: rustydog and donutsweeper
Notes: My gratitude to my betas cannot be textually rendered. They have held my hand, passed the tissues, corrected grammar and typos, forced me to write better and made sure that I had everything I needed to write this. It's not possible to thank them too much, for services above and beyond the call of duty or friendship. Remaining deficiencies are all my own work.

Art is by in_the_bottle and jhava and is just...well. Click through to the story and you'll see why it's so awesome.

Right. Home now. Catch y'all tomorrow.

Title: What Ails You
Author: jadesfire2808
Words: 814
Fandom/Character: Torchwood/Tosh
Rating: G
Spoilers: Set between S1 and S2
Notes: The dachshund is becky_h's fault, but the rest is mine. With thanks to donutsweeper and rustydog

Summary: Four weeks. Still no sign.

( What Ails You )

Torchwood Three - Please don't link to this.

Rather random thoughts below the cut...

( Torchwood: Lost Souls )

...but just to say that I've posted 2 fics to amplificathon. It's taken me longer than I'd hoped, thanks to a severe case of nerves, for some reason.

They are:

One Door Closes by travels_in_time (Doctor Who, Jack; Gen)

Coffee With Lucifer (#7) by pwcorgirl (Torchwood, Jack; Gen)

Both links go to the amplificathon entries. More to follow!

( No reaction at all outside the cut, I promise )

ETA: For some reason, the number and range of responses all over my flist are overwhelming me, and making me want to go curl up somewhere with a cuddly toy and a notebook. Comments when I can cope.

This was going to be a post about something else, but I just watched the preview for 'Exit Wounds' ( so I'm cutting for non-spoilers, because I know some people don't want to see kind of reaction yet )

What this post was supposed to be was 'has anyone else noticed that ironing expands to fill the time available?' *eyes laundry suspiciously*

It was also going to be a post following dark_aegis's example, in praise of betas.

Whether you use a 'first readers' list or work closely with one or two other people, I really don't think there's any substitute for having someone look at your story and go 'huh'. Praise is nice, reassurance is necessary, but what I really, really need is someone to say 'not quite, try again like this'. To correct mistakes when I should know better. To argue that my pet idea/word/phrase is just not right for the story. To make me raise my game. To stop me giving up when I want to just lie down and cry. To laugh at my typos when they give the sentence a whole other meaning. To say 'yeah, not so much' when things are wrong. To bounce when they're right. To deconstruct syntax to make it work again. To make me write.

With thanks to everyone who's always willing to help me out, and especially to donutsweeper who gets me on the right side of the Atlantic and making sense, crystalshard who stops me breaking the laws of physics and drives trucks through my plot holes and miss_zedem who glares at me and makes me do better. None of them let me get away with anything, which is a pain in the neck for a lazy so-and-so like me, and I wouldn't be without them for the world.

Go on. Love a beta today :)