odds and sods

What's happening with Heroes? There's a hiatus?

My download is taking forever to finish!

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Hey, booty call - who's going to saramund's wedding again? sassie_collins? megpat2000? I know Shaz has piked it, and apparently Chezza-someone from Britland and her sister are coming down?

Sassie? Meg? Are you guys coming to Sydney and are you going to drive down with me that weekend? We must discuss things like 'when do you get in?' and 'do we have to hire a car?' and 'am I going to have to kill anyone over their music choice while we're driving?' *g*

It's only just over a month away!

*hands saramund the chocolate port* Have a healthy swig of that, hon, and don't panic.

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Last night, my mother called me at 1am. She called because someone tried to call their house, but didn't hang on long enough for them to pick up, and she was worried it might be the sistren or I in trouble. I didn't mind the call - it was for her peace of mind, and I'd probably have done the same thing if I were a mum and I thought my daughters might be calling for help at 1am. But I didn't get back to sleep until 3am.

I zoned in and out of parts of the day. Very disconcerting.

Speaking of the job, I have it until the end of March, and it's looking like I'll have it until the end of April - they still haven't found anyone to cover for me. This could go on for a while - and I'm kinda ambivalent. Because I'd like to have a break for a couple of weeks, sit back, chill, sleep in, relax, write like the blazes, surf like the lazes. And I'd like to get on a project that does development work, not support. Support tends to rot my brain; I get restless and it's all bad.

But at least the money coming in bodes well for the RTW trip later this year!

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I was going to try to write 5,000 words on this story tonight. I'm just going to shoot for 3K, that'll get me to 10K on the story.

Writer's Meme

Tagged by sharim.

Sometimes it's ok to pimp yourself out. Post a list of your top five favorite fics you've written, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. This isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most. Then tag five other people to do the same.

These five are probably the ones that I think best showcase the range of my work, from the long action-adventure, to the short vignette. From the angsty to the fluffy, from the character-driven to the plot-filled. The links lead to The Pit Of Voles (conventionally known as 'Fanfiction.net') so clicky at your own risky!

1. Hostage Situation: Stargate SG-1, team. I pretty much wrote it in a week, and it was tight and character-and-action-based and it worked for me. Plus, it really highlighted the team dynamics, and I got Sam to give StalkerBoy the flick in it - bonus!

2. Aftermath: Justice League. This was another story that was written in a very short span of time - I think this one happened in about four days of nearly non-stop writing. It's angsty and painful and gutwrenching - and I wrote the damn thing! But I was pleased by the way I managed to get in the characters' strengths and flaws.

3. Breathe: Battlestar Galactica, Boomer. This was an entry for a ficathon, and the person wanted Boomer and femslash - neither of which I felt myself to be particularly good at. Ultimately, it turned out quite well, IMO. I like the introspection of it, and the way I worked the story in around the events of KLG II through to The Farm.

4. Happy Beginnings: Stargate Atlantis, John/Teyla. Perhaps it's because this took so much out of me in the writing process, but this is a current favourite. I managed to make it both romantic and angsty, touching without being saccharine, and still managing to capture the characters' actions while depicting the key events of the history.

5. Red String: Harry Potter, Harry/Luna. Because it's short and sweet and slightly crazy - which is how I perceive their relationship being (if they ever ended up in a relationship). And it was fun to write Luna - it always is. She's nutty, but she's a sweetheart, too.

I ended up picking one from five different fandoms - but I honestly don't think I can say I love any of these stories 'the most'. There are things that I love about every one of my stories - even years after I've written them, it's rare that I can't find one that I'm at least a little bit proud of, or that I don't remember making an effort to produce.

That's my love of writing - not just producing something that people comment on, but producing something that I can look at, one, two, three years later and think, "Yeah, that was a good piece of writing. I'm still proud to have my name attached to that."

Five people to do this? Uhh...I don't know how many people on my f-list write very much anymore! So, basically, if you want to do this meme, do it.