Quill, Parchment, & Ink

Sort of.

Well it works anyway. I'm a member of a group on word press and a couple of months ago, they asked for stories for one of the mods for her wedding. It's been published as an E-book on smashword and you can download a copy! We've got some very talented authors there (much better than me even) and then me :-)

I'm on page 238 of the online version or you can just download it. (It's free right now.)

Dark Fairy Queen Writerly Bridal Shower

So a little bit of an update of things around here on writing and the like:

( A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That )

So most of you have seen my massive Fic to Finish list.

I have been trying to complete things on it and with that in mind, I am setting more concrete goals so that I have ideas and plans of when I should finish things. Sometimes I will have dates because things have actual due dates (such as for birthdays and such), but most of the time they will be self-imposed. illfindmyway has already volunteered to crack the whip and attempt to keep me on track and make sure I finish by the dates. At this point, I don't have anything planned as rewards for achieving the goals, but maybe I'll get to it soon. I've got a calendar so that I can keep track of things. Each month I'll pick a group of stories, no more than five, to finish within a set amount of time and set the dates. Then I'll post them. You're free to ask me how I'm doing, but please don't berate me or ask for specific stories. Thanks!


The stories and dates for this month:
Nano Anthology Story (266 words so far)
Honolulu verse--beach story (1326 words so far)
Leave: Tristan's Story (3076 words so far)
charlies_dragon 's--Jensen is Awesome! (birthday story--around 500 words--nothing started yet)
Jensen/Cougar story--stuffed animal--irishjeeper (around 500 words--nothing started yet)


For now we are saying September 30 for all of the stories.

Okay so now that it seems like ElJay is up and running again (*pokes at it cautiously*), I figured I'd do a little post of what I'm up to. And I'm gonna update my books and my fic list too before I get writing in a few minutes...unless I run out of energy...which hopefully I won't.

1) I'm working on a postcard book for my unofficial soldier for Soldiers' Angels. This means I am trying my hardest to get a postcard from every single state that makes up the 50 states. I have or have requested or been promised all but the following states: Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, New Mexico, and Vermont. If anyone lives in these states or knows someone who lives in these states, could you PM me please? I can give people more information too if they need it.

2) I've been working on my Music Meme and I've got a bunch of people almost done. So hopefully I'll be posting that soon. This has actually be a LOT harder than I thought it would be. I might be posting some of them that are completed soon (today or tomorrow) and then adding more as I finish them.

3) I've gotten some embroidery projects done in the last couple of months and I really should post pictures of them if anyone is interested. If not...I won't bother.

4) I want to get back to my original fic writing but I keep coming up with fan fic ideas...could someone please shoot those bunnies for me?

5) My sister's birthday is at the end of August and with that in mind I really want to work on one of her Leave Stories, but I can't seem to focus on them. I guess I'll have to buckle down and just make myself work on them. Anyone willing to look them over and give me a hand there?

6) I finally got somewhere on my SGA fic for helpthesouth yesterday so I'm hoping that I can knock that out today or tomorrow. Have about 350 words on it and I only need 750 minimum.

7) I'd like to finish Dancing Queen (Covert Affairs fic) since I think it's pretty close to being done--if my characters would stop trying to derail what I want to happen anyway.

8) After watching Warehouse 13 this past week, the only way I'll be able to write the one fic idea I have is to AU the shite outta the show...soooo I have to consider that. Do I want to write Myka/Pete and naughty librarian as an AU or just scrap the idea? Comments? Thoughts?

9) I started a Suits/Franklin & Bash crossover...but I need a bit more of a plot. And like an actual case. Or at least a reason for Harvey and Mike to go to LA. So um..yeah...that's been tabled for the moment. I'm also having issues of feeling like Jared is really OOC. And I'm not yet confident enough to write Harvey. So until all of those things...I'll have to wait a bit.

10) I contacted jadestrick  about my last helpthesouth  fic because my final bidder hasn't gotten back to me about paying her money. And then ElJay went down. So juliet42  if you see this or if jadestrick  contacts you, you need to let one of us know what's going on.

And I guess that's about it.

A little of this and a little of that today...a prompt and two sites for writing help...and maybe later today or tomorrow (more than likely tomorrow), I'll have some more writing reference information and books.

Prompt:
This I Believe
You probably share a basic outlook on life with your friends. However, most people have a few beliefs that would shock their friends. Write about a belief of yours that annoys or surprises the people who are close to you.
from The Daily Spark

Sites:

Word Count tool from irishjeeper
Word Count

Progress Meter from havenward
Progress Meter

So it's that time of year again (and yes I know I'm a few days late)...what all did I write and post last year? Here are my finished/posted stories and also my word counts for both Writo de Mayo and Mini-Nano. I think I had a pretty good year. Some of them are in more than one part, but since they were posted separately, they get their own mention. I've also marked fandoms...I provided links, but no other information so you'll have to sort through them if you want to know anything about them. Some of them might be f'locked due to issues within the fandoms. Sorry.


( The Fics )



( Progress Meters )


So the end counts:
81 total stories/writing postings
23,647 words for Writo de Mayo
32,973 words for Mini-Nano

I do believe I had a good year. Hopefully this next year will be just as good. :-) Happy New Year, y'all!

For those of you that are unaware...I've been participating in Last Author Standing here on eljay. I used one of my skips last round, but do have an entry in this round of originalfic_las . You can go to the voting page and read the entries and vote. I'd love it if you voted for me, but I can't tell you which one is mine or give you any hints. We've got some great authors though so take a look and enjoy the writing!

Dear Alexander
I love that you have been letting me write and exceed my goal every day since November started...I do NOT love that you can't seem to let me finish any of the stories I've started and would like to finish and you keep giving me Sanctuary plot bunnies.

For the ever loving fuck...LET ME FINISH A GOD DAMN STORY! I do NOT WANT TO WRITE SOMETHING NEW. I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH the ones I already have.

Some love, but not much,
me

I was invited to join LAS tonight and decided on two comms...I'll be participating in the usanetwork_las  and also originalfic_las  so I figured I'd pimp them here but since I f'locked my update post, I needed to re-post the pimp. The banners are pretty so I didn't mind. I've already gotten my challenge for the USA network one and the other one isn't open for challenges yet. So I've got a little time.

Do You Like To Write? Like to write? Love to write Original Fiction? Great! There is a new challenge, called originalfic_las , where you write a story of at least 100 words every two weeks based on a different prompt. Then they get voted on and the person with the least votes is out that week and the person with the most is safe next week. Till you have one author standing who wins! You don't even need to be a GREAT writer! ... who will come out on top?

and

since I'll be writing Covert Affairs...

Do You Like To Write? Like to write? Love any of the USA Network shows? Great! There is a new challenge, called usanetwork_las , where you write a fanfic of at least 100 words every two weeks based on a different prompt. Then they get voted on and the person with the least votes is out that week and the person with the most is safe next week. Till you have one author standing who wins! What do you win? A snazzy graphic and a $10 GC to Amazon or Barnes & Noble. You don't even need to be a GREAT writer! ... who will come out on top?

Cause I'm procrastinating...and don't have an attention span at the moment...and have been having fun play with kaitlia777 .

Name 3 character and I'll tell you three (or more) facts about them from my own personal pseudo-canon.

Assuming I can think of stuff...let me know if y'all need links or shite too.

So apparently I need to be more specific about who/what I write.

Leverage
Eliot Spencer
Alec Hardison
Parker
Bri Dawson
Ben Dawson

Numb3rs
Colby Granger
Jo Granger
Tim King

RPF
Chris Kane
Steve Carlson
Royal Douglas
Sarah Borne

SGA
Evan Lorne
Aiden Bancroft-Lorne
John Shephard
Deke Zulu
Jonas MacFadden
Mark Wall
Owen Murray


You can add in SPN, Angel (well Lindsey anyway), and um...Losers I guess. Anyway if anyone wants to play. I'm always up for procrastination. And I wanna mess with stuff so maybe I can get some ideas for my fics.

I included my OCs on the lists also.