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Today is the day of the big Remix reveal! Of course, I've been working (and lazy, don't forget the lazy) so any and all dates and deadlines fall out of my head. But yes, I wrote a story, it was awesome!

First, my story First Monday got remixed by darsynia into Acceptable Risk (the Slow Build Remix) and is awesome and hot, so go tell them what a wonderful job they did!

And THEN, I had the awesome opportunity to play with a story by wickedwords, so I took Jumper Lesson and made Determined (Soldier Boy Remix). I love the whole idea of the gene and how it changes you (oh, SGA science, you are awesome), and Lorne's fear in the original that it wouldn't work right. So I played with that, and how that kind of difference (and the difference that structures the community of Atlantis) kind of works. And made it second person, which was kind of fun. Go read all her stuff, though, because it's all super cute and awsome. I love Lorne to bits; might have to write more fic for him. *cuddles*

I will repost my story on here later today, and update my fic list (helpfully under Flya.fic heeee, I am funny) on the sidebar.

For now, I am off to do some dishes and generally tidy, most likely. Also, Tivo is recording "Sunday" which will be painfully awesome to watch later.

To conclude, it is almost 80 outside. Woohoo, happy Saturday!

Slightly better, sleep-wise today. I drank lots of water and way less caffeine yesterday, which probably helped. I also need to make an effort on non-teaching days to actually leave the house; it makes a huge difference and means I can't sit down and have brain loss due to it being sucked out by the tv or the computer screen.

I almost had a job tomorrow, but the teacher that was going to be out because of recovering from a root canal (oww) turns out to be fine (in a manner of speaking) and so will be in. Oh well. I need to do some work for my dad, anyway, which means I need to call him. But first, actually getting dressed--the perk of working at home is that you can do it in your pjs XD


On the fic front, sign up for Yuletide, the challenge where you write and are given fics from "obscure" fandoms. Hey, where else are you going to fill that urge for reading The American President fanfic... or something. If you don't want to commit to writing, you can always be a pinch-hitter. Just in case you hadn't heard how I wrote a threesome Blade: Trinity fic (though I do over tell that story) ;o) Or finally finish my "how Rusty meet Basher" caper.


So, clothes, Starbucks, do some work. Maybe I will reward myself with time on some of my writings later. Perhaps one last mcsmooch before the challenge ends? Also, if you haven't read them, they're all adorable, hot, achy and perfect by turns. Go look!

ALso, wow, I need to put on socks because I am freeeezing. brr.

I was sitting here checking my email and had a total Elizabethtown moment (Younger Sister and I watched it a couple days ago and it's so corny and mildly terrible, but great just the same) when Orlando Bloom has just left tons of messages on his phone and sits on his couch and waves his hands at his phone saying "Caaaalll me baaaaack".

I'd like to get emailed back by the job I applied for. I know I sent this last night, but still. Instant gratification, please :o)

Still, in more pressing matters, I need to get my butt in gear and pack 'cause we're moving tomorrow. Although, seeing as a bed is most likely coming from CT along with all my junk from NYC, it's mostly clothes and stuff with an inflatable mattress. But still.

A while back, people were doing a "post from your WiPs" meme. Here are some, for great (?) amusement.


( 4 Bits from 4 Fics )

Clearly, I can't be arsed to post about student teaching, but I finish two fics in the last two days? Nice to know where my brain's priorities are... *grumbles* For the record, I don't use the word "arsed" in normal conversation because, not being British or anything else-ish, I cannot pull it off. But I wish I could. Moving on.

I am now two days down in student teaching, and the kids are lovely, though noisy and tiring. It'd almost be too much--too much stimuli, too much everything--but then one of them holds your hand on the way down the hall and it just kills you with how small their hand is, how cute they are. Wow. So yeah, a good time. Will post more explicitly under the filter.

But there is/was fic! First, yesterday I posted a Supernatural story, Alma Mater Studiorum on spn_flashback. The other thing that I just finished and sent was an Ocean's 11 story. So go read Courage and Convictions! It is Rusty/Linus which is kind of R! There is junk food! Yay.

Okay, off to blather about student teaching (hopefully) and make my lunch. 'Cause I am sekritly a small child going off to elementary school every morning. :D?

Shit, I'm having a dilemma. A Firefly fic dilemma (which I guess are better than physical ones, but anyway). So there's my story and it's almost done (like if I stayed up until like 3 I could probably pound it out, but no, sleep) and will finish tomorrow, but there's this bit that I have outlined about Simon and Kaylee, and it'd be cute and everything. But the story is a Mal-story, from mostly him (like his speech patterns and everything) and Simon and Kaylee aren't even in the same place as Mal, so that'd be so jarring, to go back there.

My other option is to finish the fic (with no Simon/Kaylee cuteness), then write a one-shot short of thing that is just their bit. Set in the midst of the fic. Sort of a companion piece. That'd work, don't you think? I even have a title! And it fits! OMG!

So I might do that... anyone have an opinion? Thought? Epiphany? All are welcome.

Also? My fic? Is 6,824 words *dances the dance of "OMG Long! (for me)"*

It's funny when you forget what you've copied and pasted until you accidentally hit ctrl-v instead of ctrl-b. Earlier today, it was a generated plot bunny for Without a Trace:

Danny's a teacher, Martin's a single parent raising his nieces after his sister and brother-in-law are killed.

It sounds so interesting, don't you think, as a concept? Yes. I think so XD

The other one was part of a comment paraphrasing a comment from aesc: I try to write like it's an episode, except with a lot more Danny and Martin (and maybe a bit more sex) than we usually get. It sums up perfect WaT fanfic, to me. Because the seasons do such a crummy job besides giving lots of tantalizing backstory. Which, I suppose, is the purpose of fanfiction: to take canon and illuminate and expand on it. Or, in some cases, make it never exist.

Writing Fanfic

While one of the most helpful things when writing fanfic is to know your source canon well, while also reading what else is in fandom (especially if cliche-fic is your thing), here are a couple resources that I've found when writing.

* Criminal Minds

*The Criminal Minds Fan Wiki is an excellently organized website that I used sometimes if I was watching a kind of creepy episode and want to know who did it (because sometimes I'm a big wuss, shut up). However, it is also a nice place to go remind oneself of exactly when Reid thought it was a good idea to invite JJ on a date (season 1, episode 4... around his 24th birthday, cute) or that apparently Prentiss and Morgan both love the same author (Kurt Vonnegut). Hopefully this will prompt me to write more Criminal Minds fic?

* Firefly

* Firefly Pinyin because it's hard to find the right words for the terrible things that Jayne swears if you don't know Mandarin. Started by phoenixchilde while RPing at milliways_bar. This is an excellent resouce to sprinkle your fic with. Just don't go over board, dong ma?

* Firefly Wiki to help you with planet names, random factoids from the show and movie and other entertaining stuff.

* Harry Potter

* Hopefully you've been to the Harry Potter Lexicon, because it's the definitive place for random facts and fictions you want to know (or not, as the case may be) about the books. Has lots of JKR's interview "canon" pieces and cool essays about everything from exactly how many students there are at Hogwarts to a fascinating theory trying to make sense of JKR's math in regard to the ages of the Weasley brothers.

* Stargate: Atlantis

* Wikipedia entry on SGA, which is actually pretty decent. Also helpful because it has links to detailed (especially on the part of John) entries on most of the characters and a list of all the episode arcs. Especially because I came late to the SGA party, I find all this junk useful.

* Supernatural

* The Winchester Journals is a site that takes note of all the info from the show, if you can't remember what the hell the dead guy's name was in "Heart" (Glen) or Dean's alias is "Asylum" (Nigel Tufnell). Counts the comic books as canon info, if that's your thing. Helpful for names, places, demons, etc., and updated through the current episode. Awesome.






Reading Fanfic

These are a collection of fanfic websites and journals that I read on a semi-regular basis. Noted if single or multi-fandom.

* BAU Fic: Criminal Minds Fanfiction is a Livejournal community that has both gen and varied slash pairings in Criminal Minds. Popular pairings include Hotch/Reid, Reid/Morgan, Hotch/Rossi, and Rossi/Prentiss. Fair warnings: multi-chaptered fics are posted in progress, which can make for a choppy reading experience. Also, quality may vary, as with any fic community. For straight Rossi/Prentiss (no pun intended?), check out Rossi/Prentiss Fans.

* Due South Archive (Hexwood) is, as you might have guess, a soley Due South fanfic archive. I found this back in high school with capedcrusader92 and alemara (when we were wee ickle fangirls) and it was still on Hexwood. Lots of great fic here, het, gen, slash, either Ray, Fraser/Turnbull, you name it, they probably have it. All ratings, which was... my first smut experience in high school. Yay?

* Pretty FBI Boys is a Without a Trace archive. I still have a great affection for this show, all its mistakes aside, because I've read some gorgeous fanfic there. And it's how I discovered aesc, so it's all a win! The site also has icons and screencaps of season 1.

* Unfit for Society Recs is a journal manned by musesfool of a large variety of recs from a handful of fandoms. The stories are invariably awesome and each rec comes with a summary and some reason for the rec, which I always find helpful. Also, she gives RemixRedux and Yuletide Recs during the "season".

* While We Tell Of Yuletide Treasure, otherwise known as Yuletide, is a yearly holiday fic exhange, only it's focus is "obscure fandoms". Wishing there were more Little Women stories in your life? Wishing you could find an audience for your Eerie, Indiana slash? (Not that I've written any, and please don't share it with me if you have ;o) ) It's lots of fun to participate in, and even more fun to wander around afterwards and look at the hysterical and lovely fanfics that people come up with.