Work in Progress Wednesday!

[tjs_whatnot]

I finally am sitting down to work on a project, and that is what reminds me taht I haven't posted yet this week. ;)

How is it going for everyone else? It seems sort of slow out there, or is that just me? You got anything you're working on? What keeps you going? Deadlines? Satisfaction? Just wanting it fuckin' done already? I hear ya.

For me, it's deadlines. I'm working on a essay for a book on the X-Files, so I'm watching the episode I assigned myself to write about and researching Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest for it.

What about you? What you got? Give it to us!

Then come back and cheer on the others.

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meh

[oldtoadwoman]

I'm in that "everything sucks, i hate it, why did I think I could write, I should give up and never write again" phase. I have several big projects in limbo and I've let so much time pass that I need to re-read them from the beginning to get back in the groove and… I just have no motivation to even try right now.

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[tjs_whatnot]

So very the same! I keep hoping something new will present itself in its shiny-newness and I won't have to resort to revisiting things that are so old and therefore uninspiring that I just dont... want anymore... ever.

♥♥

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[oldtoadwoman]

And I really want to finish the two stories I'm working on. I just… don't want to have to write them. I want them to magically just be finished and be brilliant. At the moment, I think I've hit the point where I'm afraid my skills aren't up to my vision.

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[tjs_whatnot]

I just… don't want to have to write them. I want them to magically just be finished and be brilliant.

Right? GET ON THIS SCIENCE!!

♥

And my skills are never up to my vision--I don't think many authors feel that they are--but the saving grace is that you are the only one who knows what it was supposed to look like. ♥

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[minoanmiss]

/*sends you renewal and encouragement*

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[oldtoadwoman]

Thanks! I really, really need to get myself back in gear and work on something.

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[cornerofmadness]

I hate that feeling but know it well. Good luck

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[oldtoadwoman]

When the writing is going well, it's such a rush I almost feel high. Which you'd think would be more than enough motivation to push past my inertia and self-doubt, but… not so much.

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[cornerofmadness]

I know. I think most authors I know feel that ennui and self doubt

[minoanmiss]

I'm working on a story! But it's for a Dark Fic Challenge and so I am NOT putting an excerpt here. :)

[cornerofmadness]

Good luck with it

[minoanmiss]

Oh, thank you!

[cornerofmadness]

You're welcome

[tjs_whatnot]

Ohhhhhh, Dark Fic! Sounds intriguing! Can't wait to see what you do with it. ♥

[minoanmiss]

*blushes a lot*
Okay, here's a not-terrible part:

“But we’re not supposed—“ Tricia pulls back against Brian’s hand around her wrist, Brian’s lean forward towards the branch in the corridor, Brian’s sneaky suggestion they ditch the official tour. Her heart pounds in her chest with a strange blend of fear and excitement, naughtiness and dread, the feeling labeled “Brian.”

Who looks back at her, deep-brown bangs curved around his forehead, lashes temptingly long as his hazel eyes glint through them, and then leans in towards her. “D’you wanna see what they’re really working on here?” he whispers in her ear. “Don’t you wanna know what the Institute for Pan-Species Interactivities really does?”

[tjs_whatnot]

♥ I ~knew~ it would be intriguing! Way to go, you!

[cornerofmadness]

I need a moment to stop flailing around about you getting to work on an X-Files book. HOW COOL! Good luck.

me I'm just still noodling around with Like Stone the BtVS/AtS cross over picking up from last week.

I polished off my Guinness silently. When I raised my glass to wiggle it at Colleen for a refill, I saw someone staring at me from the bar. She stood and walked slowly over to me. She might have been in her mid-twenties but her eyes were older. I couldn’t tell if they were blue or green in this light. Her long, straight hair, a warm brown that reminded me of Fred, brushed her belt as she walked. She was thin, with small breasts, especially compared to Kate. Her wide mouth was set grimly and as she got closer I could see a sprinkle of freckles across her nose and cheeks.

“I thought it was you.” She clenched the leather file folder she seemed to be guarding with her life.

“I don’t know you,” I said, thinking somehow she was familiar but I couldn’t wade through the alcoholic fog blanketing my memory. I was well on my way to being toasted.

She shook her head. “You wouldn’t. I’m Dawn Nyhammer. I’ve been by your police station a few times but none of the detectives take me seriously.”

I was thinking, ´Great, a nutcase. Just what I needed to make my night complete,’ but what I said was, “So you’ve taken to hanging in cop bars to get our attention.” Kate kicked me under the table for being a jerk but Ms. Nyhammer didn’t seem to notice.

Her lips tightened. “I know it’s not ideal, kind of crazy or obsessed. I might just be the latter. Please, I’m only asking for five minutes of your time. My best friend is missing, and I can’t get anyone to listen to me.”

I glanced over at Kate, and then indicated one of the empty chairs. As this strange, almost fey woman sat, Colleen came by with refills for me and Kate. “I’m a homicide detective, Ms. Nyhammer. I’m not sure I can help you.”

“I think you can,” she said, her eyes brooking no arguments. She set the file down on the table carefully avoiding the wet rings from the pint glasses. “I think Maribel is dead.”

I studied her even more intently, curious now. “Why do you think that?”

[tjs_whatnot]

The X-Files book should be fun. I was in one of their Doctor Who books and they have someone different "review" each episode, but the reviews are nothing like you'd imagine. I did an episode with the 12th Doctor in a very Mike Hammer/Maltese Falcon vibe. It was fun. This one will be a bit more serious, but still (hopefully) humorous.

And OMGoodness! I love this bit of your story! Like a true detective mystery! I like it!

MOAR! MOAR! MOAR!!

♥

[cornerofmadness]

OMG those books sounds awesome! Good luck with it.

And thank you, I'm glad you like it.

[lilly_c]

That X-Files book sounds interesting :)

I've mostly been prodding at a mixture of small projects just because I needed to do something to take my mind off various RL things especially when I was at mum's last week and I'm close to finished with fluff bingo, I'll pop back and link to that once the last ficlet is done and posted. All of the links below go to my comm.
Fic (all are drabble and snippety ficlets) that I might eventually revise if I can be arsed, all are U (general) rated.
A taste of home (Brokenwood Mysteries)
Buy a drink (SVU)
And I drove you crazy (SVU)
Icons (all SVU mostly from s16, s17 and s18; seriously wasn't expecting to be this fannish about show again)
17 Olivia with Noah, Sonny, Rafael and Fin
13 Olivia & Sonny
14 Olivia & Sonny
Walls (both SVU from s18)
Disenchanted Lullabye (textless version)
Disenchanted Lullabye (text version)

I picked up a pinch hit in a exchange and need to canon review over the weekend and hopefully I can use some of next week to get an outline together and make a start on it before I go up to Inverness. It's a fandom and pairing I've written before, just not for a while. My SVU DVDs arrived today (my bank account is crying) and I've already chosen a couple of eps to work with for fics but first it's the bingo line, then the pinch hit, then I can play in my old playground again (totally rubbish at prioritising).

[tjs_whatnot]

The X-Files book should be fun. I was in one of their Doctor Who books and they have someone different "review" each episode, but the reviews are nothing like you'd imagine. I did an episode with the 12th Doctor in a very Mike Hammer/Maltese Falcon vibe. It was fun. This one will be a bit more serious, but still (hopefully) humorous.

But, look at you and all this shiny awesome! GO YOU!!

Good luck with the square and the pinch hit!

♥

[lilly_c]

That Doctor Who review sounds awesome and it's not something very often at all.

Thanks :)

Thanks, I think need some luck with them :)

[cornerofmadness]

Good luck with it all. What are the Brokenwood mysteries?

[lilly_c]

Thanks. Brokenwood Mysteries is a crime series set in a fictional rural New Zealand town and there's a different case each week, the show uses a lot of country music too.

[cornerofmadness]

Thanks. I'm going looking for this

[silveradept]

Fragments are the things I've been writing so far, as I get stuff ready for exchanges. So this is not exactly anything, but it's there.

"Tempting?" Ladybug asked. "Why would they be tempting?"

"What else would you take seriously?" Plagg said, floating up into her face. "You keep telling him to be serious. He is."

"That's not attractive," she said.

"Attractive would be a bonus," Plagg said, "memorable would be a big bonus, but that's not what we're going for here. If it fixes the problem, he's going to go for it."

"But then there won't be a Chat Noir!"

"Then there won't be—" Plagg coughed bubbles instead of the name he was going to say, "—which, in his opinion, might not be such a bad thing. Chat Noir will still continue."

"Why are you telling me this?" Ladybug asked
"You make it sound like I'm the only thing keeping him alive."

Plagg floated along thoughtfully in silence. "Because," he ventured, "when you find out who it is, you're going to need to understand how to get him out."

[tjs_whatnot]

Ohhhhh, nice fragment it is though! WHo is it? WHO IS IT?!?!

♥

[silveradept]

It's who it always has been in that fandom, but Ladybug doesn't know that yet. That's a few scenes away.

[cornerofmadness]

I'm really enjoying this

[sodium_amytal]

I'm thirsty for validation, so that's what keeps me going. I finally got a PS4, so I ordered a bunch of MCU DVDs (mostly for fic research lmao) and games that I'll be enjoying this weekend. I have some art for an exchange I need to start, too.

I'm still forging ahead on my fic! I've run into a bit of a block, but luckily this one can't be written linearly, so I can jump to another pairing and get started on them. Hopefully that will open up new avenues for the Bucky/Sam section.

Sam could tell Bucky was drunk; his aura kept changing, colors blooming and fading with regularity, but pink rose above them all. Bucky seemed like the kind of drunk who slings an arm over your shoulder and tells you how much he loves you, man. Which, if Sam was honest with himself, wouldn’t be such a bad deal.

“Your recommendations have given me enough nightmares, thank you very much,” Sam said with a smile. He turned to Steve. “Does he tell you to watch stuff that ends up being creepy as hell?”

Steve chuckled in commiseration. “I learned a long time ago not to listen to Bucky when it comes to entertainment. Our tastes don’t overlap very often.”

“Steve prefers movies that aren’t in color,” Bucky teased. A long piece of hair had fallen in front of Bucky’s face, and Sam felt the nearly uncontrollable urge to brush it away.

“That’s a complete oversimplification,” Steve said, as though Sam might have believed Bucky wholesale.

“Remember the late-night infomercials for those compilations of ‘50s songs? That kind of music is Steve’s jam,” Bucky said, and Sam wondered if the pun was intentional.

“I can buy that,” Sam said. “But there’s nothin’ wrong with the oldies.” He tossed Bucky a smile. “You can keep your angry white boy music.”

Steve laughed out loud, and Bucky just smirked at Sam. It was the kind of look that turned Sam’s heart into a rubber ball, bouncing around in his chest. He wanted to reach out and touch Bucky’s stubbled cheek, preferably without Steve sitting right there.

[cornerofmadness]

This is both cute and somehow bittersweet.

[sodium_amytal]

Thank you! Yeah, the whole scene is kind of bittersweet, albeit things don't stay that way for long. Basically Bucky loves to push Sam away when he could actually be happy with him because Issues™. The above snippet was one of the few parts that a) wasn't spoilery, and b) didn't need a ton of context. I'm really excited to get this fic going! :D

[cornerofmadness]

Cool. Good luck with it.

[tjs_whatnot]

I love these three in any way they come. ;)

KEEEEEEEP GOING and I'll validate the fuck outta ya! ♥

[sodium_amytal]

Thank you! :D

Yes I crave validation ♥