If you'd like me to write you a drabble as a little holiday gift from me to you, just give me a pairing (Clark/Lex or John/Rodney) and a prompt and I'll give it a whirl!

Borrowed from hils.

I didn't think she'd mind. :-D


Meme: Post a link to your entries on this day two years ago, last year, nine months ago, six months ago, three months ago and one month ago. If there was no entry on that day, link the closest date.

Two years ago today, I posted the conclusion to Do You Believe In Magic?.

A year ago today, I was thinking an online quiz was pretty cool and posted part 14/15 of Nothing But Air.

Nine months ago today, I posted a list of 12 stories I'd written over the holidays.

Six months ago today, I posted the final listing for the Twisting the Twilight Zone Challenge.

Three months ago today, I posted Crimson Barrens and kicked off regularly posting my fanart.

A month ago today, I posted McShep icons and artwork.

I will be replying shortly to the wonderfully supportive comments on my whiny woe-is-me-someone-made-me-feel-bad post, but first I'm going to play.

Gakked from a number of LJ's: Post a single sentence from each WIP you have (or as many as you want). No context/explanations.

It sounds like fun. I'm going to spend a little time poking through my files and revisiting all those unfinished stories I've been accumulating. You may notice you've never seen a lot of these before. I don't always post stories in multiple parts and leave my readers dangling in the breeze while I flutter to the next pretty flower file.

BTW, I won't be demanding comments before I finish anything. That's not how I operate. To be honest, I want to write every one of these but all too often the words won't cooperate. If I stuck to one story at a time until I finished it there wouldn't be 5 fics in my posted WIP list taunting my readers, but there would be a lot less than 127 completed fics with approximately 960,000 words posted in my LJ for everyone to read. There also wouldn't be any rec lists posted, no icons or art, and I wouldn't be beta'ing for other people. I think I'll stick with my current methods. *shrugs*

( Not all of them and in no particular order and not always the opening. )

Desktop meme seen in many places on my flist:

RULES:
- Anyone who looks at this meme has to post their own desktop in their LiveJournal.
- Explain in a few sentences why you’re using that wallpaper.
- Don’t change your wallpaper before doing this. The point is to see what you had up!


When my laptop died and I switched to this one, I took the opportunity to reconfigure my desktop from the grey/blue theme I'd been using for a few years. I'd seen some lovely pictures at APOD during a challenge, so I went back and found the painting I'm using. I then found a matching theme for Firefox, Nasa Night Launch, which I think looks quite lovely with my LJ theme. I really spent too much time playing with my colors. :-D



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I'm sorting through notes and pictures and feeling a wee bit bored, so I'm offering this meme as seen in a few places on my flist:

LJ's kind of a weird place where we do get these great glimpses into people's lives, but they tend to be very... shielded in some ways. Sometimes that's intentional, sometimes not, but I figure there's got to be stuff people want to ask each other. Something small (what's my favorite drink?) or something big (omg, are we related!?), go ahead and post a question about something you've been dying to ask me. I'll try to answer it, but will explain why I can't or don't want to if I don't.

In my first post, I actually believed writing was in the distant future.

I posted my first story eleven days later.

I've written a few other things since then.

Total fics completed since start (Sept 2006): 113
Total words posted since start (Sept 2006): 885701

The Powder outline is still in the bunny pile.

Ganked from drkcherry.

( I guess it's appalling that I would have even less of a life if I watched more horror films. :-P )

Snagged from lavvyan:

Post a single sentence from each WIP you have (or as many as you want to pick). No context, no explanations. No more than one sentence! This is not all of them, but those that will be finished first. :-)

1. I sat in my apartment for days trying to figure out what it was all about and when I stopped being someone I could like and all I could come up with was that the last time I was truly happy was here, in Willoughby.

2. 'Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I'm exactly who you think I am and that means you need to be very, very, careful' was written in every arrogant line of the whipcord-lean body that hinted at dark dealings.

3. "Probably not the best incentive for me to try to get you back to civilization."

4. Rodney looks at the door of the motel left half-open and huffs, "Aren't you forgetting something?"

5. Hamilton had always claimed my bald head was what saved me from ending up like the majority of humankind did after the plague.

6. "The thing is, a lot of fairly important people are under the impression that those goons chasing us...are the good guys."

7. Rolling over to face Kyle, AJ grinned. "Hey, I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."

8. "Why does Sheppard let him go through the ring of the Ancestors with the team if he can't be trusted?"

9. It tingles under his fingertips and he thinks about waking in his bed, naked, blood on the sheets but no visible wound.

10. Clark fell in love with the mountains after the plains of Kansas.

11. "Uh-oh, Rodney, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."

12. "MALP reports Earth-normal temperature, gravity and atmosphere, General."

13. Rodney has no sympathy for Sheppard being stunned in the balls.

14. He watches the Impala leave and says a prayer not meant to be heard by human ears that they find what they need and wonders if they'll meet again.

15. John looked down at the set of keys in his hand and weighed them...a slight burden for a change, certainly not too heavy to bear.

16. They don't know whose hands reached out first, they only care that they're together.

17. Hissing as the silk brushed against his tender flesh, he reflected that burning to death ranked high on the pain scale, probably the most unpleasant method of expiring...except perhaps for that time he'd been accused of being a witch and was 'pressed' to confess.

18. The skin beneath his fingers reddened and then began to bleed while he looked out over the frozen lake, and thought about being different.

Haiku2 for danceswithgary
managed to hear over the racing of his own he accepted
Created by Grahame

Haiku2 for danceswithgary
greeting only to grimace and stumble to one side as they strolled
Created by Grahame

Haiku2 for danceswithgary
twitch for hours unless you push down hard wherever you touch me falling
Created by Grahame

Haiku2 for danceswithgary
to meet john in the middle of the night because you always travel
Created by Grahame

Haiku2 for danceswithgary
tiny wave and a blue eyed grin fuel the lick of flame courage steps
Created by Grahame

Haiku2 for danceswithgary
happy it's that simple so come to my lab don't even think
Created by Grahame

Blog-Word! for danceswithgary
characters
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♥ the fanficcers love meme, continued ♥

I'm off to leave some comments!

Stolen from mosskat

Considerate Idealist

Okay, gotta stop playing and go write some more! :-D

Just for kicks!

LET'S RING IN SOME

HONESTY

WITH THE NEW YEAR

THE MEME

...make me write anything, what would you make me write? Could be as vague as a fandom or as specific as a plot summary or even a request to get into gear and finish a specific WIP. (idea ganked from prehistoric_sea)

It's not as though I don't already have umpteen bunnies hopping around on my hard drive...and leaving pellet presents behind...but I really am interested in what you'd like to read (or see for that matter if you want art).

No promises, but I do tend to pick up on these requests as witnessed by the number of people I credit for prompts/plots/requests in my story notes. *grin*

Can you tell I'm getting ready for a retired husband and ski season? Starting Saturday I will be alone from 7:30 AM to 9:30 PM every day until around the end of March. I'm going to have a lot of uninterrupted time to write and manip. Come to think of it, it's not a huge change from now, but I'll take it as an excuse. *rolls eyes at self*

From bagheera_san:

The one in which you post the first sentence of the first story you posted each month this year:

January: Straighten Up and Fly Right

"Not that I don't appreciate your prompt assistance in pulling me out of that building before it collapsed from the explosion, Superman, but was it really necessary to detour under the sprinkler system? Twice?"

February: The Kent Identity

The first thing he noticed in his darkness was how hard it was to breathe.

March: A Semi-Precious Helix

You can buy anything you want on the streets of Metropolis for the right price.

April: Bedtime Stories

"I've had it with you, Logan! Your inability to obey orders...."

May: Lightning Strikes

Rain wasn't in the forecast but, after all the odd autumn weather this section of the country had been suffering, it didn't surprise Lex to see the night sky flaring in the distance.

June: Two Years From Tomorrow

Dear New Tenant, Welcome to the nicest apartment I've ever moved out of.

July: Aumenti Nel Sole

Polygon rainbows danced across his desk, mocking, puzzles without solutions.

August: The Seeds of Change

The barbed wire patrolled by a line of men dressed in camouflage and carrying armament better suited for battlefields than cornfields should not have been such a shock to Lex.

September: By A Thread

"Colonel Sheppard, we have an unscheduled offworld activation. It's Dr. McKay's IDC."

October: Staring At A Hurricane

It wasn't supposed to happen.

November: Screen Savor

It was almost five weeks after the annoyingly perfect Dr. 'Call me Rod' McKay returned to his universe when John began to notice that his Rodney had changed.

December: The Trouble With Trebuchets

"Oops?"


Cool, I had at least one new story every month!

Links to all my stories as they were completed:

2006 & 2007 Index

2008 Index

In addition, all my completed stories in alphabetical order by fandom can be found at my website.

I finished and posted my clexmas fic, thus finishing the last of my fiction challenges. I have one artwork that is waiting for feedback from my artword teammate, and that's it for the challenges. Done!

Feels good to finish something!

Kind of a lazy day of reading and manipping, which isn't a bad thing at all.

Finished a new cover and plotted a new CLex bunny.

Submitted 4 icons to the latest mcshep_icontest.

Sent Xmas package to niece.

So, that evil woman hils tagged me for this one.

A) People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blog and replace any question that they dislike with a new, original question.

B) Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you.

( Things You Might Never Have Wanted to Know About Me, But I'm Telling You Anyway )

And you're going to make me pick out of my flist again? *sigh*

OK, a new set of random choices. bev_crusher1971, azureavian
graysong ilovedoyle lihope priscel time_testudinem shelly505

Ready, set, go!

Hoo boy, tough one today. Life isn't bad, it's just...not exceptionally good.

Let me think.

Gary deposited my first disability check today, which was a relief because they denied my claim the first time I submitted it.

Eight more work days until Gary retires from his government job and becomes a full-time ski instructor and much happier with life.

My clexmas is proceeding along, even though I'm writing it backwards. Really, I am. I've written the ending and the scene right before that and the scene before that and am in the middle of the third scene from the end. Of course, when I hit the last sex scene, I'll likely detour around it and write until I hit the second to the last and eventually I'll end up with a story with three gaps in the middle that will take me forever to write. God, I am so weird sometimes. *rolls eyes*