Writing, commentary, y halo thar

[kate]

So, alright, I don't think anyone anywhere is interested, but just in case, I put my name down as an author on dvd_commentary, here. I seriously think some of my earliest stuff could be done MST3K style, as badfic, ha.

And so, I thought I would post (for possibly the only time ever) that everything I write is posted on my writing journal, lusty_daydreams. I'm thinking of changing *that* journal to kisahawklin and then renaming this one kisa_hawklin because... I dunno. Because I didn't think people would ever read my writings, so I didn't think it would matter what I called my writing journal. But now people can't find stuff, and they ask here from time to time. It's a weird experience.

Okay, by far more interesting to me is deciding what I want to write commentary on. You all know by know that I worship fiercelydreamed, but she's written her own commentary to Unidentified and she's halfway through Rebuilding Babel and I don't know what I'd really be able to add. I don't think the commentaries are supposed to be "Squee! Squee! Squee!"

I was thinking of doing one of my standby favorites - one of the stories that I go to time and again, but none of the authors are on the list. So that leaves things that are huge and made me go O_O and again - I don't think I have too much to say that isn't just "OMG! SO AMAZING!" Like, jesus, what do you say about Freedom's Just Another Word? And besides, synecdochic has posted a DVD commentary of her own, again, more insightful than I could ever be.

I don't think I'd do anything that wasn't SGA, and there are several of my favorite authors on there... cupidsbow (and OMG, love her, but would feel IDIOTIC trying to do commentary on one of her fics), seperis (and the one I'd love to do is the one she's not posted completely yet, arg!), cesperanza (but she's already got one offer, and I'm sure she'll get more) synecdochic and fiercelydreamed (and I believe we've covered this above)... I just don't know.

In general? I think my problem with doing a commentary is that I worry I won't have anything interesting or insightful to say; at least, nothing that can do any more justice to a fic I love than it does for itself. That's why I like the fics I do - they're perfect they way they are. What could I possibly add?

And I think that I'd really like to do a piece by someone lesser-known, because what a thrill for the author, right? And I like to point out pieces that people might have missed and deserve some measure of attention.

I did just notice scribblinlenore offered her fic, and I'm considering 101 Ways To Get Lucky (In Love), but that's pretty popular too... maybe I'll email one of the authors on my 'rainy day fics' list and ask them to give me permission. *thinks*

Comments

[kisahawklin]

Hrm, that's... um. I've posted almost all of my SGA fic to mckay_sheppard or welovezelenka. The long one was for mcshep_match.

Some of the Alexander stuff has been posted as well, to alexanderfics, but not too much as most of the fic that was posted over there (IMO) was kind of crappy. I gained a small but loyal following from that and never really went back.

I never wrote 30stm fic seriously, and it's been a while since I've seen the guys, so I don't feel like I should put it up now. I still intend to finish and post my gigantic Colin/Jared epic (it's at 90,000 words now, and nearly complete), but I want to finish a gigantic John/Rodney SGA epic I'm nearly done with first. And I'll post that to a couple communities - probably jaredslash and colin_slash.

And yeah, I'm going to do commentaries. At least one, as I just told cupidsbow I would do one of hers. I'll probably do another, if I can find an author to give me permission.

[zogen-yahl.livejournal.com]

Ah, that makes things clearer.
I'm still not involved in the SGA fandom and I joined alexanderfics rather late.

Oh yeah, still waiting for the C/J fic and I look forward to get the next chapters, but take your time - I'm a patient person :)

[kisahawklin]

Ah, there you are. I've been told to post things over on alexanderfics and while I posted a couple, I just... never really went back. Everything else that showed up on the comm seemed... well. Not so good (at the time - it's been a while). So I didn't really want to keep posting there.

SGA is an incredible wellspring of amazing fanfic. There is just huge amounts and in general, the level is quite readable. And there is some stuff that is just mind blowing, it reads as good or better than original fic. And then there's the copious amounts of porn. I prefer my porn to have a plot (and if I must choose between the two, I choose plot), but there's plenty of PWP and porn WITH plot to go around. Plus a huge amount of hilarious crack. The show itself? I like it. I mostly like it for the characters, even though the writers are inconsistent with them. I like the show, but I LOVE the fandom.

Hee, you will see it, I promise. Actually... hrm. Why don't I send you what I've got? It's really mostly done - I only have one big chunk to write. It's not quite at the level of what I'm writing now, but my SGA fic is stalled, and I always meant to post the Colin/Jared before I posted my SGA epic. It's in googledocs in two parts, would that work for you?

[zogen-yahl.livejournal.com]

yeah, would love that.

I just created an account and will try to see this through, if I don't manage I will let you know (otherwise I always prefer .rtf formats) :)

For my girlfriend's staying for a couple of days I can start to work on next week's sunday, but I guess you're not in a hurry.

[kisahawklin]

Excellent! Do you still have my email address? Email me at kisahawklin at gmail dot com, and I'll set it up today!