kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-15 11:18 pm
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 16

Secret Santa prompt is a perfect match for me! I brainstormed today and definitely got a few options, now to doodle on them and see which one I can keep going on for a while.

Sad the weekend is over, though. Anybody got anything exciting coming up this week?

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Day 16 tally: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] silveradept, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee, [personal profile] ysilme
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-14 11:52 pm
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 15

No Panera trip for me - napping instead (but I clearly needed the sleep so I will not complain!

I get my secret santa assignment today, so I am hoping that will inspire me to at least doodle a bit. I did do some not work but not fic words by way of grant applications for the ensemble I play with. Anyone else got some end-of-year holiday writing coming up?

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Day 15 tally: [personal profile] alexseanchai, [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-14 12:22 am
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 14

Saturday the 14th, another favorite movie of mine. :D Words for me were all work words, lots of managing people who are both my responsibility and not my responsibility but my customers, of a sort. I hate being good at that kind of shit. I hate having to craft those conversations. Why can't people just be reasonable human beings and also just... you know, read the instructions and communications sent to them?

May actually get words later, we have a standing writing date at Panera on Saturdays, we'll just have to see. :)

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Day 14 tally: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] spikedluv, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-12 11:21 pm
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 13

Friday the 13th! :D :D :D Happy lucky day, to those of you with lucky number 13. I'm not a huge horror fan, but I do watch things now and again (my little sister is a MASSIVE horror fan and I get nommed to be her +1 to things). Thinking about watching The Haunting of Hill House for Halloweeny vibes. Anyone got any other recs?

(Words? What words, lol. Maybe someday, but not today.)

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Day 13 tally: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] spikedluv, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-11 11:12 pm
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 12

Rehearsal again tonight, so no words, but things have been feeling a bit better the last couple days. Maybe this weekend? How goes it, authors?

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Day 12 tally: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] spikedluv, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-10 11:53 pm
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 11

11 is my lucky number! Though I did not do any writing today beyond this post and brainstorming with my wife. For her stories, not mine. It was fun though! What's your lucky number?

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Day 11 tally: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] ysilme
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-09 11:30 pm
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 10

Rehearsal tonight meant no time for doing other stuff, like writing. Maybe tomorrow? I forever hold out hope. :) How's it going, guys?

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Day 10 tally: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] spikedluv, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-08 10:55 pm
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 9

Ow. Ow. Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. So much achy muscles. :( :( :( Did get some chores done at least? And the beta! But nothing of my own yet. :(

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Day 9 tally: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] yasaman
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-07 11:18 pm
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 8

Woooooo Saturday! I spent the day resting after a double vaccination yesterday, but I'm feeling better now. Maybe some words tomorrow? How's your weekend going?

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Day 8 tally: [personal profile] badly_knitted, ,user name=cornerofmadness>, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-06 11:08 pm
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 7

Happy weekend, folks! I did not write today, but I did beta, so those are some good words. Here's to writing tomorrow, as well as sleeping in, doing some laundry, and cleaning the litterbox. Anyone got a more fun weekend planned than me?

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Day 7 tally: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] lferion, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee, [personal profile] ysilme
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-06 12:34 am
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 6

Almost a full week in and it's Friday! I am hoping to write over the weekend, between bouts of much much sleeping. Anyone else got plans for the weekend?

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Day 6 tally: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] spikedluv, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-04 10:47 pm
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 5

Happy 5th of October, writers! I hope you are having a fantatic whenever and finding a way to get some words on this fine Thursday.

I am going to get mine later today, I hope - I'm going to reread one of my WIPs and see if I can start moving it along. What's going on in your writing world?

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Day 5 tally: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] silveradept, [personal profile] spikedluv, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-04 12:12 am
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 4

Welcome to day 4 of October, my writerly friends!

I still have not written anything other than these posts and replies to comments, so let's see how you've shown me up, eh?

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Day 4 tally: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] china_shop, [profile] cornerofhappiness, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-03 12:36 am
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 3

Happy day 3, writers! It's just the start of 10/3 here, but again I say: likely I will not be writing today, other than this post and these comments. Maybe on Thursday? We'll see.

How is writing shaping up for you, dear authors?

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Day 3 tally: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] shadaras, [profile] sylvan_witch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-02 01:56 am
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 2

Welcome to day two of the month! It was a great start yesterday, strong work writers!

This is my start of day 2, so I'm early for me, and while I can hope to do a little writing, it's probably unlikely. Good chance these posts and comments are my alibi sentences most days. :|

What about you? How does day 2 look in your part of writerland?

Day 1 tally: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] lferion, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 2 tally: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] lferion, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] sanguinity, [profile] sylvan_witch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yhlee
kate: Sharpened pencil writes 'kisa' (kisa writing)
2023-10-01 12:29 am
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Write Every Day: October 2023 Day 1 and Intro!

Wellllll hello there writers. I haven't been checking in on Write Every Day since.... a while. July? August maybe? So I forgot that I was planning to host October! Here it is, though, October Write Every Day!

A little about Write Every Day, from the WED welcome post at [personal profile] zwei_hexen ([personal profile] sylvanwitch and [personal profile] ysilme): We challenge each other to write, every single day. Our goal is to encourage one another and provide the accountability and/or motivation that some of us find very useful in keeping the words flowing. However, there's no obligation and no pressure, and if writing didn't happen for you on any given day, there won't be any judgement, just support and sympathy!

A little bit about me: I'm in the central time zone in the US, so UTC-6? I think? I plan to post before I go to bed, so the post will be up for folks a little further in the future from me. I write fanfic, currently in the MDZS fandom. I had a goal of writing 250 days this year and have reached it already. That said, nothing substantive, and I haven't posted anything on the AO3 in over a year, so. Still working on it.

I have no idea how I'm going to do this thing, but come on in! Let's figure it out!

How did day 1 of October go for you? What are you working on?

Day 1 tally: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] kate, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] regshoe, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] shadaras, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] yhlee, [personal profile] ysilme
kate: Jared live, just breathe. (30stm: Jared just breathe)
2023-06-25 08:52 pm

The June Something #10





Day 10: Pick something from the list of prompts created on day 3. My choice: What is the greatest distance you have traveled for any fandom reason?

I traveled almost 4000 miles to London for the Return of the King premiere.

and follow-up to the bonus question: Have you done that trip (from the previous question) more than once? If so, how many times have you made it?

Not that particular trip, but I have definitely traveled many miles for many fandoms and fannish reasons. I went out to California for my Buffy buds. I drove down to Chicago to meet some LOTR folks (that's not a huge trip, I literally did that a couple months ago to see a movie Wang Yibo was in (and intend on doing it again, should his next movie come to Chicago)). I drove to Baltimore multiple times to meet up with other LOTR folks. I drove all over the East Coast to follow 30 Seconds to Mars on tour. I'm sure there are more but that's enough for now.
kate: Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian sitting together (CQL: Yunmeng Shuangjie)
2023-06-25 01:16 am

The June Something #9

The June Something prompts here!

Day 9: Who, from any of your fandoms, would you like to pluck out of their fiction-based universe and drop into this universe, in a role such as an elected official or the like?

Again I am fascinated by the scenario here. Why an elected official/leader? Maybe a guru sort of thing? Motivational speaker? Talk-show host?

I mean, I'm guessing at least someone in the public eye because otherwise what's the point? Though truly, I would bring the entire CQL cast in to be my cabana boys (the women can join me at the pool).

That's about as much as my meager mind can process. Politics and everything around it exhausts me and I don't want to think about that at all, so yeah. I'm going with The Untamed men as the pool boys (and the women as my poolside BFFs).
kate: Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian promo with Chenqing (CQL: WangXian + Chenqing)
2023-06-23 01:18 am

The June Something #8

The June Something prompts!

Day 8: Tell me something about the last fandom thing you wrote. Or the last thing you read. Or the last thing you recced. Or all of them.

Oooooh, yes, thank you, I think I will!

Last fandom thing I wrote was about 1/3 of a fic for AUgust with the prompt sightless. I'm pretty far behind in the making of stuff for this, but I'm hoping to do at least some of them to shake stuff loose. This story (as most of my stories are) are WangXian, CQL-flavored MDZS. Not sure where I was going with it - potentially the porn route? But it turned angsty, so who knows where it'll end up.

I literally JUST finished a Thief!LWJ AU that was MASTERFUL and I immediately recced it to two people, so it is my answer for the second and third parts. I liked it so much I intend to podfic it as soon as I am not completely wrung out from work. :) :) :)

all the problems we could solve (19976 words) by Stratisphyre
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín & Jiāng Yànlí & Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén & Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī
Characters: Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín, Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén, Jiāng Yànlí, Luó "Mián Mián" Qīngyáng, Yú Zǐyuān, Madam Lán (Módào Zǔshī)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern, Getting Together, somewhat non-linear, Fluff and Humour and Violence, Meet-Cute, Identity Porn, Alternate Universe - Thieves, a bit of a leverage vibe
Summary: The most important thing Lan Wangji ever stole was roughly the equivalent to twenty dollars USD.

The second most important thing Lan Wangji ever stole was Wei Ying’s heart.
kate: Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian sitting together (CQL: Yunmeng Shuangjie)
2023-06-21 11:49 pm

The June Something #7

The June Something prompts here!

Day 7: Who was the first villain you admired, even if only a little? Why?

I am so tired and brain dead. I cannot think of a villain. Maybe.... Todd the Wraith in SGA?

Mostly anti-heroes come to mind, people who are purposely meant to be sympathetic characters even if they're doing atrocious things. Wei Wuxian certainly. Crowley in Good Omens. Definitely not villains, but not heroes in any traditional sense.

Spike, maybe, in Buffy? The narrative did a good job of deepening his characterization and motives (his redemption arc is when he hooked me), so I don't feel like that was really what the question is getting after.

I think, honestly, I simply don't vibe with villains, normally. Once someone else has written some meta about them and made them sympathetic, maybe. But I'll still never love them the way I do my faves, who are almost always "the good guys". I've always just wanted to do good in the world, so characters whose motives or actions hurt people on a large scale will simply never be that interesting to me, nor be characters I find all that sympathetic. *shrug*