Bookworm's Musings

Here is this weeks digest. Anything to add or correct please let me know. This digest is crossposted to LJ, IJ and DW.

Community News:
ds_kinkmeme Meme One can be found Here.The mod is keeping track of everything on delicious Here.
Round two of ds_profiles begins on Monday.

Challenges:
ds_flashfiction are wrapping up The Interruptions Challenge.
ds_snippets have wrapped up Challenge 137
ds_snippets are wrapping up Challenge 138

Fanfiction:
exbex wrote Stakeouts (Kowalski/Vecchio)
prudence_dearly wrote Marinara (Kowalski/Vecchio)

Fanfiction from ds_flashfiction:
The Interruptions Challenge
aingeal8c wrote Once Upon a Nightmare (Fraser/Vecchio, PG)
mondschein1 wrote Homecoming (Fraser/Kowalski)

Recs:
Note ALL recs link to the rec post.

luzula is reccing podfic at ds_recsredux. This week she recced:
New podficcers in due South

Rec requests from ds_recfinders:
Asking for girl!Fraser recs (F/K only)

The reccer for dS over at crack_van in November is kari_hermione
kari_hermione recced:
Now Heaven Hath All (due South/Slings & Arrows, and Geoffrey Tennant/Ellen Tennant, PG)
Kidnapped! by: msgordo (Fraser/Kowalski, NC-17)

Written for femslash100.

Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Any illegal acts taking place within that fiction are NOT condoned by the author. Depictions of any questionable, illegal, or potentially illegal activity in said fiction does not mean that I condone, promote, support, participate in, or approve of said activity. I grasp the distinction between fiction and reality and trust that readers will do the same. I do not profit from the fan fiction I write, and all rights to the characters remain firmly in the hands of their creator.

Author: Bitterfig
Title: A Ray of Sunlight
Fandom: Historical
Pairing: Anne of Cleves/Katherine Howard
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Challenge #215: Light

( A Ray of Sunlight )

Author: Bitterfig
Title: Diamond In the Sky
Fandom: Runaways
Pairing: Nico/Karolina
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Challenge #215: Light

( Diamond In the Sky )

Author: Bitterfig
Title: Ready to Shine
Fandom: Heroes
Pairing: Monica/Camille
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Challenge #215: Light

( Ready to Shine )


Author: Bitterfig
Title: Jewel and Star
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Pairing: Kaylee/Inara
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Challenge #215: Light

( Jewel and Star )

As a follow-up to yesterday's Fest Mod Drinking Game, Rosy suggested adding,

Take two drinks every time a participant doesn't meet the prompt.

I'd also add,

Take two drinks every time someone decides that fandom isn't fun anymore/they've got a "real life" now that's cooler than fandom/they're too busy for fandom/they've got a new SO and so they're dropping out of fandom less than two weeks after assignments have been sent out (you would think that would be rare, but actually, it happened in Snupin Santa both last year and this year).

In other news, Mr. T is a spokesman for World of Warcraft, and they just launched a new in-game item called a "Mohawk Grenade" (official game info with a link to a Mr. T promo commercial here. I have screen caps of my Blood Elf Death Knight meeting the legendary Mohawk and buying the grenades.

( Night Elf Mohawk )

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I've spent today trying to balance getting some much-needed rest with getting things done, although admittedly, I'm leaning more to the "getting some rest" side with the justification that I'll feel more capable of getting things done if I'm not exhausted. I'm doing laundry and washing dishes, though, and I'm planning to do a little housework before grading a few papers.

Meanwhile, tomorrow is the deadline for extensions in Snupin Santa, so there's a flood of incoming gifts this weekend. After tomorrow, I have to check the spreadsheet and see who'll be getting poked.

There really should be a drinking game for fandom fest mods. Something like...

Take one drink every time a fest participant asks for an extension.

Take one drink every time a fest participant assures you that they only need a couple of days to finish, but then you don't hear from them for a week.

Take a drink every time a fest participant disappears without warning and isn't updating their journal.

Take two drinks every time a fest participant disappears from the fest without warning but is updating their journal and is blatantly ignoring your emails and comments.

Take a drink every time you email a fest participant to remind them that they've missed the deadline and they tell you, "Oh, I can't do it. Sorry."

Take a drink every time a fest participant turns in their gift with a note reading, "I didn't have time to get it beta-read/my beta was too busy".

Take a drink every time a fest participant turns in their gift with a note reading, "It sucks, but I hope X likes it anyway!" Variation: they manage to slip in a passive insult of X's prompt and/or blame the suckiness of your matching skills for the quality of their gift.

Take a drink every time a fest participant turns in a .jpg with their name in the file name.

Take a drink every time a fest participant asks you a question that is answered in their assignment email (and in the rules post, which you linked to in their assignment email).

Drink the whole damned bottle every time a fest participant threatens to leave fandom forever because of you.

This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/515741.html. It's cross-posted to LJ and IJ, and comments are enabled at all three journals.

Title: Cold, Clammy Touch.
Author: Lopaka Tanu
Disclaimer: I do not own The Magnificent Seven or Dead Like Me.
Characters: Ezra, Chris.
Words: 368
AU: Dead Like Vin.
Prompt: Huntersglenn suggested a 'Ghost Town' like fic.
Fandom: The Magnificent Seven/Dead Like Me
Pairing: N/A
Rating: Adult
Warnings: Graphic Descriptions Of Illness.
Summary: The Devil has come to collect his due.
Author's Note: Small Pox was not a lovely disease.
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What started out from a piece of chewed food getting stuck in my nasal cavity from an inopportune sneeze has morphed in to a sinus congestion from getting a cold. I have been going through tissues and toilet paper like there is no tomorrow.

It sucks!

Oh well, going to try and write something this morning just to see if I can.

I went to the supermarket yesterday.  There were fairly long lines with the pre-Thanksgiving crowd and the cashiers were hauling whole turkeys over the scanners. 

 

I was very grateful not to be working in a supermarket anymore. 

 

In fact, the market was always open on Thanksgiving and I started working there in September of 2006 so this is going to be the first Thanksgiving since 2005 where I won’t have to go to work. 

1. Write down the names of 10 characters.
2. Write a fic of fifteen words or less for every prompt, using the characters determined by the numbers. Do NOT read the prompts before you do step 1.

1. Eli Sunday (There Will Be Blood)
2. Rose Tyler (Dr. Who)
3. Claire Bennett (Heroes)
4. Gwen (Merlin)
5. Kozue (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
6. Tohma (Gravitation)
7. Major Henry West (28 Days Later)
8. Donny aka the Bear Jew (Inglourious Basterds)
9. Tara (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
10. Sansa Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire)


( 15 Words Meme )

I only have two more holiday fest stories to write, and the only thing that's keeping me from diving into writing my Yuletide story is the fact that it would look pretty bad for the mod of Snupin Santa to be a slack-ass on her own fest. It isn't that I don't like my Snupin Santa story or that I'm not inspired. I am! But somehow, the Yuletide idea has grabbed me by the proverbial throat, to the point that I've had to open a google doc and jot down some lines and ideas so I don't forget them.

The one bad thing about writing for fests is that I can't ramble about the writing process for the stories, because they're anonymous, and by the time the reveal is up and I can talk about them, I've forgotten what I wanted to say. I suppose I could write notes in google docs and post them once reveals are up, though.

I haven't worked on my Snupin Santa story in longer than I'd like, but last night, I re-read what I've got so far to refresh my memory and get the creative juices flowing again. Looking at it with a fresh eye, I really am pleased with the idea, and I'm excited about getting back to work on it. I hope I can sneak in some writing this weekend, but I'm determined to finish the papers from my 10:00 class before I reward myself with fun writing. Or with Warcraft, because OMG I'm going into withdrawal from not having time to play at all this week, and the Pilgrim's Bounty holiday is supposed to start on Sunday.

I'm feeling better today, like I'm regaining some of my equilibrium, which I attribute in part to it being Friday and having all next week off and in part to the Starbucks peppermint mocha I had this morning. Coffee, chocolate, and peppermint: perfection in a cup.

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Author: Bitterfig
Title: Validation
Fandom: Heroes
Pairing: Peter/Claude
Summary: Set during season 1. There was more to Peter than Claude was willing to see.
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 1185
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Sex, violence, elements of D/s.
Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Any illegal acts taking place within that fiction are NOT condoned by the author. Depictions of any questionable, illegal, or potentially illegal activity in said fiction does not mean that I condone, promote, support, participate in, or approve of said activity. I grasp the distinction between fiction and reality and trust that readers will do the same. I do not profit from the fan fiction I write, and all rights to the characters remain firmly in the hands of their creator.


( Validation )

Contains objectionable content and language disparaging female anatomy.( Read more... )

I cut this to spare my Flist. Just because I haven't done this in a while doesn't mean the rage has gone away. I am not a nice person when I am angry.

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Author: Bitterfig
Title: To Hell With the Right Thing
Fandom: Mad Men
Character: Salvatore “Sal” Romano
Summary: Sal reflects on his lifelong discretion and where it’s gotten him.
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 519
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Some sexual content. Spoilers for season 3.
Author’s Note: Set after the season 3 episode “In the Wee Small Hours”.
Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Any illegal acts taking place within that fiction are NOT condoned by the author. Depictions of any questionable, illegal, or potentially illegal activity in said fiction does not mean that I condone, promote, support, participate in, or approve of said activity. I grasp the distinction between fiction and reality and trust that readers will do the same. I do not profit from the fan fiction I write, and all rights to the characters remain firmly in the hands of their creator.


( To Hell With the Right Thing )

Title: Entangled

Fandom: Inkheart

Pairing: Dustfinger/Silvertongue

Summary: For hours Dustfinger had lain awake on the narrow bed, surrounded by towering boxes of books, hoping for and dreading Silvertongue’s arrival.

Beta Reader: Fedink

Word Count: 885

Rating: R

Warnings: Sexual content

Author’s Note: Set early on in Inkheart at Elinor’s house before Capricorn’s men arrive.

Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Any illegal acts taking place within that fiction are NOT condoned by the author. Depictions of any questionable, illegal, or potentially illegal activity in said fiction does not mean that I condone, promote, support, participate in, or approve of said activity. I grasp the distinction between fiction and reality and trust that readers will do the same. I do not profit from the fan fiction I write, and all rights to the characters remain firmly in the hands of their creator.


( Entangled )

I'm exceedingly grateful that I'm off for Thanksgiving Break next week, because I need the time off badly to rest and catch up on grading, which has ground to a screeching halt for the time being. I've got to finish this batch of papers by November 29, though, because I'm taking up their last papers on November 30.

Things I Want to Accomplish Over Break:
- finish grading paper #3
- edit and post the rest of "Takes the Cake"
- work on Snupin Santa story
- upload Snupin Santa gifts to the archive
- put up Christmas decorations
- work on knitted Christmas gifts
- sleep a lot

This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/515081.html. It's cross-posted to LJ and IJ, and comments are enabled at all three journals.

Okay, I admit it, I was totally out of my depth when I wrote this. I have no idea what I was doing and the plot probably suffered horribly. I hope the next offering will work out better. That one will be her birthday fic.

Title: The Beacon's Lost
Author: Lopaka Tanu
Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds.
Characters: Reid, Morgan.
Words: 2995
Prompt: TK's Birthday.
Spoilers: 3x16: Elephant's Memory.
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: pre-Reid/Morgan
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Language
Summary: Reid is no longer certain he can continue to do his job.
Theme Music: For Everything A Reason - Carina Round.
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