Outlier, Thy Name Is Human

This is a list of things I want to try to stretch me writing muscles with, just to keep the ol' brain ticking properly, even if I do get distracted from writing by RL and what not for vast swathes of time. Some are fandom-specific, others are not -- they're just random things that at some point I decided would be good things in principle to write, but discounted at one point or another because they were too damn hard. Which is a terrible reason, right? Right.

The plan is to wander about this list, grab things and write them in no particular order. If you see something you'd really like to read, or if you have the perfect fandom for a non-fandom-specified exercise, let me know and I will probably oblige! And, of course, if something on this list strikes you as intriguing and you want to give it a go, please, be my guest. As I said, this list is for me, and not necessarily things anyone else will find any interest in, but I obviously won't mind if people do. :-)

( due SOUTH )

( Torchwood and Doctor Who )

( Earth: Final Conflict )

( Stargate: Atlantis )

( Any fandom )

Um, posted fic to ds_flashfiction for the first time in forever. I keep feeling like there's something I forgot to do...it's probably gonna end up being that I left the stove on, or I forgot to close an html tag, or I completely forgot to write the conflict resolution. Oh well. These are the hazards of 3:30 AM.

1,485 words. F/K, post-CotW.

Homecoming

Looking fer some good podfic. Any fandom, so long as it's got a good rhythm to it. I'm having some trouble getting the rhythm right when I'm reading narration with dialogue in, and I figure the only way to manage is to listening to good examples, right?

Any suggestions?

Gah. I. Paul Gross in Eastwick. He is like -- some sort of bizarre, vastly improbable combination of Geoffrey Tennant, Patrick Kelly, Ianto Jones, Jack Harkness, and Smoking Hot Thing. Oh, and Callum Keith Rennie, I swear to God. I don't even know what to to think. I am not even sure I like it. In fact, I am pretty sure I want Fraser back.

*is traumatized, and hides under a large pile of dS fluff*

La la la, I put a section for Torchwood stuff on my site. Just, you know, I seemed to have written a bunch of stuff in that area, and I seem to have a bunch of ideas to be written for it, and -- yeah. It just seemed like the most logical thing to do, all right?

*does not have commitment issues AT ALL. Not even a little bit.*

Oh my god, this was supposed to be a quick one-shot and yet I've been slaving over it for weeks. Stupid, stupid writer's block, and new fandom block, and ideas that span the whole damn series and thus require me to re-watch every episode, so as to recreate setting properly. I have now totally reached the "YOU ARE DONE NOW, FIC, QUIT MESSING WITH MY HEAD" stage -- so, hey! Happy birthday! You should have what is a very naughty and badly behaved fic, that has caused me much distress and woe. *glares at it*

5177 words. Jack/Ianto, angst, spoilers for the whole series including CoE. Warning for canon character death.

"Blimey, there's a gorgeous fellow," says a lilting voice behind him. "He your boyfriend, or something?"

...

What the hell, Jack thinks, and slides the picture across the table so she can get a better look. "You know," he says, forcing a smile, "that's a long story."

( Sojourners )

My site has gotten 1,039 visits in the past year! Awesome!!

(How I wish I had the free time to write celebratory fic...it will come. Someday soon.)

Previous problem solved: I has written a drabble. Thank God for ds_flashfiction.

Details, Details

So, this is from my Writing Exercise Grab-Bag: "F/K, break it thoroughly, leave 'em apart for several years, put 'em back together.". That's pretty much it, only I didn't have the patience to leave them apart for several years, and also I saw an interesting pattern in canon, so I changed it to a couple months instead.

3595 words. F/K, angst, first-time, episode-related (everything from MotB to CotW)

( Hide and Seek )

My God. Merlin is possibly the slashiest thing since -- Torchwood, maybe. And I really don't know how I feel about that, considering the original ages of Merlin and Arthur. On the other hand, this way allows for more eye candy...

ETA: Oh, well, of course this is all BBC Wales' fault. Bleedin' obvious, that was.

I want Spike/Angel, and am having very little luck finding it. I don't understand this -- if the world could slash Harry and Draco, how could they possibly miss Spike and Angel? I'll admit, it makes very little sense. But just because it makes no sense doesn't mean there isn't something there! Right? Right?

...help me, please...

Just posted my entry for ds_flashfiction's Midsummer Amnesty.

662 words. F/K, PWP, rated NC-17. Warning for blindfolds?

Shot In the Dark

You know, I think I would probably be a lot saner if I made a whole bunch of fannish sock puppets and had them talk to each other all day, instead of writing fanfic. And that is saying something.

*bangs head into a wall*

Um posted an entry to ds_flashfiction's Lost and Found Challenge, and now I'm going to fly away to things of an RLish nature for a few days. Bye!

Negligence

( Author's Notes, with all the usual disclaimers and qualifiers and amusing little anecdotes. )


7,368 words. Jack/Ianto, mpreg. Takes place in a nebulous region somewhere between S2 and CoE. AU, I guess, since I put that bit at the end.
( A Day, And A Life )

ICONS! Many of them. This is what happens when I watch TV but don't have any knitting or crocheting or sewing to keep my hands busy.

Grab 'em if you want them, and let me know if you are, just 'cause I like to know about these things. :-) And if you like them, but want them augmented a bit, I can do that too!

So, I lost my first site sometime ago (general irresponsibility on my part combined with my host mardahin needing to move somewhere else, alas), on which I had uploaded the due SOUTH meme I'd written. And then I moved my site to Google Sites, which has been lovely, but seems to assume that it's users are too irresposible to use scripts in ways that won't get them sued(probably it should, but bah), so I didn't upload it to my new site. And then I got irritated about this and decided to suck it up and upload it to Geocities, only Geocities is closing, so I got a Tripod account instead, and -- well, here we are.

The upshot of that horrific run-on is, I have the due SOUTH Meme up and running again. So, head on over, try it out if you haven't already, see if your tastes have changed or if you might like something you thought you wouldn't. (Also, let me know if I've done something stupid and broken a link in changing from site to site.)

And now, for a rambly multi-fannish post. (I'm bored. My fic is broken. What do you expect?)

( Angel! )

( And due SOUTH. Sequels: slash or no slash? )

Anyway. Thoughts, anyone?

Just posted an entry to the ds_flashfiction Barrel Full of Monkeys Challenge. Had to write something completely preposterous after all the recent depressing stuff. :-) Gen(mostly), 2616 words.

"Hm." Fraser peers intently at Bobo, who peers just as intently back at him. "Well, first of all, I believe Bobo is a rather young baboon -- "

"Yeah, yeah, sure. Baboon, ape, orangutan, whatever."

" -- and second of all, why would someone want to give you a baby baboon?"

Bobo, the Beast

I mades a podfic! It's only up on Mediafire, for the moment, but as soon as I get enough time, I'll get it up on my site. Podfic uploaded to my site; if your download isn't working, it's probably 'cause I took it off of mediafire. Try the new link.

( Author's Notes )

Enjoy!

"I'm Proud of You, Son"(text|audio): 1120 words; 8:02. First person character study(RayK POV), episode-related(Ladies' Man). Rated PG-13.

A history of Detective S. R. Kowalski, CPD, and his somewhat distressing epiphany about life as a cop. Spoilers for Ladies' Man. Background music for audio version by myself; please don't steal.