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mhalachai ([personal profile] mhalachai) wrote2006-07-16 01:24 pm
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No, there is too much. Let me sum up

In light of my continued writer's block, I'll list all my ongoing fics here for your reading pleasure, and to help clarify in my own mind how things are going.

(I'll clarify about the writer's block: I've had three really good one-shot fic ideas in the last few days (KtE/HP, SGA, and AB/BtVS) but can't write. The words don't want to come out of my head and onto the page. But I will get over this and write again!)

Works in progress


Inevitable (AB/HP): I'm working on chapter 70, and we will see several familiar characters grace the scene again. Chapter 70 actually spans a couple of weeks and a lot of action. Remember, the story only goes until chapter 80 and we have a tonne of action to get through. It's all planned out and I know how it'll end and what I have to do to get us there.

Also, in Inevitable-land, I'm in the process of creating a soundtrack for the story. It's almost done, but I can't post it until after chapter 72, because one track will spoil a plot twist that I introduced back a long time ago. But then after that I can post with impunity, because really, what's an epic HP story without Voldywort? I'm pretty excited about this, as I just love Inevitable so much and want to add to your reading experience.

Switchback (AB): Has not moved much in the last little while. I'll be honest, reading Danse Macabre ruined any interest I have in reading or writing Anita Blake fic for a while (Inevitable doesn't count). We'll see if my plan to get to Switchback after I finish Inevitable will still work.

Magnolia (AB/XMen): Not only is Magnolia suffering from the above-mentioned Danse Macabre problem, its other crossover source, the X-Men movies, ended on a sour note for me. I know the comics inside and out, and seeing two strong female characters reduced to cardboard cut-outs (Rogue and Phoenix - especially Phoenix) annoyed me in so many ways.

I can't help it. The source material always impacts my writing.

Balancing Act (AB/SG1): Four chapters are completed, and I lowered the total number of chapters to seven from eight. It tightens up the action and the plot. I think there are enough hints in the first four chapters that people with sharp eyes can guess who the bad guy is :) This one isn't suffering from DM syndrome, because it's not really Anita-centric.

Promises (FF/MG): A while ago, I said I'd have this done in a week, but I need to rewatch some Inara episodes before I can continue on this. It's still planned to complete in one part... at some point.

Candlelight (AB/BtVS): This story is now on hiatus, as in "I plan to finish this some day but need to rework the ending to my satisfaction."

In the meantime


I've been writing a lot of one-shots or small stories in recent months, mostly to do with Stargate Atlantis. I have some ideas for longer SGA fics, but not to the point where I actually start them. I figure once I finish Inevitable I can take stock of my fic status and if I want to start another epic... who knows?

Also, I started watching Battlestar Galactica (as in the first 2.5 hours of the miniseries) on Friday, but I don't know. It was interesting and all, but I can't see myself bothering to continue with it.

I have to go now. Have a good day and don't de-friend me, I'll be back to writing in no time, I promise :)

[identity profile] cissasghost.livejournal.com 2006-07-16 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't help it. The source material always impacts my writing.

That's so where I'm at with HP and AYG. I've been thinking about it and I've concluded that really, what screwed me up was the battle in the Dept. of Mysteries. Not anybody's death or other actions, not any of the new characters introduced, but . . dude, tank with brains in it. It was .. corny. It messed with my ability to think of this 'verse as quirky and cute on the surface but essentially dark and twisted and real. I lost faith that this world as it exists in JKR's head has the kind of depth to support the story I was writing, I think - it stopped being quite so plausibly real. Not sure why, really - canon shouldn't matter quite that much, but eh, whatever, I'll get my "I like my version better" groove back eventually.

Read little bits and pieces of DM, moreso than when last we talked . . yeah, so, SO re-writing this for 'Remnant'.

[identity profile] mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com 2006-07-17 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
Damn those writers, ruining our fanfics :D One day that will be us, destorying young people's hopes and fic dreams.

I'll get my "I like my version better" groove back eventually.

Yay!

I can't wait to see what you do with DM.