Three dollars and some change

It's been a while since I've polled my audience. Consider yourself polled. It's heavily Anita Blake balanced, which is okay as I fangirl the AB.

[Poll #720233]

Although, while there is no fic tonight, there is a plot bunny if anyone wants it:

Crossover: Stargate SG-1 and Phantom of the Opera
Title: Phantom of the Stargate
Premise: Carter discovers that the crystals in the chevrons will react to sound, including high-pitched human voices. A new recruit, who is so junior that she has to clean the bedpans in the infirmary, is discovered to have a wonderful singing voice and can "dial" the gate. Lt. Mari Soo has a secret, however: At night on base, she hears a secret voice that teaches her how to sing.... the voice of an angel....

Okay, going back to work now, SRSLY.

I have lost my mind. How? Why? Three words:



You'll see in a bit, what disaster this has wrought upon the fertile earth.

stay tuned to inanity theatre.

So, it's 5:25 pacific time here. Next Inevitable chapter in a couple of hours. You guys try writing 9,000 words in one day.

later.

Sorry for the link spam, but this is important:

NEW X-MEN TRAILER

Have we ever seen them in the same room? I ask you!

Go read barbed_whispers's wonderful analysis on "Harry the Voldemort Slayer"

Summary: Hokay so, I recently came to the shocking realization that Buffy the Vampire Slayer had seven seasons and Harry Potter will have seven books and these two fandoms have a ridiculous amount of overlapping fans, so clearly there must be some correlation between the show and the books. So, I decided to plot out exactly how the two are related in a season by season (book by book, whatever) examination, and then I predicted the future by looking at season 7 and what that means for book 7.

Is so good.

*eases cautiously back into the room* Hello? Is this thing on?

Anyway, hello! I'm back! Not with fic right now, as I'm at work and the boss tends to frown upon that, but I'm back in the game, as it were.

Thanks to everyone for participating in the polls I've been putting up. I find that no one loves ticky boxes quite like LJers. And to all of you lurkers who pop in to vote: Keep at it, it's good to see you :)

Now, fic I'm planning over the next little while (and in no real order):

+ A cute little Anita/Nathaniel Valentine's day fluff: House of Cards.
+ A slightly less-fluffy Anita/Micah Valentine's day ficlette: One Night.
+ Chapter 48 of Inevitable: When Exposition Attacks!
+ The next chapter of Candlelight, in which Buffy makes dumb decisions.
+ The next chapter of Switchback, which has been depressing the hell out of me for the last long while.

And there you go.

So, this is the announcement of a mini-writing hiatus. A work thing I was expecting to come in next week is suddenly happening now, so I'll be focusing on that for a bit.

What this means
No fic updates in this time. I'll still be around and responding to comments, and I have a fic challenge thing that I've got 87% done and will probably go up tonight. But that's it.

Oh, life. How you complicate my hobbies.

What is the proper past tense for bringing forth a zombie from the grave? "Larry had risen three zombies" is wrong... but what? Summoned isn't what I want. Damn you, English language!
Staring at that while spell-checking, I realized that it's "had raised". I'm going to go hide now.

My New Years retroactive resolutions: (yes the ones for 2005)
1. Write lots!
2. Accept constructive criticism, and actually deal with the issues brought up as opposed to being all wounded prima donna.
3. Start running. Run a 10-kilometre race.
4. Make lots of new friends on LJ.
5. Expand my creative horizons and write in fandoms other than my core fandoms (HP, AB and BtVS). At least cross with them.
6. Have Indian food with at least one person I've met through LJ.
7. Single-handedly keep the nearby Starbucks location in business.
8. Plan and carry out several simultaneous epics (and if not finish them, then at least get solid headway)

My fic resolutions for next year:
1. Finish Inevitable
2. Finish Switchback
3. Finish Candlelight
4. Finish all the outstanding fics I said I'd write for people
5. Finish my claim for Anita at fanfic100
6. Consider starting a new epic
7. Write at least one HP fic that isn't a drabble, and will hopefully include Hagrid.
8. and whatever else comes my way.

Now, for all of you who are familiar with Twisting the Hellmouth: January is "Hug a Writer" month. Why not drop by TTH and leave a review for your favourite story? If you haven't got a TTH account, most people have an LJ or an email where you can go to leave some love. What better time to read some new fic? (If you're not sure where to look, I've found that going to my fave authors and looking at their recommendations leads me to great authors).

If you are like me, you're still missing most of your lj comment notification emails. But never fear, for your crack team of ace LJ commandos is on the job!

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