Blackbirds & Crows

Okay, here we go! Last post for tonight, not *quite* the last of the story. I say 'one more' but who the fuck knows, once i get typing.

Thank you, everybody, who is still reading. I deeply, deeply appreciate it. And thank you, my dearest Snow, for your unflagging encouragement. :)

At AO3.


( ... the winged creatures leaping like angels... )


Part twenty-five.

So, you all may have noticed that last week, I posted a bunch of drabbles to AO3 (my Obsession 'verse RPF ones). That's because sweptawaybayou made a 'collections' page over there for any and all drabbles that have been posted at the slashthedrabble Livejournal (owned, as we all know, but darkhavens, currently maintained by Snow).

It's right here: Slash_The_Drabble. If you've posted at the LJ, you can post on AO3 and add it to the collection Slash_The_Drabble. To be notified of postings there, I think you have to have Snow make you a member, but of course - that woudln't be a big deal. :)

I love that things are being archived at AO3 - while I love LJ and DW, I sometimes have a lot of trouble reading on various pages there, especially if people have chosen dark color backgrounds or small or pale text. AO3 is just easier on my aging eyes.

Now - this is post one. In about an hour? I'm going to post two new chapters of my Space AU, Yesternight. I SWEAR - i am not doing this on purpose. Every time i start writing, *more* story happens than I thought would happen, and it just gets *longer*. I am trying so hard to finish this story, you guys. Swear to gods.

We have entered the roller coaster phase of winter here, with temps in the high fifties, then below zero with snow, then fifties again with rain and wind like crazy. So of course - i have the sniffles!!

Anyway - post away, if you drabble, or read away - both are good. :) And stay tuned!

*waves*
Hullo! So much stuff going on, homg.

Two chapters of 'Yesternight' for you, that went up at AO3 yesterday. It was too late to post here, i had to go on to bed so i could be at my work on time. A little more news in the next post!

So - here we go!

Also at AO3.

( Give me back the moon.... )

Chapter twenty-two.

Hallooooo, flisties!
It's been a wee while, hasn't it? Sheesh. I'm falling down in my duties. :)
Here in the lovely state of Misery, we are oscillating wildly between 'balmy near-eighties' and 'below freezing' temperatures. Yesterday we had *two* hail storms, making my yard white, totally clogging my gutters so there were fountains of water pouring over the edge, and making the roads an ice-and-water safety hazard. There was also thunder, rain, lightning, wind, and tornado warnings, all in the last five days. I would say March has come in like a lion!

( Day Eight & Nine )

And for fic, we have 'Test Kitchen'. Here and at AO3 With darkhavens as beta, of coz.



( Bucky gets sick, Steve tries for familiar comforts. Things...go a wee bit pear-shaped. Sam, of course, to the rescue. With bendy-straws. )

Slang from Dirty Thirties.

Hallo!

I posted this on my FB, so i thought I'd post it here, too, to all my dear flist.

( Imbolc blessings )

And now the snowflake challenge. In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts.

HRMMM. Well, what can I say. I love fanart! I wish I had more. I'd love to see a fanvid that sort of tells the story (or evokes) one of my stories. I'd love an illustration or drawing or what have you of a scene or characters from a story. I don't listen to them, but i love having podfics, because so many *other* people listen.

I will never, ever forget the awesome and amazing series of images that katekat1010 made for reremouse and I for 'No More Snakes and Ladders'. I mean...WOW. Even now, it just bowls me over.

Same for *all* the art, or podfic, or even 'inspired by' fic that anyone has gifted me with. It's always just amazing when what I've written inspires someone else enough that they are moved to *create*.

So there we have it. :)

I'm back! Heh.

We had an ice storm, starting Thursday night. Fortunately, not a killer storm like we had way back in 2007, which destroyed trees and took the power down for almost a week. We just got a sort of glazing, this time around, and the streets are basically clear, and the power only went out a couple times, briefly, over night.

( No damage this year, so glad! )


Now on to the challenge! Not as interesting a one, to me, as the others, but....

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.

I am definitely setting the goal of *finishing* my space AU, Yesternight. My gods, I can't believe how long I've been writing it. I'm *so close*, but as usual, lately, I seem to seize up at the penultimate moment. So frustrating! I hope to finish it before my birthday, in April - long before! And I really, really want to write more in general this year.

Personally - I need to get up and move. I am getting older, and exercise needs to be a regular thing for me. It's just very hard to motivate myself when it's just *me*. I can't afford a gym membership (though I'm looking into it), and I know if i were paying for that sort of thing, I'd use it, because - paying! So we shall see. But i really want that to be my personal 'thing' this year.

And there we go. Stay warm out there, folks - especially my Canadian flisties - seems like you guys are getting deep-frozen!

Who knows? :)
I've been lurking around in fandom and on LJ for a while now, not participating as much as I used to, just not quite feeling *up* to it, for some reason. I want to change that, though. So I'm going to be on here more, if I can, responding and talking more (fingers crossed), and also writing more, I hope hope hope.

I thought I'd start with the Snowflake Challenge, even though I'm several days behind. Some of that was sheer not-organized-ness, and some of that was the *incredibly* windy days we've been having taking out the interwebz for half my town. So my connection has been spotty.

I was also made aware that, for some weird reason, my sticky 'master fic post' was suddenly thrust into prominence as a 'new' post, who knows why. LJ sure seems to be getting unstable. I was puzzled but pleased by the comments, and it did prompt me to update my 'Marvel 'verse' entries, so yay!

Now - here we go with the first of the Snowflake Challenge...challenges. *snerk*

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator.

( Okie-dokie.... )

So, there we go! I'm going to be doing them as quickly as possible to catch up, so expect several this Thursday-Sunday. I hope i'll be seeing and hearing and talking to more of my lovely flist this year; hope this helps me get that off to a good start. :)

ETA: I just realized that LJ spontaneously reposted my Master post. WTH. So i'm going to lock that one and make it private so nobody by me sees two. If I delete it, I'll lose the comments there, which I don't want to do. LJ! Stop being weird!!

Hullo!

Well, it's finally autumn-like out here. Trees mostly bare, windy, some rain and *cold*. Cold enough to make sweaters and gloves feel good, to make me turn up the electric blanket and to put woodsmoke in the air. Lovely!

And I've just posted the second, Bucky POV to 'Trap-Neuter-Release'. More cats and more flirting! AO3 only, since the other part is over there only, as well.

As always - thank you, dear darkhavens for all your beta help and general cheerleading. :)

Expect to be Scratched.

Whoooo! Am i getting a little faster? I dunno. But here we go. :)

darkhavens, as always, is my rock.
At AO3



( It rains into the sea And still the sea is salt )


Chapter twenty.

Okay, so - drabble last, good cause first. Ian is a ftm trans kid (well, 19), and one of the Monstrous Bebe's oldest friends. She met him in...seventh grade? I think? I dunno. Anyway - Ian's been taking T for about six months, and is trying to get a top (mastectomy) surgery. And so has a go-fund-me page set up.

If you can please donate, or please signal-boost...that would be awesome. Ian's a great kid, dealing with a lot of crap (some family stuff, some depression/anxiety), and this would be a big step up in helping with his self-esteem issues as well as just...living a better life.

Ian's Top Surgery.
Thank you, my dear flist, for any help you can give.


The drabble is for slashthedrabble's prompt 'Leather'. And I went old school - Spike/Xander. :) darkhavens did the beta *of course*. (And sweptawaybayou did one, too - old-school David/Christian! Leather.)

This is the 600 word edition i wrote (and DH beta'd), but it's not at the comm because the limit there is 500 words. (And i worked 'til 11, it's past 2 a.m., and my brain is toast, so i could *not* cut it to 500. So DH did. SHE IS AWESOME. Read her edited version at the comm


( Sense Memory )