Whispers

Wrote almost all of them this morning. I've got three more holiday fics to catch up, I think, and several outstanding ones for other folks I care about, in particular:

Its Hour Come Round at Last | Research needed...
for in_the_blue

Let Us Reason Together | 3 out of ?
for likeadeuce

Huge apologies for the delays.


Also, sorry for forgetting the cuts earlier. Didn't mean to crowd anybody's friends page.

From in_the_blue:

Comment to this post, and I will list five things I associate with you, They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your LJ (or just add a reply back to me). Other people (including me) can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.

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Vardin
This, of course, has nothing to do with the fact that in_the_blue is my beta for all stories written in the Vardin world, of which hopefully there will be many. Vardin is sort of the culmination of years of mentally rewriting the evolutionary theory behind superhero mutations into something with concrete scientific rules that make sense and categorize it all neatly. Somewhere in there, a medical terminology course didn't help either. It's fun and logical and illogical all at once, but since I absolutely adore biochemistry and genetics, it was inevitable that I'd eventually turn these stories into original fiction with all the original characters and multifandom bases I'd been playing around with since forever.

busy as a bee
Um... Yeah. Busy I am. I don't seem to know how to stop, even when it's not just good for me, but necessary. I'm always headed in a thousand directions. Real healthy, yeah? :rolls eyes at self:

Rogue/Gambit
Favorite X-Girl was always Rogue, so when I decided to dip my toes back into fandom a few years back, I looked her up, read a bunch of stuff, got inspired, wrote a bit, then discovered Gambit. I was like, "My favorite character has a love interest?!" Then, of course, I fell in love with Gambit. Sometimes I wonder if I actually love him more now.

Christianity
Wasn't expecting this one, though I cannot tell you how awesome it felt that it made it on the list. I often feel I'm too shy about being Christian. It's easy to let the world make me feel ashamed of being Christian or at least of talking about it, like it's okay to bash Christians, just not anybody else, and please, keep your ideas to yourself. And then throw in fanfic, which is about characters that only rarely share even a fraction of my beliefs, and I occasionally wonder how good of a Christian I really am. But there you have it. It made the list. And I love God and it's a part of who I am.

writing
This really wasn't a surprise. Writing is the one thing I swear is written on my blood and bones. There is nothing I would rather be than a writer. Nothing.

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Naturally, comment and I'll list you in 5.

1. I got a haircut. I asked the hairdresser to make it like the cut in my icon, but a little longer and without bangs. Love it.

2. Learned that I'm allergic to whatever the hairdresser used to straighten my hair. In the future, will take along my own product or ask her to pick another one and go lighter.

3. Took a break yesterday from writing.

4. Will try and update my little pieces floating everywhere today.

5. Thank you, everyone, for my little bits of happy. :hugs:

http://lianamir.com/

Finally, launching. Now, just to get a beta I can run the gauntlet of Summerlight through 1000 words a week.

Any takers?

Also, should I crosspost all entries over here, some, or none? Thoughts? (don't want to spam you all)

I'm writing, reading, planning, and will be posting a lot of stuff maybe end of the week. (I'm giving myself through Sunday.)

Anything you want to make sure I don't forget, feel free to comment. Also, I'm overhauling my icons to be more uniform in usage. I'm trying to decide whether to accept major default icon in previous posts by ignoring keywords or trying to work around those suckers. Any thoughts appreciated.

Welcome back, in_the_blue! Have fun in New Orleans, stormkpr! Thanks for all the great meming and reading, arliddian and likeadeuce. Blessings and prayers, lithiumlaughter. See you all soon!

1. "By Any Other Name" | ravenfirstclass
Prompt Fill for rubynye

Part One Complete


2. Quote from the Academy Historian | The Peninsula
Characters sometimes surprise me. I'll start posting more of these, I think.

3. "Yes" | personal memery
Prompt Fill for whipsy

So me and lithiumlaughter were talking about our desire to ship Hank/Raven, and so shipfest post is up!

Raven/Hank Shipfest @ ravenfirstclass

If you are female, you need to read this post by Justine Musk.

"A strategic woman, a powerful woman, is a brilliantly disruptive woman.

She’s dangerous."

"A powerful man falls into the category of powerful men.

A powerful woman creates (still!) her own category.

She is by her very nature a challenger and a rebel.

She has to defy the ingrained gender norms which encourage a woman to be good…but not great.

To be bright…but not brilliant.

To be creative…but not disruptive or innovative.

To play the game…but not to change it.

To play by the rules…instead of shifting the battlefield, to where she can make new rules."

1. Some drabbles for the Megan pen name—finally.

Flavored with Praise ~ Benny has to improvise on the potatoes.

The Square Root of Happiness ~ Ryan has another question for his twin sister's collection.

A Beautiful Day ~ Gabriella wakes to a hot, unpleasant morning but gets a surprise that changes her mind.

Rough Scribble | Stable Draft

2. Darkholme & Xavier, Vol. I ~ My first comic is begun. Frankly, it needs work, but I know where I'm headed now. :grins:

Rough Scribble

3. Commentfic!

Amazing
For lithiumlaughter: Not everyhing can be painted in black and white. Hank/Raven

Refuge
For arliddian: The world is at war between mutants and humans. John has one place of refuge. Kyro

You Never Called
For whipsy: Emma does not need help, even when she knows the only one who could. Charles/Emma

Cross your fingers, say your prayers, or whatever else it is you do. I submitted the heavily revised version of "Crossing the Barrier" to Abyss and Apex. Thank you, in_the_blue!