Resisting Everything but Temptation

Intoabar 2022! Yessss. 

intoabar posted: Oh, well, hello, that time of year...

 

Y'all, I accidentally (I swear) wrote (sort of) death fic for my spnspringfling recipient, de_nugis. And now I feel super guilty about it, and would so welcome any Sam/Rowena prompts that might strike you. I promise nothing, but guilt is a powerful motivator.

While I'm here, let me wholeheartedly rec the Sam/Rowena delightfulness that was written for me:

Title: i saw a video essay about this, once by duckondebut
Pairing: Sam/Rowena
Rating: PG-13
Any warnings: vague spoilers for s13, some depictions of violence and gore, mild swearing

Completely charming and hilarious, the author got Rowena to the last beautiful, snarky degree, and I loved it.

Eek, I signed up for salt_burn_porn. It's a 24-hour instant porn challenge, and although that always sounds terrifying, I've had good luck with it so far. Apparently not having time to overthink is a good thing?

Does anyone else have trouble writing a new story or starting a new vid when you have one that you haven't posted yet? I always have trouble with this! I like to work on one thing at a time, and it doesn't feel "done" until it's posted. I have a few different Highlander-ish things I want to work on, but I'm having trouble getting started because hlh_shortcuts reveals haven't happened yet. It's a weird mental block. But I did finish a little vid project last night, so maybe I can start on the one I want to do for TGIF/F. If I can find hard drive space, oy.

Day 09 - Set some goals for the coming year.

The last few years have been stupidly, crazily stressful. I guess I can only do my best to try and believe that this year will be better. Just the thought of setting goals is making me nervous, as if I'm tempting fate, but since my S.O. challenged me a few days ago to make some, I'm going to try.

Non-fannish goals:
1. Exercise more. At least four days a week, some kind of dedicated exercise time. (Right now I'm on a Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday schedule. Add Friday when possible.)
2. Get outside more. At least one of those four days must be outside.
3. Have more fun. Put work down on the weekends.
4. Write letters.
5. Organize my kitchen.
6. Spring container garden. (see 2. and 3.)
7. Re-learn how to sew well enough to make a costume for Halloween (if not Club Vivid).

Fannish goals:
1. Finish one of my long Highlander WIPs. Pick one and get it done.
2. Leave more feedback. Put down the kudos button.
3. Finish a vid for Escapade. This is the hardest one, as I'm really not making progress on the one I thought I would make. Decide this weekend what I'm doing about that.
4. Take a shot at writing the Angel/Spike/Buffy post-series story that is lurking about my hard drive. I recently read what's there and it doesn't suck.
5. If that doesn't go, then the Jeremiah post-series story that I always mean to drag out at Yuletide and never do.

And on that note, I'm off to the gym. :)

Seen everywhere, but first at musesfool. Give me a letter, and I'll do my best to answer:

A. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.
B. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?
C. Is there a trope you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole?
D. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?
E. Share one of your strengths.
F. Share one of your weaknesses.
G. Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
H. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
I. Which fic has been the hardest to write?
J. Which fic has been the easiest to write?
K. Is writing your passion or just a fun hobby?
L. Is there an episode section of canon above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?
M. What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever come across?
N. What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever come across?
O. If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?
P. If you only could write one pairing for the rest of your life, which pairing would it be?
Q. Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?
R. Do you use any tools, like worksheets or outlines?
S. Stephen King once said that his muse is a man who lives in the basement. Do you have a muse?
T. Describe your perfect writing conditions.
U. How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
V. Choose a passage from one of your earlier fics and edit it into your current writing style. (Person sending the ask is free to make suggestions).
W. If you were to revise one of your older fics from start to finish, which would it be and why?
X. Have you ever deleted one of your published fics?
Y. What do you look for in a beta?
Z. Do you beta yourself? If so, what kind of beta are you?
AA. How do you feel about collaborations?
AB. Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.
AC. If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?
AD. Do you accept prompts?
AE. Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?
AF. How do you feel about smut?
AG. How do you feel about crack?
AH. What are your thoughts on non-con and dub-con?
AI. Would you ever kill off a canon character?
AJ. Which is your favorite site to post fic?
AK. Talk about your current wips.
AL. Talk about a review that made your day.
AM. Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?
AN. Write an alternative ending to a fic you've written (specify by title, link or general description].

Would anyone be willing and able to beta my intoabar story when I finish it? I hope it will be done by this afternoon. It should end up at about 5K words of Sam Winchester and Duncan MacLeod (SPN/Highlander respectively, no actual slash but past Sam/Dean implied) and needs to be posted by Tuesday. It's okay if you only know one of the two shows—that might be helpful in this case, actually. I don't need grammar checking so much as logic checking and such.

Thank you if anyone can help! ETA: Sorted! Thank you. :D

You guys, you guys, I got my assignment for intoabar. "Sam Winchester walks into a bar and meets... Duncan MacLeod."

:D :D :D :D :D :D

Now the only question is, is the bar Joe's, the Roadhouse, or the Grey Gull?

Everybody who's playing, tell me your assignments? I'm so excited about this challenge. It is perfection.

( Titles/synopses for 3.11-13 behind the cut )

I have so much to say about the most recent eps of both Haven and Merlin, all of it made of pure fannish love, but haven't quite found the time yet. Also, crap, I still haven't written any more on my hlh_shortcuts story. I might be kind of fucked there, huh?

I was up until about 1am working last night, and started this morning at 5:30, so I feel like 11:26am might not be too early to knock off for the day. What do you guys think? /wishful thinking

Random things:
1. I find it a little hilarious, if disheartening, that the one vid I've ever made (out of about 120) that people remember is the one where I resisted my co-vidder like crazy on the whole concept, and only got sucked in when I decided I wanted to figure out how to make that little iris-opening-and-closing effect.

2. I have a terrible, terrible black thumb. So far this spring, I've managed to keep seven plants alive out of eight. The cilantro was a near thing, but I think I saved it in the nick of time—apparently, they like water. Who knew? (Anyone want to take bets?)

3. I did sign up for spnspringfling, of course. This could be a terrible decision. (Aside: I'm using the word terrible a lot today. Coincidence?)

4. This Supernatural story by liptonrm just made me laugh out loud with delight.

What are you guys up to, today? What are you writing/vidding/art...ing?

/sleep-deprived random

You know that thing they say about how when you get out of the habit of posting, it gets harder to start again? Turns out, that's true. I know this is probably not news to any of you. So, a short post, before I forget how!

It's been kind of a shitty week. My kitty is sick! Stupid uterus! And my back is really messed up, and I don't really have insurance to pay for it. That's the tip of the iceberg, honestly. BUT! I also have fannish things to natter about (LOST GIRL WTF), and lots of fic I need to catch up on, and all that good stuff. belmanoir also did something to my brain (I'm not sure how) at Bitchin' Party, and I am... writing Star Trek again, apparently. No, I do not know. (One of the side effects of my back being totally screwed is that I can't sit at my desk that much, which is very very bad for work and vidding, but is very good for writing! Because I can do that on my laptop.)

What I'm actually posting to ask, though, is... I need a beta for a pretty sad/depressing Supernatural story. It's Dean/Lisa and Dean/Sam and even has a tiny hint of Dean/Castiel (though barely). It's about 12K words, and not quite finished yet, but close. Post-Swan Song. Honestly, it's really all about Sam (as if anyone will be surprised). Anyone feeling brave? I hope to finish it today.

(I heard Luck got canceled. Mixed feelings about that. Mostly glad, because horses getting hurt = not on, but it was a really good show. I wish David Milch wasn't cursed.)