Here I Am

I've decided to run a simple drabble/ficlet/story challenge right here, right now. I was listening to Kelly Clarkson's new album on repeat play and this part of "My Life Would Suck Without You" just makes me think of so many fannish couples.

"Maybe I was stupid for telling you goodbye
Maybe I was wrong for tryin' to pick a fight
I know that I've got issues
But you're pretty messed up too
Either way, I found out I'm nothing without you..."

Any fandom, any pairing, just write something based around these lyrics. And then link it in the comments. I'll make a masterlist as people post stories.

So come and play. And pimp. And if you need a copy of the song, I uh, know people and stuff...

Last night I had a dream that rather than being sent to hell Dean ended up on Galatica and was having lots of hot sex with Kara. He had no memory of anything, including Sam, but then...I guess they found earth because they're back on Earth and Sam finds Dean and Dean remembers, and then Dean is angsty!torn between his love for Sam and his hots for Kara. There was also a few fights with cylons, but I was mostly paying attention to the making out.

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So I may have started writing the most improbable love story ever - the tale of Michael Phelps/Dean Winchester (with special appearances by David Cook). Yeah, I doubt anyone but maybe chickpea would *want* to read it, but basically, after the weekend I had, I wanted some hot boys making out, even if it made no sense WHATSOEVER!

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Must finish my oldschoolfic today. It's started, but I can't exactly turn in a page and call it a story. That would be terrible. The problem I'm having is that when I sit down to write I find myself writing schmoopy stuff that I would only share with myself. And while I'm at least writing, that's not exactly helping my fic challenges cause. Or my Heroes big boom. Or many other things lingering on my C: Drive.

So thanks to medie, I've written a whole page (which for me lately = TONS) of girl!Niko & Cal in Target fic. Yes, Veritas: The Quest fic. In Target. Hee.

Hopefully, this page is a breakthrough and I'll be able to get my writing mojo back.

You know what would help with that? Me not watching Transformers every single time it's on. I've developed an addiction to this movie.

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Thanks to marishna, I have a journal at inksome.com. I'm sure it will surpise y'all to know that I'm tommygirl over there. Yes, shocking.

Will do drabbles tonight and tomorrow. Today I got caught up in the excitement of voicesinmyhead. This is my first time participating in something like this, but ladybug218 is holding my hand. She is my Yoda.

Plus, I get to play Dean Winchester (bestbigbrother). And I love him so much, so it's fun.

Began my schmoopfest story too. Sometimes I am a little productive.

Okay, y'all. Rather than finishing up the LOADS of fic I have to get done, I've come up with a brilliant idea(s) for all of you (for I have far too much on my plate, so I'm sharing the plot bunny of death):

1) Supernatural/Wonderfalls crossover. Jaye's little friends get her caught up in the middle of one of Sam and Dean's cases (Lady of the Lake haunting the falls? er...)

2) or just "borrow" the Wonderfalls idea and have Dean suddenly develop the ability to get orders from little random trinkets.

I've warned y'all before that I'm not the most normal girl in the world. But yeah, write away, my friends!

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In other news, I took the procrastinating opportunity to finish up my recs for rec50 for the first round. my completed 40 of 50 recs for Sports Night - dan & casey

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Off to research the rest of my yuletide fic with the canon. Must finish. Must finish. That and SESA I want done by tomorrow night (dear LORD let that happen!)

My god! My Multiverse story will never end! Never! And I haven't even gotten to the main request of it all for the ship of the story. And it's going to be one of those open-ended ones. I can just tell and I hate those because I feel like I'm robbing someone of closure. But if I don't leave it open-ended it could go on for eons.

What have I gotten myself into?

Damn story needs to end.

Argh!

ETA: It's nine pm and this story is still not finished. At least I'm getting closer to actually something *happening* - good lord. Why does this always happen to me when I write for ficathons? I can never just write a nice short piece - no, I have to write these neverending monstrosities!

Help me, friends list, you're my only hope.

I'm going to die writing this story!

::stops complaining and goes back to writing::

I cannot get this evil Lee voice out of my head at the moment. He wants me to let him go on and on about how hard it is to be Adama's son, Kara's friend, and the CAG during a war. he wants me to let him take control of some things while he tries to work out that ending to KLG.

I just don't have time for this, but how do you resist a pretty, angsty voice?

Especially when you also have this weird frelled-up idea of a quadrangle O.C. story where you know that Seth and Ryan are totally in love with each other, but Seth turns to Trey and Ryan turns to Zach because it just seems easier somehow, even though it's not and only complicates things. And both Trey and Zach know that they're just the rice-a-roni, consolation prize, but they want so badly to be the one that they overlook it. Yeah, someone should write that for me so I don't have to.

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I passed off my first review for plan_9_from_lj off to my wondrous, never-fails beta...so soon that should be posted for everyone's viewing pleasure.

Still have a ton of things on my to-do list, including getting caught up on all my tv shows. I'm a tad bit behind. Of course, I saw GG and could've really waited for that.

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Amongst all these plot bunnies that were attacking, I was searching for some good fic in some smaller fandoms that I love (Thunderbirds, Tru Calling) and it, of course, inevitably led me to fanfiction.net

Now this stuff below is not only for fanfiction.net - others have these problems as well - but it's much more frequent over there.

Tommygirl's Pointers:

1. I've blathered on about this before, but really if you tell me your story sucks or is horrible in the summary, I'm not going to bother reading it. If the author isn't convinced it's a worthwhile piece, why should I be? It's in a writer's nature to be a bit neurotic and unsure at times, but we all try to hide that as often as possible. Saying it sucks means two possible things: 1) it really does suck and I'd cry if I read it or 2) you're fishing for compliments and assurances that you are the best thing ever.

2. Paragraphs. Learn to use them for we all love them. They let the reader know when a thought is changing or someone else is speaking. It's a really nifty invention, something we learn in first grade. I accept to an extent that fanfiction.net's program can make things a bit wonky sometimes, but really...USE PARAGRAPHS!

3. POV was not meant to be all over the place within one story, let alone one page. There's is nothing more off-putting for a reader trying to get into a rhythm with a story then to suddenly have it completely shift to a different point of view. Pick one and go with it, but remember, if you pick 1st POV, I don't want to see the other character's thoughts anywhere near it.

4. Canon is your friend. And I don't mean this as a bashing of A/U's or OC's added to stories because those can work within the established canon. I've seen it done and know it's possible. It seems some people don't even try.

5. Don't screw with characters I love. This is the big one. Because I'm a character girl. Shows I watch/books I read/etc, it's because I *love* the characters (at least some of them) and in fanfiction I want to seem them, not some weird version you've thought up. For example, Michael on Roswell is never going to be the overly-lovey-dovey type of guy. He will never utter sentences like "you complete me" or "you are my soul" randomly in a conversation. Therefore, I do not want to see that. It's jarring and completely unbelievable for the character. And don't use writing fluff or schmoop as an excuse either - because you can write good fluff without messing up *any* character.

6. Finally, get a beta. A literate, grammar-knowledgeable one is preferred. Honestly, we all make mistakes. I personally still have issues with the you/you're when I'm writing that Steph loves to torture me about. When you're writing, you're going to make mistakes and chances are *you* won't notice them. This is where your beta comes in handy. They notice these things - they can tell you when you haven't made something clear or went a bit overboard with adverbs. They're really handy people to have around and there are communities dedicated to finding you help.

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( that interview meme is going around and minotaurs as me some questions... )

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Okay, I need to go try to catch up with sdlucly, so I have to write before she kicks my ass. She's beating me already.

Ciao.

FYI...

I know this only applies to a handful of y'all, but this message will also reach Steph here, so what can I do?

Anyway,

I used to host Steph's (back then she was "Miss Storyteller") story, My Little Mary at the White Room, but now that I have my own domain and a lot more room, I offered her a chance to have a site again without pop-ups and she decided to take me up on it. So, My Little Mary (the best Chris Kirkpatrick angst story EVER...despite the use of words like "Saw his essence" Heh-heh) is up here now.

Hopefully this will stop the emails I'm getting about the story being reposted. Not much is up over there yet, but that story is.

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In other news...not much writing done.

Well, a short Chris thing I'm reading over now.

Because the Chris muse is evil and hogging up my brain and...he won't even let me write the WIP that he's in. No, he's all "not enough angst, bitch. I want more angst. Look at me! I'm angsty...and pretty...don't forget pretty."

Is it weird that my Chris muse talks to me?

Oh fandom muse, why have you abandoned me? The last few days, which is probably a good thing for my original writing (as I've completed more in the past week in original work than I did for all of July), I haven't been able to produce anything decent within any of the fandoms I love.

And I have an O.C. Missing Scene story due in a few days that hasn't even been started--may have to write and ask for a short extension, which I hate doing, but for the life of me, I can't write it. And there is also the Multi Fandom Soap Opera Cliché Challenge due date which is quickly approaching (September 6th) and my story isn’t done for that either. Oh why do I do these things to myself?

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Why can’t Ryan and Greenlee simply get together already? They’ve got such great chemistry. I loathe Kendall and Ryan together—and wish she would just go away. She serves no purpose to me.

And I realize that I love Greenlee and therefore get way attached to things that happened to her. The same way I used to be about Brenda on General Hospital…and maybe I take my love of soap opera characters too seriously, but what can I do?

I want Greenlee with Ryan because he’s the first guy since Leo left/died that she has any real chemistry with and possibilities…Le sigh.

( some meanderings about who I think Zach is on All My Children and possible spoilers if I turn out to be right )

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My co-worker gave me an Orlando Bloom throw blanket for my birthday, sticking with the Orlando Bloom theme she created last year (last year was life-size orli cut out).

My sister will just love what it adds to our apartment decor, I'm sure.